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Jonathan Agnew
Jonathan Agnew
English Entertainer
Born: Apr 4, 1960
Any Cricket Game Good Time You
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A good commentator is someone who obviously people like listening to, who gets the blend between description, entertainment and accuracy of conveying the event right. If you can do that in an interesting way, you are a good commentator. Jonathan Agnew
Good You Entertainment People Listening Way Someone Between Blend Like Obviously Commentator Accuracy Gets Interesting Conveying Interesting Way Who Description Event Right
The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works. Jonathan Agnew
Hope Game Crude Banal Commentary Itself Works
There are times when it's difficult to see your wife and her ex-husband sitting next to each other chatting away. Jonathan Agnew
Wife Difficult Other See Chatting Times Sitting Next Your Each Away Her
I always wanted to be a professional cricketer, which meant I didn't work as much as I should have done at exams. But, happily, it came off. Jonathan Agnew
Work Exams Always Came Off Done Wanted Which Happily Much Should Meant Professional
The absolute key difference between television and radio is the ability of radio to communicate. With television you can watch the screen and your mind can be anywhere. On radio it requires a certain amount of discipline from the listener to follow what's being said. Jonathan Agnew
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I've known Stuart Broad since he was a child, living up the road from me. Jonathan Agnew
Me Living Broad Stuart He Road Since Known Up Child
If anyone ever accuses me of bias - on Twitter, say - they're blocked straight away. It simply isn't true. Jonathan Agnew
Me Twitter Say Simply True Bias Blocked Anyone Straight Away Ever
It's all you hear on a cricket field - 'Knock his head off, knock his head off.' Cricket has gone too far. It shouldn't be posturing, abusing. Jonathan Agnew
You Field Gone Too Cricket Head Knock Abuse Hear His Off Far
You can't now do county and international cricket and have a life. Jonathan Agnew
Life You Cricket County International Now
I look at some young commentators who sit down with piles of notes, and of course, what are you going to do if you've spent hours preparing all this stuff? You're going to bloody well read it out. Boring! Jonathan Agnew
You Sit Young Down Spent Out Boring Some Stuff Hours Look Well Read Course Piles Bloody Going Notes Who Preparing
I'm not much of a reader; I'm more of a laptop person. I would never consider travelling without it. Jonathan Agnew
Consider Would More Never Reader Without Person Much Laptop Travelling
We go to Dubai quite a lot, so I've seen it being gradually ruined. Jonathan Agnew
Seen Dubai Ruined Go Lot Gradually Quite Quite A Lot Being
Some people get the wrong idea about what the job of a cricket correspondent involves - it's not all laid-on luxury travel. Jonathan Agnew
Travel People Luxury Job Some People Cricket Correspondent Some About Wrong Idea Involves Get
I love Rome and the way that you can wander around and find something interesting around every street corner. You can smell the history. Jonathan Agnew
Love History You Smell Every Corner Way Find Something Around Wander Rome Interesting Street Street Corner
My dad was a keen cricketer - he played at school and club level - but it was hard for him to find time for it because he was a farmer, so he encouraged me and my brother. Jonathan Agnew
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I did three winters at BBC Radio Leicester while playing cricket in the summers. Jonathan Agnew
Three Cricket Summers Winters Did While Radio Playing
My relationship with my kids is the one sad area of my life. Jonathan Agnew
Sad Life Relationship My Life Kids Area
Being a stepfather is a huge challenge. Jonathan Agnew
Challenge Stepfather Huge Being
I wish I'd done better for England. I only played three Tests and three One Day internationals. You have to take your chances and, for whatever reason, I didn't. Jonathan Agnew
Day You Better Three Wish Whatever One Day Only Take Tests Done Your Reason England Played Chances
It takes very little effort to make someone happy. Jonathan Agnew
Happy Someone Takes Make Very Effort Little
Flying my own small plane is my escape. I learnt to fly in 2006 and share ownership of a Socata TB10. Jonathan Agnew
Fly Own Ownership Flying My Own Small Share Learnt Escape Plane
Fairness matters. Jonathan Agnew
Matters Fairness
I'm not a huge fan of South Africa. I always feel a bit worried security-wise. Jonathan Agnew
South Africa Worried Bit Feel Always South Huge Huge Fan Africa Fan
Cruising on the old rice boats in Kerala, southern India, with my wife was amazing. Jonathan Agnew
Amazing Old Wife India Southern Rice Boats
Call me traditional, but Test cricket is the most important thing. Jonathan Agnew
Me Important Cricket Most Most Important Thing Call Important Thing Test Traditional The Most Important Thing
Bowling on English pitches is not rocket science. If you bowl a good length on off stump, the ball just has to do a fraction, up or down or side to side, and you get someone out. Jonathan Agnew
Good You Science Rocket Science Down Side Out Someone Stump Bowl Bowling Ball Rocket Off Up Get Pitches Just Length English Fraction
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