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Arlott was born in Basingstoke. For 34 years, from 1946 to his retirement in 1980, he was the voice of cricket on BBC Radio, and his Hampshire burr has been described as the sound of the summer.
His commentary was famed for its vivid poetic imagery. When Clive Lloyd pulled a ball into the Mound Stand at Lord's in 1975, Arlott described it as "The stroke of a man knocking a thistle top off with a walking stick".
Arlott's gave his final, typically understated, commentary during the centenary Test match at Lord's on September 2, 1980, concluding without comment and with the customary phrasing "... and after Trevor Bailey it will be Christopher Martin-Jenkins." The crowd gave Arlott a standing ovation, including the entire Australian team and Geoffrey BoycottGeoffrey Boycott (born October 21 1940) is a former England cricketer. In a test career dating from 1964 to 1982, Boycott established himself as amongst England's finest ever opening batsmen. Yorkshireman Boycott followed up his playing career by becoming, who removed his batting gloves to applaud.
Arlott was a stylish writer, contributing regularly as a journalistJournalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. It is sometimes defined more broadly as the pursuit of the truth. Those who practice journalis and also writing the occasional hymnSee also the hymn-project a program to decrypt iTunes music files. A hymn is a song specifically written as a song of praise, adoration or prayer, typically addressed to God. A writer of hymns is known as a hymnist or hymnodist and the process of singing. He was a LiberalThe Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which wo in politics and stood as Liberal candidate for EppingThis is about Epping in England. For other places named Epping see Epping (disambiguation). Epping is a place in the county of Essex near London, England. On census day 2001, the district of Epping Forest had a population of approximately 120,900. Epping in 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal and 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac. Arlott played a leading role in bringing Basil D'OliveiraBasil Lewis D'Oliveira (born 4 October, 1931) is a retired cricketer. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, he was classified as 'coloured' under the apartheid regime, and hence barred from first-class cricket. He captained South Africa's national n from South Africa (where he was unable to play first-class cricket as he was classed as 'coloured') to Britain in 1960.
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