Press box

Lacking Support

There are many who will read this who remember the days before airlines had personal televisions in the back of every seat. When a screen would appear in the bulkhead, and you had to find a good angle to be

If You Know Your History…

It was the great cricket writer David Frith who referred those who inhabit the media centres which have replaced the traditional Press Box as “history allergic writers.” It sums up many of the modern era sports writers to a tee.

Vale: Tony Cozier

There are some people whose voices become synonymous with sport. In cricket, for me, growing up in England it was Jim Laker and John Arlott, on moving to Australia it was Bill Lawry, and of course Richie Benaud. Harsha Bhogle