The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Then, in the middle of the night, just as the England season was beginning in April 2017, I suddenly realised the time had come.As the problem had happened to me once, it could obviously happen again, and at my age things like that do not get better; they only get worse.
He separated from his Swedish second wife, Bitten, in 2007. Henry Calthorpe Blofeld, OBE (born 23 September 1939) nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.He has established a reputation as a commentator with an accent, vocabulary and syntax that is … He was Although his injuries curtailed his subsequent cricketing career,In 1959, Blofeld played in half of the University fixtures, including the Since 2006 he has commentated less frequently, missing the Blofeld missed the 2009 home test series against South Africa but returned for the 2010 home series against Pakistan. He did not cover the Ashes series in Australia during 2010–11 but returned for the Indian tour of England in Summer 2011.
Henry Blofeld’s colourful cricket commentary has kept fans of the game informed and entertained for nearly half a century. The incident played on my mind relentlessly. He has his own Blofeld celebrated his 70th birthday by hosting an evening show in front of 2000 paying "guests" at the In January 2015 Blofeld was a guest, and the winner, on the Blofeld has been married three times and divorced twice. Blofeld played cricket at both Sunningdale and Eton.
Henry Blofeld's cricket commentaries have captivated and irritated listeners in equal measure. I would like to think my commentary was a touch surer than … In January 2012, he rejoined the On 23 June 2017, Blofeld announced his retirement as a BBC Outside cricket, Blofeld's favourite hobby is "drinking wine", followed by "eating food" and "going out." The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes Which was little help. But is he really as bufferish as he sounds on air? Henry spoke to Connect about losing his sight and his new autobiography, “Over and Out: My Innings of a Lifetime with Test Match Special”. Henry Blofeld to retire from cricket commentary after 49 years Henry Blofeld, whose last assignment will be England-West Indies Lord's Test, has charmed followers of the programme with his old-world approach to the job, with observations on London buses and pigeons as important as the action on the field
The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Then, in the middle of the night, just as the England season was beginning in April 2017, I suddenly realised the time had come.As the problem had happened to me once, it could obviously happen again, and at my age things like that do not get better; they only get worse.
He separated from his Swedish second wife, Bitten, in 2007. Henry Calthorpe Blofeld, OBE (born 23 September 1939) nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.He has established a reputation as a commentator with an accent, vocabulary and syntax that is … He was Although his injuries curtailed his subsequent cricketing career,In 1959, Blofeld played in half of the University fixtures, including the Since 2006 he has commentated less frequently, missing the Blofeld missed the 2009 home test series against South Africa but returned for the 2010 home series against Pakistan. He did not cover the Ashes series in Australia during 2010–11 but returned for the Indian tour of England in Summer 2011.
Henry Blofeld’s colourful cricket commentary has kept fans of the game informed and entertained for nearly half a century. The incident played on my mind relentlessly. He has his own Blofeld celebrated his 70th birthday by hosting an evening show in front of 2000 paying "guests" at the In January 2015 Blofeld was a guest, and the winner, on the Blofeld has been married three times and divorced twice. Blofeld played cricket at both Sunningdale and Eton.