'''''''Jonathan Agnew''''''' England (Eng)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right arm fast bowler
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	3	5
Runs scored	10	2
Batting average	10	-
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	5	2*
Overs bowled	92	21
Wickets	4	3
Bowling average	93.25	40
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/51	3/38
Catches/stumpings	0	1/0
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Jonathan Philip Agnew (nicknamed "Aggers") is an English cricket broadcaster and former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire on April 4, 1960 and educated at Uppingham School. Agnew had a successful first-class career as a fast bowler for Leicestershire, taking 666 wickets at an average of 29.25 and winning three Test caps for England. The English are an ethnic group originating in the lowlands of Great Britain and are descendent primarily from the Anglo-Saxons, the Celts with minor influences from the Scandanavians and other groups. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Macclesfield Town Hall St. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Uppingham School is a co-educational public school situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ... A Test match in progress. ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team representing England and Wales. ...

Playing career

Capable of bowling quickly in suitable conditions, Agnew made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in 1978 after impressing in local club cricket. He took 101 wickets in the 1987 season for his county. His best first-class bowling figures were 9 for 70 and he took six ten-wickets hauls in 218 matches. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

He was selected as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1988 as reward for a fine season for Leicestershire, although by this stage his England career had ended after disappointing in the three Test matches and three one-day internationals he'd played in the mid 1980s. His last Test was only 12 months after his first and his last one-day international was only one month after his first. He can perhaps be considered somewhat unlucky to make his debut during the summer of 1984 where the England cricket team was probably at one of its lowest ebbs - having just been "blackwashed" 5-0 by the West Indies. The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ...

With his height and pace, he had the attributes of a fine fast bowler, but his book 8 days a week (1988) was testament to the huge workload faced by county fast bowlers during the 1980s. It's almost certainly the workload placed on him by county cricket that limited his international appearances and ended his career very early - he retired at the age of 30.

Broadcasting career

Agnew began to gain experience as a journalist while still playing cricket, taking off season employment with BBC Radio Leicester as a sports producer. After retiring at a relatively young age at the end of the 1990 season, he had a stint as cricket correspondent of Today, a short-lived national newspaper, before being appointed the BBC's cricket correspondent in 1991, though in 1992 he answered an emergency call to an injury-strapped Leicestershire and played in the Natwest Trophy semi-final, taking a creditable 1-31 off 12 overs. BBC Radio Leicester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Today was a national newspaper in the United Kingdom. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As a commentator Agnew is regarded as a cheerful and easy-going character (although even he gets testy when asked to broadcast from an underground carpark [1]), and he has continued to work for the BBC on Test Match Special (where he is known as "Aggers") and other programmes ever since. He remains a respected figure in the field of cricket commentary despite a very short international career. Test Match Special (known as TMS) is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (long wave), Five Live Sports Extra (digital) and the internet to the United Kingdom and (where broadcasting rights permit) the rest of the world. ...

He has been an analyst during the World Cup in the BBC's highlights programme. While doing this he infuriated Irish fans when Manish Bhasin, the host, asked him what he thought of associate nations taking part. Agnew's reply was frank, "I'm against associate nations taking part, while things are great initially for Ireland, I think that once they play in the Super 8 they just won't be up to much!" The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup is currently taking place in the West Indies from March 13 to April 28, 2007. ... Manish Bhasin presenting Football Focus Manish Bhasin is a football presenter for the BBC. He currently presents Football Focus on BBC1 with regular pundits Mark Lawrenson and Lee Dixon and is on Saturdays 12. ... The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of mens One-Day International (ODI) cricket. ...

The Johnners incident

One commentary that he performed with Brian Johnston for an England vs West Indies Test Match in August 1991 was voted on the BBC Radio 5 Live to be the "greatest commentary ever" [2]. He was commentating on Ian Botham reeling after receiving a ball and trying, but failing, to step over the stumps. Botham was consequently given out hit wicket. Agnew's comment on this action was: "He just couldn't quite get his leg over." This was followed by laughter by both Johnston and Agnew as they realised what Agnew had just said, with Johnston imploring "oh do stop it, Aggers" between convulsions of mirth (listen to mp3). In England, "getting one's leg over" is a euphemism for having sexual intercourse, something Botham had quite a reputation for [3]. Brian Johnstons autobiography Its Been A Lot Of Fun, double cassette cover, 1997 Brian Alexander Johnston MC (June 24, 1912 - January 5, 1994) (known as Johnners) was a cricket commentator for the BBC from 1946 until his death. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... Ian Terence Botham OBE, (born November 24, 1955 in Heswall, Cheshire) (nicknamed Both, Beefy, Beef or Guy the Gorilla) was an England Test cricketer. ... Hit wicket is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. ... It has been suggested that Duration of sexual intercourse be merged into this article or section. ...

Another on-air giggling fit was provoked by Eleanor Oldroyd's comment "One good bit of news for England is that Ian Botham's groin is back to full strength" [4]

Teams

International

• England

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English county

• Leicestershire

Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ...

Career bests

Tests

Test debut: vs West Indies, The Oval, 1984
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• Agnew's best Test batting score of 5 was made against West Indies, The Oval, 1984
• His best Test bowling figures of 2 for 51 came against West Indies, The Oval, 1984

One-day internationals

ODI debut: vs India, Nagpur, 1984-1985
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• Agnew's best ODI batting score of 2 not out was made against Australia, Melbourne, 1984-1985
• His best ODI bowling figures of 3 for 38 came against India, Nagpur, 1984-85

First-class

• Agnew's best first-class batting score was 90
• His best first-class bowling figures were 9 for 70

First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ...

List A Limited Overs

• Agnew's best List A batting score was 26
• His best List A bowling figures were 5 for 30

List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket. ...

External links

• Test Match Special official site
• Cricinfo player profile of Jonathan Agnew
• HowSTAT! statistical profile on Jonathan Agnew
• Jonathan Agnew at Internet Movie Database

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