A really interesting chat about the great Frank Worrell and his legacy, and you'll find the book (terrific) here: simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Worrell/…

What an absolutely wonderful piece on Shamar Joseph by Mike atherton at lunch. Should be shown to everyone that knocks West Indies cricket.

A blast of my Frank #Worrell doco was just on ‘Pick of the World’. It was the most downloaded ⁦BBC World Service⁩ English show of the past fortnight. Well played Frank. Check it out here ⬇️🏏🌴 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

ListerProd thanks for an amazing Doc & glad it's getting attention on Test Match Special. We love #cricket #history especially when it inspires & empowering people for social justice. We have seen so much change in our lives & cricketing nations are vulnerable to #climateChange impacts.

Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean bbc.com/news/articles/…

This Nick Drake prom on ⁦BBC Radio 3⁩ is very special. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

ICYMI: daniel norcross and David Woodhouse discussed the multi award-winning WOCK (Who Only Cricket Know) and the tumultuous and gripping 1953/54 series during the Trent Bridge Test Find the chat at 5.43.10 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Peter Mason is a class act and I’m lucky enough to know already that this is a superb book.

Today is the 840th anniversary of the Erfurt latrine disaster. Have a good weekend, spare a thought and be grateful for small mercies etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_la…

Brief but excellent piece on Sir Frank Worrell Windies Cricket captain of 1963 winning team to UK. Died much too young at 42 but one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century Amol Rajan BBC Radio 4 Today Emma Barnett

Happy birthday Sir Frank. As ListerProd points out in the BBC Radio 4 Today piece, the first sportsman to receive a memorial service in Westminster Abbey - and also the first to bring so many well-wishers onto the streets of Melbourne as the first tenured black captain of West Indies.

Who Only Cricket Know ListerProd BBC Radio 4 Today Fascinating interview with Amol Rajan on this cricketing legend. The first test match I ever attended was the Lord's match in the 1963 series. What a team that was. Was so excited about seeing Sobers bat in the 2nd innings only to watch him get out for 8!

No better way to celebrate Frank #Worrell 's 100th birthday. Thank you for having me BBC Radio 4 Today and Amol Rajan

Frank #Worrell would have been 100 today. He never made his half-century but in his brief but brilliant life, the great Black captain of the West Indies left a legacy that endures. We marked his special day on BBC Radio 4 Today with Amol Rajan and Emma Barnett

Emancipation Day: Government announces new cricket scholarship in honour of Sir Frank Worrell barbadostoday.bb/2024/08/01/ema…

SIMPLY PERFECT #JohnnyMarr

Looking ahead to 0900 ⁦BBC Radio 4⁩

Why was Conrad Hunte a thief and a cheat? Just how did Ron Lovitt take THAT picture? How did Wes Hall nearly lose the Tied Test twice in the last over? Check out my #Worrell Tied Test long read in the autumn 2024 edition of the very fine The Nightwatchman quarterly.

Check it out. Quality.

30 years ago today!