'A Great Man'

I bumped into Tom Smith on Friday night, having a brief chat before having to get back to watch Darcy Short smash the Somerset bowling from Yatton to Yate and from Dursley to the Downs. It was great to see Smudge and says he has been listening to Ian Randall and I on air, being very complimentary about our commentary. It was on a day for Grief Encounter a few years ago that he came on to commentary with me. I asked him if he did ball by ball or if he wanted to just analyse. Being a man who turns his hand to most things, he chose the commentary option. Based at the time in the club offices, the very first ball Ajeet Singh Dale took a worldie in front of us. I just said, “There you go, I have sat through so many bore draws on slow, turgid pitches at Bristol and you come on and get some quality action with your first ball!”