The Bouncer
Michael Henderson
John Snow is grabbed by a spectator at the SCG after hitting Terry Jenner on the head
Ashes magic is not what it was
They’re off to Australia again, and it’s not the same. How can it be when, with a click, you can follow every ball of every Test match. You can, if you want, stay up all night either with the wireless on, or in the company of BT Sport, one of those new-fangled telly things that some of us have not got the hang of. The same commentators, in any case. If you don’t fancy Boycott, Vaughan and Swann on Test Match Special you may turn to Swann, Vaughan and Boycott on BT. “We open in Venice, and then to Verona…” As everybody is a critic these days, with a ‘right’ to be heard, the airwaves will be full of chunter from the engaged, the angry and the bewildered. In! Out! Up! Down! The best in the world! The worst in the world! Champs! Chumps! Never in living memory! Bring ‘em home! Is this not the purest form of democracy, where all voices may be heard? Members of the jury, it is entirely a matter for you.