I t is hard to believe that John Arlott has been dead 10 years this Friday. His voice, of course, is still with us, imperishable. Through technology that voice will never die, never be forgotten, one ...

The voice was unmistakable, the Hampshire burr that stood out like a marrow in an orchard of plums among the cut-glass distorted vowels of immediate postwar broadcasting. John Arlott, who would have ...

The Centenary Test at Lord’s in 1980 saw British commentator John Arlott making his final broadcast on Test cricket. The match was intended to celebrate hundred years of Test cricket in England.

John Arlott was many things - a poet, author, wine connoisseur - but above all a cricket broadcaster. He was born of humble beginnings in 1914 in Basingstoke and brought up in the local cemetery ...

Arunabha Sengupta, writing for cricketcountry.com, says John Arlott made commentary special with his ability to illustrate cricket through the imagination. John Arlott had the unique power to weave ...

John Arlott had a wonderful gift for evoking cricketing moments. John Arlott was many things - a poet, author, wine connoisseur - but above all became famous as a cricket broadcaster. He was born of ...