Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of Mike Gatting’s Ashes dismissal, a sporting moment quoted in songs, poems and Hansard
ou know the ball, maybe not the date, the score or the state of the game, but if you’re reading this then. Its flight, how it curved and dipped, hit the pitch and twisted back past the bat, and the equal and opposite reactions that followed.
“First ball! Bail is off! He’s bowled him! Gatting can’t believe it! First ball!” said Tony Lewis on the BBC, with rising excitement. “Lethal.” Nor did Jonathan Agnew, who was commentating for Test Match Special from a spot behind Gatting’s back. “And Gatting is taken on the pad!” Agnew said at first, then corrected himself: “He’s bowled! Well! … we’ll have to wait for a replay I’m afraid to tell you exactly what happened.”
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