In message , Tim writes
[Went to Cornwall for a week for the eclipse...]
I can't help it but being there is a game of cricket being played at the moment:
Brian Well, here we are at Lords, waiting for the eclipse of the sun...Peter. Peter Yes, the ground's in tip-top condition and I think we can expect some first rate eclipsing this morning...Brian. Brian Well, we're certainly all looking forward to it very much up here...Jim. Jim And to look at the eclipse of the sun through... Peter Of the sun through? Jim Yes, to look at the eclipse of the sun through... Brian I don't understand. Jim To look through, at the eclipse of the sun... Brian What? Jim I haven't finished...We have this surely, magnificent... Brian Absolutely. Jim ...quite superb... Brian Hear, hear. Jim Quite agree. Peter What? Jim Eh...piece of smoked glass. Brian Absolutely. Jim Which must be fully... Brian easily... Peter Must be! Brian Absolutely. Jim No question. Peter Jolly good! Terry Start again! Jim Well, here we are at Lord's with this piece of smoked trout... Peter ...glass! Jim Oh, please?...oh, oh, glass!...waiting quite superbly for the eclipse of the sunlike object. Brian And here, if I'm very much mistaken, comes the eclipse. Jim Yes, you are very much mistaken. Here it comes...Peter. Peter Yes, I can't see anyone stopping it now! Brian No, it's all over bar the shouting. Jim The sands of time must surely be drawing to a close for this plucky solar......oh!? Brian Oh!? Peter Oh!? Jim Oh. Brian Rain! Peter Rain! Jim Rain...Uh-hmm....Well, what a shame, the rain is beginning to come down now here at Lord's.. Brian Light's going, too... Peter Yes, going really quite fast... Jim Mind you, it's getting quite murky up here now... Brian You can hardly see your glass in front of your face... Jim What a shame. Well, that's it from Lord's then, I'm afraid, but we'll be back here again the moment there is any sign of improvement.
Well, while we're waiting to take you back to Lord's, we play you a recording of Alistair Cook being attacked by a duck.
[In case people don't know that was Mr Monty Panesar er Python]