Ah, so you’re not the Worcester County Cricket commentator.

Plays havoc with my working day in Dubai here – starts around 4am in the morning (which i get up for) and then writes off my morning productivity with it on ‘in the background’ before falling asleep at my desk post lunch in the afternoon. Still very much looking forward to it though.

Cheers Ged and indeed everyone who’s helping navigate this unnecessarily complex scenario.

Had we not had Sky Sports in the first place and merely added BT Sports to a regular package, that would have cost us £18 per month.

It feels like a bit of a result to us.

The piece includes the digitised recording of the event, in a peculiarly John Shuttleworth stylee, recorded in my little study bedroom for reasons explained in the article.

The interview is interesting in itself and there is a short snippet about cricket, which was apparently one of Patrick Moore’s great loves:

http://ianlouisharris.com/1981/05/28/my-keele-interview-with-patrick-moore-conducted-in-my-little-study-bedroom-lindsay-f4-circa-28-may-1981/

You do not need any sort of subscription to read or listen.

Their business plan is harvesting the disposable income of middle class families who ‘may as well get sky’.

The notion that things are changing hasn’t reached them yet because it will take a lot more of us to convince them, by which time, the value of cricket broadcasting may have already fallen beyond repair.

Australian tests start in my evenings, it works out quite well. 11am Sydney is 5pm the day before here. It’s really only the Perth one that starts late.

What puts me off paying for it is that we’re going to get spanked. I’m glad I decided against it in 2014.

You must have been listening to the wireless on Longwave, JB. Are you a trawlerman?

We rather like getting up for the last hour. You get a feel for the day and then most of the day’s highlights during the end-of-day taking-stock bit straight after.

Agreed. Although during the 2011 series R4 cut to the shipping forecast at the precise time England won.