Dickie Bird
Apr 07, 1996•35 min
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more
Episode description
This summer will see what will be a sad day in Test cricket history: Dickie Bird, who has umpired 65 Test matches, 92 one-day internationals and three world cup finals, will be umpiring his last Test match at Lords.
This week in Desert Island Discs, he will be talking to Sue Lawley about his church-going childhood in Barnsley, and his anxieties about punctuality - arriving as he has done at least four hours before time at Buckingham Palace, Chequers and The Oval.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand Book: Wisden Almanack for cricketers by Wisden Luxury: TV & satellite to watch Test matches
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android