Test Match Special scorer Andy Zaltzman answers an SOS to deliver England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith's pads to Pakistan.
Test Match Special scorer Andy Zaltzman will not only arrive in Pakistan with all the statistics listeners need, he is carrying something maybe even more important – England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith’s pads.
With the help of former England captain Sir Alastair Cook, a TMS pundit and user of Gray-Nicolls gear, the commentators were contacted and Zaltzman entrusted with the vital cargo. “I’ll do my best to look after the pads in transit. You can’t turn down an invitation to take an England wicketkeeper’s pads a third of the way around the world.”
“I’ve not met Jamie personally, but I went to a Surrey T20 game a few years ago,” Zaltzman explained.“My son had his autograph book and got every player that came up and down the stairs. He got Jamie’s signature three times in about eight minutes. Jamie very patiently signed his book, even though by the third time I could see him looking at my son thinking ‘come on kid, you have to put in more effort than this’. I feel I owe him a gesture of generosity.
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