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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: Draytonian III on May 23, 2025, 07:17:13 pm

Title: Cliff Richard and Test Match cricket
Post by: Draytonian III on May 23, 2025, 07:17:13 pm

…anyone work out the connection, it’s very long winded

Title: Re: Cliff Richard and Test Match cricket
Post by: Bentley Bullet on May 23, 2025, 08:09:01 pm

I heard that when he was a kid, he travelled with the England team on their tour of India, and his role was to cool the cricket bats to stop them drying out after being in the hot sun.

He was known as the Bat Chiller boy.

Title: Re: Cliff Richard and Test Match cricket
Post by: Draytonian III on May 23, 2025, 08:49:53 pm

Very clever, but not correct

Title: Re: Cliff Richard and Test Match cricket
Post by: drfchound on May 23, 2025, 10:17:54 pm

Quote from: Bentley Bullet on May 23, 2025, 08:09:01 pm

I heard that when he was a kid, he travelled with the England team on their tour of India, and his role was to cool the cricket bats to stop them drying out after being in the hot sun.

He was known as the Bat Chiller boy.

That is really funny BB.
Thanks for making me laugh.
Congratulations.

Title: Re: Cliff Richard and Test Match cricket
Post by: mugnapper on May 24, 2025, 07:04:52 am

I saw the Thread title and thought he'd been announced as Aggers successor!

Title: Re: Cliff Richard and Test Match cricket
Post by: Bentley Bullet on May 24, 2025, 08:12:48 am

Quote from: drfchound on May 23, 2025, 10:17:54 pm

Quote from: Bentley Bullet on May 23, 2025, 08:09:01 pm

I heard that when he was a kid, he travelled with the England team on their tour of India, and his role was to cool the cricket bats to stop them drying out after being in the hot sun.

He was known as the Bat Chiller boy.

That is really funny BB.
Thanks for making me laugh.
Congratulations.

Cheers, Hound.

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