‘Voice of cricket’ meets ‘voice of football’: Peter Drury interacts with his hero Harsha Bhogle in London
“Voice of cricket” Harsha Bhogle recently caught up with the “voice of football” Peter Drury during the World Test Championship (WTC) Final between India and Australia. Both Bhogle and Drury have captivated viewers and listeners with their lyrical voices for many years.
Similar to how Bhogle’s intelligent analysis on the India vs. Pakistan cricket rivalry is insufficient without it, Drury’s lyrical voice is widely regarded as one of the greatest in the football commentary field, if not the best. Drury recently disclosed that Bhogle is his idol and that he will be seeing him shortly in London at last week’s Europa League Final.
At last, a meeting was held at The Oval during the WTC Final. On social media, several images of their interaction have now gone viral.
Harsha Bhogle Tweets his thoughts on meeting Peter Drury
“What a lovely man and top professional #PeterDrury is. Delighted to talk to him about his craft,” Bhogle captioned a photo alongside Drury.
You can watch their whole meeting on ICC’s official site. Click HERE to watch the video.
The ongoing WTC final has been a one-sided affair so far with Australia firmly in control of the proceedings.
India vs Australia, WTC Final Day 3 Highlights: AUS lead by 296 runs at Stumps
India were saved the blushes somewhat on Day 3 thanks to a valiant seventh wicket stand between Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur. The pair put up 109 runs off 145 balls and ensured that India lost just one wicket in the first session. However, the stand didn’t survive too long in the second session with Ajinkya Rahane falling to Pat Cummins on 89 thanks to a sensational catch at gully by Cameron Green.
Thakur fought on and reached a half century before falling on 51 to Green. India were eventually all out for 296 and Australia took a first innings lead of 173 runs. David Warner then fell early as Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami came in all guns blazing.
Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja then survived the 11-over burst before Tea and Australia were 23/1 at the end of the session. Khawaja fell soon after resumption after which Steve Smith came in and switched gears for Australia. He and Labuschagne put up 62 runs for the third wicket and seemed to have completely shut down any chances for India when Smith suddenly went for a big heave against Jadeja and perished. Travis Head also fell to Ravindra Jadeja without scoring too many.
Cameron Green and Labuschagne then saw Australia through to Stumps. They continue to be firmly in control at the end of the day despite runs being hard to come by. Australia are 123/4 and lead by 296 runs.
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