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Jonathan Agnew - Definition and Overview

Jonathan Agnew is an English cricket broadcaster and former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England in 1960.

Agnew had a moderately successful first class career as a fast bowler for Leicestershire taking 666 wickets at an average of 29.25, and winning three test caps for England. Agnew began to gain experience as a journalist while still playing cricket, and after retiring at a relatively young age at the end of the 1990] season, he had a stint as cricket correspondent of a national newspaper before being appointed the BBC's cricket correspondent in 1991.

Agnew has has a cheerful easy going commentary style, and he has continued to work for the BBC on Test Match Special and other programmes ever since.

External Links

Test Match Special official site (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/test_match_special/presenter_profiles/default.stm)

Agnew page at cricinfo (http://plus.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/ENG/A/AGNEW_JP_01001760/Jonathan)

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