Brian Johnston Leg Over

Update December 31 2016Also made an MBE is BBC cricket correspondent and Test Match Special commentator Jonathan Aggers AgnewRated the top radio howler.

Brian johnston leg over. Aggers suggested that Ian Botham in being out hit wicket had failed to get his leg over Brian fought the giggles manfully for almost half a minute and then dissolved wheezing helplessly into a large spotted handkerchief. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until his death in January 1994. Why Brian Johnston and Jonathan Agnew giggled when Botham didnt quite get his leg over.

The famous leg over clip from 1991 He was also the catalyst to Brian Johnstons infamous fit of the giggles after Ian Botham was out hit wicket - after failing to get his leg over. Johnstons leg over giggles. The period of laughter had been a major triumph.

There was even a suggestion of it being nominated for a Sony Award. The Agendas plan to get Novak Djokovic vaxxed. The leg over clip.

Barcode and Other Identifiers. Commentators in cricket history - 5. Can it really be 30 years ago that Brian Johnston and Jonathan Agnew lost it on air in a fit of giggles after the description of Ian Botham losing his wicket as he could not quite get his leg over.

Classic TMS clip where Johnners and Agnew lose their way slightly. On 5 January 1994 two and a half years after this incident Brian Johnston passed away. Highlights of his one-man show.

Simon Mann is joined at the Oval. Aggers is now one of the mainstays of TMS and writes regularly for BBC Sport Interactive. Brian Johnston was of course much more than just a cricket commentator - he was a national institution.