Malcolm Ashton

Since 2009 Malcolm 'Ashtray' Ashton has been the BBC's TMS (Test Match Special) Scorer. His scoring career began in the mid-1970s at Rawtenstall Cricket Club which soon led to scoring for BBC Radio and Channel 4's cricket programmes.^[1] In 1995 he was asked by Ray Illingworth to go on the South African Cricket tour as the Team Scorer with the England Cricket Squad. This led to 12 years of involvement with the England Cricket team, totalling over 150 Test matches and 200 One Day matches ^[2].

In 2009 Malcolm took over BBC Sport's most popular columns following the death of his predecessor Bill 'Bearders' Frindall in 2009.

References

1. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2002/sep/02/cricket.comment2
2. ^ http://www.spotoneventsdirect.co.uk/malcolm_ashton.htm

External links

• [1] BBC's Test Match Special
• [2] Malcolm Ashton on Twitter
• [3] Ask Malcolm

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