‘I can watch Love Actually time and time again, it’s fantastic for a soppy old so-and-so like me’ We’d end the day by taking a water DEFINITE taxi via the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The saddest time that shook your world… On 18 July last year when a nurse told us Emma had breast can- ARTICLE cer. I broke down in tears. We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly The happiest moment you will cherish forever… When Emma got the all- probing questions – and only accept clear on 23 February this year, after going through so much with chemo- THE definitive answer. This week it’s therapy and everything. I had such a cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew surge of euphoria, like I was floating. The unfulfilled ambition that contin- The prized possession you value The temptation you wish you could ues to haunt you… To gallop faster above all others… My England crick- resist… After Eights. They’re so than Emma across the plains in Argen- et cap I was given before my Test moreish I can eat a whole box. tina. She’s a real rider and I’m slow. debut against the West Indies in 1984. The priority activity if you were the The philosophy that underpins your It’s priceless and sits in a frame on Invisible Man for a day… I’d sit in life… Fairness matters. My dad, my wall at home in Leicestershire. the cockpit of a space shut- Philip, who’s 88, rammed that into The biggest regret you wish you could tle on a mission. The unlikely The event that altered the course of me as a kid. amend… I wish I’d done better for The person who has influ- interest that your life and character… Marrying The order of service at your funeral… England. I only played three Tests enced you most… Brian engages your Emma in 1996. She’s changed my life I was a choirboy so I want a big choir and three One Day internationals. Johnston [the cricket commen- curiosity… Flying in so many ways. More than any- with uplifting choral music. I want You have to take your chances and, tator who died in 1994]. I worked my own small plane is thing, she’s helped give me focus. plenty of humour, with outtakes from for whatever reason, I didn’t. with him from 1991-93 and he my escape. I learnt to fly in 2006 and funny commentary moments. I want The film you can watch time gave me confidence. I punch the The crime you would commit knowing share ownership of a Socata TB10. I to be carried out to Guide Me, O and time again… For a soppy air whenever his son Barry calls you could get away with it… I’d create love to take it from Nottingham to Thou Great Redeemer. old so-and-so like me – I’m 57 me to say I sounded just like his a law banning cyclists in London Skegness with my cocker spaniel – Love Actually is fantastic. dad during a programme. from morphing into aggressive meg- The way you want to be remem- Tino for a walk on the beach. alomaniacs on a suicide mission. bered… As a kind person who put a The book that holds an The song that means The treasured item you lost and wish smile on faces. everlasting resonance… most to you… Have I The way you would spend your fan- Perfectly City Of Joy by Domin- Told You Lately by you could have again… tasy 24 hours, with no travel restric- The Plug… Jonathan returns to Test working hands. I have suffered from ique Lapierre, which I Rod Stewart. My tions... I’d begin the day with Emma Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and Dupuytren’s contracture (thickening read while I was with wife Emma and I on a tiger safari in Pench National 5Live Sports Extra for the two New of tissue that makes fingers curl) since the England squad in saw him perform Park, India. We’d see the tigers and Zealand v England Test matches. The 2000 and have had 11 operations. India in 1984. It taught years ago and have breakfast in the jungle before first begins on Thursday. n me about extreme pov- that’s our song. The unending quest that drives you going horse-riding at Los Potreros As told to Rob McGibbon ranch in Cordoba, Argen- erty and made me appre- The figure from his- on… To engage people in cricket, it’s ciate life far more. the most wonderful sport. tina. We’d have lunch at tory for whom you’d Aquarium restaurant in The pet hate that makes most like to buy a pie The poem that touches your soul… Grenada. I’d have fish and Jerusalem. Hearing it sung by the your hackles rise... When I and a pint… Crick- a few rum punches, then crowd moments before the start of a hear bad grammar, especial- eting legend WG go for a swim. Afternoon Test match raises the hairs on the ly on the radio. The most Grace. I’d ask if the tea would be at the Duke back of my neck. annoying is the wrong pro- rumours about him Of Marlborough hotel in nunciation of harassment – cheating are true. The misapprehension about yourself Russell, New Zealand, emphasis is on the first ‘a’! The piece of wisdom you wish you could erase… That I’m a where we’d watch the sun you would pass on to bumbling softy with no backbone set before going for din- Right: Rod Stewart. Above right: After a child… It takes very because I chat away humorously ner at Doyles in Watson’s Eight mints. Far little effort to make about cricket. Beneath all that is a Bay, Sydney. I’d have right: a tiger in India someone happy. fiercely competitive individual. seafood and white wine. 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