Re: cricket commentary (hopelessly off topic)

Jane wrote
> 
> Another UK-centric, cricket-focused posting, I'm afraid!
> 
> When watching international matches at Lord's and the Oval, I have TMS
> on my radio. My DAB radio gives me much better reception than my old
> long-wave one (and uninterrupted transmision), but it is annoying that
> the commentary is so far behind the action. At home, I have cricket on
> Sky with the sound turned down, and TMS on the radio. If I use long-
> wave
> radio, the commentary is sometimes about 5 seconds (as I count it,
> anyway) in advance of the picture on TV; the time difference seems to
> vary.
> 
> If this is progress, it all seems a bit wrong to me.

No, no, it's all a cunning plan to help you tune up your cricket-watching
skills. 

For relative beginners: you watch Sky with the sound off and TMS on long
wave. This gives you the commentary to listen to just ahead of the action,
then you watch to see if you what they were talking about. (Won't help with
the jokes about busses, but that's another story).

For relative experts: you watch the live action with TMS on DAB. This gives
you a chance to decide how you would describe the ball that's just happened,
and then compare with what the experts say. 

I've only been listening to TMS for about 25 years so I'm still at the
'relative beginners' stage :-)

Best
Caroline Jarrett

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