 He first commentated for TMS in 1974, a role he had long coveted, and remained a fixture on the much-loved programme through the 70s and 80s, sharing the microphone with such broadcasting luminaries as John Arlott, Brian Johnston and Christopher Martin-Jenkins.He covered four overseas England tours, most memorably the long tour of India and Sri Lanka during the winter of 1981–2, characterised by a somewhat worrying raucous cough that increased in volume as the tour progressed.His speciality lay in his unrehearsed, articulate and tactically astute close of play summaries during Test matches at home.