Daniel Norcross
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1,852 appearances
19 recordings
6 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 30 Aug
Daniel Norcross’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He said that's another thing that you sort of only find out
As a child, Jim, I used to read all the test match scores and assume that that was what it was all about like it is today.
But in those days, actually, counties didn't want to give their players away, did they?
No.
And I'm still a member of some WhatsApp groups where they still don't, you know, where they say, you know, such and such has been picked for England.
You know, we've got a big game next week.
And I know you probably feel that from a story.
All your players basically get a... Oh, I hate it.
They won't thank me for it, but I hate it when Surrey players get selected for England.
Unlike, if you don't mind me saying so, Annie Somerset fans who are desperate for their players to play for England.
And I just say, be careful what you hope for.
That's the right, that is the spirit, Annie.
Annie is a Somerset fan and people didn't realise that they'd been in a cupboard for 10 years.
I've got another one here that I remembered, which I love this because Johnny Barclay is such a fun writer.
He says, Roger Miles in Angmering in West Sussex says, can I suggest John Barclay's Life Beyond the Airing Cupboard?
I mean, that's a title of a book that's going to get you going for a start.
a book which highlights that our county and national team players are simply regular human beings when all is said and done the pr brigade love to promote the celebrity element but nothing puts bottoms on seats like the whack of willow on leather a stinging catch the red grenade heading for the car park all at the best of a bunch of chaps with exactly the foibles of their audience and
You know, that's something that you... I've read that book, it's very good.
I mean, you mentioned earlier Simon Hughes' A Lot Of Hard Yakka, which I thought was terrific, really.
It sort of really opened up the life of the county pro.
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