Malcolm Ashton
Encyclopedia
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. 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 .
In 2009 Malcolm took over BBC Sport's most popular columns following the death of his predecessor Bill 'Bearders' Frindall in 2009.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's TMS (Test Match Special
Test Match Special
Test Match Special is a British radio programme covering professional cricket, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 , Five Live Sports Extra and the internet to the United Kingdom and the rest of the world...
) Scorer
Scorer
A scorer in the sport of cricket is someone appointed to record all runs scored, all wickets taken and, where appropriate, number of overs bowled. In professional games, in compliance with the Laws of Cricket, two scorers are appointed, most often one provided by each team.The scorers have no say...
. His scoring career began in the mid-1970s at Rawtenstall Cricket Club
Rawtenstall Cricket Club
Rawtenstall Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at the Worswick Memorial Ground in Rawtenstall. For the 2011 season its captain is Vinny Hanson, and its professional is Sri Lankan Malinga Bandara. The club has won the league on seven occasions and won...
which soon led to scoring for BBC Radio and Channel 4's cricket programmes. In 1995 he was asked by Ray Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...
to go on the South African Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
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 .
In 2009 Malcolm took over BBC Sport's most popular columns following the death of his predecessor Bill 'Bearders' Frindall in 2009.
External links
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/tms/default.stm BBC's Test Match Special
- http://twitter.com/#!/tmsscorer Malcolm Ashton on Twitter
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/9015544.stm Ask Malcolm