Jonathan Philip Agnew, is an English cricket broadcaster and a former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and educated at Uppingham School. He is nicknamed "Aggers", and, less commonly, "Spiro" – the latter, according to Debrett's Cricketers' Who's Who, after former US Vice-President Spiro Agnew.
Agnew at the Adelaide Oval in 2006
Future captain of West Indies, Viv Richards, was the second player Agnew dismissed in his Test career.
Agnew succeeded Test Match Special colleague Christopher Martin-Jenkins as BBC Cricket Correspondent in 1991.
Agnew's interview with Lily Allen provoked a row.
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland. The club's limited overs team is called the Leicestershire Foxes. Founded in 1879, the club had minor county status until 1894, when it was promoted to first-class status pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Since then, Leicestershire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
Grace Road cricket ground, Leicester
The Pavilion End
The Bennett Road End
Members of the current squad warming up