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Michael Portillo: "This is my first time at a Test match"

Michael Portillo: "This is my first time at a Test match"

Update: 2016-07-14

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Broadcaster and former MP Michael Portillo chats to us during his first ever day a Test match. Topics include how a Test match is like politics, being outdone by MCC Chairman Gerald Corbett during their undergraduate days and interviewing Ken Clarke at a cricket match.
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Michael Portillo: "This is my first time at a Test match"

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