Crowe gives us all a lift; WICKETWHISPERS.Byline: Mike Walters CELEBRITY spotters have had a field day at Lord's, with Gladiators star Russell Crowe among the stellar cast of A-list visitors to one of high summer's blue riband rib·and n. A ribbon, especially one used as a decoration. [Middle English, variant of riban; see ribbon. occasions. The visit of Crowe (right) to the media lunar module, chewing the fat on both Test Match Special and Sky Sports, was a welcome dash of Hollywood spice. But when his attendant lackey insisted on holding one of the lifts, delaying hacks setting off for the close-of-play press conferences, it took the intervention of Maximus himself to release the elevator. Travelling by lift has been a hazardous business in this match - Sir Ian Botham Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE, (born 24 November 1955) is a retired England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets, and remains well known by his nicknames "Beefy" [1] has been among those stranded in mid-shaft. |
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