When the ‘cloud crapped’ after Graham Gooch’s triple ton

Graham Gooch had just scored his 300th run at Lord’s in 1990 when Henry Blofeld’s voice was heard over the microphone, “Never before in the history of this great ground has so many runs been scored by the same batsman in the same innings in a Test match.”

Graham Gooch had just scored his 300th run at Lord’s in 1990 when Henry Blofeld’s voice was heard over the microphone, “Never before in the history of this great ground has so many runs been scored by the same batsman in the same innings in a Test match.” After a pause, he continued in the same vein, but was attacked by a bout of Spoonerism, “Never before in the history of this great ground, has the cloud crapped like this one.”

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