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Peter Baxter: The accidental racist
Peter Baxter is a renowned name in the world of cricket commentary.
Published: Jan 20, 2015, 05:31 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 20, 2015, 05:31 PM (IST)
Peter Baxter is a renowned name in the world of cricket commentary, having given 34 years to BBC Radio; he is a voice behind the much-loved Test Match Special on Radio 4 along with Henry Blofeld.
Once Baxter was commentating in the Benson and Hedges Final between Gloucestershire and Kent. While replying to a huge score of Gloucestershire, Kent collapsed.
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The Pakistani recruit Asif Iqbal was soon out, followed by West Indian all-rounder Bernard Julien and finally Kent and Barbados star John Shepherd. Baxter noted, oblivious to political incorrectness, “The situation for Kent is getting blacker and blacker.”