Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Out-standing in the field- Article #35 on CricHQ.com

My interview with Auckland umpire Ben Jackson who is trying to win an AMP Do Your Thing Scholarship.

http://www.crichq.com/media/article/102/out-standing-in-the-field

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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