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He's now very proud father and added: "I'm absolutely delighted for him. I know how hard he's worked and its all gone so well for him since he joined Notts."

Arnie admitted to Aggers that he was against , although he understood the reasons.

"He made his mind up that he wanted to play more - at Yorkshire at the time they had seven international bowlers. It's worked out perfectly for him. His Notts coach Mike Newell promised he'd open the bowling in all forms of the game and then Mark Ealham arrived and became his mentor.

"He's a top professional who's always been there for Ryan. Then Stephen Fleming joined, a great captain who gave Ryan so much confidence."

Ryan's return to international cricket last summer spoiled the trivia question: "Which father and son both played only one Test Match", but Arnie told Aggers that his son never lost the belief he'd get another chance.

"He was frustrated when he had three great years at Notts. The county won the Second and First division titles in successive seasons and he took 50 wickets each time - and we kept hearing people like Duncan Fletcher say you had to bowl at 85 or 90 miles an hour.

"What he didn't say was you also have to bowl them all at the wickets. If you bowl at above 90 but only make the batsman play once an over you won't get very far. It was also good that during that period he had the chance to bowl - I read that Ryan, in three seasons, bowled nearly 1,800 overs. The likes of Steve Harmison only bowled around 300."

Arnie, who made his one Test appearance against Australia in 1985, has certainly enjoyed his trip to see his son bowl, but the crucial question Aggers wanted answered was what the father makes of Ryan's hair. He was rather surprised by the answer.

"When I started playing sport my hair was longer than Ryan's. When I was a 16-year-old playing cricket and football, I had more of it than he does now, but when I played for Manchester United the manager made me cut it off at the shoulder," Arnie revealed.

On the first day, Adam Gilchrist joined Jonathan Agnew by phone to look back on his illustrious career for Australia. It says a lot about the man that he came on the programme only a few hours after and despite it ending in defeat, but he had agreed in advance to do the interview, so there he was.

He showed remarkable modesty when he was asked for the highlight of his amazing career. "Hitting Matthew Hoggard for six at Trent Bridge during the 2005 Ashes series. It was the only ball I middled that whole summer. That was special," he said.

We've also heard from Phil Tufnell and Darren Gough, who are both taking part in the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's fundraising campaign. Gough is not surprisingly showing off his skills on the dance floor in a Strictly Come Dancing Special, while Tufnell is taking part in a special celebrity version of Sir Alan Sugar's The Apprentice.

"I called him Sir Sugar the first time I met him. I was a gibbering wreck when I went into the room to find out who'd been fired. He's a daunting fellow. But overall it was hysterical. I've never seen five grown men shout and scream so much and get nothing done in five days - but we raised thousands," said Tuffers.