MARTIN JOHNSON
Of all the innovations that have enhanced the cricketing experience for television viewers in recent times – DRS, Spidercam, and counting how many different positions Shane Warne’s hair weave assumes during the course of a Test match – nothing comes close to the sheer brilliance of the stump microphone.
Just think of the dialogue we’d have missed without it. A succession of England wicketkeepers shouting “bowled!!” to every delivery not actually being drilled for four, or “ooohhh!” whenever an opposition batsmen played a routine...