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BANGALORE, NOV. 25. It was time for mirth and nostalgia as former England all-rounder Ian Botham and Allan Lamb unveiled their `The Botham-Lamb' chat show at the Leela Palace here on Wednesday night. The show, moderated by noted television anchor Cyrus Broacha, hovered on the humour that permeates cricket and the audience that included B. S. Chandrashekar, Syed Kirmani, Javagal Srinath and other cricketers and media analysts was in splits as Botham and Lamb regaled everyone with their anecdotes and punch lines. Botham described Geoff Boycott as an "awesome batsman but someone who when he batted you thought that the grass around him grew faster than the runs he scored!", while Lamb remembered himself quaking with fear and revulsion as Malcolm Marshall charged in with the ball that had earlier smashed into Mike Gatting's nose. "Marshall charged in and Viv Richards kept saying `give him the perfume ball' and Marshall let it rip a couple of times before Viv said `give him the original ball' and I found out that the ball was something that I had to literally eat as it was aimed at my mouth! I managed to fend it and later I walked after I was beaten and though the umpire insisted it was not out I hinted it was out and walked away. It was that kind of day!," Lamb said.
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