“See – look at that. Only two of them have got runs. I think they’re struggling. It looks like, at best, a draw. Doesn’t it?” he asks. I peep into his I-phone, but I’m not sure if the test match between England and Australia at the Old Trafford would turn out to be a draw. So, I respond with a smile.
“You never know how these things turn out. But it’s exciting. I love cricket,” he said. “Back in the day, when I used to play for my college, I used to bowl left-arm; I was the opening batsman – just like Geoffrey Boycott.”
He looked at his phone again and said: “I love test matches. I can sit and watch these test matches all day long.”
“You like to watch test matches? That’s unusual,” I said.
“You only say that because of IPL,” he retorted.
Cricket is the last thing I thought I’d be discussing with Sir Martin Sorrell over lunch. After weeks of coordinating our schedules, we decided to meet at The Wolseley, a European Café-Restaurant in Mayfair, London.
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