10cc star Graham Gouldman sees first match and does love cricket

A rock musician who co-wrote a track with the lyrics “I do not like cricket – I like it” has simply gone to his first match – practically 47 years after the hit was launched.

Graham Gouldman, a founding member of the band 10cc, had by no means seen stay cricket, regardless of the 1978 hit “Dreadlock Holiday” being adopted as an anthem by many followers of the game.

But with the assistance of BBC Three Counties Radio, Gouldman noticed England beat the West Indies in Tuesday’s one-day worldwide at The Oval.

“After at this time’s expertise I can say ‘I do not like cricket, I completely like it’,” stated Gouldman, 79.

He added: “I’ve had a extremely pretty day actually, loved it… nice environment, nice folks.

“I simply had a beautiful time.”

Asked if he would try to write down one other hit about his first match, he stated: “When you might have had a pleasant expertise like this I’m certain someplace, in some unspecified time in the future. one thing will crop up in a track.”

He is the one unique member within the present line-up of 10cc, which fashioned in Stockport in 1972.

The band had 5 consecutive UK top-ten albums and twelve singles within the UK Top 40, together with three chart-toppers.

Gouldman has stated “Dreadlock Holiday” was impressed by a person he met on vacation in Jamaica.

Since it hit primary in a number of international locations, together with the UK, the track has been performed at numerous matches.

It was described by former England cricketer Phil Tufnell because the “soundtrack to my cricket profession”.

“Wherever we was touring, it was at all times on,” he informed Gouldman.

“Also I’m fairly certain after I got here out of the second jungle [on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here] that was the tune I got here out to.”

Fans informed BBC Three Counties presenter Justin Dealey – who helped organise Gouldman’s day at The Oval – they may hardly imagine it was the musician’s first match.