Oracle 1992

31st December 2010 - From Ant :

At this time of year I'm always reminded of how long it has been since Oracle disappeared - 18 years ago this evening in fact. With that in mind. thought you might like this. Bits and pieces of it have been floating around in various forms for a while but at the moment I think this is probably the most complete and restored version of the full last night of Oracle. Sourced from an SVHS recording, processed with some teletext hardware that basically did its best to repair the pages from as many repeat cycles as it could make out, and - after much procrastination - a certain amount of human repair (that would be me then).

P134/01 ORACLE 134 Thu31 Dec ITV 2255:30
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 *************** *  N ZEALAND-PAKISTAN *
 * First Test             Hamilton     *
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 Opener John Wright has broken a finger 
 and is out of New Zealand's side for   
 the Test against Pakistan, starting on 
 Saturday.                              
                                        
 It happened as the former captain      
 scored a century for his provincial    
 side Auckland on Wednesday.            
                                        
 Wright, 38, New Zealand's all-time top 
 Test run-maker with 5,097, was to have 
 started his 80th Test.                 
                                        
 He is likely to be replaced by Rod     
 Latham, who failed to impress in the   
 one-day internationals, or Blair       
 Hartland, who toured Sri Lanka and     
 Zimbabwe last month.                   
    Sport headlines 130 Racing Ch4 570

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