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8th June 2025
12:20pm BST
The songwriter of 'I don't like cricket' has gone to his first-ever match, and he loved it!
Graham Gouldman, founding member of the band 10cc attended his first cricket game 47 years after the song was released.
The musician had never seen the game live despite the 1978 hit 'Dreadlock Holiday' becoming an anthem for many fans of the sport.
With the help of BBC Three Counties Radio, Gouldman saw England beat the West Indies on Tuesday at The Oval.
Following the game, the 79-year-old commented: "After today's experience I can say 'I don't like cricket, I absolutely love it'.
"I've had a really lovely day really, enjoyed it… great atmosphere, great people.
"I just had a wonderful time," he added.
The rock group member was asked if he would write another hit about the sport, to which he replied: "When you have had a nice experience like this, I'm sure somewhere, at some point, something will crop up in a song."
Gouldman is the only original member of the group who is still in the current 10cc line-up.
The band, which formed in Stockport in 1972, has earned five consecutive UK top-ten albums and twelve singles in the UK Top 40, including three number ones.
The inspiration for 'Dreadlock Holiday' came from a man Gouldman met while on holiday in Jamaica.
Speaking to The Guardian, Gouldman explained how he asked the man 'do you like cricket?', and received the reply 'oh no… I love it!'.
The hit topped the charts in several countries and has been played at countless cricket games ever since.
English cricketer Phil Tufnell described the tune as the 'soundtrack to [his] cricket career.'
He told Gouldman: "Wherever we was touring, it was always on.
"Also I'm pretty sure when I came out of the second jungle [on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here] that was the tune I came out to."
