Writing in his column for the Daily Mail, Lloyd revealed how he was mistaken by a sound engineer for Ian Bishop, the former West Indies quick, during broadcasting duties at the Emirates Old Trafford on day four of the second England-West Indies Test.

“I’ve had some amusing cases of mistaken identity in the past, but Sunday’s took the biscuit,” Lloyd wrote.

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“A young sound engineer came into the box, looked at me, and said: ‘Right, Bish, I’ve got to get you ready for your fast-bowling demo.’

“Unlike me, Ian Bishop is 7ft 3in and from Trinidad! The lad admitted: ‘I don’t know anything about cricket!'”

The problems didn’t end there for the commentary panel, according to Lloyd, as a customary Covid nasal swab test for Nasser Hussain ended up requiring a little customisation.

“Another Covid test as I entered Emirates Old Trafford before the start of play,” Lloyd wrote. “I sat on a chair and this chap rattled my tonsils, then excavated my nostrils, for which he needed a longish cotton bud,”

“Mind you, not as long as the one they needed to get up Nasser Hussain’s beak, which I gather had to be flown in specially.”