With matches taking longer to complete every year, most days see 11 or 12 hours’ play. “But I am very aware that no one person can fill Sue’s shoes.”Īccording to an update sent out by BBC Sport, the former England cricketer Isa Guha will continue to welcome viewers to Wimbledon in the morning – as she did last year – before Balding takes over in the afternoon. “It’s a huge honour to be given this responsibility,” said Balding, who is thought to be Wimbledon’s fifth lead presenter of the past half-century, after David Coleman, Harry Carpenter, Des Lynam and Barker.
In a statement, she suggested that Barker was irreplaceable, before adding that the new-look coverage will have to be a team effort. The BBC have confirmed Clare Balding as the new lead presenter for Wimbledon, signalling a strong thread of continuity in the wake of Sue Barker’s retirement last year.īalding has been Barker’s understudy for years, having first worked on the Wimbledon production in 1995.
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