BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing, which featured a look at the new contestants' preparations for the contest, picked up 4.7 million and a 26% share between 6pm and 7pm.
The Babe had pitched in exhibition games over the years, but those contests were hardly preparation for his nine innings of masterly work against the Red Sox.
Those statistics were merely for the record in a contest all about preparations for next week's first Test in Ahmedabad, and top of England's list was a telling indication as to the identity of the man to replace the retired Andrew Strauss at the top of the order.
Having Senators Clinton and Obama continue to develop their messages and delivery inside the confines of the friendlier Democratic intramural contest is the best preparation they can have for the fall.
One company, Uncles Ben's, has just launched their second annual "Ben's Beginners Cooking Contest" where children in grades K-8, along with their parents, can submit home videos demonstrating the preparation of a rice-based dish.
The latter contest proved to be ideal preparation for her meeting with Rybarikova, a tense baseline encounter punctuated by repeated breaks of serve.
Sky said the fight would be against a credible pro boxer opponent, with two hour-long episodes following Flintoff's preparation for the contest before the fight itself.
In preparation for the contest, MacArthur has also given $1 million to the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation to develop a common standard or protocol for the badges.
Those organising against Corbyn, many from the Blair era, have established an online petition pressing him to resign – and are encouraging people to sign up for membership in preparation for a contest.
In the hiatus between winning the nomination and facing Richard Nixon, the incumbent president, he remembers relaxing back at home in South Dakota in preparation for a contest that he knew would be tough but that he thought he could win.
