Veteran Sky Sports and Premier League Productions commentator Jim Beglin gave football-loving Zimbabweans a reason to smile when he surprised them with a greeting in the vernacular Shona language.
Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence today and for the first time there are no gatherings to mark the anniversary due to the national lockdown enforced to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.
Beglin, household brodcaster, has overseen many historic moments in the English top flight together with fellow commentators Peter Drury, Rob Palmer, Jon Champion and Martin Tyler.
Here is the Irishman’s post on microblogging site Twitter:
