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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ben Bloom

Happy 21st birthday T20: from silly photoshoot to cricket’s apex format

Members of United Colours of Sound pose with players John Crawley and Chris Adams at the launch of the Twenty20 Cup in 2003
Members of United Colours of Sound pose with players John Crawley and Chris Adams at the launch of the Twenty20 Cup in 2003. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images

In an age when every conceivable piece of information is available at the click of a button, details of the pop group United Colours of Sound are impressively thin on the ground.

In one incredibly low-resolution image of the band that exists in the far reaches of the internet there appears to be 10 members; in grainy YouTube footage of them performing England’s official 2003 Rugby World Cup song at Twickenham alongside UB40 there seems to only be five. But none of that quintet is the radio presenter and TV talent show vocal coach Carrie Grant, who was definitely part of the group at some point. Or was she?

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