England Hire Pietersen, Ashes Ticket Prices and Edgbaston Preview! | Stick to Cricket EP 61

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1:59Michael Vaughan: We've had to come back in because we went in the green room. Might have touched a nerve. This is going to be at the top of the show, Dave. This is the start of the show, lads. We've had to knit back in. You were having a brew. Yeah. You were doing something with your furry friend. And breaking news, Kevin Peterson, Englander Point, former captain and specialist mentor for the White Bull teams. Kevin Peterson is to join the England men's White Bull teams as a specialist mentor in the build-up to next year's Cricket World Cup in Africa. Peterson will join up with Brenda McCollum's white ball teams for the forthcoming T20 International and ODI series against Sri Lanka later this month, joining a coaching team that already includes Triscothic, Southie, Jitam Patel and Sarah Taylor.

2:42Michael Vaughan: Former England captain Peterson said, I'm immensely proud to have been asked to help this team on the journey to win a World Cup in South Africa. Putting on the England uniform again for the first time since 2014 is a profound honour and deeply special moment. We We have an incredibly talented white ball squad and I'm excited to get into the trenches and work relentlessly hard with these players to maximise their potential. To be part of Brendan's think tank over the next 12 months is a fantastic opportunity and I can't wait to get started. McCullum said, I've got immense respect for KP and what he's achieved in the game.

3:16Michael Vaughan: He's had an amazing impact on English cricket. So for someone with his experience, knowledge and stature to want to play a role with this team is a fantastic result. I'm particularly excited for our batters to get the opportunity to work with him. KP has a unique understanding of what it takes to perform at the highest level, which will be hugely valuable to our players. We've always respected each other and had a strong appreciation of what the other brings to the game. So I'm really looking forward to working together. So Kevin Peterson, coaching the England whiteboard team. First... Well, not coached.

3:48Michael Vaughan: Well, he's men, sorry. But he's part of the backroom for the next 12 months to the World Cup in South Africa. First thoughts?

3:57Sir Alastair Cook: Don't mind that. Good luck, for a start. And I think... I think KP, fantastic player, great white ball player, innovative, hard worker, hard practicer. Always trained hard. Always trained hard.

4:15Michael Vaughan: He's not been involved in English cricket since 2014 and there was a fallout, wasn't there? Was there?

4:21Sir Alastair Cook: Well, yes.

4:22Michael Vaughan: The perfect man to have on the table.

4:24Sir Alastair Cook: So, that's over to you.

4:26David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Over to me. I suppose we're going full circle a little bit with the coaching staff now. Brendan O 'Connor, when he first came in, got rid of everyone and just wanted two or three people around. And now they seem to be adding a bit more experience. He will have a lot of experience. Well, he does have a lot of experience being in the IPL. Yeah, I mean, I'm not adverse to him doing anything.

4:49Sir Alastair Cook: I think it's good to get ex-players back. Australia were very keen on it, weren't they? You know, getting McGrath back into the dressing room and Warney, God bless him, back involved with it. So I don't see that that's a huge...

5:04David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Again, he did think differently, didn't he, to a lot of players. And I think, as a sounding board, I think he will be quite valuable to that side in terms of his role. How good, like all these things, how good he'll be at it,

5:17Michael Vaughan: normally knows because first of all he's a great great player yeah now great great players don't necessarily mean they're going to be great coaches but he's a great player he's a mentor coach i don't think he can be called a coach because maybe he's not done his levels and there's a way in to get into the england system well that's he can be a mentor that that's absolutely fine great player

5:37Phil Tufnell: one of the greatest that we've had mentor interests me is it in the background because it's a good appointment if he is, if that appointment is in the background, if it's dominant, there's enough coaches, there's enough people around. Is it a real dominant? Specialist mentor is the job title. He's going to be box office with the media. Is he going to say, look, this is what I do and I'm going quietly about my business working with these players? That would be good, really good.

6:17Michael Vaughan: Well, he's been very vocal, hasn't he? He actually had a real pop at the England team, the whiteboard team in India. I don't mind that. No, no, no, but that's what I'm saying. So they've been willing to appoint someone that's had a pop at them not too long ago, which I like. I like the fact that Rob Key has gone, you know what, he'll help the England team. And some of the things he said was about preparation and practice. he had a right good go at them in India for not practising hard enough in the white ball series he's had a pop at them before the Ashes last year about preparation so maybe he'll be the one I mean there wasn't Alistair was right up there with the hardest workers as well but there was no one that worked harder in my time as an England cricketer than Kevin Peterson so he'll definitely bring that drive to the England team good you know so it's a bit of stardust crack it they've got a lot of money in the ECB Stephen Fleming well that's why Bas McCullum, Kevin Peterson, Freddie Flintoff was involved.

7:17Michael Vaughan: I mean, there's some dosh around, isn't it? Because, let's be honest, they're not doing it for nothing. No.

7:22Sir Alastair Cook: I think Bumble's spot on. I think he's got it there spot on. Great appointment if he's working with the players. All that experience, you know, and everything, but then doesn't start wanting to creep more and more into...

7:37Phil Tufnell: Well, the danger is that with the name and the personality, The reality that the media are going to be all over him. Will he want to quietly go about his business to try to improve players? Yeah, which I think he would. That's what a mentor is, isn't it?

7:51Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah.

7:52Michael Vaughan: Yeah, I mean, winning will be absolutely the paramount because, you know, it has a... I like it, but it also has a bit of a concern to me that suddenly the management become more profiled than the players. So McCullum is a big front. Yeah. and we know he's under pressure because of what's happened with the test job and then you've got peterson who's who's a big big name one of the biggest names in world cricket they are huge now now if you lose one or two games the fingers will be on the profiled element of the coaching triscothic's a big name cracker they've got some powerhouses in the backroom what does that do for triscothic by the way he's the batting coach at the minute but he's still in the backroom team which is good but you've got two batting coaches you'd say that Harry Brook

8:40David 'Bumble' Lloyd: must have approved of it as well as he must have been involved in that and wanted he wanted something different

8:46Michael Vaughan: or wanted something

8:48David 'Bumble' Lloyd: else added to that coaching set up because

8:50Michael Vaughan: well I think Harry's the closest thing that we've ever had since Kevin Peterson in terms of the way that he bats

8:55Phil Tufnell: didn't Joe Roots right at the beginning of Harry Brook Joe Roots said it's like batting with KP did he?

9:03Michael Vaughan: no he did he likes his golf as well good appointment yeah the golf team he plays off scratch

9:10Sir Alastair Cook: that's a good addition it's a good addition to the football

9:12Michael Vaughan: knows a lot of South Africa knows a lot of the courses yeah

9:16Sir Alastair Cook: great addition but I think it's also yeah I mean that's another sort of like little link get him on Leopard's Creek that's another little link isn't it that knows well he's

9:25Michael Vaughan: in the last few years he's worked in India the next World Cup is not there but you know all the skill sets of the modern game he'll have seen close up South Africa, he's been working in South Africa with South Africa, what's it called, the T20 Cup? Yeah. SA20. SA20, he's been working on that. South Africa 20. Yeah. So he's known South African conditions and he knows it probably as well as anybody. So it's just this name, oh, God, the most high-profile coaching team in the world.

9:58Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah. Well, they haven't got it. Well, I mean, which could only be a good thing, isn't it? It can be a good thing.

10:06Michael Vaughan: For the players. But if you look around the rest of the world, most other teams are going around. Look at New Zealand. We couldn't even name their coaches. In Australia, I have Andrew McDonald, Di Venuto. Vittori. Vittori. I don't even know their bowling coaches. Who's their bowling coach? Fast bowling coach for Australia. So other teams are going a bit more low-key and probably going more coaches, coaches, coaches. England have gone down the mentoring room. Let's be honest, Baz McCollum's a mentor, really, isn't he? He's a culture creator. Kevin Peterson's going to be that. They're going to need some good coaches in there as well.

10:41Michael Vaughan: He's very strong-minded, isn't he?

10:44Sir Alastair Cook: Kev? Yeah. Yeah, there might be a little... I mean, there's... McCollum Peterson, there's quite different characters, aren't there?

10:53Phil Tufnell: It's the mentor word. It might give you the impression that there, there, there, they'll put your arm round. But a mentor might just...

11:02Michael Vaughan: The only thing I'll say is the 50-over team is a work in progress. The white ball team is the number one team in the world. T20. So you're kind of looking at, they've thrown someone into that mix that was doing okay, but 50 overs, I think they need a little bit of an improvement. I thought all the appointments were going to come in the test group.

11:25David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Well, it's definitely made it like you've thrown an unknown in there, haven't you? Like Retreat is an absolute banker. you know, rock-solid bloke, all that kind of stuff, will never upset, you know, where the team's going or just do his role. If KP sees something he doesn't like, he will say it. And again, I don't want to use the word maverick, is that the right word for both McCullum and... They are mavericks, actually. Yeah, they are mavericks, absolutely. So they will have different opinions on certain things. Managing that relationship, McCullum, who is actually a very good people's person, so it might not be an issue, But if they start having different ideas that could leave Harry in the middle, this is like the worst-case scenario.

12:07David 'Bumble' Lloyd: The best-case scenario, you've got a bloke who's extremely talented, thinks probably differently because those guys do, adding that experience into the mix of players, stardust as well, and players like being surrounded by people with stardust, and that could just generate some more things. The worst-case scenario, as we all know, goes like that, and they clash head. That's the worst case. I'm not saying it's going to happen, but that's the only thing.

12:30Michael Vaughan: The problem area could be the white ball team, and Kev's working with them in white ball cricket, and then they go to the test team. And if he's working with three or four of those batters in the white ball team, they can then go to the test team and work with someone else.

12:43David 'Bumble' Lloyd: You've got to be making sure the messaging and communication

12:46Michael Vaughan: is absolutely 100%. This is very intriguing. Yeah, it's intriguing. It's a great thing for cricket. It gives us a lot to talk about.

12:57Phil Tufnell: Does KP have the time? He must do. He must do, yeah. But I can see it, just as you, that this is moving from white ball cricket. Right, what about the test team?

13:10Michael Vaughan: Well, maybe that's what they're going to do, give him a go in the white ball and then bring him in for a better test cricket.

13:17Sir Alastair Cook: I mean, I've never played with Kev. Is he the kind of character who would just be in the background? Has he ever been just in the background? No. You can answer that yourself. Yeah, perhaps. So that's going to be intriguing to see. You know, if Brendan says, all right, this is what we're going to be doing, is he just going to go, you know, OK, boss?

13:44David 'Bumble' Lloyd: I'll tell you what, the first series is absolutely fine. Everyone will be loving it and it'll be brilliant.

13:48Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah.

13:49David 'Bumble' Lloyd: It's just over time. What are you trying to say?

13:50Michael Vaughan: Sorry, over time it might just get a bit... Well, something might happen. Because I always say in my time that I got Kev from 2004 to 2008, honestly, I thought he was a diamond. There you go. An absolute diamond. No better recommendation. Honestly, I couldn't have asked for a better person in the team. You told him to do something, he'd do it. Always trained hard. He was always on time. Very disciplined. And then it started to go. And the whisper was, because I wasn't around, that he got a bit too kind of IPL-focused and upset one or two in the team. I never saw that in the time that... Maybe I got him at the time where he's at that fresh moment, which...

14:29Yeah, and...

14:30Michael Vaughan: You'll mention it.

14:31David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Yeah, and I think people are allowed to evolve and change as well. I think I'm a massive believer in all of that kind of stuff, aren't they? So I like the word excitement in terms of it does bring new eyes to it. It's going to bring a new dynamic. And if the dynamic works, it's a great appointment because of his knowledge, because of his way of thinking. Could fly. Could fly.

14:52Michael Vaughan: Could fly. I mean, they've got the team to be able to... The next World Cup, South Africa, decent pitches. That's where England thrive and have thrived in whiteboard cricket. The difficulty for England has been, if you look at the Champions Trophy, it was in India, India-Pakistan, the World Cup defence was in India. So the last two major 50-over tournaments have been in, what you'd say, conditions that haven't always suited England teams. Whereas South Africa, the UK, Australia, we've always done pretty well in those parts of the world.

15:26Sir Alastair Cook: One thing we have got is that we've got all the tools. We've got all the tools. The team's there, isn't it? I think so.

15:34Phil Tufnell: Just from a media perspective, media are just going to want to speak to KP. They are. And he'll be, watch this space, because he'll give an opinion. Yeah, good, good, good. Yeah.

15:50Michael Vaughan: So overall, we'll like it, yeah? Yep. Yeah, yeah. Like it. Well done. Love it. Before we get started, I'd like to thank our partners, Betfair. So just hit subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Enjoy the show.

16:08Michael Vaughan: Ticket prices go into£167.50. Let's be honest, to sit in the holly stand next to a giraffe, next to a beer snake and probably Donald Trump. Yeah. Now, you're telling me that that's inclusive to everyone? Are you on LinkedIn? No, I don't quite know what LinkedIn is.

16:22Phil Tufnell: Me and Lewis Capaldi were rocking out of Adelaide at 4am in the morning.

16:26Sir Alastair Cook: It was the longest ever run-up to deliver a ball. How many? 100k. That would be a good board game, wouldn't it, for Christmas? Pakistan cricket.

16:39Michael Vaughan: That's£175 more expensive to go and watch England in Australia than watching the whole Ashes series in the UK. That can't be right. It's like a wicked...

16:48Phil Tufnell: A shoot hat?

16:49Sir Alastair Cook: This is a proper shoot hat. Yeah. Yeah, that's right.

16:52David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Shard of Freed is our sense of reason here.

16:55Sir Alastair Cook: He's got a good arse, hasn't he? I've got a cunning plan.

16:59Michael Vaughan: Don't take the **** out of the fans, because you know what, the years after, they might just go, you know what, nah, no thanks.

17:05Sir Alastair Cook: It's better sitting next to a giraffe than behind a giraffe.

17:13Michael Vaughan: Are we in the call, guys? Are we in? Are we in? Good morning. Good morning. It's all set up at night. Morning. Morning, morning. It's been happening, Harry. Oh, you know they'd let me down again, haven't they? I bet you're happy, aren't you? Chef Wednesday. Chef Wednesday, four out of five, yeah. 2-1 away, Peterborough. Bit of a scrappy win, but it'll do. Top of the league as well. Who'd have thought? Yeah. Billy Mitchell in the middle of the park from Millwall. Got a single song about him. You know that Thomas Tuchel song in the summer?

17:56Michael Vaughan: I think that's better. Yeah, but it's a good song.

18:00Sir Alastair Cook: Morning, boys. All right, Harry. Hiya, mate. All right, all right. Where are your plums? All right. Oh, they're in there. Go and get them. Good lad, good lad. What's happening for now? Plums, I should be doing it. Get them. I need your plums. Richard Illyworth. Boycott called you a numpty.

18:17David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Richard anyway. He's not the first person to call a numpty. To be fair, I didn't think that was that bad. Join the club.

18:24Michael Vaughan: He can be worse than that. On his best eleven? Best eleven. Geoffrey chose Raymond. Art Illingworth. Harry put it out as Richard Illingworth.

18:37Sir Alastair Cook: Spin Twins are deadly.

18:39David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Him and Deadly. Yeah, he's bringing some light to his name.

18:42Michael Vaughan: Just wanted two left armours in his team. There you go. It was a tired mistake.

18:46Sir Alastair Cook: It was a tired mistake. Easily made. Easily made. You've been away again, haven't you? No, no, no. But he gorgeous. Well, Lords was nice, got it done. You went to New York, didn't you? It's my 60th year, Mike. Oh, so you're having 60 holidays? I am. Listen, you may as well... You went away after the last game.

19:03Michael Vaughan: I know, I know, Mike.

19:04Sir Alastair Cook: Listen, you go away a bit. I went to Ireland golfing. Well, there you go. There you go. I was actually not bad. Portrush. Portrush, lovely. Do you get like a season ticket for your flight? Well, no, listen, it's a special year, it's a special birthday, so I'm planning to, instead of just having it on the day, have it on the year. What have you got here, Dave?

19:25Phil Tufnell: Well, one thing in life, you've got to hold on to your plums. Yes. Oh, that's a good bag of plums. That is a good bag of plums. Have a feel of that. Have a feel of my plums. That's a feel of my plums.

19:39Sir Alastair Cook: Oh, lovely. Oh, they're juicy. Did you call them grapes? They're juicy. They're big grapes, aren't they? Thanks, mate. Are they right? Are they ready to go? Are they lovely? Can we have a go? Get in. What are they? Are they clean? They're Victorian.

19:56Phil Tufnell: They're all right. What do you mean, clean? Have they been clean? They're straight off the tree. Are they?

20:01Sir Alastair Cook: They're nice, aren't they?

20:02Phil Tufnell: Are they organic?

20:03Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah. Yeah? Absolutely. No fertilisers? No, no. No. Hold on a minute. Would you not eat it if it was? Polishing your plum?

20:12Michael Vaughan: He got smashed in his plums than he is ago.

20:15Phil Tufnell: I can still feel it. He'd be a good guess, wouldn't he, Jeff? Oh, me! Oh, they're good, coach. Lovely. Oh, they're just... Tight, a bit tight. A bit tight, lovely.

20:29Sir Alastair Cook: Need a bit of sugar in.

20:30Phil Tufnell: What have you been doing all week, Dave?

20:31Michael Vaughan: Have you been out and about?

20:32Phil Tufnell: Well, Jack Russell is up in the countryside where we live. He's doing a commissioned painting at Newburgh Prairie Cricket Club for Tommy Banks, and we'll talk about Tommy at some stage. And there's a young lad playing. So this is country life. Right up your street, this country life. Andy, 14-year-old, opening bowler, and he can't go to cricket practice because he's practising for the tug-of-war team. It's lovely, isn't it? That's proper country. That'll be good for his bowling.

21:03Sir Alastair Cook: Good for his back. Good for his strength.

21:05Michael Vaughan: Maybe that's what we need to bring in.

21:07Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah. A bit of tug-of-war. What tug-of-war are you doing?

21:09Michael Vaughan: What are you doing?

21:11Phil Tufnell: What did you do? That, innit? Side on. Side on.

21:14Sir Alastair Cook: Oh, I said it. Oh, now, now, now. Now it's OK. You keep hearing them. Heee! Keep there. Jesus.

21:25Phil Tufnell: That's another sport, tug-of-war, that you've got to dig in. Dig your feet. Get your heels in. D-back

21:32Sir Alastair Cook: He Usually like the rowing in it.

21:38Michael Vaughan: What's the guy at the front called the boat? Oh the cocks I could about and is it nice. It's the front.

21:44Sir Alastair Cook: Yes, the lack of the boat. But when they finish Do you? I thought he sat at the front and... Driving like a Formula One car. I thought he was at the front. He's not that strong. He's at the back, cos they're facing him. Oh, right, yeah, yeah. I knew they were facing him. It might be interesting, actually. What is the front and the back of the boat? Cos they're going this way, so that must be the back.

22:09Phil Tufnell: He's sat at the front. He's there, isn't he, going backwards. He's number eight, though, isn't he?

22:13David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Number eight is the furthest away from the cocks.

22:18Phil Tufnell: Yeah, they don't. Yeah.

22:20Sir Alastair Cook: They do, don't they? Well, I don't say they have to, Dave. I'll tell you something, I'm not taking up Rowan. It seems very popular.

22:32Michael Vaughan: Can we get it out of the way? Lanx News, what's happened? Lost again, Dave.

22:37Phil Tufnell: Well, they play tomorrow. They're there tomorrow. Gloucester at home. Play Gloucester at home. They are bottom, aren't they? They are bottom. Well, Lanx, are they second bottom? Comfortably. All right. comfortably it's a middle sex uh i watched that game i watched it you take to be honest and serious these streams are brilliant that you can watch you can go and watch any match really yeah on youtube so i watched that i don't know what it's on but we watched it on a tablet um and it was it was at merchant taylor's yeah yeah oh yeah no good phil well it's all right but it's not good it's got the win didn't they yeah but it's got a win tom helm pitch were favored the uh seamers and the new spinner for lanks norman alley didn't ball the ball didn't ball the ball in the game in september in september but it was seamers so so roland jones and tom helm and and jimmy anderson played jimmy got wickets tom bailey balderson got wickets it favored the seamers yeah i will yeah uh henry

23:43Michael Vaughan: Crocombe two in two that's two out tricks two in two two in two no I've not seen him as he got pace come here have you got the iPad H I think we've got two at tricks yeah we've got we've got

23:59Sir Alastair Cook: the clip interesting look at that look at that oh there you go yeah we have I just wanted them We've made it. We've made it. We've made it.

24:10Phil Tufnell: Is there only one of them? We've got it. Vaughn! Is there only one of them? Yeah, only one. Here we go, here he is.

24:15Michael Vaughan: Here he is.

24:16Sir Alastair Cook: This is a bit... Let's have a look here.

24:17Michael Vaughan: That's the first one out. He's a big lad. Unless the actual ball, maybe. I guess by the celebration, that's it.

24:23Phil Tufnell: He's got a good arse, hasn't he?

24:24Michael Vaughan: He gets a good whip.

24:26Phil Tufnell: I mean, you need a good arse to ball.

24:29Michael Vaughan: He got one the week before against Somerset and then this last week against... Who's that?

24:35David 'Bumble' Lloyd: It's a good collapse for Essex. It's 170 for three.

24:38Sir Alastair Cook: Let's have a look at his action a minute. Let's just have a little look. He's in the England set-up, isn't he, Crocombe?

24:45Michael Vaughan: Wazim Akram's done it. Been on this show.

24:48Sir Alastair Cook: Two and two? Yeah. I can imagine Waz doing it. Back-to-back first-class hat-tricks.

24:53Michael Vaughan: Who's got the most hat-tricks? Oh, that's a good debate. I'm going to say someone like Mool-A-Ritha-Ren. All right, go like that. Mool-A-Ritha-Ren, Moustak-Ameh. Something like that, yeah. Waka.

25:04Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah. Waka, Waz.

25:06Phil Tufnell: Pakistan have sent all the balls. Oh, that's good.

25:09Michael Vaughan: We might as well get on to that. Let's just start with hat-tricks, right? Most hat-tricks, I'll be guessing. I'm going to go... Millerithran. Mustac. In first-class cricket.

25:20Phil Tufnell: Which mustac? Sackling, mustac, mustac. Oh, sackling's not a bad shout.

25:23Sir Alastair Cook: I'm just going to say mustac. But how many? How many? Sacky mustac. A bit of mystery. Four career hat-tricks? Murrily, surely.

25:33Michael Vaughan: Murrily will have a lot, but Waka would have got a few. Waka and Wazim would have got a few.

25:37Phil Tufnell: Well, my gosh.

25:39Michael Vaughan: Well, Wazzy and Wino's got two, because he's got two in two weeks.

25:42Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah. Are we going to get the answer?

25:44Michael Vaughan: I don't know.

25:45Sir Alastair Cook: We can sit here and chat about it.

25:48David 'Bumble' Lloyd: I reckon most four career hat tricks.

25:51Phil Tufnell: No one's got one four. I've never got one. Surely. I've never got one. Do you know, I just fell into the trap there with this Henry Crawcombe. Doug Wright. Wrighty. Doug Wright? Dougie Wright got seven.

26:00Michael Vaughan: Got seven Dougie Wright. Seven. Seven. That's outrageous.

26:05Phil Tufnell: What area did he play in? That'd be 40s, 50s, Doug Wright. And he played for? Doug Wright. I've never heard of him. Derbyshire? No, he was Southern County. Doug Wright.

26:15Michael Vaughan: He was Wisdom Cricket of the Year in 1940, righty?

26:19Phil Tufnell: Yes.

26:19Michael Vaughan: Well, then he's... Yeah. You'd have had a bit of him, wouldn't you?

26:25Phil Tufnell: No, I just missed Doug Wright. Who did he play for? Thank you, mate. Doug Wright, come on, who did he play for? Doug Wright, that's right.

26:33Sir Alastair Cook: I've never heard of him. No. No. No. No. Nothing like that.

26:38Phil Tufnell: Kent. No.

26:40Michael Vaughan: Go down Canterbury way. He's a posh in, won't he play for Kent? Kent. I should have known.

26:46Phil Tufnell: That's a bad mark for me. I should have known that. You should have known that. Historian of the game. I should know who Doug Wright played for. Well, you knew him. Was he a Kentish man or a man of Kent? No, I don't know.

26:56Sir Alastair Cook: I always thought he was a good lad. Yeah.

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29:05Michael Vaughan: Right, come on, let's get on to it. Pakistan chaos. What's going on? Who wants to start? Well, I'm just... You're all right, just spitting all your class out on me.

29:14Sir Alastair Cook: What I am going to say, please do, is, now, you know, I nearly got sent home on most of my tours I went to but managed to sort of, like, hang on till the end. You were all right with me. I was all right with you.

29:29Phil Tufnell: No problem at all.

29:31Sir Alastair Cook: No, absolutely. But then to send them home... Except for New Zealand. To send them... No, no, no. To send them... And the West did. No. But to send them actually home, I think, is terrible. Oh, yuck. It's a disgrace for the players. I mean, they've now got to get on a plane, go back to the country. I mean, I've been sent to the moon in a rocket by the sun and, you know, big ears and bunny teeth and everything. We always used to get that. But to actually sort of say two-thirds through a tour, right, sorry, lads, you've got to bugger off. I think that's unfair. The thing is, you know, so...

30:08Michael Vaughan: Embarrassing. Embarrassing for the player. Yeah, but so you're talking about potentially being sent back from a trip for off-field...

30:14David 'Bumble' Lloyd: behavior has has there been a fallout has there been like a fallout or something but usually you

30:20Michael Vaughan: know you see one or two leave at all because they've done something wrong in a bar or correct these have been sent home for just plain average cricket and by the way let's read so five players have been who have played mohammed rizwan who's done all right no two bad shots Imanul Haidt obviously got his car problem and he was an issue at Lourdes. Pauling had got five for didn't he? Salman Aliaga, he captained at Heddenly, got dropped for Lourdes, took that flying one-hander. That's it, second slip. He's gone home. Ali Usman, got five for. Bowled quite nicely. Karam Shahzad bowled nicely at Lourdes at the time.

30:57Michael Vaughan: Better, he bowled better, didn't he? Bowled better, didn't he? So he wasn't that good at Heddenly, improved at Lourdes. He's on his way back home. They've got rid of the coach, Safra Zahmed. He's gone. Mike Essence come in. Umar Gould, the bowling coach, he's gone. Ashley Nofki's in. Ashley Nofki? Yeah, he's in. Played with him in Middlesex. They've also posted a job ad. They've put a job ad for a new fielding coach on LinkedIn. There you go. Well, you'd probably get it, because I can't imagine many will want to apply for it. Are you on LinkedIn? No, I don't quite know what LinkedIn is. Interim Pakistan head coach Mike Hessen said his players are used to chaos in his Friday night.

31:36Michael Vaughan: Did I say on this show this week, I did because someone mentioned it said there hasn't been any chaos in this tour you know they've

31:43David 'Bumble' Lloyd: just been bad and then 24 hours later they sent seven home yeah it's ridiculous if you're following

31:50Phil Tufnell: social media with one of the nicest blokes you could ever come across is Jason Gillespie yeah and he was coach and was just sacked on your go and him and Akeem Javid are having a right spot on social media.

32:04Michael Vaughan: Really?

32:04Phil Tufnell: Oh, yeah, they're having a right go. And one of the things that Gillespie has said, you need to look in the mirror, about Aqib Javed. Now, Aqib Javed... He's the director of cricket, isn't he? He's the main man. No, he's not.

32:18David 'Bumble' Lloyd: He's director of high performance. Yeah. All right. I mean, isn't that...

32:22Phil Tufnell: Not performing very highly. No, is he? But think about who he was. He was the follow-up to Wackar and Wazim. He was the third Simu and he was harmful. But, I mean, it's just a complete embarrassment to the country.

32:39Michael Vaughan: It's the interior minister, isn't it? Oh, not him again. It must be him because he's the head honcho. He's the hire and fire.

32:47Sir Alastair Cook: OK, hold on a minute. What is that going to achieve?

32:51David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Well, the only thing I can think of as achieving, apart from chaos, is everyone... It wasn't Ramy's on our show saying, where are all these T20 players? they should be one playing so he's asked for the T20 players to be in so they've just got the T20 players in well some of those guys haven't played first class cricket for two or three years the other thing

33:09Phil Tufnell: about the two matches that we've seen when you play Pakistan in England or in the UK they are full of support full no support they've had no support so they're no fools the supporters they're saying no we ain't watching this you're spot on

33:26Sir Alastair Cook: you're spot on we was at Lords You was at Heddenley, you mentioned... There was a few more at Lord's, but not many. Not many. Not many.

33:32Michael Vaughan: What about this, then? Since Sacklein Mustac lost his job as head coach in 23, Pakistan have made 12 changes to the men's Test match head coach. How many? 12. In how many years?

33:43David 'Bumble' Lloyd: That's more than Watford managers.

33:45Michael Vaughan: 12 in... Yeah, 12 since 2023.

33:51Sir Alastair Cook: Three years? That's four a year, is it?

33:53Michael Vaughan: They've had 12. Three years, three, four is 12. So if you're Mike Hessen, you're sitting thinking, three ain't going to be around long, is he?

34:01Phil Tufnell: No. Just imagine if you're a coach of that team and they've had some real high-caliber people who've been coach of that team, Pakistan, and you're going about your business and you're working with the players and two politicians come bouncing in. Are they politicians?

34:17Michael Vaughan: He's the interior minister. He gets appointed from government level to run Pakistan cricket.

34:24Sir Alastair Cook: Yes, but then surely he then sort of gives it over to the people who knows about who have been employed to know about cricket or does he sit

34:31Michael Vaughan: there going I don't fancy he's sat down at Lord's and gone right get rid of the lot of them he's

34:36David 'Bumble' Lloyd: also done it to cover his own job on it he's just blame the players blame the players and coaches he said they're not doing it but surely any I say high-performing thing just got a five I know

34:46Phil Tufnell: hang on hang on don't is the next bit to it to all this nonsense so they got got an audience with King Charles. Yeah, they did, yeah. Did they have to go? So the seven couldn't go home because they had to go and meet King Charles. You're all lined up and... You're being sent home, but just before you... Yeah. Can you just go and meet the king? Meet Milado.

35:08Sir Alastair Cook: I bet Charlie...

35:10Michael Vaughan: Milado? You can't call the king Milado.

35:13Sir Alastair Cook: I went and old Charlie's walked down there and said, are you the one who's going home? Topical staying.

35:19Phil Tufnell: Well done. Well done. This is... What have you done wrong? This is like that programme, Have I Got News For You. This is what we're doing. We might be doing that, actually. The other thing, Northampton won the T20. They've gone to Charles Spencer's. Charles Spencer. Charles Spencer. Althrop. Althrop. Althrop. Prince Diana's brother, isn't it? He's put a banquet on for a moment. They're all suited and booted. That's nice. Lehman. I think Lehman's lodging there. Althrop.

35:50Sir Alastair Cook: Is he the Earl of Northampton then or something? Who? Ulthrap, Throp. Lehman? No, Charles Spencer. Charles Spencer? He's a Spencer family. Yeah, yeah. Ulthrap. Yeah, but Ulthrap must be in Northamptonshire. Oh, it is. Oh, yeah, yeah. That's the LinkedIn. That's the LinkedIn, isn't it?

36:07Phil Tufnell: When Lammy had his benefit, I had to go down and we had a do at Ulthrap. I'm sat next to Charles Spencer's father. Earl Spencer, he was.

36:16Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah.

36:17Phil Tufnell: Nice fella.

36:17Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah.

36:18Phil Tufnell: And it's a big place. So I stood up to do my bit and I said, here, here, here, who does your windows? Yeah. Is it going? I'll clean these. We're like Fourth Bridge. You just start at one end and go all the way around and just keep going. Yeah. What a contract that is. You could have done that.

36:39Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah.

36:40Phil Tufnell: Were you a window cleaner? Have you done that?

36:41Sir Alastair Cook: No, I haven't done window cleaning at all. I haven't done window cleaning.

36:44Michael Vaughan: Yeah. Should I give you a quote from Shida Freedy? Oh, please. Yes. Shida Freedy. Not sure what is the logic or reasoning behind this decision. Even the replacements make no sense. T20 players have been included for a test match in England. What is this thinking approach? Why has the coach been asked after five test matches? This is the most shocking decision ever by a selection committee, which includes so many experienced selectors.

37:07Sir Alastair Cook: Oh, right. I mean, most shocking ever. Sure, but he's just said experienced selectors. So it's not just the interior minister. But it is. We don't know.

37:16Michael Vaughan: and it's alleged that he's involved. I would say that he's quite powerful. I mean, the fact... If you're ex-players, right, so you're ex-players, say, for instance, he's right and he's experienced selectors, which I'm guessing are ex-players, and you're sat around the table and they've come up with a solution to send seven home. I've got a cunning plan.

37:38David 'Bumble' Lloyd: I just think that...

37:39Michael Vaughan: I think it sums it up.

37:40David 'Bumble' Lloyd: It can't be ex-players that have made that call. Shard of Freed is our sense of reasoning. Yeah, that's good.

37:47Phil Tufnell: But if you, you three lads, so I've been involved as well, I would think any team that I've been involved with, if somebody said you seven are going home, I think the other four would say and so are we. Oh, hello. Great shout. Yeah.

38:04David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Solidarity. What about the skipper? How about having to tell everyone all like...

38:08Sir Alastair Cook: I mean, it's an absolute car crash. Who is staying? Who's staying? What were the reasons given for that? Well, Muhammad Abbas is staying.

38:16Michael Vaughan: He's bowled nicely. Well, yes, he's got to. He's staying. It sounds like Muhammad Ali's staying. Or is he?

38:22Sir Alastair Cook: Who are the other two that have gone home? No, so it's Baba Ali. Sian. Masood. Sian Masood got 50 at Edenley. Batted all right. And then opened the batting. No, that was Imran or whatever, wasn't it?

38:38David 'Bumble' Lloyd: The calf guy. Just quietly.

38:41Sir Alastair Cook: Didn't he?

38:42David 'Bumble' Lloyd: How did that guy without the calf bat? Didn't Steve Waugh get 100... Immanuel Haack, that was a bad look, wasn't it?

38:48Michael Vaughan: That was a really bad look for the team for him. You know, he's got a little calf problem. Well, was it a little calf problem? It doesn't matter, Phil. You walk out the bat in the first innings and help your team. Well, look at Wokesy, like with a bust shoulder.

39:00David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Nathan Lyon coming down on crutches with a torn... He'd torn his calf, didn't he? Yeah. I mean, just...

39:06Sir Alastair Cook: But there wasn't anything on the game, was there? I don't care.

39:09David 'Bumble' Lloyd: You know he's under investigation isn't he who's that? Yeah, Imran's there Whether he had a calf strain, but he didn't our man was it. Yeah, who's the minister? Interior not the tip the high-performance director He's gonna be on the investigation against him.

39:26Michael Vaughan: Mohammed Rizwan He's done. Okay, right. I played a couple stink Yeah, but you don't get sent home. Ali Usman's got FIFA. So there's been, well, not many Pakistan players have done that well, but, you know, Kuram Shadag was getting better. Why send them home? They must have done something. Where's the next test?

39:46Phil Tufnell: Where's the next test? Edgbaston on Wednesday.

39:49Michael Vaughan: I mean, how much does it cost, by the way, to send all these players in?

39:52Sir Alastair Cook: Oh, yeah, I don't know. What, an airplane? You don't get on a plane for nothing these days. Well, no, no, no. No, you don't, no.

40:00Michael Vaughan: And you have to redo all the flights that those were meant to go home at the end of the tour.

40:04Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah, that's a very, it's very strange. The odd one or two you might have slipped in, but seven. And you're right, coach, what was the other four boys doing? A little bit of solidarity. This is unreasonable, I'm sticking with my mates. Well, they're all touring group.

40:18Phil Tufnell: The whole touring group would have said, we're all off, you'd carry on.

40:22Sir Alastair Cook: I mean, it's so embarrassing for the boys.

40:24Michael Vaughan: I reckon if England win the toss this week and bowl first, this game could be over in two days. Yeah. I think I could just rip through them.

40:32Sir Alastair Cook: Well, especially if they're playing T20 cricket. They might come out with the wrong coloured clothes on.

40:41Phil Tufnell: You might walk in after 20 overs. I mean, England attack is good. We don't play longer than 20 overs. That England attack is good. Very good. Very, very good. Don't get carried away or we're going to steamroller the Aussies. There's a lot of cricket to be played before.

40:55Michael Vaughan: Well, we're on to that now, Dave. Good segment to move on to. So the best... I'll give you an average here, right? Best Test Bowling average in the UK, in England, minimum 50 wickets. Who is it?

41:08Sir Alastair Cook: Ollie Robinson.

41:08Michael Vaughan: Ollie Robinson's got an average here in the UK. 19. 16.5 in the UK. He's just ahead of Joel Garner, Jim Laker and Malcolm Marshall.

41:20Sir Alastair Cook: Not getting any better.

41:21Michael Vaughan: This is a bowler that England didn't think was good enough last year.

41:25Sir Alastair Cook: Might have got that wrong.

41:27Michael Vaughan: Didn't take him to Australia. didn't think he was quick enough didn't play him last summer and he's come back this summer

41:33Phil Tufnell: he's got mad at the match in every game isn't that you just said they don't think he's quick enough that was a fad that you've got to be big you've got to be tall you've got to be rapid now wicket keeper stood up you've got to be deadly accurate and hit the top of off stump roundabout off stump bring lbw into play he can't stand out of his ground it's a different phase of cricket well

41:56Michael Vaughan: you look at all the bowlers this well let's go back to the ashes actually so scott boland's not rapid but accurate nisa uh michael nisa is what matt henry yeah nathan smith from new zealand bowled beautifully correct mohammed abbas yes ollie robinson yeah all the same looking they're all the similar kind of pace jimmy anderson different in height jimmy anderson jimmy anderson yeah so all this airspeed and we need pace.

42:24David 'Bumble' Lloyd: But I think, I think, I haven't seen the stats, but has the pitches moved more this year, but considerably more?

42:32Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah.

42:33David 'Bumble' Lloyd: The last two years? Yeah. Do we know that? They were saying the second day

42:38Michael Vaughan: at Lourdes. It was the most ever. Since pitches have been registered, going back 114 test matches in the UK, that second day pitch at Lourdes, it moved more than any other pitch. Because they steam in it,

42:49Phil Tufnell: aren't they, steam in the pitch?

42:50Michael Vaughan: I didn't see the steamer i went out there was a lovely quote though wasn't there from from our mate all our mate mr key wasn't there what was it that keepers stood up don't work don't keep us stood up with people pulling 75 miles an hour i'm gonna get anyone i feel for him on that who said that wrong we know that doesn't work at test level poor fella yeah but at the time he said it we got to be fair we've got to be fair none of us around this table well fair do

43:23Phil Tufnell: Rob would come out and say look I might have got that wrong yeah but none of us

43:27Michael Vaughan: around this table the time he said it we'd have gone oh he's absolutely wrong

43:31Phil Tufnell: I'll hold my hand up I'd have backed him up at that time every time is he quick has he got pace if he hasn't I'm not interested but on different pitches you do so you come to your boy Sam Cook in for this one who keeps coming in he keeps getting going he'll be playing it he's supposed to have money

43:48David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Well, unless Robbo's got... I can't see they'll change a team.

43:51Michael Vaughan: I think they'll go two and two. Robinson, Cook and maybe...

43:53David 'Bumble' Lloyd: And take Atkinson.

43:55Michael Vaughan: Joffre Archer. See, the other bloke... If you're ever going to rest Joffre Archer, he likes to obviously come in and bowl explosively. I mean, if you're ever going to rest a Joffre Archer, it'd be this way.

44:05Phil Tufnell: There's your stardust because he is quick. There's your pace and the awkwardness of Tong and then Fisher. But he's a proper baller.

44:13Sir Alastair Cook: And I'll tell you something also as well. I mean, we were taking the mickey out of Keezy and about the keeper stood up and everything. After the first innings at Perth, with the boys steaming in, it was the fastest first day all four bowling or something like that. It was electric. We were sitting there going, hold on a minute, they can't handle this. Can I read you some numbers? OK, what are they? Do you want to read them? No, I'm not very good at numbers.

44:40Michael Vaughan: this series Ollie Robinson two matches 17 no not 17 he's got 16 wickets 17 maidens I don't know how they put that in 16 wickets at an average of 7.18 come on Josh Tong's got 13 wickets at an average of 12.46 yes Mohamed Abbas has got 10 wickets at an average of 20 Joffre's got 8 wickets at an average of 21 so Ollie Robinson 16 wickets at 7 I mean come on is it is it that he is we are looking at a ball that could be exceptional or Pakistan just garbage?

45:14Phil Tufnell: Well, there's a combination of two. They've had a shocker and he's dipped his bread in. He's a good baller.

45:22Sir Alastair Cook: There's no doubt about that. Got a lot of wickets against Pakistan in Pakistan. Yeah, he did. We're saying, is it doing a little bit and balls and climate? Didn't he get a load of wickets? Yeah, he did. Yeah, he did.

45:36Michael Vaughan: Triscothic, the interim coach, has come out with this statement after the game. We do have some real skill and you look back to 2005 and the sort of comparisons of Harmy, Fred, Simon and Hoggy, you could easily make those sort of comparisons. That's with the four that are bowling now. How good this four, how good can they be and how far do you reckon they're going to take this England team? Was Troy Cooley with England in 2005? Yes. Yeah. We've spoken about him before. He's a really good appointment by England. Very good.

46:08David 'Bumble' Lloyd: No, they potentially could get close. And we'll judge this side, this bowling attack against... South Africa. South Africa for a start. No, but those, you know, Harmson, that Freddie thing, for 18 months they were exceptional. And they then delivered, not against a weak Pakistan side, you beat South Africa away, didn't you? You won seven at home, which, you know, West Indies was one of those. They weren't like, that seven at home wasn't against Australia. but then against the bigger series, delivering... Western is New Zealand at home. So decent without being exceptional and then nailed the big moments.

46:45David 'Bumble' Lloyd: So these four, if they deliver those kind of numbers, then you can put them in the same clock.

46:50Michael Vaughan: I think when they're saying comparisons, I'm looking like Hoggy, like Ollie Robinson, a bit slower. Simon Germs, I'm thinking like Gus Atkinson. Simon, what a bowler. Gus Atkinson, then Freddie, like your Josh Tong, and Armie is Joffre. Yeah, I think you've got... So that's what... Simon Germs was quick. Oh, Simon was great.

47:07Phil Tufnell: Simon, And again, when he played at Glamorgan a bit way, would he play a bit, wouldn't play. Duncan Fletcher gets hold of him, he comes into an attack like that with a reverse swing.

47:18Michael Vaughan: He was unplayable. I reckon Sonny Baker's close to Simon Jones. If he can land his foot a bit closer to that front line.

47:25Sir Alastair Cook: And also, that little fall there that we are talking about, still very inexperienced. Haven't played a lot of cricket. So in answer to that question, I can see them getting better. That's what I would pay Archer.

47:41Michael Vaughan: Don't bypass South Africa. That is going to be real tough. Cracker, I tell you, because they play Australia for three before. So we're going to get a real good kind of judgment of both teams. Australia go there. Rabard is out. He's done his arm strength for the Aussie series, but he might be back for England. But I think by January 10th, whenever that last test match finishes, England South Africa will have a real assessment of both Australia and and this England thing we

48:08Phil Tufnell: should do that game in Cape Town we should I'm in Sydney well for that Cape Town test match obviously I'm not in that I'm in Sydney working just going what are you doing there just go down

48:20Michael Vaughan: could you go down the country surfing just a bit of surfing well you'll have to bend that yeah Stick to Cricket is brought to you by Betfair Betfair odds for the Ashes what do you reckon 2027 series Ben England I'd say the draw is the heavy is the what they'll go on England just favourites England just favourites

48:47Phil Tufnell: it's going to be a shootout it's going to be a shootout

48:49Michael Vaughan: England with Betfair as we speak even money drawn series and this isn't a bad bet, actually. Six to one. Six to one? Six to one with Betfair now. What, for a drawn series? Yeah. I don't think we're allowed to Betfair.

49:06Sir Alastair Cook: Of course. You saw that's not one to six? No, six to one. Six to one. Two all or one one. It's a shoot hat.

49:14Phil Tufnell: Have you seen that craze with Tom Hardy? Come here, it's like a wicket. A shoot hat. This is a proper shoot hat. Yeah,

49:23Sir Alastair Cook: that's right.

49:24Michael Vaughan: Australia 5-4.

49:25Sir Alastair Cook: You come here with that. It's like a western. I want a western. By the way, have you watched Gentleman?

49:31Michael Vaughan: Yes, it's great. I like it. My jam is good, isn't it? Australia 5-4. England Even Money. Drawn series, which I would say is... I mean, the last two have been drawn. I'll tell you. 19, 23. Yeah.

49:47Phil Tufnell: 61. That is value. I'm laying it. Yeah. Value. I'm laying that. It's a shootout.

49:54Michael Vaughan: You're a pack humans is the youngest of their bowlers at the minute 33 years of age Yeah, they've just picked that team for South Africa actually I'm not a labish ain't is still in it. Yes, I'm a Connelly joins the squad. No, I don't think Nathan McSweeney got into the league on

50:11Sir Alastair Cook: Cooper Connelly Good sketches today going on the plane very good. No, they blow up crocodiles

50:23Michael Vaughan: fantastic that's a balancer yeah so you think they're fair odds I think 6-1's an absolute steal on the Ashes there's been a a story that broke I think it was on the back end of last week it's kind of been quite topical this week about the ticket prices so the Ashes ticket ballot opened on Wednesday last week the cheapest tickets for Lord's and the Oval are£190 at Lord's and£185 at the Oval that's the cheapest overall it's a 43 % price increase across the board from the last Ashes the remarkable one for me was the Hollistan so the Hollistan next year for an Ashes test match is£165 and then you get£2.50 booking fee how much is it this year?

51:14Michael Vaughan: for Pakistan this week£82 for the same seat so he doubled it so supply and demand supply and demand we know that the demand for an Ashes series is huge but my problem in it is that this ECB have stipulated over the last few years they want cricket to be the most inclusive sport

51:32Phil Tufnell: in the country that's why there's no test match north of Trent Briggs well there's another point

51:36Michael Vaughan: yeah so there's no men's test match up north next year so is that inclusive to the whole country no it's not and ticket prices go into 167 pound 50 to let's be honest to sit in the holly stand next to a giraffe next to a bear snake and probably Donald Trump yeah now you're telling me that that's inclusive to everyone all right there's other areas of the ground but you can't tell me it's better sitting next to a draft the

52:01Phil Tufnell: behind it if he's inclusive that holly stand is for the people correct and so It's got to be round about£60 to go in there and it'll be rammed and it'll be a great atmosphere. You charge what you want for the rest of it, for the high-pull-eye who want to pay a bit more and have a better seat and not sit behind a giraffe and Donald Trump.

52:28Michael Vaughan: So let's go... £160. Right, so 1981. Yeah. How much do you reckon it was to go to an Ashes? Three and four-tons.

52:38Sir Alastair Cook: 1981, crikey, I started playing in 1986. are going to go £12. £18. It was£2.

52:45Michael Vaughan: Oh, it wasn't, was it? Two nicker. But that would have been, it was 2p to get on a bus back then, wasn't it? I don't know. It was 2p to get on the bus to school. Yes, it was. 5p I used to take the 2p. No, that was about 84, 85. And then it went to 10p.

52:59Phil Tufnell: I mentioned to Geoffrey about 1981, Headingley, Botham and so on, and Bob Willis, how many people watched that game, five-day game, how many people watched it? Not many. 50 ,000 in total.

53:11Michael Vaughan: Yeah.

53:12Phil Tufnell: And Geoffrey said, well, it was cold and wet. You wouldn't go and see it there. Well, you won for two quid.

53:17Sir Alastair Cook: So on them figures, excuse me, so it's gone up 43 % from two years ago. Well, let's go through the numbers.

53:27Michael Vaughan: So 2005, it was 40 quid. 2009, it was 75 quid. 2023, it was 120. So from 2009 to 2023, there wasn't a massive difference. Right. From now to 2027, 160 to one night, Edgbaston came back and said it was in line with inflation.

53:47Sir Alastair Cook: What, 43 %? I'd like their accountant. So that means in 10 or 15 years' time... Well, let's do that. 700 quid to go... Let's do the honest day.

53:58Michael Vaughan: So if we keep going 43 % on 180, so that's... Well, it's nearly half. 736, 72. So the next time round, it'll be around... We're looking at over 300 quid.

54:10Phil Tufnell: How much is it at Wimbledon or Formula One? I don't play cricket there.

54:13Michael Vaughan: Yeah, but... LAUGHTER You can... I understand that. I actually understand the monetary side of, obviously, bringing in a load of cash. You've got a can of cash. It's a game for the people. It's just... Don't have a strapline saying you're going to be the most inclusive sport in the country, because those prices are not. Not playing up north is not an inclusive sport. It's not. It just isn't. It's not.

54:35Sir Alastair Cook: You keep chatting away. I'm going to get you a tweet. I like what Bumble said the other day about Lancashire cricket club. Oh, it's a cricket club. Now, I know that clubs have all got to make money and everything, you know, making a few quid, but it's for the people. This will make you. This is good.

54:53Michael Vaughan: David Wright on X, David on cricket. He posted last week, he went, Home Ashes, a ticket, 150 quid a day. Well, that's a little bit cheaper. Is this you, Dave? So he's got 150 quid a day a hotel under pound a night So you're going for a four nights five tests possibly 400 pound on trains. He said that'll cost you in the UK 6 ,650 quid if you went to every test he went an Aussie test So you're traveling away from him flights two grand tickets from at 625 pound It's 25 pound a day the cheapest in Australia six weeks hotel at 100 pound a night 4 ,200 he said that would amount to six thousand eight hundred and twenty five pound that's a hundred and seventy five pound more expensive to go and watch england in australia than watching the whole ashes series in the uk so that can't be right no it can't be it can't be right you can do

55:52Phil Tufnell: it cheaper than that in australia as well probably much cheaper yeah going the backpackers backpackers

55:56Michael Vaughan: is fine yeah absolutely fine but you can you can not knock a few quid off dave's quote there yeah So you would be happy sharing a room with 18 lodgers in a backpack?

56:07David 'Bumble' Lloyd: It's just a bed, isn't it? I'm just asking, would you be happy?

56:10Phil Tufnell: I'm not bothered at all.

56:12David 'Bumble' Lloyd: So I'm watching the cricket get in there.

56:13Phil Tufnell: I might not even go. It's lovely and hot out there. There's plenty of benches. Sleep on a beach. Sleep on a beach. Well, me and Lewis Capaldi. Me and Lewis Capaldi were rocking out of Adelaide at 4am in the morning.

56:27Michael Vaughan: You can't need much kip after that. My problem is there will be people that go to West Baston this week that are cricket diehards. There will be some cricket diehards that have been going every single year. Oh, Donald Trump. Deep, Trumpy. Yeah, monsters. There will be many that can afford it, let's be honest, there'll be many that can, but there will be a small few, maybe a big few, that will go, do you know what, I can't afford that. No. And they're cricket fans that have been going year after year after year.

56:54David 'Bumble' Lloyd: They've got to be really careful

56:55Michael Vaughan: and they don't. Yeah, and they will not be able to go to an Ashes Test match. So Bangladesh Test match at the Lord's next year. they kind of warm up it's 25 quid a ticket so they realise that they're going to try but the problem with that is there'll be some youngsters that go to that test match maybe for the first time and turn to mum and dad go oh love this can I come to the ashes oh no thanks it's going to cost us a thousand quid for a family of four there'll be tears yeah there'll be tears so it's not inclusive no I agree it's not that ticket price of£167.50 let's be honest it's for a it's for a middle class probably middle-aged man who can afford a day out of the cricket.

57:34Michael Vaughan: Which is everything that the game is trying to get away from.

57:36Phil Tufnell: The authorities would say we can justify it because it will be full. Absolutely.

57:40Michael Vaughan: Well, that's not my point. That is not my point. I know the Ashes will be full, but don't rip off the fans.

57:47Sir Alastair Cook: No.

57:47Michael Vaughan: Don't take the piss out of the fans. Don't take it for granted. Don't take the piss out of them because, you know what, the years after, they might just go, you know what, nah, no thanks. I'll be honest, watching it on television is great these days, so stay at home and watch it on telly.

58:02Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah. And where's all that dough go then?

58:04Michael Vaughan: Well, again, the 100 sale was to... and it's brought a huge amount of money, and I thought the amount of money at Birmingham, all these grounds, all the major grounds, I thought it was meant to go in for the infrastructure of the facilities. So, Edgbast, I think, I build a new hotel, new stand. Costs a fortune, I get that. But I thought that was going to come from the 100 sale sell to make sure the infrastructure of the ground was like Old Trafford. Old Trafford is an event venue now. The Oval is an event space. I think these other grounds are realising if they want to run the business side of their facility, they need hotels, they need event space.

58:42Michael Vaughan: So I totally get that. But I thought that was all going to come from the hundred money, not from the fans' pockets.

58:49David 'Bumble' Lloyd: It's just important. I think the most important is that they don't take the piss out of people. and when I saw that 43 % it seems incredibly it's an incredible amount of money and it's still good value in terms of what you get for a day's cricket compared to say a rugby game where it's only 80 minutes is that all that kind of stuff what does a rugby ticket cost? well Twickenham's very expensive but then it's a bit like Lourdes going to Lourdes it's like the mecca of cricket isn't it going to Lourdes it's fine you go to Twickenham

59:15Michael Vaughan: Twickenham how many games a year do they play? 6 or 8? I don't know the Ashes we're not going to go 5 days you can't imagine but you've got five, four, so 20 days to go to.

59:24Phil Tufnell: It's not my sport, so, you know, just sort of twicken them. That's a bit posh, isn't it? Rugby union. Is that not quite a posh sport?

59:34Michael Vaughan: Well, it's deemed that, yeah, you're right.

59:36Phil Tufnell: You wouldn't get guys from Withenshaw, Levenzum? But then... I think I'll go... Yes, you would. But then you go and what...

59:44David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Some of those... Yeah, I think it's a bit of a generalisation.

59:47Phil Tufnell: So then Levenzum, Withenshaw boys, you'll certainly watch Man City and Man United. certainly you can watch both

59:54Sir Alastair Cook: are you saying if you're from with us I can't go to rugby union there wouldn't be a it's a long way to twicken you might like rugby union

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1:02:11Michael Vaughan: Right, let's move on. You mentioned, have I got news for you, right?

1:02:15Phil Tufnell: Yeah.

1:02:15Michael Vaughan: So I'm going to give you a little quote, and there's a word missing in the headline. Oh, yes, yes. Have you been on that one?

1:02:23Sir Alastair Cook: No, I haven't. That's the only one I haven't been on.

1:02:26Phil Tufnell: It's good in the world. What's that little fella? He and his mom. Private eye. Private eye. And that other guy. Paul Merton. Paul Merton. Very droll. Very good. Very drawl, very good.

1:02:37Michael Vaughan: Right. Team concedes cricket match over broken... Beep. Stump. Oh, no, no. Oh, I've seen... Windor.

1:02:46Sir Alastair Cook: Bails. Windor. Broken leg. Spirit. Broken spirit. Now, what did they do? Broken... Bat. I've read this.

1:02:57Michael Vaughan: I'll give you a clue. Ridge Mountain. It was in Northern Ireland. There's the clue. Northern Ireland? It was in Northern Ireland. Heart. Broken heart, not a bad shout. Oh! Have you got it? No. Guess? Right, OK. Go on. Bally Spallon were hosting Eglinton in the North West Cricket Union Premier League on Saturday. A team has been forced to concede a match in Northern Ireland because of a broken printer. That was right. Oh, I read it. I didn't read it. A broken printer meant that a DLS sheet could not be produced and as a result, the visiting Eglinton team were awarded the victory without a further ball being bowled.

1:03:40Sir Alastair Cook: What's the sheet?

1:03:41Michael Vaughan: It's the DLS. It's the... Duckworth Lewis. Duckworth Lewis. Oh, so they're breaking.

1:03:45David 'Bumble' Lloyd: They couldn't tell you what they have to go, so they had to forfeit the game. I've never written it out by that.

1:03:50Michael Vaughan: The host team will... So the North West Cricket Union regulations, the host team will immediately concede the game if a DLS sheet cannot be presented to both sides and the umpire. Why don't they write it out?

1:04:00Phil Tufnell: They never used to have a DLS sheet. You used to have to work it out. Just work it out, and that's what you need.

1:04:05Michael Vaughan: Look, it says in the rules, the home club should have a computer loaded with the necessary software, a compatible and operational printer with a sufficient supply of paper and ink and a proficient operator. They didn't have it.

1:04:21Phil Tufnell: Who's put these rules together? The rules of the North West Cricket Union.

1:04:26Michael Vaughan: Who's put that in? It should be an operational prior to the start of the match.

1:04:30Sir Alastair Cook: If there was a printer at my cricket club, it would just have loads of pictures of your arse on it. LAUGHTER

1:04:40Sir Alastair Cook: The old copier at Christmas. That's a photocopy.

1:04:45Michael Vaughan: Right, we've got some more news. Groom seeks helicopter from wedding to play at Lord's. Have you read the record yet? Yes. This is a good one. Blackheath captain Peter Mulhush. How do you pronounce that? Malhush? Melhuis, not that. Melhuis. I've been in the news this week. Melhuis.

1:05:03Sir Alastair Cook: Melhuis.

1:05:03Michael Vaughan: Melhuis. Melhuis. Melhuis. Melhuis. Mrs Melhuis. He had his wedding in North Wales. And from Guilford in Surrey, he's due to play at Lourdes on the 6th of September. So he did.

1:05:15Sir Alastair Cook: In the final one?

1:05:15Michael Vaughan: Yeah, he did. He got the chopper. He batted with his brother when the team were reeling at 28 for 3 in the first things. Oh. Unfortunately, they lost by five wickets.

1:05:25Sir Alastair Cook: Oh.

1:05:26Michael Vaughan: But he got a 48 top scored.

1:05:28Sir Alastair Cook: So he got a chopper from...

1:05:29Michael Vaughan: He got the chopper.

1:05:30Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah, from Wales.

1:05:32Michael Vaughan: Yeah, into Lords.

1:05:35Phil Tufnell: Who sort of laid it on?

1:05:38Michael Vaughan: The chopper, the team. I think they all...

1:05:40Phil Tufnell: Oh, good lads.

1:05:41Michael Vaughan: All right. I think there was a bit of GoFundMe from his teammates. Piers.

1:05:47Phil Tufnell: Piers.

1:05:48Michael Vaughan: Piers Morgan.

1:05:49Phil Tufnell: He responded to that. And is there anybody... Helicopter to get. His response was done. Was it?

1:05:59Michael Vaughan: Do you reckon old Piers might be...

1:06:00Phil Tufnell: I don't know.

1:06:01Michael Vaughan: Oh, a nice gesture if that's the way.

1:06:03Sir Alastair Cook: Do you reckon that's a good start to the relationship? I think it probably is, isn't it? It sets the boundaries, don't you? Sets the boundaries. I'm playing cricket. Yeah. We're getting some names here.

1:06:14Michael Vaughan: Why was Sam Bodiano's bowling at Valley End Cricket Club on Sunday in the news? You should know this.

1:06:23Sir Alastair Cook: Valley End?

1:06:24Michael Vaughan: You met him. You met him at Lord's He came into our green room We were sat in the green room And he came in Got allergy out With his whites on

1:06:32Sir Alastair Cook: Got allergy out We met allergy out I was listening Oh were you I was listening when you were talking about it Oh were you You do listen to us Chef I got a shout out I got Agatha's shout out When we're off to Luton

1:06:43Michael Vaughan: What was I going to say We met him We met him We were sat in the green room And Sam came in In his whites

1:06:50Sir Alastair Cook: Oh yes I know why

1:06:51Michael Vaughan: Got it

1:06:52Sir Alastair Cook: I hope you did I know why I know why You were there? Yeah, I was there. He... It was the longest ever run-up to deliver a ball. Yes, yes. 100km. How many? 100km. 100km come running in. Hopefully he weren't doing the Bob Willis. For 100km.

1:07:11Phil Tufnell: And the umpire says, no ball. Come on, do it again. We've got it here, haven't we?

1:07:16David 'Bumble' Lloyd: What about the batter? Just so he gets it. Sorry.

1:07:20Sir Alastair Cook: A bit of movement, bit of movement. Oh, my God.

1:07:23David 'Bumble' Lloyd: The side screens of what yes, they're places.

1:07:26Sir Alastair Cook: There is areas Sam. Oh Look, he's still in good Nick. Is it a good ball? Oh

1:07:34Michael Vaughan: It was a bit wide bit wide wide well done boy. He was bowled into his brother Brother you like to his daddy be bowled to his dad and it was all in If you'd have left it to be a one it was all for the roof Strath's foundation so yeah for ruth he's got a beanie that's right he's got the old book that's him

1:07:54Phil Tufnell: leaving lords yeah 100k that takes a while what a good idea good lad what a good idea do you do that 100 meters 100 kilometers 100 meters i've got a metal knee and a snapped

1:08:09Michael Vaughan: achilles and a broken back right this is uh this is a bicycle yeah the bicycle day this is one for you actually you know all about this Studley Royal Creek Club oh shocking the pavilion's been burnt down that's Ben Codes Club and Finn Bean right isn't there a Finnley Bean opening batter

1:08:32Phil Tufnell: he's the only batter for Yorkshire yeah what do you mean is he he keeps as well a proper player Yeah, good left-handed.

1:08:40Sir Alastair Cook: Finn Bean, that's a great...

1:08:41Phil Tufnell: Finn Bean.

1:08:42Sir Alastair Cook: Finn Bean.

1:08:43Phil Tufnell: So there's a GoFundMe page.

1:08:45Michael Vaughan: Yeah, that's right. Yeah, they're raising funds. GoFundMe page, it'll be on YouTube, where you can donate. But obviously they need a new pavilion. Well, that's the picture of the...

1:08:54Phil Tufnell: Well, Studley Royal is a great area. Yeah. And so what it needs is a benefactor, if we can, rebuild that pavi. Yeah. Come on. Come on.

1:09:06Michael Vaughan: I think they're after around 60 grand.

1:09:08Sir Alastair Cook: 60 grand? Well, listen, all the local, all the limiteds. He's a benefactor, isn't he? All the local... I'll tell you what you should do. I'll tell you what you should do, cos I've built a pavilion. I've been out of work worldwide, mate, for years. You should get... I've built a pavilion. Walsh, how was that one? With a little help from my friends, it was called. Oh, yeah! Yeah, do you remember that? Who was the...?

1:09:28Phil Tufnell: What's that lad called? The nice fella who does the building and all that. Yeah, Tommy. No, Tommy Walsh. Yeah. No, the other guy who would be a swarthy nice fella. Nick. Nick. Nick. Not Nick Knowles.

1:09:42Sir Alastair Cook: Nick Knowles. Nick Knowles. Yes, yeah. Nick Knowles. Get Knowles-y down there. Get your local timber merchant. Local timber merchant, donate a timber. You're in your orchard. Were you presenting? OK. Were you presenting the show? That's a good idea. Absolutely.

1:09:56Michael Vaughan: Yeah. It's so tough as that.

1:09:57Sir Alastair Cook: I'll tell you something, you could make a television programme about that. We could do it. We could go down there. Why don't we go down there and go round to all the local suppliers, give them a nice bit of advertising?

1:10:09Michael Vaughan: That would be a good effort. Dave, you can organise that. We'll help them out. We'll help them out. We could do... I don't know if it's possible. What's our DIY like? We could do a stick to cricket locally and raise a few quid. There you go.

1:10:21Sir Alastair Cook: What a great idea.

1:10:22Michael Vaughan: Yeah. We can help them out, can't we?

1:10:24Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah. Stick to cricket on the road.

1:10:26Michael Vaughan: Happy luck, Dave.

1:10:26Sir Alastair Cook: On the road. On the road.

1:10:28Michael Vaughan: Do a show.

1:10:29Sir Alastair Cook: On the road to... Raise money for that. Stokely Vale. Studley Royal. Stokely Vale.

1:10:34Phil Tufnell: I've gone to totally the wrong place. It's near Ripon. Near Ripon. Angela. Oh, she's on Rip Off Britain. She gets stuck in.

1:10:50Michael Vaughan: Stick to Cricket is brought to you by Betfair. Right, community questions. We've had enough today. What shall we start with? Anyone applied for the Pakistan job on LinkedIn? That's from Alex Hartley on Instagram.

1:11:05Phil Tufnell: No, not for me. I'd do it out of curiosity.

1:11:10Michael Vaughan: How long do you reckon you'd last?

1:11:11Phil Tufnell: Oh, God, a month, six weeks. No, you won't last that long. Why just nipping for this week? I mean, it's so easy, isn't it? You're going, you put your coaching team together.

1:11:21David 'Bumble' Lloyd: You're the fielding coach, though.

1:11:24Phil Tufnell: It's just the fielding coach. You're not head coach. You don't want to be head coach, don't you? and then you put your team together, it's an adventure. Then you work with your players. It's a very short one. Then you've got a three-year plan and you like to win along the way, but there's a three-year plan. You ain't lasting three years.

1:11:39Sir Alastair Cook: I'll tell you something, I've just thought, well, I have a good idea. That would be a good board game, wouldn't it, for Christmas? Pakistan cricket.

1:11:49Sir Alastair Cook: You've got your coaching team, you know what I mean? Like Monopoly. Yeah, yeah, like Monopoly. Like Monopoly. Get your players, you can buy your players. And then you throw your dice to see how many of the team gets sent home. Oh, four. There you go. That's then four gets sent home.

1:12:05David 'Bumble' Lloyd: It's a lot of like... Was it community chess? Community chess. There'll be a lot of sacking, sacking, sacking.

1:12:10Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah, what a good game that would be. Build your cricket team.

1:12:14Michael Vaughan: Right, next question. Should George Hill at Yorkshire be on England's radar for this winter? I think the reason why this question's in is... He's not a keeper tough, is that? He's not Jimmy Olsen. He bowls around 80. Oh, I know. He bats nicely at 78.

1:12:38Phil Tufnell: I think he is on England's radar. There you go. Right, so he is. I think he is on England's radar. Right, and where have you got that info from? Well, he's been in the Lions, hasn't he? Yeah. And so he will have made a good impression. Don't forget, he bats at the minute. he's batting seven or eight he did open the batting for Yorkshire opened the batting gets us how many wickets has he got this year well he got over 50 last year and he'd be right he was leading wicket taker last year with 50 at about 20s nice he's done it again this year he's exactly the same his keeper can stand up deadly accurate tall oh it's the pitch yeah lovely

1:13:19Sir Alastair Cook: bowler well i think what it has done now is that all those guys now in county cricket are starting which we said was wrong, that county cricket's been pushed to one side. All these guys now who are thinking, oh, crikey, I don't bowl at 90 miles an hour, I may as well just be... It's just reawakened them. They're back in the game. They're back in the game. You were comparing him to Sam Curran, aren't you, if he gets fit. He's that kind of...

1:13:42Phil Tufnell: He's very tall, George Hill. Well over six foot. He is, isn't he?

1:13:47Michael Vaughan: Six foot two, six foot three. I think he would be, yeah. Yeah, good cricketer. Can I just mention, it's the Barclays Knights Stokes Cup finals on September the 10th, Thursday at Lords. The four teams, the boys' final, Altrincham Grammar School, will be playing John Hamden Grammar School from Books. And the girls' final will be Pennington Grammar from Yorkshire versus Chelmsford. Which school? The John Hampton School. John Hamden Grammar School from Books. That's versus Altrincham Grammar in the morning, 11 o 'clock. at Lourdes on Thursday and then it's Peniston Grammar girls from Yorkshire versus Chelmsford High School Chelmsford Laders High School from Essex on at three o 'clock there's no comps it looks like there's Grammar Grammar High School so that's that's the state sector so there's been over 1 ,100 teams enter this year and grow and they're going to get the chance to play at Lourdes I think they're getting the same food 20 overs they're getting the same experience as an England team would get Oh, right.

1:14:51Michael Vaughan: So they're going through the gates, they'll be going into the dressing rooms and I think there's going to be over 1 ,500 kids there. So a lot of the kids that have entered the tour.

1:14:59Sir Alastair Cook: Just as well it wasn't the same experience as the Pakistan side because seven of them are getting set up.

1:15:05Phil Tufnell: What date is that?

1:15:06Michael Vaughan: It's this Thursday. So Paul Arlott's going. He will be. Because it's Altingham's...

1:15:10Phil Tufnell: Yeah, Altingham Grammar.

1:15:11Michael Vaughan: Oh, it'll be great, bye. Yeah, it'll be a great, great day at law.

1:15:14Phil Tufnell: Phil Collins, not the drummer Phil Collins, chairman of Durham. Durham. He went to Altingham Grammar. Did he?

1:15:20Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah. Oh, that's great. It's not a beer. Must be. We're in on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just down the road. Yeah, yeah, you'd think so, wouldn't you?

1:15:29Phil Tufnell: That's why they called it Old Tringham Gumball.

1:15:31Michael Vaughan: Right, we're going to finish with this one. It's just a dead simple one. What's your favourite topping on a jacket potato? Chili. Chili?

1:15:40Sir Alastair Cook: Yeah, like a nice chili.

1:15:41Michael Vaughan: Cheens and beans. Cheens.

1:15:44Sir Alastair Cook: Cheens and beans. Cheese and beans.

1:15:47David 'Bumble' Lloyd: Chino mayo. Oh, interesting. I like a tuna mouth.

1:15:52Phil Tufnell: I'm chilly. I like it spicy. Nice meat chili. Yeah, I like it. A spicy jacket potato with a bit of butter as well. A bit of cheese on top. No, no, no. No, I'm a big cheese man. But I wouldn't have cheese on me jacket. No, I wouldn't have it on me jacket potato.

1:16:10Michael Vaughan: I had a good prawn puree last night in the Indian. How are you? Down at Easton Revive.

1:16:17Phil Tufnell: Oh, Easton Revive.

1:16:17Michael Vaughan: Oh, in Wilmslough. it's a little say I go in oh absolutely I would have Manchester last night we're

1:16:24Phil Tufnell: rocking and rolling no I just called in the city arms and went in the same gun

1:16:29Michael Vaughan: for a curry so right let's get this one so cricket district clips I believe you do you know when you you were guessing the cricketer yes I think that's done great oh 50 ,000 on YouTube okay that was all coach actually and I'll tell you why

1:16:44Sir Alastair Cook: Because he said he had triceps. He did. He had triceps. I didn't think that necessarily meant anything, but... LAUGHTER

1:16:52Michael Vaughan: Yeah, so did you guess it correctly? Yeah, well, coach got it. Here we go, this is a bit of village action for you.

1:17:01Michael Vaughan: Catch it, catch it. Oh, no, oh, no. They've both gone down. Oh, that could have been nasty. That could have been Steve Waugh Gillespie, that. Here's another one. That's a good ball. Oh, he's hit him off the head! He's come off his head. Second slave.

1:17:20Michael Vaughan: Is that not five runs, umpire? He's come off his head.

1:17:23Phil Tufnell: No, he's on his head. That's a bit like the over.

1:17:33Sir Alastair Cook: What's going on? Look, he's got dirty arse there. Oh, hello, this is... Nice. Oh, he's saying he's nuts. He's straight in his plums. What's this? It's a bouncy ball, though, is it? It's not a real ball, is it? It's a bouncy ball. Well, it looks like it's...

1:17:53Michael Vaughan: It's like Michael Oden. Oh, I'm running for two. Here we go again. They've gone for a first. I love them. Go on, go for a second. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh.

1:18:03Phil Tufnell: Run again. Go on, go on.

1:18:05Michael Vaughan: He's done his hammy.

1:18:11Sir Alastair Cook: We laugh. We laugh. We do laugh at them. That was like you in Sydney, Phil. Well, absolutely. We do laugh at them. Which one do we like the best? I like the slippy over one. Of the nut? What about the one off the nut? I like the slippy over one. Slipping over. Yeah, the first slipping over one, I reckon. He's been on the source.

1:18:27Phil Tufnell: Not this one. I like this one straight off his nut.

1:18:30Sir Alastair Cook: Oh, well, it's not bad. I mean, it's optimism for putting two slips in. Yeah. It's not quite quick, isn't it? Oh, he's caught it off his head. Well, he has. Oh, sorry, I didn't say he's caught it off his head. This is a nice one, though.

1:18:47Sir Alastair Cook: He's been out all Saturday night.

1:18:54Sir Alastair Cook: Oh, fabulous. This isn't bad, straight in his nuts. I don't know how that's going to hurt, though.

1:18:59Michael Vaughan: What do you mean? It's him straight in the cracker.

1:19:01Sir Alastair Cook: It's just like a little loopy-doopy.

1:19:03David 'Bumble' Lloyd: I also don't know how he...

1:19:04Phil Tufnell: It only has to click. Well, it does. This mattress says it's not. Wait there, wait there.

1:19:08David 'Bumble' Lloyd: It's just...

1:19:09Phil Tufnell: I don't know.

1:19:11David 'Bumble' Lloyd: How's he not hit that as well?

1:19:12Michael Vaughan: Oh, right, so we're going for the one that rolls on the guy on the floor, yeah? Yeah, he's falling over.

1:19:18Sir Alastair Cook: I'll tell you what makes me laugh about that is that, you know, you think, oh, club cricket, village cricket, isn't it fantastic? But I've sort of been in all of those situations in Test matches. I'm sorry, but when we saw your film, remember, Mullally's shot,

1:19:33David 'Bumble' Lloyd: your Mullally shot, this shot, trying to hit against the spin.

1:19:36Sir Alastair Cook: There's not quite so much of it in Test cricket, but I've been in a few occasions like that.

1:19:41David 'Bumble' Lloyd: You getting run out on that thing was just... It just had me in tears.

1:19:44Michael Vaughan: That's brilliant. Well done. Well done, boys. End of the show, show.

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