India Beat Pakistan & England Through - T20 World Cup Review! | Stick to Cricket EP 33

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0:33to be fair, haven't they? Yeah. Good point. Good point. Sutton and Shearer. Good team, that. Daglish. Daglish. Exactly. Here we go. Hey, morning, lads. How are you? Morning. How are you? How was your travel? Morning. Not bad, actually. Not bad. Morning, Phil. What time do you set off this morning? What time do you set off? Oh, early start. Cold this morning. Cold? Four o 'clock, was it? Oh, half four, yeah. I had... Bumbles? Hi Dave How are you Coach Thanks Good to see you Sorry I've just been on a Zoom call Are you getting it done Getting it done Good to see you Good to see you Yeah you too Nice weather isn't it Up north Chilly mate Loving it Played golf on Saturday in the Meadow You're a kid Yeah yeah I'll show you the pics Our golf club's short Yeah Underwater Yeah Underwater Look at this I'm thirsty Beautiful conditions Look at that That's a bunker I've had a lot of seeing.

1:34Glorious conditions. You can't put it. I had to go to the pro shop at Wilms, I'd get my bottle. Get a snorkel. Yeah, get one of those drinks. No, it was... Look at that. There's a lot of people about, isn't there? No, I was first off. I was first off. That's keen, that is, Mark. It was temperance. It was lovely. We should have a stick to cricket golf day. Good idea that is. What a good idea that is. And we'll challenge them football blokes. Right in a minute. Them football blokes, we can challenge them. Can't they? Wayne Rooney what football bloke we'd hammer them Wayne Rooney yeah Gary Neville he's average at golf is he Keno does he play golf no I don't reckon Roy plays golf Gary I don't think he likes Jill Jill will swing it nicely yeah Jill will be decent but we'd beat them we'd beat them easy we should take them on at paddle for us there's a paddle court here you know how do you play paddle here how do you play can you step in for bumble are you going to play I'll play you can't just he's just relegated I'm a panel court.

2:33Are you any good? It's definitely. If you're any good, I'll pick it up. It's a bit like table tennis, isn't it? Yes, but on the table. Think mini tennis. With wall, like squash. You can't go over on it. No, no, underarm serve. And it's like table tennis, isn't it? Yeah. Then you can use the walls. It's a bit like... Are you good at table tennis? It's touch, not power. Yeah. Lazy tennis. You should play pickleball. Pickleball? Which is like mini tennis with a lighter ball. That'd be good for you. Agus plays that. Pickle. Agus. We'll play them and all. We'll play the BBC at golf. Agus is coming on soon.

3:09Oh, is he? Yeah, John. Yeah, he's in good form. Good, good, good. Where's that iPad, Kieran? I've got something to show you. I'll guarantee what I'm about to show you is probably going to surprise you more than anything you've seen in a long period of time. We'll be the judge of that. Let's have a look at this, lads. This is Alistair Cook outscoring the universe boss Chris Gale in Goa just recently. Is that where you've been? Are you the tycoons? We were the tycoons. Oh, look at that little flick. Look at that. Look at the massive crowd.

3:46Oh, that's nice. That's lovely. Again spin, here we go. Oh, my goodness me. Oh, that's a six. It's two. 39 off 32. Take that all day long. That's Sean Marsh playing as well. Yeah. Brodie was there, wasn't he? Brodie was there. I saw that. He came fifth, he came sixth, I think. Out of how many? Out of six. Where was he played? Misra, little Misra. Little Misra. Where was he? That's not out. Well, I was giving up. His hands has gone, that's not out. I was giving up. Where was he played? Where was he played? Goa. Oh, lovely. That was really nice. There were six teams. and there was two hotels. The five teams were like in the older one.

4:27Our team because we had the Universe Boss. Oh, right. In the best one. He's a nice fella, isn't he? So different. He's a super bloke. Chris Gett. So different to what I thought. I mean, when we first walked out to bat, I said to him, is this the IPL contract opening partnership? It should have been. It never was. He started laughing. But he was like properly telling me about like, oh, this boy was nipping around. He's going to try this. You try that. I was like, oh, okay. He's a bit more serious than I thought. He actually thinks about it, doesn't he? Well, you have to be. To play that long, I'm that good.

4:56Apparently, he sits and watches every bit of T20 cricket, every bit of cricket, knows everything. He'll sit and watch under-19 cricket. But do you know what winds me up with him when people say, you know, he's just a basher. He's just a proper player. He played 100 tests. Yeah, a proper player. 100 test matches. 300 in test cricket. He was struggling a bit. This is mental. He couldn't quite time it. He goes, I was just staying in there because I was going to retire myself, but they're two left-arm spinners. They couldn't bowl it. So he was like even thinking tactically and allegedly. Have you got his number?

5:25I do have his number. Get him on. Message him now. Oh yeah, the boss is on. My phone is on. Definitely. He'll come on. Can someone take a picture of us? The only other thing. I've got something we're going to do here. Are you on chat GPT? Eh? Are you on chat GPT? What is it? Can you take a pic? Have we started yet? Yeah, we're... Oh, the show's started ages ago. Just get in. I'm going to try and do something. Oh what, yeah. Ciaran, get in, get in, get Ciaran in. He'll come up well in a caricature, Ciaran. Just wait for Ciaran. Go to. Right, just carry on talking lads. Anyway, I went round his room, we were just in normal bog standard room.

6:08Obviously went round the university's boss's room. It was the sweet, it was the whole lot. Legend. Different gravy. What a man, mate. Different gravy. Got his own range of cigars. Well, not bad. Oh, dear. I'd like it. Do you want a box of cigars? Yeah. Universe Boss Cigars. What, were they Cuban? Yeah. I don't know what they were. Did he turn up at Ascot? Oh, you know, is it Ascot wearing a top hat and everything? Yeah. He looked absolutely great. Yeah. He looked like King Dale. I saw him hit it out of the oval a couple of times when I was commenting. Powerful player. He hit a couple out of the oval.

6:47into the in into the hill yeah it's good the gas officer now he's a couple into the school watch bishops yeah and then yeah yeah yeah a couple incident into the bloody um he's massive as in like he is a huge bloke like a big weird where does he live terminator well he's still in jamaica is he we also had carlos brathwaite in our teams one of those two next year carlos Carlos. Remember the name. Have you come fifth? Have you? You've got Sean Marsh, yourself, Universe and Carlos. Carlos is only a youngster. Was it a load of Indian locals as well? Yeah. Were they decent? Yeah. Were they spinning tracks?

7:25You just had to retire from their first class cricket, so a few of them had just retired. Was this a paid event? Do you think I just turned up and... For the good of the game. For the good of the game. That was a nice place to go on Aldi, just have a knock. Have you been watching any of the Winter Olympics? Oh, Curly. Absolutely. Our guys cheated, didn't they? Yeah, something wrong, there was something wrong. I just read about that. It's like you get a... It's like this, isn't it? On the brushes? Give us your back. On the brushes. Was I just on that? Dave, before you start, Dave, come on. Well, that's us.

8:10That's us. That's good. Give us a ball. Who's got a ball? Give us that ball here. Oh, you're an apple. Come on, get the curling. How's it go? Get on, you bloody fiend. Look at that. It's gone right under it. Come back. Brushes. Did we get the gold medal? I don't know, but they were swearing at each other. Don't worry about that, Bob. Don't put it there. It's not a proper bar. But they've got a Bex Bissell, haven't they? They've got a Bex Bissell going like the clapper. Yes. Why are we so good at that? Curling. We've always been decent at curling. It's cold, isn't it? It's cold. Where do you practise curling?

8:51Scotland. I think that's where the Scotland's gone from. You practise in the kitchen. Shoveling up. They smoke, don't they? Don't they? The brushes sort of smooth the ice, don't they? Make it go faster. Or left, turn it left. Yeah, yeah. They sort of smooth it. What's the technique required?

9:13I'm just lucky, I guess. I've been just lucky. What is that? Chat GPT. Chat GPT. So you can do anything. I went yesterday to London with my daughter. Larry David.

9:33You just put it in. Oh, somebody did that. Didn't you look like Robbie Williams? Yeah, I'll show you that. Robbie Williams? Take that. I know his dad. I know Robbie's dad. He was a good baller with Robbie's dad. You didn't mean that. You didn't mean it, did you? You didn't mean it. Take that. You're sharp this morning, my story. He's a good singer. Who is Robbie Williams' dad? His dad was more of a... Crooner? Yeah, his dad were a... Frank Sinatra singer. Yeah, swing. Swing, swing, that's it. Dad's not well. Really? But he was a left-arm spinner. Who was? Robbie Williams' dad? Dad, yeah. Pete.

10:11Pete Conway is his dad. Did he give it a tweet? He played against Gary Sobers and Westall in the Staffordshire League. He was a proper bowler. Definitely. Robbie Williams' dad? Yeah. I'll tell you where I was last Tuesday night. We were out in Bury. Bury? We were out in Bury. Good black pudding. With a good set of guys. Went for a Chinese and we ended up... We were about to watch Man United play West Ham at a mate's house and we ended up at Greenmount Cricket Club. Yeah. It's Gary Neville's club. Yeah, it is. Yeah. The overseas pro's there. Why did you go there? Because we're on the way, his house is near the club, so we've nipped him for a pot.

10:47Matthew Hayden played there. Mike Taylor. Correct. Jamie Siddons. Yeah, I've got all there. I've got actually... I took a picture of some of the overseas pros. Cricket club? Yeah. Cricket club for a pint. Well... In the winter. Matthew 8 Jonathan Harvey Dean War Dean War was an overseas Wayne Phillips Jamie Siddons Saeed Amwar All at the same club Saeed Amwar Saeed Amwar Robin Morris From India Nishit Shetty From India Saeed Richard Chiqui Yeah Andrew Williams Craig Norris From SA That's Robbie's dad That's Pete Is he? Yeah Oh, there you go. Oh, there he is, yeah. Have you seen the Take That documentary on Netflix?

11:36No. Have you seen it? Do you like Take That? No, it's not. It's a three-parter. Just watch it. It's excellent. It's not my sort of music, but... No, it's a good doc, that. Yeah. Howard. Howard's on it. Jason. All right. Yeah, it's all about when they were growing up and when they were coming through and what they had to do to get to where they got to. Gary wrote all the music. Yeah. I've just been sorting my funeral music out for when I go. Oh, all right. Seriously? Yeah, yeah. Yeah? What have you gone for? I've gone, obviously, a bit of Frank Sinatra. Oh, did it? My way. That's the end when it's all gone.

12:11Oh, OK. So when I'm going through the curtains, you know, into the crematorium... Yeah, you've got a bit of wrapping in there. No. Burning love, Elvis Presley. Flames are coming up. Yeah. and then going in real tearjerker weekend in New England Bury Manolo Bury? yeah a bit of Bury a bit of Baz yeah do you know do you know what my old boy went to? go on he left to George Ezra shotgun IB riding shotgun got it going oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah he did got it going yeah it's good He came in to look on the bright side. Yeah. And left a shotgun. That's good. Anyway, this is a really nice show, this, isn't it?

13:06Yeah, it's good, isn't it? I was going to ask, why did you start doing that? Well, you've got to prepare, haven't you? You've got to prepare. That's what England didn't do in the ashes. They didn't prepare. You've got to prepare for a few minutes. They've prepared a little bit better for the T20. Have they? Yeah. What, they're playing better, are they? We've scraped through against Nepal. and Italy. Don't peak too early. Seriously. 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.

13:44Vaughan of Lanks signs for Yorkshire. Vaughan was born in Manchester. Do you think a Triple M style show would work in the UK? I think it could be box office. and you get a reaction. But you're out, you wanker. That can fly in out. Come and shoot. What a dickhead, he's out. Look where he's caught. That's a nice bat. That's the bat from there. I reckon that's probably the best one I have. Thin grain. Thin grain. Thin handle. I want to see if it fits your head. Oh, no, you've got a small nut. You've got a small nut. Have I got a massive nut? Shurriban Suits. Player he is. Unbelievable bat speed.

14:22All of a sudden, I sat there. Bruce Grobler. I went... What did you get with this one? Quas is light as a feather. Is this the bat that changed the game? That's the bat. It is all right. How are you going, Mr. Lama?

14:45Should we start the show? Yeah, come on. Let's start the show. We'll start with the T20 World Cup. All right, yeah. And in the Betfair Sportsbook, no surprise, India still rock solid favourites. Team to beat. Whoever beats them is winning it. Simple as. Australia beaten twice. They're on the brink. Well, we must say we're recording this as Australia are about to start in 12 minutes. Well, not Australia. Zimbabwe play Ireland. Zimbabwe beat Ireland. The Aussies are on the plane now. So Steve Smith will have travelled from... Ireland to the East. Well, it looked to me like he was playing in a live golf event in Adelaide.

15:19Got the call. Flew to India. Didn't get picked. and he's probably going to be flying home this afternoon well they saw the floating they've flown Steve yeah Mitchell Marsh got it in the growing in the in the notes yeah if you got it in the nuts didn't you that was a bad than that from Jeff Thompson yeah I do I remember that yeah I was going on to nostalgic things like around have you brought the box

15:46yeah oh my god I bring that it was that it's in bits three bits It's the old lights, son. Yeah, the old pink lights. Pink lights, son. We're doing nostalgia, aren't we? Yeah, we are later on. Come on, let's go through this T20 tournament so far. What have we made of it? Again, again, as we always do, there's one team that's not getting a mention at all, New Zealand. Oh, yes. Never get a mention. They'll be round about. Well, West Indies, not really. West Indies beat England. Yeah, West Indies a little coming up on the rails. I like that West Indies bowling attack. Isn't this West Indies, this is their strong suit?

16:23Yes. Test cricket, 50 over cricket, this is where they're going. They got to Carlos, I remember the name, they won the T20 World Cup in Indy. You go back to that tournament, who was England's best player? Joe Root. Correct. And that's a player that I think England are missing in this. I don't look at this tournament and think that 220, I know there's been a couple of big scores, but as the tournament gets to the real stage. The 171-80s are around the scores that are going to be winning games of cricket. And Joe Root's that style of player. I'm staggered that he's not over there. Just love him at number three.

16:58Same as Steve Smith, isn't it? Same as Steve Smith, why they didn't play him. Just consistent. What it does do, isn't it, in this group stage, is I know everyone's slagging off England a bit, but the Socia's just got free shots at them, haven't they? So every time they play a big nation... It's their cup final, isn't it? Well, there's no pressure on them. If they lose by 150 runs, everyone expects them. But then you see the pressure of the big sides thinking, God, we can't mess up here. And you can see it a little bit. I think it will change in the Super 8s where the big sides play. Do you want me to do a little bit of a stat?

17:29You're going to, aren't you? So since 2006, Italy's cricketers have won as many World Cup matches as Italy's footballers. They've won. Mama mia. Italy's cricketers have won as many World Cup matches as Italy's footballers since 2006. Really? They haven't been there have they? They've beaten the pool, haven't they? You can speak Italian, I can't. Can you? What, Italian? Yeah, ciao. Ciao bella. Oh you've been 90. It doesn't mean I can speak Italian. No I see, you've been 90 and can't speak Italian. I thought they played nicely. Well Benny Menenti's a proper... Benny Menenti? He's been around for ages for the season.

18:11Yeah, I've been in the mafia, haven't you? I don't think I've ever been to Italy. How's he in? They all come on to speak with Australian accents, South African accents, didn't they? Grant Stewart, he's been playing Kent for... He's a good player. He gives it a whack at all. He gives it a whack, bowls decent. Wayne Madsen, that well-named Wayne Madsen from Italy. Oh, I felt sorry for him. That is out. Oh, I felt sorry for him. He's older, isn't he? He'd wait for that moment and he does his shoulder in. Well, if we'd have lost into Nepal, we would have been... Because he did seven off of seven. a good last seven off a seven and a little current you bowled well actually I watched that boom bowled well yeah but if we had lost that I tell you well you look at England's attack so far you know Joffre's not quite fired he's got a couple of wickets but he's gone for plenty they've actually Rashid's been hit a couple of times four overs for 40 but Dawson and Curran they've been outstanding Jamie Overton bowled well in this last game three for nothing if we're going to win it we need perhaps Joss just and Harry and Harry and Harry well salt all of them is Brook too low in the order that's a good debate 120 balls what you're waiting for he's got the ability I mean that innings he played in Sri Lanka we mentioned it on the show last week that innings in the 50 overs he's got a genius in him hasn't he the one thing I say about Harry Brook if you look at his career so far he's played some incredible knocks but it's been away from what I call the showcase so the showcase for me in cricket is Ashes series if you've done it in a big Ashes series when it really matters when you get that that level of kind of exposure he's yet to have done it and in a World Cup not played many but this is his moment this is my moment I'll put that a few who sang that?

20:01I think there was one called that well that that for me is Harry this next two weeks Harry Brook Super H go and deliver her an 80 or 100 in a big, big game. Absolutely. In a World Cup. Yeah, go and do it. Where did they play the Super 8s? In Sri Lanka. Just goes to show, though, also, how good a win that series was against Sri Lanka. You know, everyone goes, oh, Sri Lanka, we should be beating Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. But the thing is, this is my point, in a year's time or in two weeks' time, we won't be talking about what happened in Sri Lanka. Well, no. We're going to be talking about when it matters, The World Cup, you know, you get judged as a coach, as a captain, as a team.

20:43You don't get judged on winning in Sri Lanka. You get judged on the moment, and the moment is the World Cup. But the Super 8s are in Sri Lanka where they'll feel a bit going back there when you've just won. Actually, you're talking about preparation, decent preparation to go beforehand to go and then play. They were decent, you know, Sri Lanka. I mean, that chase against the Aussies in Sri Lanka, what a game he had. 100 off of what? 42. 52. Yeah. And Scotland. And the unbelievable catch that he took. Scotland doing absolutely nothing. Oh, can you come and join in? Yeah. They've done fine. Yeah.

21:15I like Scotland. I like them. I do. I mean, they're in turmoil as a cricket Scotland, but the players have responded. Yeah. Done all right. Yeah, just as well. Jax has come in and played a couple of top knocks, otherwise we wouldn't have won any of them games. I know it sounds a bit silly saying it like that, but a couple of great knocks from Jax at the death just to get us there. Wasn't it? Last game, yeah. Put a total of... And a pool. Don't peak early. No, no. And also, there are some in Pakistan against India. I mean, that's a... Yeah, mismatch. Well, it seems to be, doesn't it? It looks to me like Pakistan.

21:52Every time they play India, they look intimidated by India on a cricket field. That whole situation is sour, isn't it? It is. You know, it's just... Not shaking hands on a cricket field. But then aren't they talking behind closed doors? I read somewhere that everyone's just chatting anyway, so it's like it's only for show, isn't it? Like, on the actual field, they're not... And then behind closed doors, they're all talking. I like that.

22:21Oh, Abra, yeah. Abra, Abra. It goes like that. And they're just standing on one leg going, are you going to move? What are you going to do? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. What happens if you get in your action, you get in your action, you see the batter do something you don't like, You go, right, I'm not bowling. Well, there you go. Just keep going until you find... I keep falling back. Do you remember who you balled with who used to do that? Crofty. Crofty. Yeah, the Crofty. Yeah, Robert Croft. Rob Croft. Yeah. He used to stand and wait. Yeah. There's a few... Talking about overrates, you could be there for hours.

22:56Just look at each other. Like a Mexican standoff. Do you remember Jeremy Snape used to ball that moon ball? Oh, I don't know more. Yeah. Remember, he used to do it, the clouds. The lob. The lob. It was like nothing. It was like a different Sam Crum. But he were a psychologist as well, wasn't he? Well, he is now, yeah. Jeremy Snow. That's what he does, yeah. Little Joe Cooby used to bowl with them for Bunbury's. Did he work with you, Jeremy Snow? No, he used to live in his shed. You lived in Joe's shed, didn't you? I lived in Joe's attic for a while. That's it, yeah. He did. He was in a bit of a skirmish at the time.

23:29Yeah. In Joe Cooby's. I was, he looked after me. It was Joe Cooby. Oh, mate of mine. Yeah. Saved me life, thank God. What did he do? Well, he paid for the Bamburys. That's not his job. What was his job? I'm not quite sure what he did. Printing. Printing. Printing.

23:53How are we going to... Is there any way that we could get India playing Pakistan in a test series? In England? England or Australia. Oh, England. and it would be full house. Are the kind of politics so far against each other that we can't even get that going in the UK or in Australia? Imagine at the MCG or at Lourdes or at the Oval. A three-match series, we'd host it or Australia would host it. But if they played a T20, why can't they then play... A test match. A test match. Why can't they? Do you know why? Because clearly there's so much coin involved with World Cup, so they're always... Butcher was saying, you know, we know that a World Cup comes about India will play Pakistan at the group stage because of the coin.

24:38So an ICC event is obviously a huge amount of coin, but can you imagine how much money would be made on a three-match series? Surely that must have... Could you sort that out, Phil? You've got a phone, get a phone call. Can't we ring him? Can't we ring him? You'll goobie might be on it. You ring someone up. I think you could be the man to broke. You ring Jay Shah. How do you think about that? Jay Shah's the chairman, isn't he, of the ICC? and then I was watching the game and it always makes me chuckle the chairman of the ICC Jay Shah he's meant to be impartial across the game isn't he he's in charge of the whole game and India get a wicket and the camera pans and he's like up he goes quick sit down sit down to be fair I mean you do get that in some commentary boxes as well you know you're impartial there and suddenly there's a wicket and this geezer's up jumping and throwing his arms up in the air whoa whoa whoa Well, we was at it against the Aussies.

25:33I'd be heading my hands. Yeah, I mean... It's hard not to. It is hard not to. You try, you try, you try. I definitely will not. I don't get involved, that's all. I am absolutely neutral. Oh, are you? Yeah, but, you know, I've found, particularly in Australia, you just join in and, you know, they're up there. Yeah. You know, particularly on Triple M, where I was. I mean, anything goes. Like, Jamie Brayshaw, there's a wicked fall. Ah, you're out, you wanker! All right, OK. I actually love that station. Oh, triple. You've been on. I've been on. ABC's excellent, that's it. ABC's... Oh, yes, you work for ABC's.

26:15The serious thing is, in Australia, from a broadcast point of view, you've got Fox, which is pay-per-view, or Channel 7, which is free to air, so the public have a choice. So your choice is, which commentary team do you really want to listen to? Radio, you've got ABC, which is BBC, or Triple M, which is loose and off the wall. And they have SEN. Yeah, and SEN, you've got a choice. Would you think that would work well in the UK? I do, I really do. So you'd have Test Match Special, which obviously we've all worked on and still do. Talk Sport have come into the game. They could have a... It's an alternative.

26:57Sorry, this is a good debate. Do you think a Triple M style show would work in the UK? I think it'd be box office. Yeah. Absolute box office. So a little bit looser, a little bit... Yeah, and you'd get a reaction. And your reaction would be, my mate, you like it, you don't like it, so... But you're out, you wanker. LAUGHTER So somebody like... Just think about Jamie Smith. So Mitchell's coming in, and Jamie Smith, he's just sitting for, what, four fours or whatever, and he's caught out on the boundary somewhere against Mitchell Starr. What a dickhead! That could fly in out. Commentary. What a dickhead!

27:35He's out. Look where he's caught. Yeah. Right. I agree. I think it could work that. Yeah. I mean, I don't know all the finances of a pay-per-view against a free-to-air. But if they got together and said, you know, that's the amount of money and they split it, I don't know. I don't know how it works. the radio different styles could definitely work in the UK that's probably where you'd start

28:08Back to the World Cup who saw the Super Over Super Over Afghanistan South Africa oh yes what's a game of cricket that was no balls everywhere a barter a stinker absolute stinker and then Maharaj was used wasn't he in the second Super Over he bowled a couple of Goodens that went 6-6-6. Did he? And then it was six off the last ball to take it to the other Super Over, wasn't it? Oh, I got confused by that. Super Super Over. Yeah, there was a Super Over, Super Over. And a run-out, wasn't it? Was it a run-out in the 20th where he didn't put his back... That's right, yeah. He dabbed his back in rather than slid, dived in.

28:44No. Trotty. Trotty was there. Trotty was there. He's piped up Trotty, hasn't he? He's piped up about commentators getting stuck into the England team and you're forgetting that that's what he used to do. Trotty, it's what we do now. It's what we're doing now. And he also went into a bit of commentary in Punditry as well. Before he went to be a coach. He did. So he tried it. They won't be far away, will they? Come on, Trotty. They need a result. We're going to sit him at that end, Trotty. Now, come on. What's your problem? Well I'll tell you what Jonathan You mentioned in Australia That you'd be keen To get involved With English cricket Jonathan Trott's come out And said he wants To be the English coach Oh right Where are the runners And riders Just say in the next Couple of weeks It goes pear shaped Just say Where are the runners And riders Jimmy Anderson What to be He's playing Coach Yeah well I thought you mentioned In the future Well I'm talking Let's be honest Who are you pointing He's thrown his Caffey out English cricket's gone so down, have we?

29:54I just got here. This man are here. There's no one there. Freddie? Freddie Flintsoff. Yeah, Freddie Flintsoff could come in. I've been messaging Andrew for the last week and I can't get a reply from him. No, he's no good at that. You're better off just knocking on his door. I don't know where he is. Where is he? I'll give you his address. No, I mean, is he somewhere else in the world? Are they on the Lions tour? The Lions have gone to the US. Have they gone now? You A. With Stokes here, we've got... Yeah, Stokes, he's... Yeah, I saw that. I think he must have been facing a spinner and sweat went into his...

30:27No, I think he's... No, no, no, he's in the spinner. He was coaching it. He got hit in the net when he wasn't looking or something. Yeah, he's been throwing, he's been whacked back and hitting straight in the eye. That's not a spinner. Oh, right, so that's when he said he'll always wear a helmet. Oh, I thought he was walking behind the net and just wasn't thinking and he smashed it. Was it a broken cheekbone? I just saw his tweet. What about my mate? What about my mate? Oh, it's tragic, this. Jeff, the farmer Jeff. Yeah. He's in bed and he's having a nightmare. Rats are chewing his feet. Rats are chewing his feet.

31:00He's nearly 80. Was he in the war? No. He dives out of bed, dives out of bed because of these rats, bangs his head on the radiator and his eye fell out. Come out. Down here. His eye's down here. The upshot is he's had to have his eye out. He's got a glass in. No. Right. Yeah. And he says it were a perfectly good eye, were that. Were the rats... Was he dreaming the rats? Yeah. Oh, so the rats... He didn't have rats? No, no. He was just dreaming that there's rats chewing me feet. Yeah. Dived out of bed, banged his head on the radiator, as I come out... Dived out of bed? What, like, sort of dive?

31:34Yeah. Yeah. I'm trying to work out how he got onto that conversation. No, I don't. Ben Stokes. Here we go, his tweet. Here we go, his tweet. He said, I never understood the no helmet when Spiddy's ball, and to be fair, I used to have throwdowns with no helmet. after my accident last week and getting seriously lucky with the outcome I'll never not wear a helmet cricket balls do serious damage I do so I'm presuming that reads as if it happened while he was I think he was at the back of the net and got hit and he wasn't looking that's what I'm going for it looked a mess Cratch is I have to have an operation Cratch is cheap has he?

32:04yeah Cratch is cheap yeah he gets his own scrapes on the pen crikey oh thanks Kieran lovely likes it though he likes getting in let's get back to the T20 World Cup How do you beat India? Oh. I mean, Abhishek Sharma, who's been a gun, he's got four noughts out of five in his last... He's going to come good then, isn't he? So he's due, yeah. You've got to hope. I mean, it's a lottery at the end of the day, isn't it? I mean, I know these associates have got close, but you'd like to think, as you were saying, as the pressure ramps up... That's the only thing beating India is pressure, isn't it? Yeah.

32:41What do you want to do? Do you want to bat first or ball first against India, tactically I think you have to I think you have to put runs on the board yes old school a whole school and just hope that you can get a couple early and then the pressure of them needing to go at nine turn over the problem the the reason they are so good is that they play so much of it in those conditions that the every scenario that they come across yeah they seem to have a way of finding like the first game 70 for seven 70 for seven it wasn't USA yes it was Well, the USA are the team that have got the closest to them so far.

33:17And they've still got themselves out there. And then that's way too many. Do you put pace on or pace off? I don't think it matters. You've got to vary it, don't you? I think it depends on the pitch. If you're a quicker bowler, just quicker bowler. Yeah, yeah. You're almost hoping that they have to play below their potential for any other side to have a chance. Which can, listen, T20 can happen any day. And also, just from my T20 experience last week, or two weeks ago, little moments, just win, like one player can suddenly get a 30th and over, and suddenly everything changes. And I just think, and that's what I'm surprised, the last couple of tournaments I've played, A, the power of the players, like the power, like when Brathwaite hits, I know Gale's 46, but when they hit it, it just goes miles.

34:06Martin Guptill, I know he doesn't play anymore, the same kind of thing, just the power, Miss it, like, so easily get 20-odd and over just changes games. Yeah. See, I look at India and you look at their 11. I reckon India have got eight players, if not nine, that can win a game on their own. Well, there you go. You only need two. Ishan Kishan, 77 off 40 against Pakistan. Abhishek Sharma got naught, but he can win a game on his own. Tilik Varma, debatable, still a great player. Surikamati Arab, he plays well. I mean, he was the one that beat the West Indies. Sorry, the USA. He's kind of there, not their rock, but the guy who...

34:42Hardik Panya all round, he's a gun. Shivandu, with the left-handed, comes in and just launches. Rinku Singh. Olin, can you get at him a bit? They've got Kuldeep Yadav, they've got Chakravarty, they've got Bumrah, they've got Hardik Panya, Tilit Varma. They've got enough, Phil. Oh, well, absolutely. Yeah. I'm just saying, if you can get 200 up front, I agree with Sorrelistar, if you get a couple of hundred up front, and hopefully can nick a couple off early doors and then just try and push them. Would you engage them verbally? Just get at them. Just get at them verbally to see if you can disturb them.

35:18Not a bad chance. Go up Bunra. There's quality all the way through. They're just quality. They're wonderful players. But there is quality in other teams as well. So it's just India more likely to do it four times out of five. Well, I'd say it's the team that always deliver at a World Cup. And I would argue, there's a debate for you all, New Zealand cricket team, for what they have in terms of the pathway programmes in New Zealand, the amount of people that they've got to pick, they've got to be pound for pound the best team in the world, haven't they? In terms of what they deliver. In all three formats.

35:54I know they're not winning majors, but they're always there. And beating in the year in test matches. For getting the maximum out of what you've got. So I'll go again and look at what we've got in this country now. All our pathway programmes, everything that happens within English cricket. Academies. You know, our Lions team, they've been to Australia this winter, now to go to the UAE. The amount of facilities there for our players to improve, which I'm guessing New Zealand don't get, and the expense that we have at the ECB to be able to afford that, the Kiwis have got to be, haven't they? How do they do that then, Mark?

36:26I don't know. Well, they've got six teams, haven't they? That's it. They've just got six teams. Watch it. There's a small pool of players and you've got every chance. If you're in that pool, you've got every chance of playing. They must have that. It's uncomplicated, is their system. What's their... All Blacks? Yeah, but what's their club cricket like in New Zealand? I guess it's pretty strong, is it? I wouldn't have a clue about New Zealand. It's good, but it's not... I wouldn't say it's better than Sheffield Shield. I can only go in the past and it was really good. Very, very good. international players on each team in club cricket but they're like a humble group as well aren't they can you name the last couple of coaches for New Zealand Hesson Mike Hesson excellent he was a vote excellent that was a long time ago Phil that was your time Gary Gary Stead under the radar coaches as well well they just seem to be able to deliver they've got a great chance and they did well against India They seem to be able to raise it, don't they?

37:34I don't think it's a great set-up there, sort of county set-up. No-one would... They maximise. Absolutely, but then when they get to that level, when they get into that New Zealand first test team or whatever team, they just seem to go... Is it nice being the underdog a lot of the time? Absolutely. Just an observation, they are a thirsty lot. They are a thirsty team. They're a thirsty team. They are. They get stuck in. They don't mess about. You look at South Africa as well. Are they thirsty? Oh, yeah. Are they? But good. They look strong. Whether they're bowling will be able to match up to...

38:19Just going back to South Africa, how was it when you two played against us? Because when we were involved, it was always in our changing room that when there's 11 of them, they're all over you. You know, they're quite mouthy and they've plenty to say. You get two of them at the crease, you go quiet. They're a bit isolated. Where's all your mates now? No mates here, have you? You know, did they try too hard or did they actually bottle it? Wow. That's always been thrown at them, hasn't it? You were on my last tour to South Africa. South Africa, yeah. We met the Dalai Lama. We did. We did in that.

39:03It was the Irish pub in Durban. Well, he were in the Dalai Lama, in the Irish pub. Me and him weren't in that pub. We'd been beaten. How are you, Dalai? It wasn't because of Durban or P.E.? No, it was Durban. No, it was P.E.? It wasn't P.E. There isn't an Irish pub under the hotel. It was in Durban, down the back of the hotel, the Irish bar. We used to sit there all the time, me and you. And we asked him if we could beat... Can we beat them? Oh, then we went to P.E., didn't we? No, no, we went to Cape Town. Oh, God, I don't know. It's that me and him were in the boozer. Yeah. And the Dalai Lama.

39:34He just me and him, and he walked in, and we went, oh, hello. Yeah, it's the Lama. Recognised him. It's the Lama. He said, all right, Vaughn, you all right, Phil? Yeah. How are you getting on? I said, oh, we're struggling. We've just been hammered. Yeah. Do you think we can win in Cape Town? Yeah, and he said, well, I'll have a little, you know, I'll think about it. Where was he called from? He's from Tibet, isn't he? Yeah, I don't know what he was doing there, but he was there. He was definitely there. He was there. It wasn't a days of selfies. No. He was there, he just strolled in. Leverating in the corner.

40:03Large gin and tonic. No, no, no. Honestly. Oh, boy, you ain't... Wait, look, yeah, he was a dull eye alarm. He's all right. How are you going, Mr. Lama? It was definitely him. It was him. It was him. It was him. It wasn't a fancy dress card. It was him. It was the llama. It was. We had a good chat with him, didn't we? We did. Nice chat. Lovely chat. Lovely fella. Yeah. So keep that front arm up. He said, he said, do you remember, he said, oh, that last game in Centurion is probably a game you're going to win. It'll be a fix, but you're going to win it. Do you remember? I was a man of the match in that game.

40:46I know. I know. I didn't get a lander jacket. You sound like, I mean, there are mates of mine over in Bramall, when we used to go in archive at Bramall, Paul comes in, he drives for Europearts. In with one thumb, one tooth and two deaf ears. He said, you'll never guess. He said, I've just come up Station Road. He said, you'll never guess who sat outside that cafe. You'll never guess. Go on, have a go. I've no idea. Samuel L Jackson. What? He did. He said, he sat outside having a coffee. Is he really? Oh, I love that. We bumped into Bruce Crabble, aren't we, don't we? Oh, that was about it. Oh, absolute belter.

41:24Me and him down in London. We should be doing a lot of that. You'll never guess who I saw you. So we're in this Bulls Brothers. So we get there at 12, don't we? It's starting at half 12. Gets to about 10 past 12. We're just having a pint downstairs, talking to the guy. All of a sudden, I sat there. Bruce Grappelar, I went, Bruce! Brucey! He's gone, Brucey! First time I've ever seen him go, I'm having a picture. Yeah. Did you? I was a keeper. I was a keeper. Oh, it's next door. I was a keeper and get his phone. I was a keeper. Yeah. So anyway, he's come in, he puts his stuff in the corner. What, his gloves?

42:02He loves a cap, a towel. Warhols. No, he's got any notes on it. The guy who has organised it looks at Brucey, he went, Oh, Brucey, good. What table are you on? Brucey goes, what? What table? No, I'm speaking. He turned him to the wrong event. No! Because he's just giving me the wrong day. Yeah. Yeah. Brucey Grubbler. I know. Yeah, that was good. He was a bit of a hero of mine. He was the old, he was the old, he was the old... Wasn't it? What was it? Yeah, a penalty. A penalty. A penalty shootout. Oh, no, was it Champions League? I think it was Champions League. Yeah. Got the wobbly knees. Got the wobbly knees.

42:45Yeah, Brucey. It was European Cup back in those days. European Cup it was, yeah. against the Germans. Just back on Indian cricket, so we're talking about this group, right? We've taught Samuel and Lama. Get your picture up of Bruce. I will do. The bad news for the world of cricket is... Oh, we don't want them. Oh, Jesus Christ. Yeah, the bad news for the world of cricket is this Indian under-19 side looked pretty hot. Yeah. And Suri Vansi, this 14-year-old. Jesus. Did you see that in the final? Yeah. There you go. You need to put that in your little app. You need to put that in your app, don't you?

43:24He only looks like Anton Deck. He does.

43:30That's not a forehead.

43:36I have got a massive forehead, haven't I? Go on, put that in your thing. I can only do one a day. Oh. I don't pay for the... Oh, that picture's great, but it's funny. I reckon your forehead's bigger than the rest of them. Oh, come on. Where's HR? Stevie Armisen's in the house. Stevie Armisen. There he is. He's in charge of HR. HR, Steve, can you just report that? That's brilliant. Yeah, Shurri Vansic. What did he get, 175? Oh, 40 or something. 70 or something. Yeah. Just moosed it. I saw actually Josh Butler say he's got to be the greatest player he's ever seen. If he's doing that at 14, he's got an IPL 100.

44:12I think he's got... He's got the fastest list 800 or something? Is that the fastest now? No, I swear he's got the fastest list 800 or one... He's definitely got a list 800 in India. What a player he is. But I watched that, the first time I've seen it, I didn't see his T20-hundred and I saw... And I was thinking he was just going to back away and hack and eat. He actually just wasn't, wasn't he? He was just like... Strong. Strong. Unbelievable bat speed. Also, some of the shots which are... Like this English guy's bowling, he bowled one ball back of a length, you know, fourth stump, not bad ball.

44:40He's just gone over six, like over point. He could come into that Indian... What? Why does he... Jarswell's not even in that squad. In that T20 squad. Shubman Gill doesn't get in that squad. Shubman's partying at Arjun Tendulkar's wedding. He's what? Is it? He's getting married. I've seen the wedding's gone forever, don't they? Yes. I've been invited to a wedding in India in a couple of weeks. Have you? Yeah, I'm looking forward to that. But they've gone for a long time. So Shubman Gill's dancing at a wedding. Jarswell can't even get in. And you've got this young 14-year-old that you could easily have said, lob him into the World Cup and he would not he would just put him on top he wouldn't have disappointed by the way our under 19s have got a lot of talent as well Ben Mays Ben Mays look quite good Caliby Falcon's a player Middlesex watch out for him Thomas Rue Thomas Rue Thomas Rue I reckon he'll play for him I mean Young Flintoff's not in that because he's injured Young Vaughan yeah Archie's too old not young But I think he's an old man now, he's 20.

45:44I thought we had some really good players. Oh, yeah, some good players, yeah. Yeah, if you took that 14-year-old out of it, or 15-year-old. Mike's had a couple of lads. Joe Moores is a good player at the top. Yeah, Joe Moores, Hans. Dawkins at the top. Yeah, some good players. Lumsden the Quick. Yeah. Yes, yes, he'd have got it. Like him a little bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Those actions. Yeah. Yeah, a green as well, big lad. Right, who's winning the World Cup? Idiot. All right, let's move on. Stick to Cricket is brought to you by Betfair.

46:22Right, we've decided to do a bit of fun this week and we're going to go a bit nostalgic. How do you say that word? Nostalgic. Nostalgic, right? We've all brought in something from the past. Oh, my word. Let's start with you, Dave. No, well, that's... What's that, the Bible? What is that? The original. It's the original. It's the original. Scrapbooks. My dad used to keep scrapbooks when I played mainly football. But a lot of football. That's me original Lancashire cap. Oh, how many games is that? Oh, Jesus. It looks like the rats have been at it. Where do you keep that? I keep it just in a bag with me other caps.

47:00Yeah. No. No, no, what's the barnet? No, but I want to see if it fits your head. I mean, it fits me, yeah. Oh, no, you've got a spoon on it. It's got a small nut. Have I got a massive nut? Have I got a massive nut? Does it fit the five? Can I take that? You've only got a tiny bit. Strange head. So what have you got there, Dave? You've got a scrapbook, have you? It's me dad's scrapbook. You know, with cricket and football in Korea. Have you got a picture of you as a young man? Here we are. Yeah. Oh, I'm looking for this. All right. Lancashire County Cricket Club 1962. A letter from Dear David, my committee would like you to continue your association with the club and where possible during the coming winter to have practice and instruction here at the indoor school.

47:54The school is open regularly every Saturday morning from 9.30 to 12 and is available only to boys. It's 1962. This is a time which you may have to yourself and could attend without it upsetting your work. There is another period we'd very much like you to be here that is four o 'clock on Tuesday afternoons. I need hardly say that any expenses will be met. We show this letter to your father and to your headmaster. Yeah. David Lloyd, 134 Water Street, Accrington. Let's have a look. 1962. Instruction? We'd like you to come along for some instruction. Yeah. Wow. That's great, that, isn't it? Also, that's a one-letter fits all, isn't it?

48:44Just quickly. And that's been done on one of those old typewriters, isn't it? Yeah. The E's a bit sort of up in the air. Every time it's up in the air. Yeah, it goes. Hasn't got a capital S. 15-year-old David Lloyd, one of the brightest prospects Accrington have unearthed for some time, first came into prominence as a left-arm spin baller. But it was how we're bowling them at the time. Potential is capacity to climb through the ranks very highly indeed. Oh. And he's developing into a useful batter. So you was a prodigy, Bam? You was a prodigy? Yeah, we were playing sort of Lancashire League at 14 and 15 against Charlie Griffiths.

49:25Yeah, I hope not. Yeah. It's sticky, isn't it? Yeah. Oh, you've got some memories in there, Dave. No, yeah. That's my football. That's all football. and there's a bit in here about my football what position again Bumble were you sorry here here telegram please ring Burnley 777 reverse charge would like if possible for you to play tomorrow Harry Potts manager Burnley FC oh go on go on yeah could do with you now Dave yeah what position Dave at that time left half but I developed into number 10 Oh, yeah. Vision. Yeah. I used to score a load of headers. That's why you've got such a small doubt. Here's another Telegram.

50:13David Lottie, 134, Walter Street. Can you play for the Club and Ground 11 tomorrow, Friday and Saturday? Please wire back Howard, secretary. What's a wire? I don't know, you've been wired a bit. What's wired? Yeah. Amazing. Oh, fantastic. What's the next book, Dave? We're interested in this. What's your next book got? Is that more recent times? More of the same. So we've got 1962. What are we at now? 1965 here. That's set of tape. It's 61 years old. What's that do? That's a horse racing. That book's 10 years older than me. It'll be other side of that. August 5th, 1965. went from the Roses game at Sheffield straight to London to play Surrey at the Oval first innings scored six run out second innings ten stumped and then bowled 12 overs two for 51 oh that's a bit expensive it was in them days went four and over yeah so fantastic yeah they're all in there lovely eh I went to August 19th Went to Blackpool today to watch Lanks v Warwickshire.

51:32David scored four. Ball very good length. 16 overs, seven maidens, one for 37. That's nice. Nice, nice. Six not out second innings. Lovely. Yeah, just getting in. Yeah. David's first 50 for Lanks. There we go. Catch, took a catch there. Yeah. Yeah. Although Jeff Pulley, here we go. Not out 29, Lee. that's it oh we've got starting to get a few now getting a bit more confident got out 72 oh it's only against Cambridge Uni oh he used to melt them every every oh here we are what an absolute belter it's the moment of truth for former Accrington player David Lloyd as Freddie Truman sends his wickets flying he's knocked the pole out of the ground Fred have you got the picture yeah there he is look oh he's gone oh it's Nick Backer look at that He's followed through there.

52:30Yeah. Look at him. Not me fucking wasting on me. Where are you trying to hit that? Probably at the other side. I didn't used to play on that side. Oh, ball, Truman, non. Oh, gosh. Second innings, caught by, caught by Wilson, eight. Didn't bag him. Don Wilson. Donnie Wilson. Off the spinner, wasn't he? No, left arm, was he? Yeah. And that's... My mentor of the MCC NYC. That's Brian Statham. Captain Bob Bennett in there Keith Goodwin Wicketkeeper Gerry Knox Peter Lever Ken Shuttleworth David Green Tommy Greenough They're all in there Go on I love that Dave Sir Alistair What have you brought for us?

53:15Well I just I haven't got anything Quite as old as that I just brought old bats in Oh I love that Let's have a look I thought toughers Could go through a few of them That was my Have a look at them Phil What do you think? Rank them mate That was 2006 2006 that was. Yeah. 2006, that's Australia 2006. What did you get with this one? Don't know, not many. They're not... They're quite slim, aren't they? Quite straight. Quite straight. That's old. That's quite an old one. Straight. Light as well. What did you use, Cookie? What was that, 2.8? Yeah, 2.7, 2.8, it kind of got heavier. Actually, I got a school bat.

53:48I scored a lot of runners in school. Did you? That was when I was good. Oh, that's the old children. Millennium, the old millennium. Yeah. So that's... Is that one of your first ones? That's what I reckon. So, you know, you're at the beginning of the show where we're talking about contracts. Grey Nichols first. That was a bit too much flair for me, that. First contract, Bunbury Festival. Yes. Batter of each, like, south, west, north and Midlands when we were there. And the best batter got a contract, so I had a two-year deal at 14. So, with? With Grey Nichols, and I went all the way through with them.

54:24So you didn't write letters like I... So I did write a letter at 12. I wrote to Cookerborough because I wanted to be like Thorpey and have Cookerborough, and they said, yes, we'll sponsor you for 10 % off. 10 % off. So that was school, that's 2006. Then I just brought... Do you know which... That's a better shape. That's the Ashes 10 bat. It's a Brisbane. Oh, double, double. Double, double. These are the only good bats. I didn't bring any. You're not right on the top of the handle. How many have you got? Well, I just wrote... Is that your 264 knot out? Oh, it does, yeah. Yeah, I used to write here.

55:02Here, on the edge here. So I could see it. You know, when I was in my... I could see it. That's a nice bat. I reckon that was probably the best one I had. Thin grain. Thin grain. Thin handle, thin handle. Put the grain on that. That bat, when he got all them runs, and 517 for one in the second innings, and nobody's turned up at the ground, and that chap were barracking. Just one blow. That's him. Good thinking, Ricky. The last catch that went to Silly Mid-Hom was 100 fucking years ago. There's bound to be another. That's just like a feather. And then that was the India one. What year is this now?

55:40This is 2012. I don't know. I mean, I just... I don't know. I don't have much. And then I reckon the ugliest bat ever. Sloping shoulder. Why is that? Because I used to... Towards the end of my career, I used to, like... Greventy, like I used to bang my hand there. Why didn't you carry on batting with this? And the last one? Well, they kind of run out of runs. What do you mean, they run out of runs? Yeah, actually, cos that one I used for three games. Do you want them all? And then I changed it for Melbourne, Sydney. I reckon that... There we go. Sounds nice. That's all right. That's all right.

56:13And then the last one was the 2-4-4 in Melbourne. Oh, that's nice. But that one is the ugliest bat ever. Look at that. Do you want all of them? You're not using them now. We could sell these, can't we? You've got 240 at Melbourne. Is that what they left all the grass on? Yeah, look how bad that bat is. Is this the bat that changed the game? That's the bat. But look how ugly it is compared to the other ones. And yet it's an absolute belter. Oh, that's nice, though. I know. Strange, isn't it? But yeah, so I just brought old bats in. I couldn't find... I was looking for some other ones, but... Which is the bat that you least like out of them?

56:43I think it has to... Well, I mean... Look at this. Do you not want it? Still not bad. You've got to keep them, haven't you? I don't know, I'll have one. You're back in there somewhere. Do you want one, Dave? I'll bring you one. I'll bring you... I've got some... Actually, there's one out there. I didn't bring it in. I'll give you that one. Honestly? Honestly. You're very, very kind. Yeah, definitely. Thank you. Those ones are like... Alistair Cook's back. Charity? Yeah. Charity, you know? Yeah, you can have it. Stick to Cricket is brought to you by Betfair. Oh, my God. This is his Yorkshire Blazer.

57:15Got to be. That's got to be a Yorkshire Blazer. This is it. From the 90s. You lost a bit of weight, mate.

57:24That's a bit big, innit? Look at that, mate. That's fashion on it. Eh? Yeah, that's what we had to wear in the 90s. Did you have to go to lunch in that and eat lunch in it? No, not lunch. We had to turn up every day. What, just county cricket? Yeah, four-day cricket. We had to turn up every day in this. Well, yeah, we had to... I like that sort of, you turn up... Well, I'd say only first day, but we're a team. We are a team. That's what we had to turn up. And they've had some great blazers, Yorkshire. Cool. Some brilliant blazers. Did you get one every year? Like a new blazer every year? Yeah, but it was a navy blazer.

57:57You either had... White rose. If you were capped, you'd have the rose on your chest. If you were uncapped, it'd be a bud. Bud? Rosebud? And if you were... Bottle of bud. You'd have a bottle of bud in the top pocket. And if you were an academy player, I'd have YCCC. And if you were nothing, you had nothing. No blazer? No, you had a blazer, but it was just plain. You always had to wear a blazer. Well, if you were just a trialist and playing the seconds, but you weren't on the academy... Can't give you a blazer for that, surely. No, you don't get given one. You just had to turn up in a navy one. I do miss, I do actually miss, like, sides turning up.

58:31I know it's not practical and it's pointless, but I do quite like it. I do too, too. Yeah. Oh, a stump. Signed by. Ten Dolker. Oh, good. Oh, you've only bowled him. Bowled him, Ten Dolker. See the little bit of red mark there? No. You can see it. Go on, get your glasses. What is it? Off stump? It's faded. What stump is it, Mike? I don't know, actually. Well, the food, probably, that might be leg stump. Look, he signed it. Who was? Sachin. All right, who's that other one? Me. All right. There you go, so there's a stump. All right, not that. A bold Sachin. Yeah. I've got a bit of a scrapbook here.

59:09Yeah. So if you go through, I'll let Dave go through that. because he'll just... Vaughan signs in. Right, I'll tell you where you'll... Yorkshire. Sign up a Mancunian. That was it. Who's that picture? That's not you. That's not you. That isn't you. That is me. Is he, Al? Yes, it is. That's not you. That is me. Because we tried to sign him. We tried to sign him and he sort of, through his dad and so on, decided he was a Yorkshireman. Welcome to Young Vaughan the first of many Lancashire men featuring a new look Yorkshire side over the next decade this is prose it might rain but the sky will not fall in the apocalypse will hold for another day Crikey Collegiate Aussie test Go back there There's a few more on the old where I'm from.

1:00:13How is the... Vaughan of Lanks signs for Yorkshire. When Michael Vaughan, a 16-year-old schoolboy, signed yesterday, he became the first beneficiary of a recent decision to relax Yorkshire's rigid policy of keeping ranks close to anyone born outside the county. Vaughan was born in Manchester.

1:00:38Brilliant, let's see. Yeah, the most recent in our, Geoff Keithley, who made his last appearance. Oh, that's Vaughan, that's him. Lancashire lad, Lancashire lad signs up for tykes. The founding fathers of Yorkshire County Cricket Club were spinning in the graves today after the tykes signed a Lancashire lad. That's another one, there's more. Yorkshire swoop lands Rendell's whisky. That's brilliant. For the contract of£13.50. It was an academy deal. Northamptonshire approached Vaughan last winter and Lancashire have also shown interest in him. But Vaughan said, fuck off, I'm playing for Yorkshire.

1:01:23This is my daily expression, Yorkshire Post, Lancashire Post. What's this one? Vaughan Signs, that's it. Vaughan Signs. Sheffield Ace Spearhead's York's Policy. Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic. Phil, what have you got? Well, listen, first to start off, I couldn't find my Sir Viv Richards ball, which I'm absolutely devastated about. Have you got it? I've got it. I've got it somewhere, but I've been through all my cupboards and everything and I couldn't find it. Bold West Indies out and I got Viv. You got him out. I got him out. That's the ball. I wanted that one. Now, Mike, I want... What is it?

1:02:02This is my debut. Second test, Melbourne, 1990. 1990, England, Australia signed everything. Look, Alan Borda. Is that your bat? No, it's not my bat. It's a benefit bat. I never feel... But just have a little read. Let Bumble read it. Bumble read. Bumble read some of these. Read what... Personal messages. A couple of personal messages on the bat.

1:02:32Cut. Speak politely to the umpires and they might give you a wicket. Who's that? Others. I love others. Love others. Fluffy. Great debut. Well-balled. Can't you count yourself, you little... That's from Judge. From Judge, yeah. Chardonnay. Chardonnay. And they kept writing wines on the back of it. Tap. Well-balled. Exclamation mark. But still not off the mark. Don't worry. It'll happen soon. Gus. Yeah. and he's put Semi on for some reason on there as well Semi on Semi on Chardonnay and love from others yeah England oh there you go Gary Gower Alan Land Gladstone yeah I don't think they'd Angus that's when they Devon Devon's on it yeah that's when they that's when the geezer told me to count on myself you're probably fine that was McConnell Johnny Morris ACRT that was Johnny Morris yeah PCRT was that me Philip Clive Roderick Tuffelord.

1:03:41Why did you put it there? What does? You said you put your highest scores there. I put it down so I could remember my name. Yeah, but doesn't this give it away that it's yours? There you go. So that was my bat. That was... Oh, you hold on to that. Yeah, that was my bat. That was my New Zealand, bowled them out in that session, the last session. Got that. How much stuff do you have? Oh, nothing. This is all I can find. This is all I've got. What year is that? Is it still a thing, the stumps? 90-odd. You're the most recent. Do they still grab the stumps? Yeah, they still grab the stumps. 19, 90.

1:04:16And then this. That's all I've got. I've given all my shirts and everything away. That's all mine. Yeah. Well, I've given it away. This, well, that's the Question of Sport book. I've got every... I've done it for 14 years, Captain of Question of Sport. Hookerberry. Man and boy. Matt Manon boy. And every season got everyone to sign it. So there's some belters, you know what I mean? I can't remember who's in there. Daley Thompson. Daley Thompson. Yeah, lovely. All of them. George Foreman. George Foreman? Rebecca Adlinson. George Foreman was in there, yeah. You're kidding. Nah. Yeah, yeah. That's Bingham.

1:04:53He was a proper job in. Yeah, so that's a nice little memory. How many books have you got there? 14, I think. Ravi Bapara. Ravi got on Ravi Bapara. Did you ever get Mike Tyson on? No. Danny Willett. Proper. Danny Willett, yes. I reckon this is Troy Deeney. This is a modern one, this. Yeah, not too long ago. Lee Westwood. Yeah, lovely. Got them all in there. Henry Cooper. Dion Dublin. Henry Cooper. No, he wasn't. Amy Williams. Frank Bruno. Frank Bruno, we had Frank. Ryan Seinbaum. There you go. Anyway, and then... You know what the boys get now? Look, no superchargers. No, you know what the boys get for winning stuff and everything.

1:05:34This is what we got, which is inscribed in the back there for the World Cup 1992 final. We all got given, like, a little watch. What sort of watch is it? Well, it's an e-bell, which isn't too bad, but it's only a tiddler, you know what I mean? But in the back, it's got 1992 World Cup and that's the only stuff I've got left. The e-bell. Yeah. It's only a small little thing. I would have rather the cash, actually. I don't wear a watch. It's stainless steel, is that? There you go. I mean, it was a posh one. That's about as posh as you get for 1992. I can't even read it. No, I can't. No. I could read that.

1:06:13It says 1911 on the back. I wasn't that old, was I? No, it does. It says 19. I think that's the sort of mark of it or something. But anyway, there you go. And I've got a couple of nice Scotch glasses or something, and that's about it. Yeah. Where did it all go, eh? Well, I've seen it all in prudential things. Most of it. I like that. I don't wear it. I like that, Phil. It's a slim, Jim, though, Mike. You've got a great big posh one there. Nice. Just goes to show how times have changed. Amazing what you can get in Dubai. There you go. There you go. I think we'll finish there, lads. Nice. Nice. Nice.

1:06:48Nice. Yeah, I think we'll do that again. Just keep bringing stuff in. No, that's all I've got. Dave will have plenty.

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