Broad and Anderson

27 Aug 2026 · 55 min · 20 chapters

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In short

Tailenders Live from Lord’s on the eve of the second Cornhill Insurance Test, featuring the unveiling of a new portrait of England fast-bowling legends Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad in the Lord’s Long Room. The episode also covers their on-field partnership, cricket communication, and reflections on retirement and the next England bowling group.

Guests and backgrounds

  • Jimmy Anderson: England Test bowler, 600+ Test wickets; discusses his career, star status, and bowling/partnership habits.
  • Stuart Broad: England Test bowler and Sky commentator; talks about satisfaction from long spells and his transition to punditry.
  • Jamie Routley: portrait artist commissioned to paint Anderson and Broad; did a February sitting after months of research; aims for a 1920s cricket look.
  • Ghazi Ghuri: Pakistan wicketkeeper (Rizwan’s number two), age 23; joins briefly for a photo with Anderson.

Key claims

  • The portrait’s “nucleus” is the communication and friendship between Anderson and Broad, designed so viewers imagine themselves as the batsman facing them.
  • Their partnership success is attributed to constant tactical talk (e.g., bouncer/full-length decisions, reading conditions).
  • England’s next world-class bowling group depends on nurturing communication, with coaching input (Otis Gibson, David Saker) and Stephen Fleming’s role.

Notable examples

Discussion of the 2019 Oval Test farewell moment; Trent Bridge pitch/conditions; Cape Town away “graft” spell; India spell where Broad kept it tight while Swann attacked; Broad’s last Test reflections; England’s 2024 summer pitches (Headingley vs Pakistan, Lord’s vs New Zealand, Oval vs New Zealand).

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Unveiling the Portrait

1:54 to 2:18

Discussion about the unveiling of a portrait of Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad.

“So we're here on the eve of the second Cornhill Insurance Test match at the home of cricket.”

The Artist's Perspective

2:18 to 3:46

Jamie Routley shares insights on creating the portrait.

“I'd like to bring in the portrait artist, Jamie Routley.”

Meeting Ghazi Guri

3:46 to 6:48

A surprise appearance by Pakistan's sub-wicket keeper Ghazi Guri.

“And I had a pretty decent idea of the composition and what I wanted to do.”

Reflections on Cricket Careers

6:48 to 11:28

Discussion on the experiences and emotions tied to cricket careers.

“To be clear, just for legal reasons, I would never push.”

Transitioning to Commentary

11:28 to 14:00

Stuart Broad discusses his transition from player to commentator.

“I don't know how you feel for you as a cricket fan, but it feels like Brodie's only just finished playing, but simultaneously has always been sort of a pundit on the go.”

Nostalgia for Bowling

14:00 to 14:50

Reflecting on moments after retirement and the thrill of bowling.

“Has there been a moment since you retired where you thought, I'd love to actually bowl on that.”

The Art of Bowling

14:50 to 18:00

Discussing techniques, pressures, and the satisfaction from bowling spells.

“so I'd always just have that calm at mid on settling.”

Memories of Team Dynamics

18:00 to 20:10

Sharing memorable experiences and dynamics while bowling as a team.

“so maybe that's the thing that you missed do you feel like that Brody?”

Communication in Bowling Partnerships

20:10 to 23:20

Emphasizing the importance of communication between bowlers.

“All my fondest memories came with bowling with Jimmy at the other end, a couple with Swanee maybe.”

Future of England's Bowling Attack

23:20 to 28:05

Discussing the potential and challenges for the new England bowling squad.

“Do you see it sort of developing somewhere?”
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Coaching Dynamics

28:43 to 31:01

Exploring the complexities of transitioning from player to coach.

“Well, I did go straight into it after I finished playing.”

Portrait Unveiling Talk

31:01 to 34:04

Discussion about a new portrait and its significance in cricket.

“You could feel it from the MCC that they were desperate to get this right.”

Reflections on Cricket and Conduct

34:04 to 36:54

Reflections on player conduct and media scrutiny in cricket.

“is that together, obviously, that was a whole thing.”

Concluding Thoughts on Commission

36:54 to 42:00

Wrapping up with thoughts on a significant painting commission and its context.

“Brodie, Jimmy you've been out loads you've done 180 tests Jim and you never once got handcuffed that got out in public Brodie, when were you last in handcuffs?”

Jimmy Anderson's Attitude and Book

42:00 to 42:36

The hosts discuss Jimmy Anderson's personality and his book, highlighting his unique attitude.

“no I'm Jimmy Anderson write the book yeah okay I've written a life story do you want to say anything about it?”

Artist Amy's Exciting Commission

42:36 to 44:29

Artist Amy shares her excitement about a significant commission and discusses the support network behind her work.

“it was a big part of the research a lot of ideas came from it oh really?”

Go-Well Cheers and Community Support

44:29 to 47:16

The hosts shout out various cricket clubs and community events, celebrating achievements and resilience.

“So Charlotte Goodhue, who we've got, Seb, Max and Jill.”

Engagements, Marathons, and Good Wishes

47:16 to 51:48

Listeners' engagements and achievements are acknowledged, including marathon runs and personal milestones.

“Ross and Sian, Harvey and Kelsey, Hooger and James, Guy and Bells, Gus and Cassie, Jack and Jamie are running the Sydney Marathon.”

Portrait Unveiling at Lords

51:48 to 56:00

The hosts discuss the unveiling of a portrait at Lords, sharing the atmosphere and their reactions.

“she's a great laugh she's just the best we love you Crossy We've got to get Kate on to talk about that.”

Anticipation of Tomorrow's Game

56:00 to 56:11

The hosts discuss their concerns about the upcoming match conditions.

“And it will be a shame tomorrow when we turn up and it either rains or there's about 18 wickets and the whole thing's over and inside the first three hours tomorrow.”
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1:07That's O-D-O-O dot com. Hello and welcome to Tailender's Live from Lords. Hello and thank you for having us on Tailender's Live from Lords, your loosely created podcast. We are watching Pakistan planking on the outfield as we speak. Why are you planking now, mate? Not getting any wickets? Don't say that too loud. Sorry, what that was probably audible. Side planking now. Jimmy Anderson taking a sip of his favourite drink at the home of cricket. Is that the first Guinness you've had since you were on the balcony? At Lords, at Lords. Yes, this is the first Guinness I've had since that day, I think.

1:42What about that advert you did for Guinness? Didn't you have one then? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I had loads. Oh, OK. Well, other stouts are available. How about that? That covers all bases, doesn't it? And please drink responsibly, or ideally, not at all. I can't heed my own advice, though. Why would you? So we're here on the eve of the second Cornhill Insurance Test match at the home of cricket. And we're here for a very special reason. Jimmy, can you tell everyone why we're here? Yeah, we're here for the unveiling of a portrait that has been done of myself and Stuart Broad, which is going to take its place in the Laws long room.

2:21Guitar sound here, sharky, had effect. huge moment this is as soon as we got as soon as we caught wind of this we thought we gotta we gotta turn up just to see we know and actually i think we're all a bit like this but jimmy i've learned that you are selective over photos of yourself yes as we all i think everyone's allowed to be you know you you want to protect that image but you can't be selective over a portrait of yourself. I'd like to bring in the portrait artist, Jamie Routley. Jamie, welcome to Tailenders. Thank you. Also a Tailender. I am a Tailender, yes. That's great news. Yeah, yeah, big fan.

3:01We weren't sure what we were going to be faced with today. Yeah. We weren't sure what sort of portrait artist you would be. So what do you think, like, what would you have had in your mind? What does an artist look like? All I can think of is Leonardo Leonardo DiCaprio from the Titanic. And this isn't it? No, you do look a bit like that. You actually do have a bit of that vibe. And did you paint him like one of your French girls? No.

3:31It's a life drawing, right? I mean, if I was painting Stokesy, I'd probably ask for that with all the tattoos and stuff. That would be quite... What picture have you used of him? Or is that all to be seen? We don't know any details yet until unveiling. So we had a big sitting back in February, but that was on the back of sort of about nine months of research and sort of chatting. And I had a pretty decent idea of the composition and what I wanted to do. The plan was to have more sittings after that. But I also knew that with the cricket season starting and having an idea of your temperament that I might not get you again.

4:12so I had to I had to make sure that I got everything in that day so we had a full day in the studio I had everything set up the light the way that I wanted the clothing well that was another story in itself and it was period dress right period dress yeah yeah so we were going for like 1920s cricket yeah sort of but still with Waitrose written on the front yeah Stuart Borden is Charles Tarririt t-shirts exactly yeah yeah oh so you both did that I didn't know that happened. That would be my background. That's the way that I would usually work. I'd have people come in and sit. It's not always possible.

4:47And with people that are extremely busy, you have to find other ways to do things. Have you done sports people before? Because we had a conversation just now where you're saying you haven't done anything in the long room. So I haven't done anything in the long room before. I've been working on a few things with Ian Wright over the past few years. And I'm just about to start a much bigger painting. that's just a personal project with us right okay and uh who knows what will happen at the end of that but it's the sport world is is a world that i that i grew up in like you do yeah in love big sports fan and so getting the opportunity to work with some of your heroes is just a dream come true it's like a full circle yeah moment i legends i'm sorry to interrupt this moment no please do For good cricketing reasons, I've just been given word.

5:39I can spot in the corner of my eye the Pakistan sub-wicket keeper, Ghazi Ghuri, who is Rizwan's number two. I've just received a message that he wants to have a photo with Jimmy. Mate, come on, man. You've got to do that. Ghazi, welcome to Terlenders. How are you? I'm good. How are you? Really good. Go well, go well. Oh, that's so sweet. Ghazi, can I ask a question? First of all, how old are you? I'm 23. 23, so you grew up watching Jimmy Anderson? Not growing up, but when I grew up, I watched him. Yeah, so he was playing Test cricket when you were born? Yeah, before that, I think. Wow. How would you have kept to Jimmy Anderson?

6:20I think I would have 100 dismissals by now. I love that. Nick off, nick off, nick off. And how's Rizzi looking for tomorrow? Are you going to be playing? He's good, I think he's confident. He's an important player for the team. Let's see what happens. There's a lovely big staircase here that we could push him down if you want a game. No, no, no. No, okay. You want to earn that place on your own merits. Ghazi Guri, thank you so much for being on TailEnders. Thank you so much. And go well this week. Go well. Take care. Lovely to meet you, mate. Tell Rizzi he's fit. Yeah. To be clear, just for legal reasons, I would never push.

6:53No. I wouldn't say anyone, but I would never push Mohamed Rizwan down the stairs. That was so lovely. That was nice. Jimmy, he's in the Pakistan squad. and just as we're getting a sense of perspective while you're talking about painting Jimmy about what Jimmy means to cricket it's been quite something being so immersed in like who you are, who Stuart is and just the if anyone gets even a sniff of what I've been doing they just they just lose their minds I love that I don't really get that starstruck not because I'm not like other people of course you sort of have a sense of someone's aura and presence and what they've done but I just can't I probably just can't afford to either like this yeah yeah you know I with it with Ian when I was when I started the first couple of sittings with Ian because we've done lots and just making small head studies and stuff I had to remind myself stop talking because I just wanted to just ask him loads of questions yeah and just my wife said to me she's like you've got to like you can't just use this as an excuse to hang out with Ian Wright it can be both it can be both I mean we created a podcast so we could hang out with Jimmy Anderson yeah and that works and now Stuart Broad's turned up go well Broadie it's nice that you haven't forgotten your podcast roots now that you've got your own don't forget where you came from is what I'm saying do you know what I was thinking about this today what tour was it where we were walking down the beach in the Caribbean I think St Lucia and it was my first realisation of how big your podcast was because everyone lying on the beach was going cheers go well Jimmy go well Jimmy you were just going cheers cheers Cheers.

8:30Like, for an hour. What would that have been? 2019 or 15? When did you start? 17 we started. So 19. 19, yeah. 19, yeah. We were talking about, Jamie, we were talking about being starstruck. I'm now starstruck by the hover cover. Yeah. Which is coming on to cover the test wicket for tomorrow. Both of you have seen it from here. Brody, have you seen it out in the middle? Have you been out there? I haven't. Looks like a bowl first to me from here. Jimmy? Yeah, I'd say bowl first. What you're seeing at the minute in cricket in general in this country is because we've had such a dry summer, everyone's leaving grass on the top because they're scared of it getting too dry.

9:05So I wouldn't be surprised if that's really dry underneath. So it'd be good to bowl day one and then it will spin at the end, I reckon. Will they give that another cut tomorrow morning? Potentially. I think they generally do. And there's always less grass on it than you think. Look at that. If that was at Trent Bridge, it might be 10 millimetres and this would be like three. There's always less. Let's be honest. We've played here long enough. is probably going to bounce to keep the first ball, isn't it? Hit him in the shin. As long as it's not as bad as the last test here, I think. I've got a few more days cricket than that.

9:34Jamie, we were talking about the significance of these two. It is always amazing to witness people meeting them and that feeling of being starstruck. There's something about sports people that does that to me and Felix definitely, and it sounds like it does it to you. What have been some of your favourite moments watching these two as a tailender? as the tailor well actually during the process of making the painting it it was amazing to have the county cricket on the radio and to be listening to you whilst i'm painting you um continue to make to make history and then the one time oh that's nice yeah it was it was quite something and i've replayed test matches as well like i replayed your last one and i found myself i put my palette down and I was leaning on the easel.

10:20And then I had to remind, I know what happens. Like, I know what happens. Oh, you're leaning on the easel out of hyperventilation. Oh, okay, out of tension. That's interesting, Stuart, because I was actually thinking about that the other day. How has that lived with you now, your last test? Because when I think back about that now, it's like a psychedelic mirage. Do you think about... He hasn't got a clue what you've just said, what them two words are. Do you think at the end of your career it's a psychedelic mirage? can you just explain to me what that's saying do you know three years it always comes up all that days like i sit on instagram three years today and i think where has that time gone first of all so that is crazy because i can i can genuinely remember that feeling of like running off to him and me to like jimmy being the first person i met on that sort of aeroplane run and i must admit i remember the feeling of being out there but i do love seeing the footage of people's reaction in the crowd because what I forgot was people were wearing headbands and uh you know it felt it it was it was really special and I think I do feel very lucky to like look back on that and remember and still feel it if that makes any sense you know I do the oval's always been a special ground because I think it's special because we always used to finish there right it's different this year I don't know why we're not finishing out the oval it was always the last test of summer so it would always finish there so you'd have memories of like lifting a trophy or you know you'd be signing off for the summer and having a three or four week break so it's always had great memories but yeah that that feeling taking the boots off for the last time I think I threw them in the bin which I get I don't know why I did that and I sort of wish I had them but um I remember you like holding them over and just casually like drop drop like mic drop into the bin yeah they were gone and like blood covering my toes and I just everything felt like it was the last time like looking like take those socks off cheers put them in the bin that's done you know but but in a nice way not in a in a sour way so yeah it was well that's the remarkable thing we've talked about on the podcast a bit is that you felt and seemed absolutely ready to go to the point where I think we joked not so long ago that my theory is that you actually just became a professional cricketer in order to get a job at sky because you're so good I'll ask it feels like you've been there forever but also the new person It's a weird one.

12:37I don't know how you feel for you as a cricket fan, but it feels like Brodie's only just finished playing, but simultaneously has always been sort of a pundit on the go. Well, no, and I'm really brilliant at that job as well. How does it feel for you? Do you feel like the transition has been fairly straightforward? Because it seems like it has been from our perspective. It has been, I suppose, straightforward in a sense. So I think the biggest thing that I've found is you leave a changing room, and you often hear people go, you know, you're leaving a team, you lose that team environment. And the sky, it's just the same.

13:10You know, you've got producer, cameraman, directors, commentators. So you walk into the same bubble. So Nasser is like the grumpy one who's always like taking the mick out of everybody every morning. You know, you turn up, you're supposed to be there at 8.30, turn up at 8.30, afternoon. You know, all that sort of basic banter that's in a cricket changing room all the time. You know, it has been great. And ultimately, I think all of us are cricket geeks in a sense, aren't we? We love talking about cricket, watching cricket. And to be able to talk about it and give honest opinions on it is great.

13:43And you definitely have, again, as a player, a series that you're buzzing to be commentating on and a series that you watch with a little bit less thrill. But, you know, I'm really excited about next summer, for example, first time of commentating on Ashes series at home. But yeah, it's great. I love it. Ultimately, just waffle about cricket. Has there been a moment since you retired where you thought, I'd love to actually bowl on that. I'd love to. I'd know how to get him out. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Quite a lot of the pitches recently seem to nip about a bit, don't they? But it's not. It's less that, actually, because even when a pitch is nipping around, you're still as a bowler, you're feeling a pressure to get wickets.

14:22There is a pressure like, oh, you should get wickets on that. the moment I had was at Trent Bridge walking across the outfield at T in between innings and England were coming out to bowl so it was a brand new ball under lights all the crowd had stayed in because it was only that sort of 10 minute break between innings and I was like I'd love to have it I would love to have a brand new ball in my hand like charging in now you know four four-ish in the afternoon crowds building I used to love Jimmy always bowled the first over so I'd always just have that calm at mid on settling. Does that make sense?

14:54I always used to wonder with Jimmy, I didn't know how he did it because he would run in every time with the first ball, the seam up, like trying to swing it, trying to, I would always have to wobble it or not cross seam because I was worried like where it might go. Whereas every first ball of a test series, you'd run in, seam up, wouldn't you? How did you get 600 wickets? Astonishing. Determination. No, I guess I just, when I first played with you, you were swing bowler. Yeah. And then you sort of, then there was a period where you like became, he's tall, he's quick. So we're going to, you're going to have to bowl, like hit the deck, aggressive stuff.

15:31And then maybe you lost that confidence with it, with it. And then it got it back towards in. Then you start, you actually became a, probably a better in swing bowler than an out swing bowler. The enforcer thing was never my choice. I think that was sort of Strauss as captain. The bowling attack was all looking quite similar. what was it you brezzy maybe tremlett a bit and i was the only option to bowl bounces so it was like you're going to have to do that which i never really wanted to and it got to a stage where i was going to get dropped and i sort of said on this balcony above us i said look if i'm under pressure or not taking wickets at least let me go down in my own style i want to bowl at stumps you know that's that's you know i'm not making a career of bowling short every ball and then with the swing I actually decided, I think your best away swinger beats the outside edge.

16:17Your best nitbacker hits off stump or hits a ****. That was like over five or six years, the start of my career. That was the feeling. You could bowl a perfect away swinger. Someone has a driver and it goes through to the keeper. But the perfect nitbacker's out. So I definitely, there was a definite change of looking to nitback at the stumps. And you were a wobblesseer. You swung it 15, 20 % at the time back end, no? Yeah, I think swing went, the amount of times I tried to swing it got less and still now, like, in counter cricket is less than what I would normally. I think that the balls have changed from when we first started.

16:54They don't swing as much or for as long. Pitchers probably lean towards, like, you get on a green seamer, the last thing you want to do is swing it. You've got to try and nip it, haven't you? We saw that with Ollie Robinson at Henningly and Josh Tong as well. But I think, like, you said about what you miss, when do you miss that test cricket or whatever, but for me it's like the I used to love coming off the field having grafted on a flat one and bowled them out for like 400 but you bowled 25 overs each and you're aching and you're stiff and then you just sat there slumped in your chair looking at each other going yeah we've achieved something today we've actually put in a good shift and that's when you get most satisfaction I think rather than bowling on pitches where you're expected to get wickets Mark Wood said a similar thing on TMS last week because there was quite a big rain break Woody was amazing on the radio he was very good on telly as well but they had a really great hour with Woody talking about that and he said however I was feeling if the captain said bowl I'd be so up for it I just want to keep going whenever you put that England shirt on you just keep going so maybe that's the thing that you missed do you feel like that Brody?

18:05do you feel like those days? I agree with you There's nothing more satisfying. I think particularly fourth innings, actually, when you've had to bowl 100, 120 overs to get 10 wickets, like on an old school test pitch, like brilliant. And you walk off and you know that, yes, the bowling attack have put yards in, but everyone has. Someone's taken a brilliant catch. It's been a great run out. I think, yeah, they're awesome. Don't get me wrong. I quite like the ones that swing all over the place. But the great satisfaction is, yeah, 20 overs, 25 overs in and you know you've got to go again. You're hoping you're praying that your batter's just bat for 80 overs so you rest because if you get bowled in 40 you're going to be in absolute agony and that brings all that sort of nervousness I'll remember Spells bowling 8 overs 1 for 8 in India when Swanee's tearing it up the other end and I'm just doing a job for him at the other end.

19:00I'm just keeping it tight. That's what like New Zealand here when you were rattling through in one end and I was I'll just keep it dry this end so he can just attack from the other end. He got 7 for 44 off 11, so it'd be expensive. Well, it's a hand. No, but they're the spells that you remember. The grafty ones are the ones that I really enjoy. That springs to mind is Cape Town away. Did you bust your rib? Yeah. That was one of those, I can't remember exact overs, maybe 120, but we're into the last session and we need six wickets. and I remember Jimmy bowling at least a couple more overs when you felt like he'd broken his rib.

19:39He's like, I just need to hold up an end because I'll get a wicket at the other end if I just bowl. And if I bowl a few more, then you can bowl five and then Stokesy will finish. And, you know, that's a different type of grit that ultimately everyone, like, you're all in the same place to try and win. Northern grit. You don't get it down here. What do you say? Northern grit. Do you miss each other? Not on a personal level. On a bowling level, because we know the answer from you, Jim. On a bowling level. Do you miss bowling with each other? Bowling with each other? Oh, God, I wish he'd been bowling at the other end to me for Lanx this year.

20:10But yeah, of course. Absolutely, yeah. All my fondest memories came with bowling with Jimmy at the other end, a couple with Swanee maybe. But I think we genuinely just saw it as both of us working out how to break their partnership. It was me and him versus the two batters. And it didn't really matter who got the wicket. We were working to see... I'd always leave him three balls. Give him three balls to work out. Because Jimmy would assess it all in three balls. That makes sense. So give three balls a test. Walk up to him. What do you think? Swinging a bit needs to be a bit fuller. If you're a bit short, sit in it.

20:45And then that would be the info I'd then use for my first over. Does that make sense? And then we'd continue that all the way through a spell. Have you tried a bouncer yet? You didn't tend to go early with the bouncer, did you? But you'd always be back of a length, back of a length. If you try pushing it fuller yet, wobblesseying, swinging a bit. don't bowl that like the telling's off I get if I miss the seam and it was swinging do you know what I mean we'd rarely I'd rarely bowl a bumper or something out of my comfort zone without asking you yeah or I'd go 12 out swingers shall I bowl an in swinger I'd run it by broadly first he'd go no no get out your over save it for the next over something like you know it's just a constant sort of a lot of communication and I think that's you know it took us a while to get there actually But I think that was the biggest strength of our partnership was the communication and how we could read situations, we could read batters, we could read conditions and then knew how to talk to each other.

21:44I could watch him from mid-off, I could watch him run in and see how his action looks and stuff to feed information to him. So all that sort of thing, I think that gets missed quite a lot in cricket now. The teams I've played in since and before didn't have that level of communication. It's similar to, I'd say, Cook and Strauss at the top. They know each other's game inside out, so they could go, right, he's swinging it away, you leave well, so just look to leave for a bit and then we'll take it from there. We fielded mid-on and mid-off to each other when we bowled. And even now, I look at bowling attacks that just one's at fine leg, one's bowling.

22:22You think, how are you sharing information? So because of that, Jimmy go, bouncer now, you just see things differently from it on. No, no, no, just hold it a couple more balls. I used to hate the bouncer, last ball and over, because you bowl the bouncer, last ball, the over. You're bowling a bouncer to set the batter back to then bowl the fuller ball to try and get a nick. But you bowl the last ball and then you're not bowling the next ball anyway. It's a change. So we'd have all those. Unless it's the 100, of course. Unless it's the 100, you go another five. Could be another set. Another set.

22:48Can I just say, it's wonderful to hear this because this is exactly what the painting is about, not to bring it back to me. The whole painting is centered around that communication. That's the one thing that kept coming up in my notes all the time we talked about it, is that friendship, that communication. That was, to me, just the thing. And I know that we all haven't seen it yet, but that is essentially what the painting is built around. it's this conversation that's either just happened or is just about to happen and there's this shared focus looking at me but the idea is that you know you the viewer take on the position of the poor batsman that's about to face whatever's coming that was really the the nucleus to the whole thing which is great to listen to that it's amazing it's gone now though because we just text each other now and it's dad emojis thumbs up like frowny face i don't know if it's just me all good jimmy all good do you just all good mate yeah but that's his love language yeah yeah yeah like my favorite my favorite bit of tail enders is when you have a you know you maybe talk for a couple of minutes and there's a question at the end of it for jimmy and jimmy just gives you a one word yeah you know and that's it just silence he gives the people what they don't want yeah and that's and that's jimmy anderson yeah okay do you know what i love one thing i would always say about jimmy if you ever meet him and he's in a hotel pre-10 a.m don't bother that is not his time don't if he's having breakfast that isn't your time to wander up and go all right jim how you doing like you enjoy your meal last night if it's post 10 a.m fire away go up to him wherever he is in the street on the tube but pre-10am just let him be pre-first ball sweet spots about 8pm after two or three pints and in the fire fire away yeah no wherever yeah wherever if you're in st johnswood come come and give me a shout come and give me a hug just just before we move on and get this portrait unveiled the communication that you all three of you are talking about do you see that do you see the green shoots of that with the new look england bowling attack or Do you see bits of it?

25:03Do you see it sort of developing somewhere? Are you excited for that to maybe happen? Could we be seeing big new partnerships, the next Jimmy Brodie type? I hope so. And if so, who do you see it from? In Australia, no, I didn't see any of it, nothing. It was just Stokes on his own trying to set everyone's field, do everything. And it was four bowlers individually just bowling a spell and moving on. The personnel has not changed dramatically. but apart from obviously the captain but but that was a that i'm not saying it's stokes his fault at all but it's the responsibility of the bowlers to get get close get tight share everything you got to be quite vulnerable to have great communication right you know i need jimmy jimmy to come to go feel awful stripe patterns off completely like what you're seeing just i'm nowhere just get in and out this spell or whatever and i don't see that yet but you need time you I was saying to Jimmy, Jimmy just said on the pod here, it was probably four or five years for us, probably.

25:59Well, to get that communication. I think the communication stuff got better when we had Otis Gibson as bowling coach and David Saker as bowling coach. Those two really drove it. So whether it was in a meeting or whether it was in the nets, they drive that communication, talk to each other. How are you trying to get him out and share it? and you know for the for well since we finished there's not been a permanent bowling coach has been a few people in and out and now Stephen Fleming's come in I think that's a really important role in this group with a young group of seamers to get someone who can get that communication going because it's the difference between a good attack and a world-class attack I think that communication because that we've got as we've seen in this series this summer so far oh, we've got world-class bowlers or potentially world-class bowlers.

26:52And it's about then how do you turn that into a world-class bowling group? And just to jump on the back of that, I don't want to finish that just saying, no, the communication is not there because it will grow. But we've got, I think Gus Atkinson could be a world leader. Josh Tung's got amazing attributes. Joffre's Joffre, you know, he's got wicket-taking ability. Ollie's come back in and had a great summer in his two test matches so far. and you've got bowlers in and around that. So it's a brilliant bowling attack if everyone's ready to go and if they're communicating. But it's hard to judge on the pitches we've played on this summer.

27:30Really, at Headingley against Pakistan and here against New Zealand, a county attack could have played and got 20 wickets, probably. The real question comes if you play on a flat one, like the Oval against New Zealand and it all fell apart, that's when actually communication is everything. That's when you judge a team. So you go to see what they're like in South Africa if it gets a bit hot and someone gets 100. Who's finishing off a tail when they're 400 for eight on the morning of day two or nearing lunch on day two? That's when you get tested as a group. That's when you show how good you are, not on wickets that assist you and conditions that assist you.

28:04So I think, as Brodie said, there's so much potential in that group. It just needs nurturing for the next few months or years. Prep for a busy week with Whole Foods Market. Start your day with fully cooked breakfast sausages from Amy Liu, 365 brand frozen waffles with no bleached flours, and of course Whole Foods Market eggs, which are all cage-free or better. In the evening, bring home a build-your-own family meal that feeds four for just$35. Choose one entree and two sides. Shop smarter, not harder, at Whole Foods Market. Is that a bit of you, bowling coach? Well, I did go straight into it after I finished playing.

28:49Hard to really commit to why you're still playing, though. Yeah. Well, I'm doing my coaching badge at the minute, trying to learn about how to be a good coach, because I don't know if I would be. But when I'm still playing, I'll just focus on that and then see what happens. Do you think he'd be a good one? You've got a sense about it? Yeah, I feel like that. Yeah. With Jimmy, obviously you've known him as long as me. or longer it takes a bit of time to get to know him but I think that's a good thing about coaches you don't want a coach to come in and go like do this do that do this it should be as a like a private conversation between bowler and bowling coach of what I need to work on you know it's going to go no further his wealth of knowledge is ridiculous yes a very naturally talented bowler but still had to work very hard on different skills so yeah it's ridiculous how much sort of knowledge we lose out the game to other avenues yeah other than coaching i don't know how comfortable i'd be or how healthy it would be for me as a former player like i've played with all those guys in that team to then be their coach but i don't know if that would work like i don't know if i'd be comfortable with that but that's interesting i find that weird i think the conversation maybe in a few years what you were just starting talking about there i felt like this might be naive from outside, but like that would be exactly what they would want to have in that dressing room.

30:08Those four bowlers, just seeing you two discuss it. Do you know what I mean? I think it almost would be like a light bulb moment for them. Because when you look at... But you think they'd prefer that to Brodie to turn them to shreds on Sky? In my day. I forgot quickly. Pitch it up, wads. You were perfect all the time, weren't you? Yeah, I forgot about those 600 for threes. Six sixes? When Amla got 303, now they're not against us. I wasn't playing that game. Just throwing stones from the sky pod. I agree with Fi. But then we just, you know, we just want to see you two in the dressing room still.

30:50Sorry, the other thing I want to quickly say is that it's so nice where it's positioned. We haven't seen it unveiled yet, but the painting itself, when you walk up the stairs, it's going to be immediately on the left. Do you know how long that's staying there for? okay so when every every single cricket walks up those stairs the first thing you're going to see immediately at eye level on your left is the picture of jimmy and broadie so it couldn't legacy wise it couldn't be in a stronger place i can't believe it who used to be there they do change it around quite a lot there's there's a few like when we were outside before we're in the near the harris gardens and mike atherton was there with michael vaughan and he said i hope it got hope the unveiling goes well hope it doesn't like vaughan's because they've stayed on that wall the walk down from the dressing room to the long room for as long as I've played so there's Strauss, Vaughan Claire Taylor's on that wall Gucci's Gucci on that wall I don't know why Cook is on that wall but I feel like the ones in the long room get sort of shifted about a bit Jamie this will be up there for this is the big new one it's a lot of pressure I suppose, on this one.

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32:00You could feel it. You could feel it from the MCC that they were desperate to get this right. And, you know, I... Yeah, they've got nothing else to worry about. What's on the to-do list? Well, don't worry about all that. How's the portrait? Make sure you don't f*** your hands up. Quite happy with the hands. That's something we mentioned. When we went for the sitting, I'm sure we mentioned it. We said, we don't like Michael Vaughan, so we don't like Andrew Strauss. So if we can avoid like big, bigger body parts, that'd be great. Yeah. But it is, it's like as you walk up, so every player that goes out onto that field, every match official, whoever goes out onto that field, when they walk through the long room, the first thing they'll see is that portrait.

32:44Really, it's kind of designed in my mind to be exactly where it is. I kind of had a heads up that it was going to be there. Just umpires getting devastated every time they walk off the field. Oh God, do you remember when Jimmy said that to me? Thank God those aren't playing anymore. You should be standing next to it as they walk off. Can I ask a stupid question? I don't know if we've covered this. They're in it together. Yeah. Because there was the option to paint two that could hang next to each other now? No, there wasn't. That was my proposal that I kept pushing to the point where the MCC were like, do you want to do this or not?

33:23Oh, really? Yeah. because because so my my reasoning for that and i don't think they'd mind me saying is that they will they probably they mind everyone saying everything and i say that sitting in the pavilion this is this is just between us though uh yeah sure yeah is that as much as you guys are a partnership i also saw you guys as individuals and so a diptych which is two paintings next to each other is a it's a painting which is which is in two parts but it's always meant to be seen side by side. One painting influences the other. So to me, conceptually, that was sound. But they were like, no, no, no, it has to be on one canvas.

34:02I think that's the glorious thing about these two, is that together, obviously, that was a whole thing. But you can just, you can separate both of them and enjoy both those careers on their own. I think they were right in the end. And actually, it gave me a really interesting challenge because there aren't many double portraits in the history of kind of portrait painting not not many uh they'd be a very small percentage and so it's a challenge to design because you're you're constantly sort of stress testing the the the concept if jimmy has the ball in hand does that shift the power dynamic and like with with you being much taller you know getting you to just take a step back was jimmy jimmy on the yellow pages no but like in the from from my optical sort of position if you were even slightly in front of Jimmy, you were much bigger.

34:48So getting you to take a step back put you almost on the same level. Are you nervous, Jamie, about what's about to happen? I'm only nervous because it's just the lighting that always bothers me with these things. And the MC have a great setup, great team. But that's just a personal thing. It's just what I see. It would be like what you hear. What if me and Brody go, what the? That could happen. Not even. wearing them I wasn't even yeah they won't they won't I think it's beautiful to them two together because there's so many solitary like cricket obviously as well being a team going is so independent and solitary but when you do think of Jimmy abroad you think about that as well as that because you said being individually the two greatest bowlers we probably produced friendship communication resilience the way they evolved over time they'll always have that and you always think of the other when you think of one name.

35:47So I think it's perfect. And it should be where it is. I think every single cricker, when they get out against England, should look immediately in the eyes of Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad when they walk back to the dressing room. It's only right. Before you guys came into the studio, I had a feeling of how, just how you would look. Like how Jimmy would just kind of stare right through me. And it sort of, I think, I think I have caught that a little bit. Yeah, I'm really happy with it. And I'm the hardest person to please, as anyone that knows me will attest to. I'm a nightmare to kind of live with.

36:23But I am happy. Well, me and Fia are going to do live commentary as the unveiling happens. Yeah, we'll be. And we'll be able to watch your faces. And we know you both quite well. So we'll know if you're lying. Jamie, thanks for chatting. You're going to stick around here. Jimmy and Brodie are going to go in and then we'll see on the other side oh actually before you go I want to get a bit of I don't want to ruin it but the state of the last week Brodie, Jimmy you've been out loads you've done 180 tests Jim and you never once got handcuffed that got out in public Brodie, when were you last in handcuffs?

37:09don't tell them about Amsterdam having thought more about it over the last week and seen a little bit more of the fallout now Bridencast not in the squad for this week there were moments where we got in trouble and we were out when we shouldn't have been or we got photographed somewhere but then for the next 12 to 18 months we'd be so good at making sure we're not in trouble so after the winter in Australia after the Stokes stuff after Lourdes here, you just go, right, it doesn't matter if we're playing for Durham, it doesn't matter if we're in Derby and everyone's got Nokia 3310s, it can happen that there's a camera out there.

37:51Just keep your head down for a bit. There will be a moment in the future when we can go out and celebrate a game, but don't get in trouble and bring the focus back onto that. It's quite hard to get your head around a little bit, isn't it? It's like, only picture whoever told Rudy. And I'm just going, what? Have you spoken to him about it this week? I haven't. I was with Stokesy on Monday. What did he say? Much ado about nothing, really. I mean, all I could do was laugh at, you know, Stokesy's walk out, see the coppers and then walk back. You know, like the Homer Simpson into the hedge. I reckon I've seen about like a thousand of those gifts and it's all I can talk about.

38:30What was your feeling when you saw the coppers? And he was like, I just had to see what was going on. Like Stokesy, there's obviously nothing to do with Stokesy, but just Rooty must, after getting rid of the curfew and saying, just be adults for a bit, then to see that is frustrating. I get Carsten play. I guess he's on different duty, but he's still a professional sports person. You know, still... Weep before you're back in the test team. And what's that stat? Is it eight of the century contracted lists have now been reprimanded for problems? I mean, that's quite extreme. and there's actually not really an excuse anymore.

39:04I get it maybe 10 years ago when you go, you know, we're being watched, I forgot we're being watched, but everyone's grown up in this era where you're being watched at all times. Do we know if Stokes was there at every crime scene? No, not New Zealand. He wasn't in New Zealand. He wasn't, sure. But also get arrested when you're winning. I think, yeah, not when you're not doing well. I think ultimately it all stems a little bit from how the ECB dealt with Harry Brooks incident, just trying to like shove it under the carpet um that was probably the worst of the lot and then you leave yourself nowhere to go if you've not done anything about brookie then i suppose do the players just think oh i'm good i'm fine but if if brookie then gets like immediately stripped to the capsule or banned or everyone put the fear of god into it you know you think about playing for flower andy flower if you you know we've had times where we've got it wrong or after a win and been pictured, and he calls you the next day, you were, can you remember the calls we'd have?

40:01Like, oh my God, it's Andy. And you'd never do it. You wouldn't do it. Jimmy was just miming, holding the phone away from his ear because he was shouting at you. Yeah, he just wouldn't. You just knew. Oh, it's awful. You'd just be petrified. At Strauss as well. Strauss was a captain. Is it louder than the hover cover? Yeah, it's quite loud. He's still impressed with it. That's Andy Flower. But like an aura about him though, didn't it? It's like, oh my God, Andy Flower's calling me. What the hell? He could just be saying, how are you mate how was your net people are like oh my god only flowers calling what's that about and maybe that's just it's just got it's got a stop on it I think do you think these players are being targeted though like could they probably probably so maybe just don't go out but that's so would England football so would England rugby every sports person or everyone in the public eye would they or not I know it's a serious matter but I did think of Brodie when I saw the like one or two days later that he'd been de-arrested So I thought he'd reviewed it.

40:52Like with his handcuffs. I'm like, no, I'm not having this. And then Maria Rasmus is like, let me rock and roll that. Did the police put a statement out saying he'd been de-arrested? De-arrested. That's superb. I've never heard of de-arrested before. So does that mean he sort of quickly went, not guilty, not guilty, not guilty. De-arrested. Not guilty, not guilty. Okay, we'll review that. But does that mean that it was nothing then? Well, ultimately, it's not really the point, right? Still, you've found yourselves in a situation where you're in handcuffs in Derby. Do you know what I mean? Great name for an album.

41:23Even if you've done nothing rock. Even if you've done nothing rock. Handcuffs in Derby, yeah. You're still in handcuffs in Derby, yeah. Oh, handcuffs in Derby. You've got to go. We've got to go. You've got to go. Cheers. Take care. Cheers. Don't get, hey, stay out of trouble, you two. Jamie, do you want to do the Go Wales with us? Oh, I'd love to. Are you getting dressed up for this or just like that? Okay, yeah. It was like that when they turned up to the studio. Jimmy who got on the train with nothing with nothing from the list that I put together for him Stuart's got six different outfits Stuart had outfits but then we had to get the lovely team here called the kit guy in Loughborough who put a load of kit in a taxi and that got driven to my studio and dropped off for Jimmy to wear I'm just here and I'm Jimmy Anderson and that's enough, now deal with it that's his kind of attitude that's been our relationship with him for the last 10 years that's been my entire experience with Jimmy Anderson yeah yeah are you going to say anything about this book Jimmy?

42:25no I'm Jimmy Anderson write the book yeah okay I've written a life story do you want to say anything about it? not really okay bestseller it was great well thank Jimmy and actually it was a big part of the research a lot of ideas came from it oh really? yeah yeah oh that's nice it's really well thumbed and you know there's lots of scribbles in it thank you Amy, thanks for joining us today. And congratulations on getting the commission. It's a big deal. Yeah, massive. It's a really big, yeah. Yeah, I was lucky enough to be a very busy painter, but there are some commissions that you want. You just know as soon as they land, you just, I want that.

43:05What an amazing thing. Yeah. The go-well's a bit beneath you, really. I'm sorry about this. They're not at all. You guys are in my studio every week. So it's so surreal. I'm sitting for a portrait. That's what he means. Where is he going to be in your house? In Radio 1? Yeah, this is me and my dead dog. What do you... No, just... What, in the style of this Jimmy and Broad painting? Yeah. Okay. I can't actually imagine. Barney's my Stuart Broad. Gowell's cheers is... Who wants to do what? Would you like to do a Gowell or a cheers? I know Jamie's got some, haven't you, Jamie? I've got... So what's the difference between a Gowell and a cheers?

43:44It's a really good question. I don't think there is much of a difference. I think value-wise, they're equal. Yeah, I agree. So basically, my go-wells are to just the people that work in the background in my world. So the two people that built the frame. So you've got Alan Johnson and Tim Mould. Go-well. Go-well, cheers. Yeah. And they're from Ellison's famous. Philip Ellison would be furious if I didn't mention his name. So that's your support network. We were talking about support networks, communication team. Yeah, that's your bowling. That's your Otis Gibson. Yeah. Well, the other guy, so my art courier, the guy that delivers my paintings, a guy called Ollie Bendel, who plays for Marlborough Cricket Club.

44:23Go well, cheers. A go well to them. Go well, cheers. Go well, cheers. And one more. Oh, yeah, of course. One more just to the team here. Yeah, yeah. So Charlotte Goodhue, who we've got, Seb, Max and Jill. The whole team have been amazing. The MCC committee, brilliant. Go well to them. Yeah, but I was only being playful with the MCC earlier. What, and you said the stuff about the... Yeah, there's no beef between me and the MCC. Yeah, yeah. And you recognised that you were part of a mechanism as well, which I thought was important. Yeah, also, you know, punching up on you if you haven't got the MCC.

44:56Goal cheers. Massive Goal cheers. Thanks to Lords for letting us sit in the pavilion, in the seats that we would not be allowed to sit in tomorrow. It's so nice sitting here and it's empty, isn't it? Really nice. Seeing Pakistan players warm up. Yeah. I actually almost prefer it to being your ancestors on. I would spend a day 10 to 6 just here with nothing happening. It's all ruined tomorrow. Yeah. It's all ruined with everyone else. Yeah, we'll be ashamed. That we'll be ashamed tomorrow when other people are here enjoying it. Birthdays. Human being birthdays, human being ones. Mark, Holly, Gavin, who's 50, not out, Hamish and Ronan.

45:28Go well. Cheers. Cricket clubs. Human being cricket clubs, human being ones. North Shore Cricket Club in Sydney. Pedmore Cricket Club are holding a charity game on Bank Holiday Sunday to raise money for the Firefighters charity. and those impacted by the fires in Stourbridge, including club members who lost their houses. That was a horrible, horrible time for Stourbridge. I know a few people live in Stourbridge, so a huge go well to all of you there. Hope that you're recovering okay. Go well. Go well, cheers. Ashover Barbarians, cricket club, especially Hoppo, Church Fenton Cricket Club girls under 11s who played the club's first ever girls match this week.

46:03A narrow loss, but they all had a great time, and that's important. It is. Go well, cheers. Bromsgrove under 10s, and under-11s. Long Eton women's team, Tim from Glastashire, played his final cricket match as Stone beat Oldbury to win the league. Old Winsford Cricket Club, thirds, especially Fraser, who made his senior debut, aged 13. Oh, no way. There's a bright future ahead of you there, Fraser. Go on. Cheers. Isha, under-13s, who will be playing right here at Lords in the national final on September 13th. Nice. On the same day, New Farley Cricket Club will be playing at Wormsley in the over-40s National Cup.

46:37a big go well to Rich and Bugsy oh yeah is that Bugsy from Stortford? no I don't know Bugsy Sharky is doing the gesture where he doesn't know shrugging and your shrug soul over there because I quickly say Everton have won at the weekend and I mean Sharky's not wearing black he's wearing exuberant pink red? it's almost red it's on the red spectrum it is on the red spectrum definitely but the point I was going to make was that he's bright optimistic youthful do you know what I mean? he's got a smile on his face but it is also slightly red massive smile on his face it's like we're about to unveil his portrait which we should do at some point anyway well we're gonna for I don't know if you've heard of social media V we're gonna do video where you and I draw Jimmy and see how close we get to it what do you start with the nose I'd probably start I'm a nose first artist not to drop a big pun in but you want to keep things quite broad don't worry about making things perfect, just get as much in as possible oh ok do you have any of that cloth that you're using for unbading that we can put on top of our 84 pieces of paper apparently the specialist is not here because that was a shame new tail enders human being babies, human being ones Enzo, Jack, Aurelia David and Elliot Wedwell bilateral inaugural engagements By the Laranogal Weddings.

48:05Ross and Sian, Harvey and Kelsey, Hooger and James, Guy and Bells, Gus and Cassie, Jack and Jamie are running the Sydney Marathon. Adam has listened to the whole back catalogue. Go well, cheers. Human being engagements. By the Laranogal ones, we expect. Sam and Emma, Ollie and Georgia. Also, go well and get well to Sam, who broke his toe and can't play the last few games of the season. Oh, Sam. Go well to Esther, who's a huge Somerset fan. Go well, cheers. Run well to Jack Davis who plays for Middlesex but is retiring at the end of this year as a way to mark the end of his career in September he's running 24 marathons in 24 days around Battersea Park in aid of the Brompton Fountain and the Cricketers Trust and also to Chris who's walking from Edgbaston to Norton Worcestershire Cricket Club which is roughly the distance of a marathon in full kit for a laugh and for charity Run well go well to all of you Cheers Move well to Omar who's swapping Norwich for Dubai for a laugh as a side note During Omar's leaving due, they had a pairs game and his colleague James ran his batting partner out three times.

49:06Freya and Andrew have moved to Colwyn Bay for a laugh. Go on, cheers. Harvey's 15 and got his highest ever score, which was 53 not out. Come on, Harvey. Travel well. That's more than Jimmy Anderson's ever got in any game of first-class cricket. It is. Apart from 81. It's second highest score that Jimmy Anderson's ever got in first-class cricket. Travel well to Dan and Ash, who are off to Vietnam. Go on, cheers. Snip well. Googly news. Vasectomy shout-out. Eric on his own. Human being sex means human being ones. Garden furniture shout outs to round off with. My favourite part of the show. Yes. Albie's emailed in.

49:36He's going to get a garden furniture shout out from my younger brother, Jolie. Oh yeah. Or Jolly. Jolie? Jolie. Jolie. He has brought... Emoji shark he's doing again. He's bought a new Bench Arlesworth. Bench Arlesworth. Ben Charlesworth. A bench? Bench Arlesworth. Bench Arlesworth plays for Gloucestershire. Yeah. Matthew recently bought a Babarazam mock. Babarazamuk. Babarazamuk. Sort of. No, that does work. If I say it. You should have gone Wally Hammock. Would have been better. Wally Hammock. Wally Hammond. But maybe you're not 120, so. Babarazamuk. Oh, it works. Actually, the more you say it, you more get into it.

50:20Okay, keep saying it then. Babarazamuk. Which Matthew says, I've set up to swing above my Michael lawn. in the shade worn so I don't get Sunil Gavisker stroke. Okay. No, no. Needed it. Did you do the whole sentence Sunil Gavisker bit? No, Sunil was his one. And he put Gavisker, but stroke was mine. Nick and Jim wanted suggestions for their garden office. Luke suggests silly mid-office. Yeah, I actually don't mind it. Sam bought a new hose from Hose Lock and named it Quinton de Hosecock. Nice. Finally. Why is it? What's the brand is called? Hoselock. Okay. You don't know Karcher, Hoselock. I don't.

51:09I've got no garden. That was lost. We've got to get you out into the regions. Yeah. The driveways. You do garden works, don't you? You love a little... I love potting around in the garden. I love, you know, I'm green-fingered. Finally, a huge go-well to Kate Cross. Yeah, Kate. we've got to get her on actually to talk about this Crossy has announced she will retire at the end of the season she finishes her career with 25 test wickets 101 in one day internationals and 14 in T20s and she is a legend of the game an inspiration to us all in many many ways as a human and as a cricketer she's a great laugh she's just the best we love you Crossy We've got to get Kate on to talk about that.

51:56And yeah, we'd love to get you on soon. Love to hang out soon and toast your amazing career. And that is us done for now. We'll be back. Actually, we're going to go in, aren't we? We're going to do the unveiling, aren't we? We're going to go and do the unveiling. Jamie, go well for your painting. Thanks. Cheers. Cue some music, Sharky.

52:15So we're now at the door of the long room where all the players come in and out of the field of play. this is Emma John who is doing an introduction she's a legend actually she's a legend yeah we're in amongst the great and the good a lot of chinos on display here, a lot of jackets some of them well fitting some of them not so much but we have we have been told off for not wearing appropriate clothing, no one gave us a dress code it's also Thursday afternoon so it doesn't really matter, I can see Mark Nicholas over there, Jonathan Agnew is in attendance, some of the cricket journalists are here as well.

52:52We're about to see the portrait. Felix, can you just give us a sense of what Jimmy and Brody are looking like and feeling like at this moment? Quite an extreme sense of tension in the space at the moment. There's been a red drape in front of the picture which gives a very, very clear outline of both Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Brody's shapes. They are standing in real life to real people next to them looking at it. They look semi-bored, semi-drunk, semi-tense. At the back of the room, the only people not in ties are myself, Greg James, and Sharky, who's wearing a pink fluorescent T-shirt. I'm noticing Jimmy and Brody nervously sipping champagne, maybe Prosecco.

53:35They've had two sips within the last 15 seconds each, so they're keen to get going. And by that, I mean go home. Mark Nicholas just gave me eye contact, I repeat. Mark Nicholas just gave me eye contact. I'd quite like it if the unveiling happened and it was actually a Mark Nicholas portrait.

53:58Oh, on my mic? Mark Nicholas. Mark Nicholas.

54:07Oh, my God. One. APPLAUSE

54:20It's good. Let's go and discuss what we've just seen in there. We've taken a moment. I mean, no offence to Jamie, but we've spent half an hour talking to him. He's just saying the same things again. So that actually, it looks really great. It looks so good. I do feel tense in my body, though. There was a tension in that room. That's Lord's, though. Is that Lord's? Yeah, and I think maybe Jimmy's anticipation. what I will say is I was relieved when I saw it because it actually does look really good don't you think? it's amazing you'll see it all over the coverage tomorrow and there'll be some videos on our socials and stuff but pretty good I was worried there's two things that immediately I was thinking about first they were going to pull it off the wall because I just thought they were going to pull the whole thing down and the second thing is what an amazing mahogany colour Martin Nicholas is he's the same colour as the pavilion oh I didn't he looks extraordinarily well yeah he does look extraordinarily well that's a man who summers well he does yeah he clearly does do you know what I just couldn't stop looking at Jim unveiling it because he'd only got a friend who's like a bit nervous and you did say it they were drinking a lot of tiny little shots those little champagne flutes weren't they and their eyes were like swelling a little bit just a little bit like it had that feeling of at school when you're going to get pulled up for something This is an assembly.

55:40Make no mistake. It's really got assembly vibes. But I think that's been a result all round today. Don't you think Sharky fade him up? I'm faded up. She faded up with the portrait unveiling. I think a very successful pod. Good pod, says the producer of the pod. Good week. Everton won. And a very good pod. And isn't it lovely to be at Lourdes? Lovely to be at Lourdes, even though it does feel tense. Go well. And it will be a shame tomorrow when we turn up and it either rains or there's about 18 wickets and the whole thing's over and inside the first three hours tomorrow. And 20 ,000 people here ruining it.

56:08Yeah, exactly. Oh, well. Cheers.

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A bonus episode featuring the greatest bowling partnership of all time - Stuart Broad and Sir Jimmy Anderson. Ahead of the unveiling of a portrait of the bowling greats, the Tailenders assembled in the Pavilion at Lord's to discuss the art of bowling, life after test match cricket, what next for the current England team and why they worked so well as a bowling partnership. Plus we get the lowdown on what it was like to paint the portrait from artist Jamie Routley.

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