2005 memories: Tres and Colly reflect on England’s last tour to Pakistan

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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As England continue their first Test tour of Pakistan, two of the coaching staff, Marcus Trescothick and Paul Collingwood, were playing the last time England toured here. They sat down with Simon Mann to give their memories of what happened both on and off the pitch, including facing Shoaib Akhtar, an explosion at Faisalabad, and staying up until 1am for Sports Personality of the Year

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.6	This is the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:09.8	Hello, this is Simon Mann in Maltan.
0:12.2	Welcome to the Test Match Special Podcast.
0:14.7	It was an enthralling win for England in Rale Pindi,
0:17.5	and we're looking forward to bringing you commentary
0:19.6	on the second Test Match here in Maltan from Friday onwards.
0:23.8	Not only was the match in Rale Pindi only England's third win in Pakistan ever,
0:28.8	it was also their first test here for 17 years.
0:32.5	Two members of the current England coaching staff, Paul Collingwood and Marcus Droskothik,
0:37.6	were on that tour back in 2005,
0:40.2	and I caught up with them back in Rale Pindi to get their memories of that series
0:44.5	of facing show back to an explosion that was briefly thought to have been a bomb
0:49.1	and a batting collapse here in Maltan.
0:51.9	That and much, much more.
0:53.7	You're listening to the TMS Podcast
0:56.4	from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:59.0	Well, to add that tour of Pakistan came right off the back of the ashes.
1:03.0	So how easy or difficult was it to get yourself up straight away after that?
1:08.4	You know, the amazing series win at the Oble and then the celebrations
1:12.8	and then a few weeks later you're off to Pakistan.
1:15.7	Yeah, obviously it was a month or six weeks later that we were sort of coming out here,
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