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Test Match Special

#40from40: Malala Yousafzai

Test Match Special

BBC

News, Cricket, Sports, Sports News

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai chats to Simon Mann at Edgbaston in 2016 in a memorable View from the Boundary interview.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.7

Classic View From The Boundary On BBC Sounds.

0:10.5

This is Jonathan Agnew bringing you another classic view from the Boundary interview.

0:14.5

Today's one of the most special moments we've had on the program is perhaps the most

0:17.5

famous teenager in the world at the time joined us at Edgebaston.

0:21.8

Having been a blogger promoting women's education, Malala Yusafsai was 15 years old when

0:27.8

she was attacked by the Taliban in Pakistan as she traveled home from school.

0:32.0

She was shot in the head but remarkably survived thanks to extraordinary work from medical

0:36.8

teams both in Pakistan and eventually the United Kingdom.

0:41.0

After the attack, Malala made a home in the Midlands and soon became the youngest Nobel

0:44.8

Laureate at the age of 17.

0:47.6

She joined us at Edgebaston as her beloved Pakistan side took on England and she spoke to

0:52.6

Simon Mann.

0:53.8

First of all, thank you Simon and I'm really proud to be here and to see the match between

0:58.9

Pakistan and England and it's very special day.

1:02.1

Tell us about your interest in cricket.

1:04.4

Well, I have been a fan of cricket for my whole life and this is something that every

1:08.4

Pakistani young person repression it about.

1:11.5

So I was passionate about cricket right from very early age and I have been following it

1:17.1

and it's really nice to see it here as well and to see it with your own eyes.

1:20.6

I have seen it on TV but to see it in the field it makes it more special.

1:25.4

The first time you've been to a test match live or any cricket match live?

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