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Test Match Special

Andrew Strauss and Glenn McGrath on the devastating impact of cancer

Test Match Special

BBC

News, Cricket, Sports News, Sports

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of the Ruth Strauss Foundation Day at Lord’s, Andrew Strauss sat down with Glenn McGrath to talk about the impact of losing their wives to cancer, but also the foundations they’ve set up in their names, and how cricket can help raise funds and awareness.

Jonathan Agnew, whose wife is in remission from cancer, hosts the discussion as Lord’s prepares to turn red for the day.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.8

Hello, I'm Jonathan Agnew.

0:06.5

Welcome to the TMS podcast.

0:08.4

They'll still be the usual daily podcast today,

0:11.0

but tomorrow it sees a very special day here at Lourdes.

0:14.4

It's the first Ruth Strauss Foundation day,

0:17.3

launched in memory of Andrew Strauss' wife

0:19.3

who died with a rare form of lung cancer just after Christmas.

0:23.0

The hoping to replicate the success of the Jane McGraw day

0:25.9

in Sydney every year, the SCG turns pink on the third day

0:29.9

of the test match in memory of Glen McGraw's wife.

0:33.1

Well, last week I sat down for a chat with both of them

0:35.7

to talk about their wives, their foundations,

0:37.9

and also what we can expect tomorrow.

0:40.1

This was a conversation that I'd very little to do with cricket,

0:43.3

but in many ways, cricket is at the heart of it.

0:46.1

Good day.

0:46.6

Hungler McGraw, former Australian fast-bola.

0:49.3

My wife Jane was diagnosed with breast cancer,

0:51.5

age 31 in 1997.

0:53.7

We went on to have two very happy, healthy children,

0:56.7

and unfortunately, it came back.

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