Bashir's brilliant & Jack Leach joins the podcast
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Daniel Norcross is joined by Michael Vaughan and Jack Leach to reflect on day two of the fourth test in Ranchi.
They hear from Joe Root who tells Stephan Shemilt why ‘Bazball’ is misunderstood and about how he’s dealt with criticism during the series.
Leach reacts to an incredible day for his Somerset teammate Shoaib Bashir and talks about the injury that curtailed his tour of India.
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| 0:45.0 | You're listening to the TMS Podcasts from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:50.0 | Hello, I'm Daniel Morecross and welcome to the TMS Podcast on day two of the fourth |
| 0:55.1 | test in Ranchi. I'm alongside Michael Bourne and delighted to say we've also |
| 1:00.3 | got joining us today Jack Leach he's going to go over the day's play with us. |
| 1:04.3 | And first of all, welcome Jack. |
| 1:06.2 | So lovely to have you on board. |
| 1:07.4 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:08.4 | Yeah, it's great to be here. |
| 1:09.6 | First of all, though, I'm going to go to you Michael. |
| 1:13.0 | Somehow England find themselves in a very strong position and in this series they haven't actually been in strong positions. |
| 1:18.8 | They won a game from being a long way behind. |
| 1:21.0 | They've often been playing catch-up, but now you'd have to say at the end of that day they are on top. |
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