Behind the scenes at a World Cup
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Henry Moeran is joined by former England bowler Steven Finn and BBC journalist Matt Henry to find out what really happens behind the scenes at an ICC World Cup. Finn is the only England bowler to take a hat-trick at a men’s 50 Over World Cup and was also England’s leading wicket taker at the ICC World T20 in Sri Lanka in 2012. Finn shares stories of life as a player when you may be sharing a breakfast buffet with the opposition before taking them on in a crucial encounter whilst Matt Henry explains what it’s like to cover a World Cup as a journalist.
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| 0:45.9 | Well, hello. |
| 0:46.7 | Welcome to the Test Match special podcast from the ICC men's T20 World Cup in India. |
| 0:53.0 | This is Henry Moran. For this special edition of the TMS podcast, |
| 0:57.8 | we're going to learn a little bit more about what life is like as a cricketer playing in a tournament. |
| 1:03.5 | We hear various tour stories of bilateral series overseas, but what about the experience of the drama, the speed, the variety of a major |
| 1:15.1 | World Cup? We'll learn more about it in just a moment. This is the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 1:24.6 | Well, with me to discuss it all, not only the BBC's Matt Henry, who's here covering the tournament, |
| 1:30.3 | has covered a number of ICC events for BBC Sport, but also a man that has played in 50 over and |
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