Ben Stokes to Retire? Plus World Cup Visa Chaos!
Hawksbee and Jacobs Daily
talkSPORT
4.5 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs bring you a packed show tracking the massive breaking story in English cricket. The Cricketer's senior correspondent George Dobell joins the podcast to break down why he believes Test captain Ben Stokes is on the verge of stepping down and retiring from the sport entirely by the end of the day.
Shifting focus to football, former referee and broadcaster Christina Unkel helps make sense of the breaking World Cup controversy after top Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry into the United States, completely ruling him out of officiating the tournament.
Plus, comedian and Watford die-hard Dee Allum stops by to discuss her wild plan to watch absolutely every single match of the tournament.
Finally, comedian and Evertonian Phil Nichol drops in to talk about returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for his first show in seven years, 'Aren't We Lucky'.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Paul Hawksby and Andy Jacobs. |
| 0:01.7 | And this is the H&J Daily with some of the best bits of this afternoon show. |
| 0:05.8 | We were joined by comedian Dee Allum, who we've recruited to watch some World Cup games for. |
| 0:13.9 | Apparently she was going to watch every game at the World Cup. |
| 0:15.9 | So her agent said it was news to her. |
| 0:17.6 | It was news to her. |
| 0:18.6 | Anyway, she popped in andaurus, Watford fan. |
| 0:22.2 | George DeBelle was very interesting on Ben Stokes |
| 0:26.0 | and hit us with a bit of a bombshell, actually, as we chatted. |
| 0:29.8 | Christina Uncle, the former referee and one of our refereeing analysts, |
| 0:34.4 | was very upset at what had happened to one of her fellow refs, |
| 0:37.1 | the Somalian Omar Artaan |
| 0:39.0 | and articulated that beautifully. |
| 0:42.3 | Phil Nicol joined us the comedian |
| 0:43.9 | for a bit of a laugh, |
| 0:45.6 | the Canadian comedian. |
| 0:46.7 | We'll find out why he was an Evertonian as well. |
| 0:49.5 | So here it all is. |
| 0:55.5 | Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, Andy. Good afternoon, everyone. |
| 0:56.7 | Good afternoon, Andy. |
| 0:57.7 | Good afternoon, Paul. |
| 0:58.5 | As we're about to discover, as we've known over the years, |
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