Boyhood Dreams and Adult Disasters - the extraordinary life of Ricky Ellcock

The Analyst Inside Cricket

Sport Social Podcast Network

Cricket, Sports

4.5 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Fast bowler Ricky Ellcock was a teenage sensation, playing professional cricket at 17 and later getting an England call-up. A succession of back injuries cruelly finished his career at 25 but he then retrained as a pilot to become Virgin Atlantic's first-ever black captain. He had achieved not one but two boyhood ambitions. Then a freak accident resulted in a brain hemorrhage requiring four major operations. He talks to Simon Hughes about Balls to Fly - the book he has written about his extraordinary life - and what the next chapter might be. Balls to Fly can be pre-ordered here - http://rickyellcock.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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