Carlos Brathwaite remembers THAT final

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Five years ago, Carlos Brathwaite finished off one of the most remarkable ends to any final in any sport. The West Indies all-rounder hit four consecutive sixes off Ben Stokes’ bowling to win the World T20. As England prepare to take on the West Indies again for this year’s tournament, Carlos Brathwaite looks back on the West Indies’ remarkable triumph.

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:17.5	Stokes is on his way again.
0:18.9	Virtually all the fuel is inside the circle now.
0:21.4	The stokes comes in, bolster breath.
0:23.0	Very hitty for six.
0:24.2	And wins the game.
0:25.3	With four successive sixes in the last over.
0:32.3	I've never seen that before.
0:35.3	Yeah, going into tournament.
0:43.3	Firstly, it wasn't a part of the squad.
0:45.3	I knew it was a slight issue of a peer dispute and all that sort of stuff.
0:50.3	England could face a weakened West Indies team in that opening game
0:53.3	of cricket's World's T20.
0:55.3	If their squad don't sign contracts by Sunday.
0:58.3	It's emerged that Captain Darren Sami wrote to the cricket board this week
1:01.3	querying a number of issues on the agreed pay package to play in India.
1:05.3	I remember messaging Bravo and Arts and him.
1:09.3	They walked up because they know it was a reserve.
1:12.3	I just wanted to know where the players stand on the whole issue
1:16.3	and all that sort of stuff.
1:18.3	And he was like, no, we can play.
1:19.3	We go into World Cup.
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