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Test Match Special

Cook and Vaughan on the right time to retire

Test Match Special

BBC

News, Sports, Sports News, Cricket

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Stuart Broad retired after dramatically taking the last two wickets in the 2023 Ashes series. Broad had no doubts that he’d picked the perfect moment to call it a day. But how do players decide the right time to retire? Daniel Norcross is joined by Sir Alastair Cook who scored a century in his last Test also at the Oval and Michael Vaughan who retired in 2009 following injury problems.

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0:52.2

I've got Alistair Cook along side me and Michael Vaughan and we're just reflecting

0:56.9

so much on Stuart Brookes, it's been a lot of time affecting him and his career.

1:01.0

But on how and when you decide to quit, and I'll start with you, Alistair, because it was

1:06.5

here five years ago, and just from a personal point of view, it's one of the most remarkable

1:14.0

atmospheres I've ever experienced at the cricket ground when you announced your retirement

1:18.3

before that test match.

1:20.7

And so the crowd all knew that you were leaving and I know there's going to be difficult

1:23.8

for you to hear.

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I'll fill in the details, but basically everybody was, I think, grateful, actually, for the

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