CWC Day 1: Stokes' stunner and Archer's pace light up Oval
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Michael Vaughan and Sam Curran join Jonathan Agnew at the Oval for reactions to England's opening World Cup win over South Africa.
Ben Stokes tells us that his stunning catch was 'a fluke', plus we hear from Eoin Morgan, Graeme Smith and Imran Tahir, who's not happy with his side's batsmen.
Sam Curran explains what it's like to get an IPL hattrick without realising, and we begin our quest to find the listener in the most obscure place.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, I'm Owen Morgan, and welcome to the TMS podcast at the Cricket World Cup. |
| 0:10.8 | Is that question mark meant to be there? |
| 0:12.7 | I am now honoured to declare the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 in England and Wales open. |
| 0:21.0 | Trust me, you won't want to miss any of it. |
| 0:23.7 | It sweeps in the air and straight towards Stokes, it takes an incredible one handed catch. |
| 0:30.4 | It is a quarter-gum and the first victory for England has been completed. |
| 0:39.9 | Well, what a start. |
| 0:41.2 | Welcome to the TMS podcast at the Cricket World Cup. |
| 0:43.9 | We're finally underway. |
| 0:45.3 | I'm Jonathan Agnew at the Oval, |
| 0:46.7 | where England have beaten South Africa in the tournament opener by 104 runs |
| 0:51.6 | and we saw one of the most incredible catches in World Cup history. |
| 0:56.6 | Michael Vaughn and Andy Zoltzman are with me. |
| 0:59.6 | We'll hear from Ben Stokes on that catch later. |
| 1:02.0 | We'll also hear from the former South African captain, Graham Smith, |
| 1:05.4 | the England testor rounder Sam Curran, who's been with us in the TMS box all day today |
| 1:09.8 | on life growing up in a cricket-mad family, taking hat tricks in the IPL |
| 1:14.6 | and his hopes for the ashes. |
| 1:16.1 | The TMS podcast available every day during the Cricket World Cup. |
| 1:20.7 | The opening match to the World Cup was won by England, |
| 1:23.1 | comfortably enough by 104 runs. |
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