CWC Day 20: Captain Morgan's Joy of Six
Test Match Special
BBC
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🗓️ 18 June 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
England have gone top of the World Cup standings thanks to an astonishing blitz of six hitting from Eoin Morgan, writing himself into the record books in the process.
And whilst it was Afghanistan's bowlers on the receiving end of the barrage, we discuss their remarkable journey from the sport being banned by the Taliban to mixing it with the best on the world stage.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:07.8 | Hello, I'm Owen Morgan. Welcome to the TMS podcast of the Krigger World Cup. |
| 0:12.9 | Morgan waits back raised. Here it comes. |
| 0:15.4 | I'll just go straight into the sponge again. |
| 0:17.3 | That's the most ever six is struck in a one-day international. |
| 0:21.0 | By anybody you won't see a more destructive exhibition of hitting for that. |
| 0:28.3 | I don't think even your wildest dream to complain in things like that, |
| 0:31.2 | but Owen Morgan has just done it absolutely blistering onslaught. |
| 0:40.0 | Welcome to Old Trafford, where England have gone top of the World Cup standings. |
| 0:44.4 | Thanks on astonishing blitz of six hits from Owen Morgan. |
| 0:48.0 | The England captain teeing off for 1760s against the Afghan bowlers, |
| 0:52.4 | the most ever by an individual player in any international match. |
| 0:56.4 | So not Afghanistan's day in the field, but will discuss their remarkable journeys |
| 1:00.4 | in cricket being banned to mixing it with the best on the world stage. |
| 1:04.6 | Available every day during the cricket world cup. |
| 1:07.4 | This is the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 1:11.9 | Right, where do we start? I think we start with Andy Zoltzman taking us through just some of the records |
| 1:19.6 | that have been established today and stats are really caught your eye, Emily. |
| 1:23.8 | Well, I guess you have to begin with Owen Morgan's 1760s, the most that have been hit |
| 1:29.7 | in an international innings in any format. |
| 1:32.7 | England's 2560s, the most six is hit by a team in a one-day international innings |
| 1:38.0 | and the 3360s that we saw in the match with Afghanistan's eight-sixes |
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