Death, Disaster and Redemption: England in India 84-85 part 3
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In the third of a three episode mini-series, Daniel Norcross is alongside Vic Marks, Prakash Wakankar and Jonathan Agnew to look back at England's turbulent tour of India in 1984/85.
This episode begins in Chennai (formerly Madras) with the test series between England and India finely poised at 1-1 with two to play. Can England complete the turnaround and go down in history as the first side to come from behind to win a test series in India? With Vic and Aggers with the England squad, they relive the moments of watching on as the David Gower-lead side attempt the feat.
Plus, they all look back on the legacy of this England squad and what comes next for them.
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| 0:44.0 | Hello I'm Daniel Norcross. |
| 0:46.0 | Welcome to the Testmat Special Podcast and to what I think we can call a mini series. |
| 0:51.0 | A three episode special looking back at England's tour of India in 1984-85. |
| 0:55.0 | Now you can be forgiven for thinking that this is a typical nostalgic look back to |
| 1:00.6 | yesteryear but this wasn't a typical test series there was not a |
| 1:04.8 | typical backdrop to the two and a half three months of cricket in fact there |
| 1:09.2 | wasn't anything too typical about any of it. Mrs. Gandy is assassinated, her son takes over. |
| 1:19.0 | As he now goes on to the back foot the back foot the counter of that was coming |
| 1:24.0 | most of the children. |
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