From the Ashes: Glenn McGrath

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The first episode of a new series where the BBC’s Chief cricket writer Stephan Shemilt discovers some of the untold stories from the Ashes. In this edition Stephan talks to one of the most successful Ashes performers of all time, Glenn McGrath. During arguably the most famous Ashes series in 2005, McGrath trod on a ball before play at Edgbaston and missed the game through injury. He gives a fascinating account of what happened next, what it was like to be forced to be a spectator at the game and how Manchester United helped him make a near miracle recovery to be able to play the next Test against all the odds.

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0:00.0	The baggy flamboyant luminous green pink and yellow shirt.
0:03.9	Brillacreamed hair, boy buns.
0:05.6	Levi's denim jackets.
0:07.0	Wack on the Clone.
0:08.2	Welcome to Belfast 1997.
0:11.0	Not just any old part of Belfast, but gay Belfast.
0:14.3	It was electric.
0:15.6	There was a Seminick guy dancing in cages.
0:18.0	Every cell in my body was just lit up.
0:20.7	Sad at the bar was Direnbratel.
0:22.5	What happened next would go on to threaten peace in Northern Ireland.
0:27.3	One of the few gay police officers in the country.
0:30.1	Shot dead.
0:31.2	If someone had told them the Direnbratel was going to be murdered,
0:34.9	it's a story that's never been told before.
0:37.3	For his own skin, he traded Direnlife.
0:40.1	This is Blood in the Dance floor.
0:42.0	Listen and I, on BBC Science.
0:45.2	BBC Sounds. Music, radio, podcasts.
0:48.4	You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:53.9	Hello and welcome to the Tess much special podcast.
0:57.6	I'm Stefan Schemelt, the BBC's Chief Cricket writer.
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