No Balls: Alana King & I

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

One of Australia’s finest ever leg-spinners, Alana King, joins Kate Cross & Alex Hartley following her lengthy stint in the UK with Lancashire Thunder and Trent Rockets in The Hundred.

They discuss Alana’s heroes growing up, including Shane Warne & Kristen Beams, as well as choosing between tennis and cricket at a younger age and why she ended up in the back of a police car on the M6 on the way to a match for Lancashire.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:04.8	Al, we've got to issue a swear warning because you are an absolute potty mouth.
0:08.9	Not another one.
0:10.3	And you need to remember that your grandma listens to this.
0:12.8	She does. She also abuses me on social media.
0:15.2	But don't worry, we beep it out.
0:16.6	See your kids can listen.
0:17.8	And Grandma Jean.
0:19.9	Cross.
0:20.7	Come doing round the wicket.
0:22.9	Oh, that's...
0:23.0	Boulder!
0:24.0	Boulder!
0:24.7	Leaving a ball alone, Litchfield.
0:26.5	I think it's the wobble ball.
0:28.2	And it just nips back.
0:29.2	It jags back.
0:30.1	It's the nipbacker.
0:31.0	That is a beauty from Kate Cross.
0:33.0	An absolute seed.
0:35.0	That is a beauty from Cross.
0:40.8	Hello. Hello and welcome back to No Boles of Cricket Podcast. Why are you surprised?
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