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Test Match Special

No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - Glenn Maxwell Special

Test Match Special

BBC

News, Cricket, Sports, Sports News

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Kate and Alex speak to Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell about *that* double-century he hit against Afghanistan in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. He talks about exactly why he was on one leg and what him and captain Pat Cummins were talking about on the crease to get him through what will go down as one of the greatest innings of all time.

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0:00.0

It's 2003 in Birmingham.

0:03.1

Doors have been slammed in your face, you're not welcome here.

0:05.8

They were capable of murder and had murder.

0:08.0

Drive-by killings, gang wars, a vigilante group that fought against Jamaica's notorious yardies.

0:15.0

The home boy thought we're not going to take this anymore, we're going to be even more violent than you.

0:19.0

Before turning on each other.

0:21.0

I'm Livy Haydoc and this is Gangster, the story of the Burger Bar boys.

0:27.0

Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:30.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:34.7

Hi everyone, the BBC have told us that we've got to issue a warning.

0:39.2

We swear too much.

0:40.4

Henry does beep it out for us because he's a good man.

0:43.4

It is actually so that your family can all listen.

0:46.7

Your kids can listen.

0:48.2

But we will say...

0:49.2

B.

0:50.2

B.

0:51.2

B. B.

0:52.2

B. Shh. S-S, S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S...S-S-S-S-S-S...S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S Cross. I'm doing round the wicked.

1:05.0

Oh, that's Boulder.

1:10.0

Boulder, laboring a ball alone, Litchfield.

1:13.0

I think it's the Wobble ball, and it just nips back, it jags back, it's the nip backer.

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