No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - Tortoises, training camps and The Ashes
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Kate Cross and Alex Hartley have a look ahead to the start of the Men's Ashes, launch a pronunciation argument and celebrate exciting news for a big friend of the podcast.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.4 | Before you get stuck into your podcast, I'm Jonathan Agnew talking you through a very |
| 0:10.4 | new mini series hitting Tess Mat Special. It's called Project Ashes. |
| 0:15.2 | Over the last year I've been speaking to the people who are in charge of England's |
| 0:20.7 | attempt to win down under. |
| 0:22.3 | It's loud. They let you know that they don't like you. |
| 0:24.5 | Got to try and embrace it if you can. We're in an illusion. |
| 0:27.1 | You know, not last ten tests from 9-0 down. England have only won once in Australia |
| 0:31.3 | in the last 34 years, but could that change this winter? |
| 0:34.8 | An income's path coming from the far-ready bolster's doke to Hammerset! |
| 0:37.9 | Come up against this baggy green thing that they keep torn about and I'd love to |
| 0:42.1 | in our stick one on them. |
| 0:43.1 | This is Project Ashes, listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:47.5 | Now back to your podcast. |
| 0:50.0 | Guys, this is you warning. We do swear occasionally. |
| 0:53.4 | Every now and then we'll say the word |
| 0:57.7 | sometimes, sometimes, and even maybe. |
| 1:03.1 | But don't let that put you off with nice people. |
| 1:05.6 | We beep them out. |
| 1:07.2 | Where your kids can listen. |
| 1:13.4 | Enjoy! |
| 1:16.4 | And cross strikes in the first over. |
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