Pressure on Pope and promise for Pakistan
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Alistair Bruce-Ball is joined by World Cup winner Lauren Winfield-Hill, the former England assistant coach Paul Farbrace and the England wicketkeeper Sam Billings. The panel discuss Ollie Pope's place in the England batting line-up following his disappointing series against Pakistan, how England can prepare better for spinning conditions and Aatif Nawaz explains what the series win means for Pakistan. And with the first ODI against West Indies beginning on Thursday, former captain Jason Holder helps look ahead to the series.
00:20 - England's struggle against spin 06:23 - Ollie Pope's place under threat? 16:01 - Aatif Nawaz and the panel talk Pakistan 25:15 - West Indies' Jason Holder helps look ahead to the ODI and T20 series.
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| 0:52.0 | Joining me a World Cup winner Lauren Winfield Hill the former England assistant coach Paul |
| 0:56.2 | Farbrace and the England wicketkeeper Sam Billings. Let's have a little look at |
| 1:00.0 | England then first and foremost a couple of years ago |
| 1:04.0 | England was celebrating a series whitewash in Pakistan in what was |
| 1:08.6 | one of the high points for for Bazball this time they've been defeated. |
| 1:12.9 | It all ended rather abruptly on Saturday morning with England Bold out for 112 in that second innings |
| 1:18.0 | in Raal Pindy. |
| 1:19.4 | Sam, just on the batting generally, I mean there was a lot of plaudits given to the way that |
| 1:23.6 | Pakistan bold and brilliantly used those spinning conditions how |
| 1:28.1 | disappointed do you think not just publicly but privately England will be with the way they batted. |
| 1:34.5 | Well it's always funny isn't it because the noise around any poor performance from the media especially as players. |
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