Summary
It’s the first day of the Ashes - can Felix White from the Tailenders podcast on BBC Sounds convince Adam to embrace cricket?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, the ashes have just got underway, |
| 0:08.0 | and I have to make a confession every time |
| 0:10.6 | the ashes happens, I think this is gonna be the time |
| 0:13.8 | that I'm gonna finally tune in to Cricket |
| 0:16.2 | and really get it and really get excited by all. |
| 0:19.8 | And every time I sort of fail, |
| 0:22.3 | but hopefully that's gonna change this year |
| 0:24.0 | because I'm joined right now by one third |
| 0:26.4 | of the amazing Cricketing Podcast |
| 0:28.4 | of BBC Sounds, T-Lenders, it's Felix White, hi Felix. |
| 0:32.2 | Hi, I'm glad to hear that you're still willing |
| 0:34.7 | to fall in love with it |
| 0:35.7 | because most people aren't if they've tried |
| 0:37.4 | a few times with Cricket and they're falling in love, yeah. |
| 0:40.2 | Yeah, it's just, I can't explain why, |
| 0:42.1 | I mean, I'm willing to give it another go. |
| 0:43.5 | I mean, why should I give it another go? |
| 0:47.0 | Well, it's fascinating this time, Adam, |
| 0:49.5 | because the teams are very evenly matched |
| 0:52.1 | and in the history of test Cricket, |
| 0:54.5 | because as you might know, |
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