Sir Ian Botham | "Cricket is NOT racist, misogynistic or elitist!"

Up Front

Folding Pocket

Sports, Soccer

4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This is Up Front with Simon Jordan. A show brought to you by William Hill that pulls no punches and tells it EXACTLY like it is. Sir Ian Botham is one of the greatest all rounders in the history of cricket. A prodigious talent who created as many headlines off the pitch as he did on it. Ian joins the show to discuss his colourful career whilst giving the inside scoop on this year’s highly competitive Ashes test series. Subscribe for future episodes and head to www.youtube.com/@UpFrontWithSimonJordan for full video episodes. 18+ please gamble responsibly. Warning: this episode contains language that some people may find offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you read these reports and you see the ASEAN graphics of the world and their observations
0:05.0	about Yorkshire and institutional racism and classism and elitism, what's your reaction to it?
0:11.0	Well, I don't know where it is, but I haven't played in the dress room like that, ever.
0:15.0	What is Basball? I don't know. It's something that someone has concocted in the media,
0:19.0	and it's stuck, and I don't think the players enjoy it very much.
0:22.9	Talk about hating Oz's, there's one you do hate, right?
0:26.8	There's only one.
0:27.5	Yeah.
0:28.3	Chapel, right?
0:29.9	Ian Chappell.
0:30.8	This is up front with me, Simon Jordan.
0:32.8	I believe there are a lot of vacuous, uninformed, unchallenged opinions out there.
0:36.4	I want to get to the bottom line
0:37.6	and cut through the nonsense. So with this podcast with William Hill, I'm going to get people
0:41.6	with strong views who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny. There's a good chance
0:46.0	I might learn something along the way. And more importantly, so might you.
0:51.3	Joining me in today's episode, a man considered by many as one of England's greatest all-rounders.
0:56.8	Headlines on and off the pitch, amassing 5,200 test runs and taking 383 test wickets along the way.
1:06.1	He's raised millions for charity and even takes a seat in the House of Lords.
1:10.8	Ian Botham, welcome to Up Front.
1:12.9	Thank you, sir.
1:13.7	Nice to see you.
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