Stokes is ready for Rajkot
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Stephan Shemilt is alongside the Telegraph's Nick Hoult to look ahead to England's test against India in Rajkot.
Ben Stokes, who is set to make his 100th test appearance for England, tells Stephan about the decision to bring Mark Wood in for Shoaib Bashir. Ben's mother, Deborah, talks to Jonathan Agnew in an exclusive interview about her son's career as he approaches this landmark.
Former India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik explains how India will approach the test and how to red soil in Rajkot will affect the bounce of the ball.
Plus, hear from TMS stat-man Phil Long after he travelled 2,000 kilometres from Visakhapatnam to Rajkot via every mode of public transport he could.
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| 0:44.4 | You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:50.4 | Hello, I'm Stefan Shemelt and welcome to the Test Match Special Podcast. |
| 0:54.0 | On the eve of the third test between England and India, I'm in Rajkots with the series |
| 0:59.6 | deliciously poised at 1.1. To come we'll hear from Ben Stokes ahead of his 100th test match for |
| 1:05.6 | England. We'll also hear from Stokes's mom Deborah who's been speaking to |
| 1:09.6 | Jonathan Agnew about her son's achievements. Plus I've been speaking to Dinesh Kartik about how India |
| 1:14.8 | India will approach this third test. |
| 1:16.8 | To start with, I'm alongside the Telegraph's |
| 1:18.9 | cricket correspondent Nick Holt. |
| 1:20.8 | Nick, I think you're the athlete of the press pack. You get us all out and running. |
| 1:24.8 | Fair comment. Happy with that? I'm very happy with that. It's actually not that difficult to be the |
| 1:29.0 | athlete in the press box, although there are a couple of other guys who are younger than me and quicker. |
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