TMS World Cup: England prepare for USA challenge
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
We’re in the heart of Bridgetown, Barbados, as England prepare to take on the tournament’s surprise team, USA. Daniel Norcross is joined by Alex Hartley and American cricket journalist Peter Della Penna to look ahead to the match, plus we hear from Harry Brook and USA’s Nitish Kumar. Plus there’s an passing visit from a marching band.
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| 0:00.0 | Boxer turned bouncer Viv Graham was one of the northeast most notorious hard men. |
| 0:06.5 | It was huge, you were strong, we could take anybody out. |
| 0:09.0 | Not many men on earth could match Viv Graham. |
| 0:11.6 | But his life of violence led to his downfall. |
| 0:15.0 | Why did it happen? |
| 0:16.0 | Why did they do that? |
| 0:17.3 | How did Viv Graham build an empire? |
| 0:19.8 | It was the power, the presence, the aura. And who was he, really? |
| 0:24.4 | Gangster, the story of Viv Graham. |
| 0:27.4 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:29.9 | You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:35.0 | We find ourselves in the most beautiful spot today in the center of Bridgetown Barbados. |
| 0:40.0 | We're in Heroes Square and many heroes of Barbados are celebrated here |
| 0:45.1 | including of course great cricketers like Sir Garfield sober, Sir Frank |
| 0:49.0 | Warl and the founding fathers of this great nation. Grantley Adams, after whom? The airport is named. |
| 0:56.1 | And of course Errol Barrow. As I look around me I see some old colonial |
| 1:00.8 | architecture, it's absolutely beautiful. Some |
| 1:03.0 | credited buildings to my right. A gorgeous river, the harbour, and the |
| 1:08.3 | silken Caribbean Sea away to my left. And I'm delighted to say that joining me in this picture perfect |
| 1:13.9 | paradise is well-caught winner Alex Hartley and American cricket expert and our |
| 1:20.3 | friend of Test mount special who's been with us throughout this |
| 1:22.8 | tournament. Peter de la Peno welcome aboard Alex. Good morning what a spot this is what |
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