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Test Match Special

View from the Boundary - Dr Adam Rutherford

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew talks to Dr Adam Rutherford. The scientist, educator and author regularly appearing on television and radio, and along with Dr Hannah Fry hosts the hugely successful BBC Sounds podcast “The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry”.

From the TMS commentary box at Trent Bridge they discuss Adam's style when playing cricket, the lack of scientific testing to fully understand how and why a cricket ball swings, and which TMS regular is Aggers loosely related to?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Drives the ball in the air and a brilliant catch

0:04.0

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0:08.0

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0:11.0

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0:15.2

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0:19.0

Vinny goes on Bolster Butler that must have gone shortly. The Test Match Special Podcasts, Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:25.6

BBC Sounds.

0:28.6

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0:31.8

You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.

0:37.0

The first time this summer, finally, whatever date we are now in July, we can welcome a view from the boundary

0:44.0

guest to the comatry box now as a scientist, educator, author, regularly

0:47.5

appearing on television and radio and along with Dr. Hannah Fry hosts a hugely

0:51.8

successful BBC Sounds Podcast, The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry.

0:57.4

From Essex, he grew up on Ipswich, dreaming of becoming a cricketer, and in fact maybe that dream lives on,

1:01.8

because he would have played tomorrow if it

1:04.3

weren't for a broken hand that we've been looking at so a very warm welcome for

1:07.9

Dr Adam Rutherford look at you with your strapping Adam it's lovely to see you welcome

1:12.0

hello haggis look at that. I know two middle fingers on my left hand. It was from a game I was playing on Wednesday

1:18.6

for the authors which is my team and I just took one on the end of the finger and...

1:24.0

Just dubbed it on the end.

1:25.0

Yeah.

1:26.0

Well I was going to say I mean as a broadcaster and as a cricket lover, how do you feel now now?

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