When Steven met Glenn.
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
England bowler Steven Finn chats to his hero: the legendary Glenn McGrath.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.7 | You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Henry Moran and welcome to this bonus |
| 0:13.6 | test match special podcast. |
| 0:15.5 | On the men's ashes tour we've been privileged to enjoy the company |
| 0:18.5 | of Stephen Finn and Glenn McGraw and we've discovered that for Finn |
| 0:22.2 | he's been broadcasting alongside his hero. |
| 0:33.2 | When Finny came out here, one of the things he said was, |
| 0:36.9 | I can't believe I'm working with Finn. |
| 0:39.5 | This is unbelievable. |
| 0:40.7 | I didn't call him Glenn, I couldn't Glenn McGraw. |
| 0:42.7 | I never believed that I was on the first name terms. |
| 0:45.5 | Glenn McGraw was, yeah, the mildly baffling to me is the spotty teenager |
| 0:51.0 | that grew up watching him bowl and idolizing him and trying to emulate him |
| 0:54.9 | and then now I get to sit next to him and have chats with him about bowling |
| 0:57.9 | like we did earlier. |
| 0:58.9 | So white, but white? |
| 1:00.4 | I hope it hasn't been too disappointing. |
| 1:02.1 | No, absolutely not. |
| 1:03.6 | I've behaved like shy school boy the first few days. |
| 1:06.4 | I was like creeping around the back of the box, being like, can I speak to him? |
| 1:09.7 | I don't know. |
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