England with 'a point to prove' as NZ series begins with 150th Lord's Test
6/2/202646 min
Ath and Nas are joined by Simon Doull on the latest episode of the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast to look ahead to England men's Test series against New Zealand.
After England's disappointing Ashes tour, Ben Stokes' side will be looking to show improvement when the action gets underway on Thursday at Lord's.
Ath, Nas and Simon take a look at both squads and discuss where the series might be won and lost.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[dramatic music] Yeah, gone. Gone. He gets his fairy tale ending.
Michael Atherton· Host0:05
An epic way to go to a test match 100.
Jamie Weir0:09
The London Spirit, a first-time winners. Maybe the most remarkable thing you'll probably ever see in cricket.
Speaker 10:15
604 and final test wicket for Stuart Broad.
Jamie Weir0:19
It's India who won the T20 World Cup.
Michael Atherton· Host0:22
England's captain Ben Stokes, while he is there, England have hope. [dramatic music] Okay, the Sky Cricket podcast coming to you from the members bar at Lord's just ahead of, uh, the England and New Zealand test match. Um, just to establish that we're recording this Tuesday morning. It's about half past 10, um, UK time. We're expecting England to announce their team later today, later in the afternoon today. So we're recording this before England announce their team just in case, um, things eventuate that, uh, we don't talk about on this podcast. But, um, it's, it's fairly s- straightforward. But before we get onto the cricket, you've been on cloud nine for a week or so with Arsenal.
Speaker 11:10
Oh.
Michael Atherton· Host1:10
Were, were you- Ups and downs Well, ups and downs.
Speaker 11:13
Yeah.
Michael Atherton· Host1:13
But did you go to the, um, the big parade?
Speaker 11:15
No, I've just been shouting at my telly for about... So I'm pleased it's over, to be honest. [laughs] The, honestly, I've had more heartache and panic and worry- Your team just parked the bus, didn't they?
Michael Atherton· Host1:25
Did they have a shot on goal in the final?
Speaker 11:26
They were playing against one of the great football teams of all time in that PSG