Jacob Bethell: IPL development, Barbados & England aspirations
4/22/202656 min
Ath and Nas are joined by England batter Jacob Bethell on the latest episode of the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.
They chat about Jacob's experiences in the IPL, about his upbringing in Barbados and he also tells us about his aspirations to play multi-format cricket for England.
Plus, Nas and Ath chat about the opening weeks of the County Championship and whether the rules about substitutes need tweaking.
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:01
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Michael Atherton· Host0:05
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Speaker 00:09
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Michael Atherton· Host0:19
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Speaker 00:22
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Michael Atherton· Host0:27
Well, after a week's break, the Sky Cricket Podcast returns. It's the third week of April. We've already had three rounds of championship cricket, um, so plenty to talk about on that front. We've got Jacob Bethel as our guest today as well, so we're gonna chat to him even though he's not been playing in the IPL. Uh, we're gonna get his thoughts on that competition and how he's going. Nas, how are you?
Nasser Hussain· Host0:55
I'm good, Ath. I'm enjoying the weather, to be honest. It hasn't rained in Chelmsford for, like, a month or whatever. I put, I put some grass seed down three weeks ago. I need a little bit of rain, but I'm enjoying this- You put some grass seed down? Yeah, I've- Tell me about- ... I've been away, I've been away all winter, so I've had to, I had to fire off the gardener and actually do some gardening. So I put some grass seed down, and we need some rain in Chelmsford. But loving the weather, loving the County Championship. Um, we've had, what, three rounds. Essex didn't get over the line against Warwickshire the other day. I was watching that. What have you made