Stokes is Back! Broad on 2 Weeks of 'Chaos' That Cost England a Test Match
6/22/202643 min
Broady gives his damning verdict on a chaotic fortnight for the England cricket team that culminated in Ben Stokes being cleared to return as Test captain. He and Jos give their expert take on New Zealand’s 253-run victory in the second Test that sets up a series decider at Trent Bridge. Plus, do we appreciate Joe Root enough? And a rollercoaster week for teenaged sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMENT HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY TO BROADY 🎂⬇️ Donate to Chessington Cricket Club's Crowdfuner here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/chessingtoncc
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Stuart Broad· Host0:04
Chaos, shambles, uh, costing them the test match, uh, for what? Not overly sure. All to do about nothing. Stokes acts and miss a game. He's back as skipper. Feels like a lot of hullabaloo for let's just crack on. I must admit there's a few lines w- when, uh, New Zealand won today at, at lunchtime. It's like, "Oh, go on, go on, have, have a big, have a big night out in London. Let's see, we'll see where that gets you."
Jos Buttler· Host0:31
He became the third Kiwi to score three hundreds in the three formats. I- The sunglasses, man [laughs] The sunglasses Did you see that?
Stuart Broad· Host0:38
I don't know how I feel about it still ...
Jos Buttler· Host0:39
the thumbs up when he's, like, on his back.
Stuart Broad· Host0:41
All I could think was call for the sun and you don't nick it now. I tell you what we haven't mentioned, Joe Root's got bloody 14,000 test match runs.
Jos Buttler· Host0:49
Has that been lost actually in this whole week?
Stuart Broad· Host0:52
He's got a 71% chance of reaching Sachin Tendulkar.
Jos Buttler· Host0:56
They'll call the tour [laughs] Well, yeah, could you imagine at the Wankhede in Mumbai walking out the Sachin Tendulkar stand? [upbeat music] I'm Jos Buttler, he's Stuart Broad, and this is For the Love of Cricket. Broady, huge week ahead, but have you had a busy day?
Stuart Broad· Host1:14
Relatively busy day. Day five of the test match. What's my day look like? 5:45 AM, bang, kids are up. Up, get them moving, get them breakfast, get showered, changed. Lime bike down to Earlsfield Station, train into the Oval. Big piece on Joe Root this