'Stokes will return as captain' - McCullum
6/21/202634 min
Jonathan Agnew is alongside former England captains Michael Vaughan and Sir Alastair Cook, as well as former New Zealand captain Jeremy Coney at The Oval for reaction to England's defeat to New Zealand, which levels the series 1-1.
Hear from Brendon McCullum and Joe Root after a choatic two weeks for England, plus New Zealand captain Tom Latham and Matt Henry who took 11 wickets in the match.
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First 90 secondsAlastair Cook· Panelist0:00
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Jonathan Agnew· Host0:05
Well, welcome to the pitch at the Oval, where England have been beaten by New Zealand by 253 runs. Matt Henry took 6 for 29 to bowl England out and level the series. Well, I'm alongside Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook, and Jeremy Coney, and we'll start by chatting with Joe Root. Well, Joe, first of all, congratulations on your four- on your 14,000 runs. That's a, that's, a, a, a w- a wonderful milestone.
Joe Root· Guest0:28
Thanks. Um, yeah, it's just disappointing that we've, you know, we find ourselves on the wrong side of the result. Um, but, uh, that's, yeah, that's, that's how it sits, really. Um, unfortunately- You won't let that spoil your achievement though, surely.
Jonathan Agnew· Host0:44
Not the 14,000. That's a, that's a career.
Joe Root· Guest0:46
Yeah, mate, but they're never really your runs, are they? You're scoring them for a, for a purpose, right? You're trying to win games of cricket. So, um, from that perspective, slightly disappointing, but, um, clearly it's come from a, a lot of hard work over a long time.
Jonathan Agnew· Host0:59
Yeah, it has. And well played.
Joe Root· Guest1:01
Thanks.
Jonathan Agnew· Host1:01
Okay. So, so this match. How, how, how, how do you look back at this? I mean, it's been a pretty crazy 10 days, really.
Joe Root· Guest1:06
It has. And, you know, there's, there has been, um, without sounding too, um... Sorry, uh, too sort of cliché, there has been a lot of good things in between some pretty ordinary stuff as well. Um, you know, when you, you miss eight to 10 chances in the field, it, against a good team on a reasonable good wicket, it's, you're gonna be playing catch up for a long, long part of it. And,