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Ashes Daily: View from the Boundary - Stephen Mangan

Test Match Special

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The Hopeless Cricketer

I think I was just more concerned with looking good than actually really watching the ball. You know, there's cricketers who look agricultural, but they are laser focused on the ball. And they all seem to hit it. David Garret is responsible for my lack of interest in playing cricket. He played a professional tennis player in a film and it doesn't matter where the ball goes in a film. As long as you look like you're hitting the ball like a professional, you never actually see the ball. Because it's whizz past the camera. Frustrating, isn't it? Yeah. When obviously sports, you know, big sports events showing on film, you just

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