Free To Be Me – Under The Lid With Shoaib Bashir
Join Jack Brooks and Katherine Sciver-Brunt for Under The Lid - Inside Pro Cricket Podcast - with rising England star, Shoaib Bashir.
Shoaib talks through early rejections, his debt to the County Championship social media account, and his right-hand man Ben Stokes as well as culinary nightmares and learning to catch the hard way.
The episode paid tribute to the late Graham Thorpe, if you need to talk there are helplines staffed by trained people ready to listen.
You can contact Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year: Call 116 123 (free from any phone)
Mind on 0300 102 1234
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Timecodes
0:00 Intro
1:15 A tribute to Graham Thorpe
10:54 Under The Lid with Shoaib Bashir
12:12 Being part of James Anderson's final Test
14:59 Chef Bashir
17:12 Ben Stokes to Ollie Pope
19:06 How he was spotted by Somerset
26:00 Shoaib Bashir the most ticklish man I've ever met in my life
27:11 Relationship with Jack Leach
31:06 England is all about going out and expressing yourself
33:09 Alastair Cook wants his commission
34:50 The 2024 India tour, visa issue and playing against Indian legends
41:38 South Asian Heritage Month
48:37 Going on loan
50:52 PCA MVP update
53:22 CricketArchive Guest Stat Alert
54:55 The Big Question - How Shoaib learned to catch
57:22 The Last Round
01:01:27 Feedback and Finale
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