In a wide ranging chat the former England captain Mike Brearley discusses his debut as England captain at Lord's in 1977 against Australia, the 1979 World Cup Final with the West Indies and how he went from being a Philosophy Lecturer at Newcastle University to captaining Middlesex during the 1970s and 80s.
Find out more about Mike Brearley's latest book On Cricket - https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/On-Cricket-by-Mike-Brearley-author/9781472129475
Get in a touch with the show via email: podcast@mcc.org.uk On Twitter: @homeofcricket or @willroe2 And check out the dedicated podcast page on the Lord's website at www.lords.org/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike Brearley - winning and losing at Lord's

Stories from the Lord's, the Home of Cricket, with the people who made them. The Lord's Cricket Podcast, hosted by Will Roe, features one-on-one interviews with players who have lit up the Ground as they go down memory lane for some cricketing nostalgia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Bob Willis discusses his 7/78 in the 1977 Ashes against the Aussies at Lord's, bowling to Sir Garfield Sobers, county cricket in the 1970s, using hypnotherapy to overcome injuries and the obstacles he faced as England captain between 1982-84.
Listen to Bob Willis on the Ashes summer of 1981 - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ashes-special-1981-bothams-ashes-part-2/id616640278?i=1000394861771&mt;=2
Get in a touch with the show via email: podcast@mcc.org.uk On Twitter: @homeofcricket or @willroe2 And check out the dedicated podcast page on the Lord's website at www.lords.org/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bob Willis - Getting in the 'zone' at Lord's

Former England bowler Angus Fraser recalls his 5/66 against the West Indies at Lord's in 1995, bowling against Brian Lara, memories of Mike Gatting at Middlesex, sharing a dressing room with Phil Tufnell and why him and Ray Illingworth didn't get on.
Get in a touch with the show via email: podcast@mcc.org.uk On Twitter: @homeofcricket or @willroe2 And check out the dedicated podcast page on the Lord's website at www.lords.org/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Angus Fraser - a life at Lord's

Steve Kirby remembers winning the County Championship with Yorkshire in a fairy tale debut season, celebrating C&G; Trophy success at Lord's, coming out on the wrong side of a Lord's final a few years later, run ins with Michael Atherton, ball tampering and much, much more.
Get in a touch with the show via email: podcast@mcc.org.uk On Twitter: @homeofcricket or @willroe2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Kirby - a full-hearted cricketer

A new mini-series of the Lord's Cricket Podcast is out soon. Featuring one-on-one interviews with the greats of the game and their performances at the Home of Cricket.
The first episode of Series 2 is out on Monday 24 December with the legendary England captain Mike Brearley.
Get in touch with the show at podcast@mcc.org.uk and on Twitter at @homeofcricket or @willroe2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike Brearley - winning and losing at Lord's

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