Alex Hartley

It's not a day off for a player because you're still in the bus.

You've got to go to the gym, do all your ice baths and things like that.

And then they'll have optional training on Thursday before the game Friday.

I personally wouldn't change a thing for England.

I think because they haven't had that complete performance, everybody will want to get out there and everybody will want to find that rhythm.

Look, I didn't have Will Jacks down as being the player of the tournament, but he's one of those players that, you know, can step up.

When needed, he's got the second highest strike rate of the competition for somebody who's scored over 100 runs.

He's been brilliant with bat and with ball.

It's with the ball that surprised me.

We've all seen him bowl over the last year or so, but I guess he's adapted really well, which has been impressive.

It's a touch of class, that actually.

Al, meidän täytyy laittaa huomioon, koska sinä olet todellinen potimouta. Ei toinen. Ja sinun täytyy muistaa, että isäsi kuulee tätä. Hän kuulee. Hän myös huomaa minua sosiaalisessa mediassa. Mutta älä huomaa, me puhutaan. Jotta lapset voivat kuunnella. Ja isäsi Jean. Ensimmäinen. Kasteltu.

Hello! I thought I was going... I said let's do it together, so you don't know who it is. Oh, okay. Three, two, one. Hello! Welcome back to Noah Balls Cricket Podcast with me, Alex Hartley, and you, Kate Cross. We didn't know because it's been forever, because we last recorded, I feel, about three years ago. Yeah. Do you remember that Valentine's episode that we did? Do you remember it?

Sanoisin, kuinka hyvä on olla vanhempi. Ei tarvitse odottaa viikonloppua. Minulla oli Pancake Day ja Pancake Boxing Day.

Niin, ja kuinka hyvä se on, että sinä et todellakaan soittaa heidän kanssaan, joten kuka tahansa. Perfeeksi, niin hyvältä. Kiitos Matchinille, koska emme saaneet saada... Olimme hieman yllättyneitä, eikö me? Video studioissa ei toiminut, joten emme saaneet mitään esityksestä Matchinin ja Lovedoctorin kanssa, mutta hän oli niin periaatteessa tuossa roolissa. Meillä tuli joitakin viestiä sanomaan, kuinka hyvää se oli, joten kiitos Matchin Tendulha, kun tulit esiin ja olit hieno suosittelija. Lovedoctor.

I wonder if he's been allowed to book an Airbnb since then. No, that's true. I was going to say, how was your Valentine's Day? What did I do? Oh, I was with Hen. Hen Two Fingers for anyone playing the drinking game. We were in Copenhagen. We did a lot of walking. We went to the Carlsberg factory, that's what we did, because I did not know that that's where Carlsberg originates from. Okay, nice. And then Hen got food poisoning that night, so that was perfect.

Well, we hope everyone had lovely Valentine's Day. We've got Easter next, so that's good. It's mini-egg season. Like the perfect season. The best season. How have you been? What have you been up to? I feel like we've kind of boycotted this World Cup because we have the Valentine's episode ready to go. I know. We've not really done any cricket for a little bit.

Muutamme nopeasti. Miten olet? Miten olet ollut? Mitä olet ollut? Kyllä, olen hyvä, kiitos. Olemme vain tehneet hieman deload-yöntä, joka on ollut niin tervetuloa. Joten, omaa maailmaa, koska...

Olemme puhuneet tästä podista. On kuulunut, että olen soittanut Lanksin kanssa. Tietysti ihmiset ovat varmasti ymmärtäneet tai olivat ymmärtäneet, mutta olen treenannut Lankin kanssa vuoden jälkeen, joten viikonloppuna tulin takaisin ja aloin tehdä krikkia. Ja sitten se tuli kuulunut viime viikolla, joten toivottavasti yhden vuoden lisää. Hashtag yhden vuoden lisää.

Hashtag we go again. One more year. Scott Reid messaged me when it went out, because Scott's our BBC Lancs correspondent. And he was down in Southampton when we won the 50 over comp last year. And he was like, are you going to play another year? And I was like, I don't know. I'm not sure. I don't think so at this stage. I'm tired. And he messaged me as soon as the news came out, just with capital letters, one more year. So I was like, this is for you, Scott. This is for you.