Ben Carter
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694 appearances
29 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2013
last heard Aug 2018
Ben Carter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For example, if in next year's World Cup, England were to play Spain and beat them... Oh yeah, keep dreaming.
I know, it's a remote possibility, but if they did, they'd get 2,400 points.
But if the Ivory Coast had that victory against Spain instead, they'd win fewer points, about 2,250, and that's simply because they're from the African Confederation.
This may sound just wrong, but there is method to the madness.
FIFA judge each continent depending on how their teams have performed in the last three World Cups.
And if you got rid of this continent waiting, the United States, for example, would go from the world's 13th best team to the world's fourth best team, which even American fans would admit is a stretch.
Let's hope they're listening to this, though, because they'd do well to give more consideration to the numbers.
The Netherlands, if you're out there, I don't need to tell you that on Friday you have the unpalatable prospect of being drawn against Spain, Brazil or Germany.
If you'd done your sums and avoided that friendly with Indonesia, you could be looking forward to a much easier opening game against the likes of Bosnia, Croatia or Russia.
Yes, and to underline the point, in the years since FIFA introduced top seeds in 1978, there's only been one team who've managed to lift the trophy without being a top seed.
That team was Argentina in 1986, and they had Diego Maradona.
So the Netherlands, Italy and England shouldn't give up on the hope of World Cup glory next year.
They just need the best player in the world and the hand of God.
Well, I received some interesting messages on Twitter.
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Salil tweeted...
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I don't know.
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But other people were more positive.
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Well, if we look purely at cumulative runs scored, then this programme would be the shortest one we've ever made.
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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has amassed nearly 16,000 test runs, which is 2,500 more than any other batsman ever.
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So he's way ahead.
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