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Chapter 1: What is the significance of Ben Stokes returning to captain England?
Now, back to Whiteley. Yeah, at this stage, that's what we're planning on. The rest of the squad will be out later on. Today? This afternoon, once we tell a few of the lads. But yeah, we're anticipating it will be later on today. It's obviously a quick turnaround, so we need to make sure we give guys that consistency message and deliver it appropriately.
But we are anticipating that Ben will be back in captaincy. Brendan McCullum on the return of Ben Stokes to Captain England in the third and deciding test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. It starts Thursday night, our time.
Chapter 2: How does the England cricket team embody a 'special dysfunctional family'?
They're a special dysfunctional family, England cricket. We thought we might just play with that with Barats on the race. Hello to you, Barats.
Before we get into it, I just want to say I've been loving the calls this morning about where people should be watching the soccer from. you'd be surprised to know that I went to a Catholic school, which is run by a parish who looked down on cricket. I was there anyway. And my parents are okay with me taking days off school if there was an important cricket match.
They recognized me as the cricket guy long before Australia did, clearly. But except the World Cup semi-final in 1996, so we were told strictly, India, Sri Lanka, we don't care. You'll have to be at school till 3.30. And then Jai Surya and Kalwit Rana got out in the same over. And the principal just got on the PA system and said, all right, school's out, go home.
So the one day I was very proud of being in a school which hated cricket.
That's funny, Bharat. Hey, just before we get to the cricket, your special assignment this week has been ā understanding the place of Tony Modra in Adelaide, given what happened on Thursday night and the hours where it looked like a tragic outcome, might have been in play, and then thankfully not that, but it has allowed for a real-time outpouring.
As the fresh eyes, what would you say about Tony Modra's place in South Australian life?
Look, he's always been talked of as a cult hero, Gerard, but I was always confused as to... When you look at the three of them, Mark Rusciuto, Andrew McLeod, and Tony Modra, most people I speak to have always said Andrew McLeod was their favorite player. And Mark Richard, obviously, icon. I mean, his name is on the stands at the Adelaide Oval.
But then I, for an outsider, never understood where Tony Modra fit into it. But now, having spoken to a lot of his teammates and even just people who grew up in Adelaide in the 90s, now I get it. I mean, he was the Shane Warne of that era. I mean, everybody wanted to be him. I was speaking to a friend this afternoon who said they all played markups at school.
when the children and they would just shout Modra. They would just shout Modra every time someone jumped. And now I have a really good picture of, you know, where he fits in that pecking order of superstars that Adelaide has had and why the whole state and the entire city of Adelaide was rallying around him. And I mean, like you said, I was so glad to hear that he's on the mend.
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Chapter 3: What insights does Bharat provide about Tony Modra's impact on South Australian life?
I'll be listening. I'll be listening.
I can't wait to read the module piece. Yeah, that'll be great. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. That's what I'm most excited about doing.
Happy writing.
Thanks, Gerard.
Bharat Sundaresan joins us every week. Kurt, our school, East Doncaster Primary School, had a TV in our room in 1969 to watch man walk on the moon. Surely this is just as important with the soccerers need to go with the moments in life. Good on you, Kurt. What a day it'll be on Midday Madness. That's for sure. We'll set you up with Dwayne next.
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