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Colin Croft
Colin Croft
Audio Reports and Interviews
by Colin Croft, Ralph Dellor and Kate Laven

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Test Series Highlights
England 28k | 56k
West Indies 28k | 56k

Day 5 - Mon 4 September

Ralph Dellor introduces highlights of a historic day at The Oval
Jack Bannister commentates on the winning moment
Colin Croft and Jack Bannister - what the result means for cricket
Ralph Dellor describes the atmosphere as Nasser Hussain receives the Wisden trophy
West Indies captain Jimmy Adams
Tour manager Ricky Skerritt
Curtly Ambrose

Day 4 - Sun 3 September

A weary Mike Atherton comments after making his 15th Test century
Ralph Dellor introduces highlights of Sunday's play
Darren Bicknell of Notts on their win over an under-strength Surrey side and his 115 in the match

Day 3 - Sat 2 September

Ralph Dellor introduces highlights of Saturday's play
Lara's first ball duck - Craig White celebrates the highlight of his career
Sheila Stewart talks to Kate Laven about being the matriarchal head of one of England's great cricketing dynasties

Day 2 - Fri 1 September

Ralph Dellor introduces highlights of Friday's play
Duncan Fletcher says he is happy with England's 281 first innings total against the West Indies
Facing his final season with Bath, former England rugby captain Phil de Glanville chats at the Oval with Kate Laven

Day 1 - Thu 31 August

Ralph Dellor introduces highlights of the opening day of The Oval Test
Mike Atherton expands on Trescothick, Curtly, Courtney and the future
Marcus Trescothick assesses England's performance after the first day of the Fifth Cornhill Test

Tue 29 August

Graham Thorpe speaks openly about his return to England, the winter tour and his mate Nasser Hussain
England's recalled spinner Ashley Giles looks ahead to the Fifth Cornhill Insurance Test Match at The Foster's Oval
Malcolm Marshall's wife Connie talks to Kate Laven about the new Malcolm Marshall Memorial Trophy
Nasser Hussain looks ahead to the fifth Test

Tue 22 August

Brian Lara talks to Kate Laven about the disappointment of losing the Headingley Test match in two days but looks ahead confidently to the final Test at the Foster's Oval paying tribute to two great West Indies bowlers along the way.
Franklyn Rose on West Indies fortunes in England 2000
Injured Dean Headley gives Kate Laven an update on his progress and explains how he has been spending his summer

England v West Indies, 4th Test, Headingley

Day 2 - Fri 18 August

Jack Bannister picks the brains of former chairman of selectors Raymond Illingworth on English pitches and on the make up of the current England side during commentary of Headingley Test match
Andrew Caddick picks his favourite wicket from that memorable over
Darren Gough puts his success down to 'brains' and experience after England's victory against West Indies in two days at Headingley
England captain Nasser Hussain talks about England's amazing victory at Headingley
Man of the match Michael Vaughan sets his sights on a Test ton
Jimmy Adams says the West Indies must be more consistent
West Indian coach Roger Harper talking after the game
Jed Pitman introduces highlights from Headingley
Jack Bannister describes Caddick's amazing over Slideshow
Yorkshire chief executive Chris Hassell talks about the changing face of Headingley
Umpiring legend Dickie Bird talks about Yorkshire and England and how both teams are gaining strength.

Day 1 - Thu 17 August

After taking 5-57 in front of his home crowd at Headingley, England's Craig White said the achievement was a special one, particularly after coming back from illness at the start of the season. (Duration: 1:55 mins)
Curtly Ambrose was happy to have Mike Atherton as his 400th Test victim but despite joining the elite 400 Club, is adamant he will still retire at the end of the England tour. (Duration: 2:43 mins)
Ramnaresh Sarwan talks to Colin Croft about his fifty (Duration: 2:19 mins)
Highlights of the first day of the Headingley Test (Duration: 11:50 mins)
On the first morning's play between England and West Indies at Headingley, Dickie Bird predicts the winner (Duration: 1:57 mins)
Lesroy Weekes is a highly rated fast bowler from Montserrat who next year qualifies to play for Yorkshire, and if he is good enough, for England. Here, he tells Kate Laven how he came to arrive in Leeds and why he stayed (Duration: 3:34 mins)

Previews - Wed 16 August

David Graveney talks to Colin Croft about the Headingley Test, England captains and the difference between Test and county cricket (Wed 16 Aug) (Duration: 15:20 mins)
The two captains talk to the media before the start of the Test - Nasser Hussain (4:37 mins) | Jimmy Adams (3:38 mins)
Darren Gough looks ahead to the fourth Cornhill Test match against West Indies on his home ground at Headingley (Duration: 4:01 mins)

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford

Day 5 - Mon 7 August:

Ralph Dellor introduces highlights of Monday's play (Duration: 7:11 mins)
Colin Croft reports (Duration: 2:55 mins)
Nasser Hussain, Alec Stewart and Jimmy Adams give interviews after the game (Mon 7 Aug)

Day 4 - Sun 6 August:

Ralph Dellor introduces highlights of Sunday's play (Duration: 9:30 mins)
Colin Croft reports (Duration: 3:30 mins)

Day 3 - Sat 5 August:

Ralph Dellor introduces highlights of Saturday's play (Duration: 9:03 mins)
Colin Croft reports (Duration: 4:15 mins)
England coach Duncan Fletcher at the press conference (Duration: 4:20 mins)
Sherwin Campbell talks about the task facing West Indies (Duration: 1:50 mins)

Day 2 - Fri 4 August:

Ralph Dellor introduces highlights of Friday's play (Duration: 6:49 mins)
Colin Croft reports (Duration: 5:50 mins)
Captain Jimmy Adams on a tough second day for the West Indies (Duration: 4:01 mins)

Day 1 - Thu 3 August:

Ralph Dellor introduces highlights from Thursday's play (Duration: 6:16 mins)
Colin Croft reports (Duration: 4:22 mins)

Previews:

Colin Croft previews the 3rd Test (Duration: 2:05 mins)

England v West Indies, 2nd Test, Lord's
Day 3 - Sat 01 July:

Dominic Cork won Cornhill Man of the Match award for his seven wickets and gutsy 33 to nudge England over the finishing line in their two wicket victory over West Indies at Lord's. He admits he is a more mature player than he was five years ago when he made his debut so despite his success, his feet are still firmly on the ground. (Duration: 2:30 mins)
Alec Stewart gives a blow by blow account of England's extraordinary two wicket win over West Indies at Lord's which levels the Cornhill Insurance series. He pays tribute not just to the likes of Andy Caddick and Dominic Cork who were so prolific in the success but also to Michael Vaughan and Michael Atherton who built a solid platform for victory with a second wicket stand of 92. (Duration: 2:37 mins)
Jimmy Adams found the defeat at Lord's hard to accept but he says it was three days of great cricket and an excellent advert for the game. It was just one of those afternoons, he says. (Duration: 3:08 mins)

Day 2 - Fri 30 June:

England's Andrew Caddick ( 5-16) helped to demolish West Indies for a record low 54 at Lord's in the second Cornhill Test match. He says he has felt guilty about his lack of international success this season and relieved the rhythm has finally returned. (Duration: 2:30 mins)
Roger Harper, West Indies coach says his side batted poorly at Lord's today. But they have runs on the board and fancy their chances of winning the second Cornhill Test match. (Duration: 1:44 mins)

Colin Croft reports (close of play) (Duration: 7:42 mins)
Colin Croft reports (tea interval) (Duration: 2:07 mins)
Colin Croft reports (lunch interval) (Duration: 4:30 mins)

Day 1 - Thu 29 June:

Dominic Cork at the press conference (Duration: 2:16 mins)
Colin Croft reports from Lord's (Duration: 10:36 mins)

Previews:

England stand-in captain Alec Stewart (Duration: 5:01 mins)

West Indies v New Zealand 'A'
Sat 24 June:

Jimmy Adams (Duration: 1:45 mins)

England v West Indies, 1st Test, Edgbaston
Day 3 - Sat 17 June:

Close report by Colin Croft. (Duration: 2:16 mins) Transcript
Tea report by Colin Croft. (Duration: 2:11 mins) Transcript
Lunch report by Colin Croft. (Duration: 2:24 mins) Transcript

WICB issue a statement about newspaper allegations connecting Brian Lara with match-fixing. (Duration: 1:02 mins) Transcript
West Indies captain Jimmy Adams "The best part for me was that not only did we get a win, but we got so many good individual performances within the game." (Duration: 3:09 mins)
Courtney Walsh "I think the encouraging start for the bowlers bowling in tandem, for me when we got those early wickets it was the start of good things to come." (Duration: 1:50 mins)
Assistant coach Jeff Dujon "What we had here was a score of almost 400 put together by a good team effort. That shows a level of committment, especially by the lower order and the kind of professional, disciplined attitude that you need in order to be successful at this level." (Duration: 7:07 mins)

Day 2 - Fri 16 June:

Close report by Colin Croft. (Duration: 2:29 mins) Transcript
Tea report by Colin Croft. (Duration: 1:48 mins) Transcript
Lunch report by Colin Croft. (Duration: 2:14 mins) Transcript

West Indies coach Roger Harper "Its a nice position to be in but we'd like to be able to continue to build on that lead and make as many as possible. I think over 200 will put us in a really, really nice position. (Duration: 3:28 mins)
Captain Jimmy Adams "We wanted to end the day with wickets in hand. We have that as well as a batsman in, so it was a good day in terms of what we wanted to achieve." (Duration: 2:45 mins)

Day 1 - Thu 15 June:

Close report by Colin Croft. (Duration: 2:42 mins) Transcript
Tea report by Colin Croft. (Duration: 1:52 mins)
Lunch report by Colin Croft. (Duration: 1:43 mins)
Colin Croft previews the 1st Test and talks about the selection problems facing both teams. (Duration: 2:54 mins)

Interview with Courtney Walsh "I feel very fresh. The injury I had in Barbados - I'm still not 100%. But its just having a change to put your feet up. I spoke to the guys about playing these games there and I told them the reasons for me not wanting to play because I needed a break. I know my body well, I gave it the rest required and it paid off for me." (Duration: 3:54 mins)
Sponsorship incentives for West Indies team. (Duration: 0:56 mins)

West Indies v Zimbabwe, Arundel
Mon 12 June:

Brian Lara. (Duration: 6:48 mins)
Jimmy Adams. (Duration: 3:47 mins)

Tour Previews
Sat 27 May:

WICB turn down request from selection committee to increase squad to tour England this summer to 17 players. Colin Croft reports. (Duration: 0:50 mins)

Fri 26 May:

Brian Lara and Corey Colymore been assessed as fit for the England tour. Colin Croft reports. (Duration: 1:05 mins)


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