Test Match Special - No Balls: The Cricket Podcast - Scrivens Above!

Episode Date: January 25, 2023

Kate Cross and Alex Hartley get all the gossip from the Women's U19 T20 World Cup with England captain Grace Scrivens. Plus, Alex reveals the lengths she went to find her phone...

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Henry does beep it out for us because he's a good man. It is actually so that your family can all listen. Your kids can listen. But we will say... Sugar. I nearly said a really bad one. And cross strikes in the first over. It's what England we're looking for.

Partly falls. Down the track comes scoring. This time she connects. It's either six or out. It's six. with me, Kate Cross, and you Alex Hartley, and I caught you by surprise because you didn't think I'd go straight into it. I didn't. You literally didn't even get me ready. You just went bang. Right in. Hello. Grosty. Where are you? What you up to? I'm at home. It's currently 1.30pm. I'm in my pajamas. You are somewhere else. I am in South Africa. We flew here yesterday. We landed. It is now Tuesday. And the first thing I've done is,

get on a laptop and phone you. Yay, because we have a podcast guest. We do. We've got a very special podcast guest this week. Very exciting. We're not going to ruin a surprise. It'll be in the name of this podcast. Yeah.

So you will know by now. I also think if and when they win on Sunday, we shall do an emergency pod. Massively. We'll have to get someone on. Yeah, because they're not allowed to drink. So they'll be celebrating by that having watching Moana

Panda Pops Do you remember Panda Pops? Yeah, great drink That's what they'll be having We've got a fair whack to get through So just really quickly Sum it up, how are you? Really good, really tired

Slept 12 and a half hours last night 9 till like Half 9 Yeah, that's 12 and a half Well done quick math I actually woke up at 10 But I had like a brief You know when you're awake at 7 a 8 for an hour

But you don't need to know that It's boring I'm all right. I cannot wait, Crossie, to get back to work because I don't have to cricket train. I am so tired. You've been doing it for 10 days now, haven't you? It's been three weeks.

Joking. Three weeks. I don't remember a life without exhaustion. Oh, it's so tough being you, isn't it? It said to Lewis in the gym yesterday, I said, I'm not getting stronger, I'm finding it hard because I'm unfit, and he was his RS and C

and he's like, well, yeah, probably. Yes. Anyway, other than that, I'm flying, I'm happy, I love life. How are you? Yeah, good, happy. Yeah, no complaints here, slept a lot on the aeroplane. Very sunny over here. Yeah, happy Kate.

You're at a World Cup. World Cup. We don't start for like another three weeks, though. So our first game's the 11th of February. Yeah, yeah. You're there very early. bye to you on Sunday. I was like, oh, you know, good luck in the World Cup. And I was like, on the way, I'm there for the World Cup. Yeah, so we've got five warm-up games, which is a lot,

but we'll be good. So, yeah, all happy. Good. I hope you play the World War Games. I hope I got to go. Anyway, we can talk about that well next week. We've had been, we've been told by Henry this episode might go out on Five Live, so we need to be good. It's got to be good. We do. So, I thought it would be only fair for, us to go straight upstairs. Yeah, we're going to have to because we've got some stuff to get through. I do have some stuff on my sticking note, but I'm going upstairs to my sticky note. Is that not what we do?

No, we never do that. That's no. We've got upstairs with an unbearer. Let's go. Have you got anything on your sticking out? Yes. I have five live listeners. Sorry, yeah, this is what it is actually like every week.

Yeah, I've got something about my Christmas period, which, got to tell you. So, you know, me and Jen, my sister always get told that we look like twins. I can open her face ID on her iPhone. It thinks I'm her. That's how much we now look like each other. Don't know what I'm going to use it. How cool? No way. Yeah. Yes, why? So my mum once opened mine, this was like three years ago in New York with hers, her face, obviously. And it's never done it since. And I was like, well, yeah, because you're 25 years older than Oh, no, she'll be a lot older than me. Wait, I'm 20. Wow. Oh, are you all right? You were doing so well. Do you have anything that you're sticking out? Yes. Yes. So I've been,

I went to Iceland, crossy. Yes, she did. Not the chop, the country. The country. And I went with my mum. I took her for a 50th. I had a lovely time. But as we're going through security in Manchester Airport she's like putting her stuff in the trays and you know like now they're like laptops out coats off bags all in separate trays yeah and she says what do I need to do yeah I was like put your suitcase in the tray put your coat in a tray and your laptop in another tray she went all right and what do I do my phone I was like I'll just put it in your back pocket and walk through and she did oh yeah I was like mom come on Yeah, she just had a brain fart.

So my podcast sticking out, sorry, mum, is why are old people so cute? Oh, it is, I did immediately go to cute. It is cute. Do you want to, I've got a cute story about old people. So my sister stayed at my mom and dad's last week, and my sister, me and my sister and her new husband, I've got a WhatsApp group, and Jen put a picture. She'd gone into the spare bed, and my dad had put a hot water bottle in there for a, it had heated the bedroom.

Oh, my gosh. I don't know. That's awesome. Oh, that's really sweet. That'll be us one day, Al. Yeah, that will be. But it'll just be me and you because... Yeah, that'll be me anyway. IPL, we can't go through this episode

without mentioning the IPL. The Whipple. Yeah, you're not happy. No, I'm not happy, Chennai. You know what? I put a little tweet out with a little sad face and I think people thought that I'd automatically go and play there. Obviously, I did not think that.

I'm sad that I can't even support the women's team because there's not going to be a Chennai. No, Chennai, Super Queens. No, Super Queens. And do you know what? I'm gutted for you. Oh, it made me happy. Well, have you answered the draft?

I have. And I know a few of you will be thinking why. Yeah, that was my next question. Yeah, because, do you know what? With competitions like this, you just never know. Do you never know. And you can get six overseas per team. one can be an associate player

so you can play more overseas in a team, whatever. But I just thought, you know what? If my name's not in it, then I'm not going to get picked. If my name is in it, they might accidentally pick me up. You miss 100% of the shots that you never take.

Exactly. So are you in it? I've entered it. I'm fairly confident I won't be in it. But again, you just never know. You don't know what these teams need. You've seen it in the men's IPL drafts. Like, do you remember people go for so much money?

and you think I don't know who that person is and then they become a star so you never know. And I was thinking like so my agent was like are you going to get going in it and I was like you know what I've got nothing to lose

I was like if they want a fan like they're going to pick up me that's the thing they probably don't they probably want a decent left arm spinner so Eccleston is there yeah Kirstie Gordon

Lindsay Smith Sophie Mollineau Sophie Mollingew Sophia Smale Yeah A few to pick from So yeah RCB if you're listening

I am bowling very well in the net I do hear that RCB listen to this podcast weekly So you've got a chance Yeah But no really exciting for women's cricket It's actually going to be a game changer Like we've not even mentioned The rights to the TV broadcasting

have gone for 98 million pounds or dollars, can't remember. I can't even comprehend how much money that is because, do you know, like when people are like, oh, they're a millionaire, I'm like, huh, yeah, cool, loads of money. I get excited if I've got like 50 quid in my bank. But if a millionaire spends a pound, they're not a millionaire anymore. But it's become the second most lucrative cricket league around the world behind the men's IPL.

So Big Bash, T-10s, all these. leagues, the 100, like the Whipple has just come and blown everyone out of the water, and it's not even started yet. I think I might just turn up. Shall we just go? Should we go on holiday? Should we just, like, how good will it be? No balls at the Whipple. BBC, what are you saying? What are you saying, Henry? What are you saying? I reckon you can get us there. We'll sort something out. Watch this stay. Won't happen. Another thing on my notes was I went to Iceland, if you didn't know. Yeah, you said

Your mum put a phone in the pocket I'm joking Was it good though It looked good You saw the Northern Lights Saw the Northern Lights Went to the Blue Lagoon We went to the Blue Lagoon at night time

So it wasn't blue It was very much the Black Lagoon Couldn't see a thing It was so foggy And my mum said Should I take my phone I said well I'm going to take mine So there's no point taking both

Because we'll just do a little selfie And like there's loads of people With them like around their necks In plastic bags I'm like, well, the water-proof, like, come on, you're not going to drop your phone. Drop my phone in the Black Lagoon. And there was a sudden realization of, I dropped it and went,

like, kicked it away. And I was like, my mom went, was that your phone? I was like, yeah, is it gone? I was like, yep. So I'm like fishing around the bottom with my feet and my toes, and it's gone. So I just went, oh, mom, leave it. You know what?

It's gone. Like, it happens. It's not ideal. You should have got your mom to ring it so it lit up in the water. oh my god but it's so dark the water you can't even see like two inches below it yeah but you'd have had a better chance if it was lit up

it'd have been on vibrate anyway gone so I was like like that it's not the end of the world but it's not ideal my mum was like who do you need to text I'll text and say you've got no phone I was like honestly no one no one I was like I just text my partner and say that

she's got no phone she'll be on tomorrow anyway my mum was like I've stood on it And I was like, what? She went, I've stood on it. I've stood on your phone. I was like, good one. No, you haven't. Anyway, she went, well, I'm not diving down to get it.

I was like, for God's sake. So I dove down, I missed it. I went to the wrong foot. This is like you being at 45. Dropped it, dived and missed it. Do you see that as Becky? So I went to the wrong foot. She was like, no, down my other leg.

I was like, I'm going to have to grope my mom. So I started at her upper thigh, and I worked my way. down to a knee, to her toes, fished it out of the pond. Pretty sure you didn't need to start at the upper time. Yeah, but I wanted to make sure I didn't lose any leg anywhere in the process. I wanted to make sure that I had it

from top to bottom to little toe. Anyway, that's all I've got on my sticky notes. So my phone works, it's fine, and I've got all my pictures from Iceland that I'm happy. So it is waterproof. It's true what Apple say. Yeah.

Oh, way. Good stuff, but it did look mega. Look like you had a great time. It was class. It was just so cold. One of the cricket coaches at length of side. Oh, it's cold Iceland. Yeah, but one of the cricket coaches was like,

it's not as cold you think. And I was like, all right, okay. So I took a pair of joggers, pair of leggings, traveled in a pair of joggers, one, two T-shirts. I wore every single item of clothing that was in my suitcase. I've just realised this is going out of Five Live and you're talking about what you took on holiday

with you to Iceland. Anyway, I've got time to go upstairs. It can only be one person. One person. Anna Harris, ladies and gentlemen, has just been inducted into the ECB national panel. Right, something like that.

Congrats. We don't know what it means, but congrats, Anna. It sounds great. Oh, you text me. Oh, my God. I've got a Hannah Harris story. I've got an Anna Harris story. Oh, yeah.

We might have to end on this. I feel like we're running at a time. Anna Harris was at Lank's training last week and I said, Anna, she said, Hartley, how are you? How are you getting on? And she said, yeah, good. I was like, what you're doing? She's like just getting a bit of practicing. She came to practice for the World Cup

because she's going out to the World Cup. And that is why she's been selected on the ECB national panel. That's the things that people don't see. They don't see the hours that get spent outside of TV time. So well done, Anna. We're so proud of you. We're a huge, huge cheerleading fan base of yours here at No Balls. We wish you every success, and I will be bowling at your end.

Yeah, me too. Should we do a quick couple of questions? One each. Let's do one each. Hi, Kate and Alex. Did you watch any of the Under-19s World Cup? I managed to watch a lot of it as it was available to watch for free. If you did, what were your thoughts?

Here are a couple of mine. There were some great bowling performances and a variety of fielding performances. all the best for the Senior World Cup playing and commentating, Mike from Romania. Wow, we. Also, just reminded me, we've been put forward for an award. You need to vote for us.

But we don't know how it went or who. We don't know. Another producer at BBC just messages saying, if you got any highlights, and we're like, oh, not many. Call our low lights. We got a few low lights, but we did go into the emergency test match episode

where you thought there was a crocodile next day. and it was a twig. That is very true. My thoughts on the World Cup I've been really impressed with England and how aggressive they have been. I think for a lot of time women's 220 cricket has been let's just get 20 off 25

or 25 off 20, sorry, and do your job at the top of the order. Now at the top of the order, they want to be like 60 off four overs and it's working. They are, they're smashing it, aren't they? Yeah, it's been great to see. Obviously, our girls, Lib and Serum from Thunder, we're going to shout them out

because they are our teammates. Obviously, everyone's doing so well, but good on you girls. Just best of luck. You might hear a little bit more about the 19th, only enough in a few minutes. No, go on then. My last, my email, my last, my first.

Hi, Kate and Al. Hope you both well. Loving the pod, complete, beautiful chaos. I've got an LBW for you that is related to your podcast and more specifically the opening of the podcast where you beep out your swearing. Hope you all notice that we had a new one last week.

For anyone that is just listening to us on Five Live now that doesn't know what an LBW is, it's something that you do that you don't know is weird. It's something that is a little bit weird. And your mates are like, what's that about? So what I do every time the opening of the pod is on and you beat the swear words out is swear out loud. And I try and guess the swear word that you're swearing

depending on the length of the beat. It's great fun. But as a primary school teacher, I need to be very careful listening to your podcast in public. listening to your new year pod I was worried you'd change the opening to lose the beeping and the swearing but no

it has given me huge pleasure as I've got a whole new lot of beeps to swear to I've listened to the opening of the pod twice just for fun brilliant you amazing pair of great frigging work you fucking Carolyn Carolyn

Carolyn Caroline Caroline Amazing amazing great and you know what I do it as well but I should remember what they are and the only one I remember

is the naughty one that I didn't say because it's naughty. You did all the beeps this time I think, didn't you? It was all you? Was it? I remember. Anyway, Grace Swirons, everybody. And she is brilliant.

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Now back to your podcast. We've got a very, very special guest this week. Welcome to England and the 19th captain, Grace Scriven. How are you doing, Grace? Yeah, I'm very good, thank you. How are you? Yeah. Well, I'm actually a bit jet-lagged.

We just landed in South Africa. And first thing I've done. Two hours in time, difference. They're the worst ones out. Trust me. Did you get jet-legs? Oh, I can't say I can back you up then. I didn't.

Jet-lack. Crossie. Jet-leg doesn't exist. It's amazing. All right. Then I'm tired. I'm just sleepy. And it's T.

Anyway, we're not going to go to get to me. Crossie, you've obviously flown your business class. It was great. Did you get to fly business class, Scribes? No, I can't say I did. We had to fly economy, quite tight seats as well, so not ideal. Why have you done that? Why have you started on a really bitter note already?

It wasn't meant to be. I was just thinking your complaint about being tired, and Scribz was like, nah, I'm not even tired, mate. It should have been there two weeks. Anyway, Scribs, how's it all going? Talk to us. You're in the middle of a World Cup. How's it going?

Yeah, it's been so good. The games have been good Like they've got Going the way We wanted them to go Which is cool The weather's been so good as well Which has been nice

Getting a bit of sun made in time So the game's been going The way you wanted them to Did you emphasise that you'd Get 200 And bowl the team out for 25 Was that the game plan? Well it was in the game plan

But we didn't think It would actually come true But yeah It's been pretty good Good start really How has it actually been Like dominating You can obviously

like when you're playing a standard of cricket and it's amazing that we've got this World Cup and we'll go into that after but when you're winning so easily like how are you maintaining your standards I think we spoke about it before we came out and it was kind of like setting our own standards before before like we started

I think we wanted to maintain like a high standard and then sort of if we could carry that on it wouldn't matter what sort of opponents we played love that so it's just all about you it's not it doesn't matter which team you're playing Yeah, well, especially against sort of like the lesser sort of teams, it was more like, yeah, we're just going to set our standards, and then if we can stick to that, it would be in a good place. Just right, we've got World Cup coming up, so it's writing all this standards, just bear with.

We've got like, so for anyone that doesn't know and they're listening, England women are currently playing in the first ever under 19s World Cup. We should have probably said that at the start. Not always. And Grace, you are captain of this. team. One, how did you find out you were going to be captain? And two, are you just really mature compared to everyone else?

Well, I found out, I guess he actually called me. I didn't actually have his number save. So it was kind of a random number and I was like, who is this? And he's like, you fancy being captain. And I was like, yeah, I'm sure. Let's go for it. So that was that one. I was literally like, who is this guy?

And then he's like, I'm Chris Guest. And I was like, oh, the head coach. Yeah, that's the guy. And then the second one, yeah, we've got a few, a few, like, jokers around the group. You've got like Sarah and his, he's a little bit on the immature side, but, you know, we deal with that. So who was the first person you phoned when you found out you were going to be a captain in? I called dad straight away. Obviously, I told mum, she was actually listening by the door.

I can't have a minute, a minute piece, I don't think, really. So she was literally ill again before I'd even got out, she knew what was happening. But I called Dad after, and he was pretty happy. Oh, I love that. Have you, I've seen a lot of parents have gone out. Have your parents managed to get out there? Yeah, so mum and dad are out there, I'm a brother.

And then a couple of people from the pub that come in the pub actually come out as well as to support. So they're loving it. Oh, because you live above a pub, don't you? Yeah, so a couple of the locals actually came out to support. so they're adding voice to the Balmy Army. Oh my God, how good is that? Have you had any kind of crowds other than parents

of the crowds coming in? Yeah, on the weekends we get quite a few like kids in, which is cool. And they're loud. Your kids, Grace. I know, they're really, that is true, but there's like real young kids and they're really cute. So like, want to sign their shirts and stuff like that, which is nice. And then they put on a few dancers and stuff,

which is cool as well. And all your girls were sat there enjoying it as well. Yeah, loving it. We do a thing on the pod, highlights, low lights of your trip. What is your highlight being, first of all? Oh, that is a good question. So we did this aquarobics class, which was fun.

I led it. That was good. So me and Sharon led it outside, and I'm not joking. pool and it was absolutely miniature like couldn't fit everyone in but we sort of squidged in and we create this really good Akka Rovitz

class. It was like a whirlpool going around and then we and then we reversed the whirlpool it was a good little hour spent mucking around in a pool. What? Haven't you been on safari? Haven't you scored like 93 for England?

Yeah but you can't mention cricket guys really. It's true. The whirlpool was good, yeah. The safari was unreal actually. We had a giraffe literally in our sort of like van thing that was going around. So that was cool. And they were feeding it literally in front of us, which was amazing. But the whirlpool that you created. Yeah, I'm really intrigued now. If your highlight is your aqua aerobics class, what is your low light being? Low lights. That's hard actually. Oh, I did get burnt.

other day that was a low light in terms of not ideal for bowling um and diving yeah danny wasn't happy there's nothing worse than like when you're out playing cricket because it's a bit like frowned upon to sunbathe isn't it so you get a little bit sunburn if it's on your shoulders and you've got to dive or i remember i got quads really burnt once and i had to do this full-length dive at mid-on and i just had tears in my eyes and i was like no don't show pain it's fine and you can't even like moan about it because they literally have a No, no one's bigger than the sun. You can't do that.

No. How's the mood in camp? How's everyone feeling? Is everyone still on the high of being out there on a cricket tour playing and walk up? Or how's it all going? Yeah, it's going really well. I think everyone's enjoying it. I think there's been a few, well, the fiss is going around a little bit,

which is rung down the vibe a little bit. Run down nice. Right. You say that, Scroo. Well, I was actually, the last thing I've got written in my notepad is the questions that we had written down for Ollie Pope when he came on here. And the second thing is Joe Root was wearing a nappy playing test cricket.

So we talk about this kind of stuff on this podcast. Yeah, but it's been going around a little bit. The coaches have not dealt with it as well as the players. I don't even think. I think they're a bit more of a wuss. But, yeah, apart from that, it's been pretty good. Everyone's sort of enjoying it, which is nice. What's it meant to you lot and you in particular to be captain

and be part of the first ever under 19th World Cup? Because this is a huge stepping stone now for women's cricket. Yeah, it's so special. I think like the sort of like stage it's been given as well. It's been really cool. We didn't know when we came out of how sort of well-treated and stuff it would be, which is really cool. And I think so even playing against the teams like Rwanda,

we sort of learn about how far they've come to be able to get there. and like Indonesia who haven't even played on grass wickets to then playing in like the World Cup is mad. Wow, that's incredible. I didn't know that. That's, yeah. And like you've got, how many pros have you got in your 15 that you've got there now? You've got quite a few pros.

Yeah, quite, well, we, people become pros this year. So, like, we've actually got quite a few, I think, at least five or six, I reckon. So, like, people like Indonesia who haven't even played on grass wickets are playing against professional cricketers. I know. It's mental. And you can see it when sort of, even like they score, run and they sort of dance and they sing, it is really special playing against them. Is it quite humbling to see that as well?

Yeah, definitely, honestly. It makes you really appreciate, like, the little things. Like, they're loving it, just even they're losing, but they're loving it. And it sort of just makes you think, like, it's not all about, obviously we want to win and we want to go out there, but we also need to show them the respect they sort of deserve because they have come, like, so far. quick question quick answer is it coming home i think so i hope so you heard it here first okay here's right okay so for everybody listening you've got through the group stages you're now in the super six stages what what is that for everybody that doesn't know it's kind of like uh it's

it's an addition to the group stages and it's kind of you play the top three teams i think um from the group stages um and then you play three games in the super six and then it goes to semis and finals, whoever comes first and second in both groups. Okay. Crossy, the girls get there on Sunday. I hear you've got a day off. Will you be going?

There was just a suggestion thrown around on the coach then. If we do definitely get the day off, we might be traveling. So we'll be the kids, but we'll be in the crowd. Crossie might be in the crowd. I will be on the radio covering it, and we just want you to bring it home.

Like, bring it home. we're so good I think we're likely to top the groups we're likely to play Oz in the semi-final which should be a good game and then yeah obviously we get through that and then final should be good

are Australia women at 19s as good as Australian women when Crossley has to play them yeah we're probably playing against us in two weeks yeah well they started they started like not as good obviously they lost to Bangladesh but I think like

They always do this, don't they, they kind of try and peek at the right time, which is a bit annoying. But I think we've got, we're in a good momentum, so I'd hope we could, we can get through them, really. Thing is, what you said at the beginning of this podcast, it doesn't matter which opposition, if you play the cricket you've been playing, then you'd be anyone. I was watching it the other day, Lib, just, she just tries to whack everything to the moon. It's amazing. I know, that is something that we're actually sort of different from the other teams, I think, because that's how we want to go about it

with that, like, real positive intent. I think there's lips showing that, really. Like, she's fearless, which is so cool. I love her dirty, horrible hacks across the line. I love it. I don't know how she does it, to be honest. She hacks it a little bit. Some of it looks good, but it's because before.

I'm like, I might try that, actually. I sent a message to a friend the other day, and one of your games came up on, like, the ICC highlights and, like, one of the reels. And I was like, look how elegant Grace Scriber looks and then look at liberty I'm like fair play I don't know how you've managed it

but fair we're going to ask you some one more serious question then we'll go into some fun stuff because this is no balls and we don't often talk about cricket or serious stuff but how much do you think like the 100 and the regional contracts now have prepped you for this moment

do you think it's made such a big difference or do you think you'd kind of be here anyway regardless no no like it's made such a big difference especially like the hundred feet was a real like leveler i think i'd go and look work on so much after the hundred um giving me so many more things to like think about and even like having that sort of playing on that big stage when you come here and it is a big stage but it doesn't feel like as bad as like a packed stadium sort of the nerves there were big so i think it has helped me so much um and i'm regional cricket as well like

even just getting time sort of in the middle against the best players in the regions has been really good as well. I've got one more serious question. What does England and the 19s you want to take from this tournament? Obviously you want to take home the World Cup but what do you want to take home

to like for the young kids that are out there? I just think like obviously we want to win it but I think the way we go about it is also important like if we can show how like playing fearless cricket is effective and sort of just going out there and trying to express yourself is is just as important as winning like we want to we want to show that um obviously you see that basball that's we're not going for that same sort of effect but I mean that fearless that fearless star was pretty you heard it here hashtag script ball Chris Guestis going, oh, what about me?

Literally. She doesn't even know who Chris Guest is. I can't say that, isn't it? Right, we put a thing out on Instagram and some of your teammates have actually replied to it. Before we get into that, I've got a question because I've been doing some digging over here because you've got a few London spirit teammates

in this squad. I've heard you a bit of a prankster. Maybe. be a little bit. Come on, give us some of your best ones. Oh, no,

they've been on, I did them a lot on my, on my mum actually in lockdown, which was good. I think I spent most of the time pranking mum. I did the old

cling film over the toilet and she went for a wee and literally sprayed all over her clothes, literally all over a shoe. She came chasing with her flip-flop. Wasn't great part.

me and one of the girls here actually yesterday I picked up this little twig and I was like hiding behind the bus and like went on her hair and she's obviously really scared of bugs she thought it was like a bug on her and she literally lost it gets this water and chucks it all over me

and then we thought it was at the end of it we went back to our rooms and then and then next minute I've got mozies spray all over me in my hair, literally. So I've then been chased around the hotel

through Bangladesh players, through everyone with sparkling water poured all over me. So, you know, there's been a bit of a laugh and a joke going on, which is cool. Being the prank, you've got to be happy getting pranked because they do come after you, don't they?

I know, I was fuming, actually, because I'd just wash my hair. So then I literally had a stunk of mozzy spray all in the hair. It wasn't ideal. but you've got to take it. Rossie's the prankster of the England team, so Crossie, you've got any advice for a young prankster?

Oh, I need some new pranks. I heard you put some pepper in someone's coffee or something. Oh, yeah, I did. I did do that. I'm going to, she don't listen to this podcast, I can say it, but I'm going to try and prank. I'm going to do a real big prank on Heather this trip. Yeah, I would love to know.

I'd love to see that. She do not. She'll listen now. She'd be like, oh, we've got the young England captain. I'm going to listen, see how she's going. ruined it yeah she won't listen for like at least a week so if I can get it in tomorrow the day after

nice yeah right Instagram well yeah we've got loads did we have some from Sarah and Baker yeah oh god Hannah Baker like spinner England and the 19th cricketer ask scripts about how she prepares her hair for a swimming pool

oh my god well I'm a little bit a little bit protective over my hair so before I go in I just put a little bit of like anti-clawing protection on the hair like it's like cream that I'd put on it sounds bad

but I didn't even know this is a game a lot I used to go swimming a lot so I so I so I didn't want to ruin it so I literally put some anti-clawing spray on my hair and then it protects it when I get out of the water that's princess levels scribes

I want to see you I want to see you in a swimming cap is dead oh god no I tried that once and that just hurts the head that's so heavy honestly it feels like you're carrying a brick on your head

it's not ideal we've had one here it says my daughter Lucy plays under 11s and wants to know what's the best hairband for batting and bowling oh I just use a place a very basic black hair band

like it's not I'm terrible I just I just go to like Tesco or whichever supermarket I'm in and just get those like you get 40 for about a quid yeah that is exactly what I get not that because they just snap otherwise no point of

bashing out well I've changed my hairstyle so I go down low like this and just use a plastic one and it stays in but I don't know how I'm gonna I don't know how I'm gonna go with a cap because I'm gonna have a Yeah. Yeah.

You're not like a... A fashionable bitch. No, that's what you say. I'm going to... All my kit's going to be size 22. It's going to be baggy as f***. She's going through this like Avril Levine skaterboy phase. I don't know if you've noticed scripts,

but just rinse her about... Oh, really? Yeah. No, I will. Who was impressed you guys the most? Pakistan, actually, a good challenge in terms of they had there's some really good legies

like really good spinners and also they're fielding their captain field and unbelievable probably one of the best I've ever seen actually who is responsible for your mascot on the coaches table and why don't the first team have one oh

well that actually gets passed around it's based on the player of the day so after every game we do a player of the day whoever is wins to play the day then has the mascot and has to bring it to training and to games Is it what Is it Eeyore? Isn't Eeyore the teddy bear

Or is it a lion? No, it's a lion Oh it's not the thing out of Winnie the Pooh? No, I think it's a lion from I don't know where they bought it actually But it's just like a lion, yeah, a lion I think Well, right, here's one for you If and when you win the World Cup

And the England girls are there one of you should pass the lucky mascot to the girls for their World Cup. Yeah, true. That's a great shout. That is a good shout. Seren's male, immature, Seren. You know, you're listening to this podcast right this second. What, Scribes, what is you saying of the week?

God. I think I said, I think we said about, it was on the pitch, and we were saying about bang, bang, bang, let's go bang, bang. And I think I said, like, oh, yeah, a bit of bang, bang cauliflower, something like that. was cracking up. I think I started going like, yeah. The Wagamamas, it's class. Wagamama, is it class.

Exactly. Exactly. It is class. We actually had a request to get you on this podcast as well, so there you go. That's from Robbie. Is he related to you? What's his second name? She says Robbie G. Oh, I think I do know, actually.

I think he's a coach, an old coach. Then I'll take my shout out back. um by yourself who is one to look out for in the future uh i think live probably um we've seen how sort of explains she is with a bat really exciting also i think bass is bold brilliantly i think she's proper consistent as a leggy so she's exciting scribes we've got a weekly thing and we go through people's icks so people email us in and they go through their icks and we've had some belters and we're just wondering of you you've got any that you'd like to add to the pile.

Oh, that I actually do. There's a lot. Go. So can't fit a more. The floor is yours, go. Long nails. No, what? Yeah, boys with long nails.

Oh, right. Right. I thought you meant like girls. He was like, no, come on. Oh, no. No. That is a note. Skinny tight, like, white jeans.

Yep. No. Match and taxi. Do you know, like, when somebody sounds up like a slasinger or like a matching, a traxie? That is just absolutely terrible. But as in, like, the top and the bottom's match, or it's like a his and hers and they've got matching? Well, either. Neither are acceptable, I don't think.

Okay. Neither. What else is there? Like, not wearing after shave. Yeah. Unacceptable. Good one. Yeah.

And, like, any sort of, like, B.O. or, like, anything like that. and it says. Yeah, general hygiene, big it. Yeah. See if you can relate to this being a youngster. Lauren Bell's got one where she thinks if people tie their trainers to tight, that's a Nick. I do kind of get it. If they're like really tight and they're ruining the shoe tight, yeah, I do get that.

Because then it looks like they've got really skinny feet as well, which is a bit of Nick. Yeah. I feel so sorry for people. around the world going, I do all of these I do that, I've got a matching tracks suit, the time it's too tight. So now John Lewis is really conscious about his trainers

because he doesn't want to tie them too tight and go his belly, belly gets the ick with him. Oh my God. No, I do agree with that one too far. One more. People who don't wear a door in the pool.

Yeah, that's just bad bad hygiene on the health on the hair isn't it on the hair it's not ideal you just shows they're not caring about their hair to be fair your hair does look really silky and smooth yeah i just washed it actually just washed it no i went in the pool and then and then i got out and was like gonna have to wash in now so yeah i did wash it for the pod i think yeah okay i didn't know if it was going to be a zoom i didn't know if it's going to be a zoom or not. So I thought, can't turn up looking at a state, really. Do you have to wash out?

Do you have to, yeah, we don't. Do you have to wash out the chlorine protector? Or can you put it in and then let it dry? No, you've got to wash out. Otherwise, because it smells a bit like, a bit like Marzipan, you know? Are you sure it's not just Marzipan? Maybe someone's scudging you up. Maybe this is the prank and you're actually putting Marzipan in your hair.

Maybe, maybe. Scribs, best of luck this weekend. We're obviously all behind you. We've been following it. It's been amazing. Keep doing us proud. I'm not going to get soppy because I don't do that, but good luck. Good luck, Scrim.

Thanks so much. Ball straight, be great. Play straight, be great. And just whack it like Liberty Heap. Perfect. I will try. Grace Scribans uses chlorine protective. What is going on with this next generation?

we're talking about inspiring them and we've inspired them to put Marzip in their hair like I don't get it because you obviously put in protection I get it if she was blonde and you don't want it to go green because that is what happens

but she's got brown hair anyway she said she used to swim I reckon she's one of them that could have done any sport any sport annoyingly good at everything like Nat Siver yeah I used to swim I bet you did for England

for GB yeah she was probably in the Commonwealth this summer I just didn't see it because of cricket she was too young she did so well though scribes we didn't know what having one of the under 19s

would be like but she was good wasn't she on good for she was belt her and sorry if you didn't get as much information out of the 19s than you want it we just got giddy and started not talk about cricket

well that's what you're not coming on this podcast to hear about cricket you know that by now go and listen to something else I wonder if she listens so I know if you're the 19s do well they follow the account

because they're all pepper in the Instagram question weren't they? Yeah they were so yeah. Thank you for going on. Best of look to the girls. Obviously, we can't imagine if they win it. Come on.

If they win it, it's an omen. If they win it, that's two T20 World Cups that have been brought home this winter by two England teams. Yeah, yeah. Could be three. Could be three, will be three. Come on, ladies.

Show your outfit. Good luck, Scripps, good look, girls. If you want to email us on. Noblespodcast at BBC.com. UK. No Bulls podcast at BBC.com.com. It's so good.

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