Test Match Special

No Balls: Strawberries, pigeons and The Hundred

Kate is in London as the Northern Superchargers continue their Hundred campaign. She tells us about their dramatic draw with Southern Brave and the competition so far.

Alex is babysitting a pigeon and tells us about her new role, presenting the Hundred coverage.

And we find out who's got the best-looking bowling action in the game.

Duration:: 35m
Broadcast on:: 01 Aug 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

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That's LinkedIn.com/results. Terms and conditions apply. LinkedIn, the place to be. BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. We've got to wish you a swear warning because you are an absolute potty mouth. Not another one. And you need to remember that you grandma listens to this. She does. She also abuses me on social media. But don't worry, we beep it out. See you kids can listen. And grandma, do you? Think it's the wobble ball and it just nips back. It jags back. It's the nip backer. That is a beauty from Kate Cross and absolute seed. That is a beauty from Cross. Hello and welcome back to No Balls of Cricket podcast with me Kate Cross and you Alex Hartley. Hello. Hello. If you can hear some tweeting, it's because I live very next door to a pigeon. Well, that did not come out well. And try again. If you can hear birds, it's because I've got a pigeon nest on my balcony and the baby won't shut up because its mom and dad have just left it for a few hours. I do believe that this was the podcast where you asked me have you ever seen a baby pigeon? I think it was. I can say I have seen a baby pigeon because you have one nesting on your balcony. I send a video that's every day. It's massive now. Like it doesn't look all horrible and like, you know, a couple of inches big. It's like nearly ready to fly. When I last was at your flat, whichever one it was, the mum or the dad was sat on the egg and then the other one came and they swapped over and it was dead sweet. Yeah. So I was lying on the balcony furniture today and the mum and dad came back from, they were obviously on a date, came back and then. Obviously. They were like, how do we get in our house? There's a human on top of it. Anyway, how are you? I'm good. Thanks. I've just arrived in sunny, gorgeous London overlooking Battersea Power Station from this mega view. You can see the cats and dogs home. And yeah, good journey. Good journey. You get often bad journeys in the hundred, but this was a good journey. Oh, good. So you want to get this podcast done. You want to get outside in the sun because your swimming pool looks amazing. It will be on the ground later. You better believe it. Oh, yeah. Are you well? I thought you were. I'm good. Thank you. I'm good. The hundred is fully in the middle of it now. We are fully in the middle of it. We've all had two fixtures now, I think. Something like that. Yeah. Something like that. Something like that. It's been an interesting start for us. For the superchargers. Yeah. You had a draw yesterday, Crossy. First drawer ever in the women's game. A drawer. A drawer that we should have worn, but then should have lost because I faced six dot balls, right? Why did you do that? Why? Yeah. Because I just, I don't know. It's precious, a funny, funny thing. And I'm so clear on my plan when I walk out to bat, we need one ball, simple cricket. And then. I'll stay with some richness at the other end. She's flying. I might just got to get on strike. It took me six balls to get on strike. Then I tried to run her out because I was, I ran past her and she was like, what are you doing? And I was like, the only way we're winning this game is if you're on strike, not me. So I'm sorry that I nearly ran you out, but you're going to have to do this. You hit a lovely four. Yeah, panic, though. We didn't know, like, my strengths down the ground and I was stepping across me. Something's trying to sweep it behind. Yeah, look. Got it. I got it. So it looked okay, but. Me and Dad were watching going, what's she doing? I felt I lost it for us, you know. I was really sad yesterday. No, it's not you. It's not you because there are also, like, what were you buying, nine? Maybe. Not a tail ender. All around her. There are then six other people that have gone in before you. They didn't get one more run. Yeah, but it's like if you bold the last over and you don't see it out, because you're responsible for the last bit of cricket, you feel like it's your fault. Funny that, though, because Belly will also think that she's lost it for her team as well because she was born in the last five. She bolds so well yesterday, Belly. Like, she got them into the game because we only needed a hundred. And it was a slow turning pitch. It wasn't like a Bunsen burner, but it's just the cricket smarts. We just need to just smarten up a little bit. Anyway, you enjoying it? Yes, loving it. Love the superchargers. We've been in Leeds the whole time, so it now feels like we've started because we've had a couple of games. We've been on the road. We've got the oval on Friday night, baby. That's going to be a tough one because obviously oval are two from two at the minute. We're technically non from two, but we've got a point on the board on the board on the board on the board, but yeah. Oh, good fun. Do you know what is going on this hundred that hasn't really happened before? Everyone's beating everyone and I really like it. Like, oval obviously to from two, so all under the spirit, but it feels like everyone else at the minute. It's like everyone's beating everyone and in the men's game. Yeah, the men hasn't quite got going yet, has it? No. It's had to be fair. There's been two better games the last two nights. That Manchester day was mental. You were commentating on that, weren't you? I can't believe Manchester lost. They were absolutely cruising to victory, like cruising. And then, in comes Jordan Thompson, last five, Sam Hayne, like 30 yards off the boundary, takes a simple catch of Manchester lose. It was honestly nuts. Well, those two games were both won by one run. Last but whatever, yeah, one run. But both games, the team that won it, should have been the team that lost it. Yeah, I know, it's nuts. Well, have you been up to what you've been doing? I am. The last time we did this podcast, we gave everyone a little clue of what my new job might be. It's out there now. Right, I'm so sorry. Do you know what? I was thinking that's something I need to congratulate you on. I just completely forgot. So, congratulations. I am a BBC2 TV presenter. You've been presenting? What? You've got E! You're strawberries on the podcast! Why not? Make me strawberries. You can't do that. You are a BBC100 TV presenter. And, honestly, you would never, ever, ever know that was your first time. Because I've been, like, practising in the mirror. I've been practising in the mirror in all sorts, and I was so nervous. I was so nervous. I'm not sure if I was more nervous for cricket or that, genuinely. It's different nerves, isn't it? You're so much more in control of cricket, especially if you've done cricket. You know what you're doing, but you've never presented anything before, other than this podcast. So, I'm so proud of you. You look great. My favourite bit was when you were with Torpaul. That was a great little bit. I said to him, I was like, come on, we're going to have some fun. He was like, right, okay, yeah, fine. So tell me, Torpaul, why are you called Torpaul? We both stand up because, obviously, isn't it? I'm like, good chat. You're really making my life easier, mate. But did you enjoy it? Loved it. Honestly, loved it. And then, I had Friday off, and it was your first game. So, I came to watch. You came as a fan, like, actually fangled, came over, we're late. You were late. The traffic was bad. And we got to experience the 100 as a friendship duo rather than a colleague duo. Yeah, and I, honestly, you were like, nothing better to do with your day. I was like, all right. I was like, actually, I've never watched Crossy as a friend when I've not been at work. So I was like, this is a great opportunity to make the effort and come and watch and then see you properly. Yes. And did you enjoy that? I didn't really enjoy watching the cricket. I can't lie. But I enjoyed seeing you. Yeah, it was good. We actually got some time together, didn't we? Because we've not spent masses about time together recently. So, we visited Col Lane. We had a nice little boogie. We did. We had a late night mackies. I ordered it. We did. I ordered enough to feed the whole of the leads. Tell them from what you ordered. I ordered two Big Macs, two cheeseburgers, 20 nuggets, 20 cheese dippers, seven packets of chips. Five chicken selects. Five chicken selects. And two bottles of water, because you knew it would be dehydrated. Two bottles of water. There was two of us. There was two of us. I was hungry. Yeah, the chips. Yeah. Fun night. Great fun night. What's on your sticky note? I am. You know what? I'm not sure I've got masses. Massive is my word today. Crossy, there was something we didn't talk about last week. I wouldn't really, really, really, really, really, really need to. Go on. You. You commentated on a test match. I made my test match debut again. In the comments box, yes. Thank you. Yeah, it was great fun. Great fun. I was so nervous though, because I was on the third day. And to commentate on a test match, and you've not done any of the first two days, I feel like you don't have quite the flow of the game. And it could have ended. It could have, but it was a good day. I actually got some proper test cricket sessions. I got the session where the silver was batting with the tail end. Everyone's out on the boundary. He's just like knocking it, not running. Proper test match session. How did you find it? It was good. It was hard, and it was a bit different to what I'm used to, but did enjoy it. Isn't there a difference between white board cricket and red board cricket when you commentated? So different. And I think because it's your first time, you always think you've got to do something different, I guess. But I was with such a good team. You always can't be first time. You always do, don't you? You always remember your first time. Yeah, you do. But I think me and Mel Jones were the first two females to commentate on a Sky Men's test match, we think. Okay. Well, as in together, like she was lead, you would call her. I think there was two females on the commentary team. We don't think that there's been two females before. Might be proved wrong. Someone could probably have a look and let me know, but... Well, congratulations. I'm really proud of you. I genuinely, really proud of you. Thank you. I had some messages being like, "Oh, Crossy knows what she's talking about." I was like, "Yeah." Oh, Crossy's so much better than Jimmy. I was like, obviously. Well, have we spoke about me going to Wimbledon final? Not sure. No, don't think we will have done. Right. So I got to the Wimbledon final. It's like really cool experience. I loved it. But I'm in this outfit that I feel really, really self-conscious in because I've put on a bit of weight. Like, nothing to do with the 14 males at McDonald's. You actually deliver it to our hotel and it was 0.1 mile away from us. That was tactical. There was a queue outside McDonald's and Deliveroo's 10 minutes. Anyway, I've put on a little bit of weight and all my photos from the day at Wimbledon I hated. I just hated the way I looked. I was like, "This is who I've become. I need to do something about it." Anyway, I'm walking to try and get some nice photos and I got stopped by. Do you know the person that does all the fashion at Wimbledon, the people who do the TikToks and the... Like, this is what people wore at Wimbledon. Right. I don't know who they are, but I can gather. I got stopped to be on it and it gave me so much confidence. Oh, yes. I know you didn't tell me about that. Yeah. I was buzzing, actually. I was like, "Oh, yeah. This is Reese. This is Zara and this is a fake Louis Vuitton." You got to watch the men's final, though. Yeah, I did. That was cool. Very cool. Have you got anything on your sticking out? Baby pigeon. You got it. Done it. Ticked. Done it. Ticked it off. You can do a good impression of a chicken, can't you? Shame I've got a pigeon on the balcony, not a chicken. Yeah, anyway. Do you want to try and tackle some emails? Yeah, go on. Let's go on knee-deep. Who's on the golf day, don't they? We've locked it in and we locked it in. We've locked the date in and we think we're getting customised golf balls for the event. Right, so you're on the golf balls? No, I'm organising the day. You're organising the day? Anna's on the golf balls. I'm on the golf tee shirt, so what I'm thinking, right, I'll get Anna and Sue just a big picture of me and you printed out on their tee shirts and then I get a picture of Anna and Sue on our tee shirt. Yeah, nice. Front or back? Front and back. Okay, nice. Front and back. 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I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Alex for coming over to me and having a proper chat with me at the opening game of the 100 on Tuesday. Not only did you have a chat with me, but you made the effort to come into the stands just so that we could speak at the same level. I can honestly say that meeting you was the best thing that has happened to me in a very long time. Thank you for taking the time to have a picture and to sign my cricket ball, which has now been framed with a picture of you winning the World Cup exactly seven years ago to the day. You truly are an inspiration to me. All the best. And that's from Ellie, who's 18. Oh, Ellie. Do you know what? It's not hard to be a nice person. Well, that is... you're busy though, so you've taken time out. I know. You know, you don't, on working days, you don't often have that time, so good on you. You don't, but like, I'm not being funny. It's not hard to be like, "Hi, I'm Alex. Let's have a little cookie." Hi, I'm Ed. Hi, Alex. Okay, this one's called Anniversary Balls from Ben. I write to ask a favour. My wife, Rosie. Rosie or Rosie? Because it's not got an E. It's Rosie. Okay. Because I just said that says Rosie. Okay. My wife, Rosie. It's a big fan of you both and loves the podcast. It's our 17th wedding anniversary. And as we're into the numbers that don't have a special thing for them, what? We're into the numbers that don't have a special thing for them. It's a very big emerald, that sort of thing. We've decided to go our own way. Right. You can go your own way. Own way. Last year was sweets. And this year we've gone for balls, the obvious choice. So, what better way to celebrate than to shout out the good people of the finest nope? I can't read Steer Crossing. So, what better way to celebrate than a shout out from the good people of the finest No Balls related podcast? If you would be so kind as to be Rosie and me. A happy 17th anniversary, it would be very excellent of you. I know she'd be both highly embarrassed and excited in equal measure. Cheers, Ben. Happy 17th anniversary. There's some poor woman called Rosie sat there listening to this podcast and she's going, "It's my 17th wedding anniversary. You know, my husband's not giving me a shout out, but this Rosie girl's got one." My husband's called Ben as well. Oh, dear me. Congratulations guys. I think one year of marriage is the success. So, 17 is 17 times as impressive. I just don't think me and you are ever going to be in the position to be married. I don't think we've got the time or the energy to get into this today. No, me neither, but we're both singles, so. Hi, Alex and Kate. This is from Sarah, I think. S-A-I-R-A. Hi, Alex and Kate. I'm one of your newest listeners and have really enjoyed hearing all about what you think and know about Cricket. I met Alex at the first game of the 100. It was so nice to see you as you're one of my idols along with Kate Cross. I'm hoping to meet you as well, Kate. My dad wants me to be a spinner as I'm left-handed. Do you have any tips? Thank you. And she's attached the photo of you two together. Very, very cute. Honestly, right, I paid so many people just to email me this week. Sick of you getting us photographs every time we're together. I'm like, "Hello?" Tips for bowling spin. You've got to have revolutions on the ball. Well, she's nine. Okay. Above the eye line, you've got to get it above the eye line. Of what? Come on, be better. You've got to get it above the batter's eye line. You've told a nine-year-old that she's got to get the ball above the batter's eye line. Yeah. And you want it to spin? Honestly, I am just messing now. Practice, practice, practice and have some fun. All that matters is that you're having fun with it and you're enjoying it. But if you want to get into technical things, really, I don't know what your standard is. You might be really good. She might be really good, but her dad wants her to take up left-arm spin. So, at this point, I'm guessing she might not be all that excellent at it yet. There's always a niche and always a need for spin ballers, so go for it. But if she gets it above the batter's eye line. She gets some revolutions on it. With that little dip ball that she's playing with at the minute. Guess who got in touch for some bowling tips? Oh, I know about this. I was led next to you. Oh, yeah. Well, we'll come next to you. And I go, "Oh, God, Fran Jonas has texted me and I'm so hungover. I can't deal with it right now." Fran Jonas, she got into it. She must listen to the pod. She must do. This one. Don't need to just carry on reading because I feel like you're malfunctioning today. Yeah, that'd be nice. This one's called "Well Done Alex." Another one! Another one! Alex, I know you said you were nervous about your role on TV and the 100 for the BBC, but you've had some really good chats with the players, naturally relaxed, good mix of personal and cricket-related questions, and I reckon you've settled into it really well. It's a nice one. She's currently watching The Welsh Fire, currently watching The Welsh Fire, when comfortably versus Mank originals, and that's from Dan in Books. This is nice. This is just a happy Alex day, I think. It is, isn't it? Question about bowling triggers, though. Are you going for it? Okay. I'll try it. It's from Alex. It's not from me. It's bowling triggers. What do you do when you've got the hips? To me, from me. Hello, Alex and Kate. Having just spent a wonderful day in the sunshine at Head and Leap, watching the first Northern Superchargers game. A question about bowling came to mind. Having watched Grace Ballinger constantly start her run-up looking like she was rocking a baby to sleep. I've heard people talk about triggers for batter. You said batsmen? I'm going to let that slide. It's batters. Oh, Alex, that's one strike. You've got a red flag next to your name, Alex Carrington. I've heard people talk about triggers for batters to get comfortable and prompt the right reaction when hitting the ball. Is it the same for bowlers? And do you have any bowling triggers? And what is the oddest that you've seen? Can regards red flag Alex? Who was it who always used to have to rub the, when the bowl, to rub the ground to get dust on their hands when they're bold? Was it Tash Farron? Maybe. I used to have to lick my fingers and then you weren't allowed after COVID. Yeah. And you also weren't allowed when we went to India because you weren't allowed to put your fingers in your mouth. So it's not as much triggers. Battas do triggers for rhythm, don't they? Yeah. So that you're not just stood still and then the ball's coming at you. So that's why people have trigger movements. It's to get themselves in the right place. Bowling, it's more around the run-up of you rhythm. The rhythm had you run up. Do you not say that's a trigger? Yeah, because I used to have to turn over my left shoulder. If I turned right, I'd have to turn by then. Oh, I know what you mean, yeah. I do know what you mean, yeah. When you go to the back of your mark, you turn around. Yeah. So I wouldn't say that's a trigger, I'd say it's a routine. Yeah. Well, more of a superstition, probably. I don't know. It got so stuck in my brain. I couldn't feel like I was unwinding if I went the other way. I think, for me, bowling is... I was talking about this in the pod, actually, yesterday, because I went into the pod and had to chat with the sky guys. But heading leaves a really good example of how bowling rhythm is quite hard, because from one end, you come down a hill. And from the other end, you come up the hill. Yeah. Especially in the 100, when you bow five and then five and then five and then five, and it could be at either end, it's really hard to get any sort of rhythm. And they are quite drastically different. So, I don't know why Grace looks like she's rocking a baby, but that'll just be how she starts her run up and gets herself, like, into her... Do you prefer bowling up the hill or down the hill, at Henley? I mean, I prefer down the hill. Yeah. But I think I'm better up the hill because you get a little bit more bounce up the hill. Yeah. Are you bowled well when I was there the other day? Thank you. I've not felt bad, actually. I've just not felt... Oh, well, yesterday, as well, actually. Yeah. Better in the power play. I was a bit disappointed with how I started in the power play on Friday last week, but... The glass levels. Yeah. Yeah. It's just like... And then, Buddy bones fit with the 100. They tagged me in it. Grace scrivens smashing me back down the ground, and they've tagged me in it, and not Grace. What about that fielding effort that was so regulation? They wanted to collab with you. They wanted to collab with me. Yesterday, chasing pigeons. I was like, "I can't advocate that. I've got one on my balcony. I've got a baby." Yeah. No, yeah. You're a mother now. Yeah. I think they're just doing it to get as many views as possible, which I understand. You've got a lot of followers. You can't. You've got a lot of followers. They're giving me stick. Sometimes. So, you already get trolled by a sky with that Lydia Lana King hat shirt. Sometimes you have to realize your own fame. Sorry. I was in just celebrity. Celebrity Kate Cross. She looked up. Yeah. It's a horrible word, guys, isn't it? Shut up. No, it's a celebrity not shut up, yeah. Shut up is a great word. Right. Who has the best bowling action in women's cricket? Hi, both. Curious as to who you think has the most aesthetically pleasing action to watch. Especially pace bowlers. Sorry, Kate. But my vote goes to Danny Gibson. Guess I'm old school. I'm on the more side on action. Could you watch Danny Bowl all day? Who do you think? And that's from Tim in Florida. Oh, I mean, one of my favourites is Lauren Filer, because she does a little Bob Willis flick when she behind the body. Oh, yeah. Hi, it's the bowl. She's like, it's on the line, but. Yeah. Bowl's quick, but it's not aesthetically pleasing at all. It's actually quite awkward to watch. Danny Gibson has got quite a smooth, lovely run up, but then so do you. So does Freya Davis. I love Maris and Cap's action. Okay. I just think I think if you can have a good bowling photo. So when you're in your load up, if your photo looks good, you've got a good action. Yeah. That's my ball. Does yours look good? Er, I'm like in the air like that. So it's not bad. It's not according to Tim. No, Tim doesn't like me. Not side on enough. Why have we woken up today and chosen violence? I don't know, really. Tim doesn't like my action. Danny Gibson, yes, she does have a nice action. This is one of those moments where all bowling actions leave your mind. Just go out of my head. I'm trying to think of a lefty. We must have a good lefty out there. Can't you draw? Can't he's got a nice action? Can't he does have a nice action? I got two fun questions in the crowd yesterday. So it's one of them where I was like, right, three, two, one. Stop sulking. Go and sign autographs. Yeah. So I went round and the crowd at head in Lee is quite a tough one because the kids keep lining up. You end up like down at long on, basically. You start at mid off and then you round the fine leg. Anyway, these kids, they're all like, do you know what they are doing this year, actually? They're all asking for my sonnies. They've got cheeky. Kids have got cheeky. I kept getting asked for my bowling boots, my gloves, my back. I was like, what am I going to use next time? Yeah, they asked for anything. I'm asking for, yeah, superchargers kit. I'm like, well, I get too hot, so now I need my hat. But asking for my four times, I've been asked for my sonnies in two games. I'm going down the route now of, if you give me 175 pounds for these sonnies, then you can have them. And they're all like, oh, whoa, no, absolutely not. Yeah, nice. Anyway, I got asked yesterday, how many bottles of water do I think I've drank in my lifetime? Oh, great question. Is it? It's impossible to know the answer. Think how many bowls of water we drink in India? I said it must be thousands. Way more. Comfortably. Way more. 100,000. What? Surely I've drank 100,000 water bottles. 100,000 water bottles. So if we're going 500 mil water bottles, you're managing four lit-- Let's take some math. Oh, god, yeah, good luck. Right. Four liters a day, and we're going 500 mil water bottles, so that's eight of those. So eight a day for 30 years. You've not had eight a day. But I'm saying, if you have four liters a day-- Yeah, but you don't finish the-- you don't have four liters a day, and you don't finish the bottom of water bottles off, so-- I don't, I've just chucked two. Right, how many days is 30 years old? Yeah. 109,000 and 57. Right, so that's one bottle. 10,957. Oh, I was going to say it's only one bottle a day. Right, so-- but you're not drinking bottles of water until you're what? It's 10. Eight? No. You could drink water from, like, two. No, you can't. Of course you can. Oh. I'm going 100,000. What are you going? I said thousands. That could be anywhere from 1,200,000 to be fair. So if anybody knows the answer to that or wants to do the research, please let us know, because I'm actually really intrigued. Next week, I've had a few more than this week, though. That's the second question I got asked. Why was it a draw? Because both teams scored the same amount of runs. You lost less wickets, so as my mum said last night, well Kate's team should have won their lost less wickets. We should have done. Yeah, we should have done actually. I'll write it to the 100 next time they troll me on Twitter. What do you have with doing the finals if it's a draw? Is it Super 5? Yeah, I think so. You got it to a Super 5's. I'd love Super 5's. Do you tell you what I will talk about at the 100, though, what I've loved? Yeah. Is how well the English girls are doing. Yes, we spoke about this at 3am this day. Who did we? I'm glad I'm going to chat about it. Going how good is it, knowing that the England girls are doing so well? Well, so I was chugging on a Mackey. And well, you wonder why I'm not in the T20 team. But no, it has been great. Caps, he can't stop scoring runs. Filer's balling wonderfully well for Manchester. Lauren Bell took a four for yesterday. Heather Knight had one of the best chases I've ever seen her conduct in the first opening match against... Welsh fire? Nope. Don't know who it was, but I was excellent. Yeah, it's been great, hasn't it? Yeah, it's been really good. It's honestly been amazing. I'm really glad that the girls side of it is going well again. Me too. Do you know what I've not liked about the men's side, actually? Sorry, I'm just going to... I'm on a cricket flow. I don't like tournaments crossing over. So we had Michael Jones come and play for the Northern Superchargers for... he was in Durham. Jonesy. At one o'clock. Jonesy gets a call at one o'clock. You play in at three o'clock, about six o'clock. Can you drive down to Leeds to play? Then he's gone again the next day. Well, yeah. Well, now, like, people are just going in for one game. Keita Jennings has come down to London. It's very... I love that for Keita, though. Yeah, very good for Keita. It's a friend of the podcast, Keita. Can we just do... Okay, carry on, you're on a cricket chat. No, it was just that I was just finalising that. I was just saying, it's just not... It started bitterly for the men, and that was a lot of it. It was because of the MLC, because England players aren't there, et cetera, et cetera. I agree, but that's the way of the world, Keita. There's so much cricket all the time. I know. Can we just do a little... the Olympics started? Oh, yeah. Yeah, it has. But this is just a little light. Let's turn into no balls, the Olympic pod. We're going to be Yisha for a moment. How good is it? She's... yeah, it's great. We were watching... what, for just watch Triathlon, Rowan. I was watching Skateboard in the other day. I've just been watching BMXing. I've now got canoeing on. I've never watched canoeing in my life. I'm now watching it. But isn't it, Matt? How, within three races, or whatever, of the sport you're watching, you become an expert. Yeah. And you're like, "Oh, that was crap." Yeah, I was just watching the qualifiers for the BMX thing. That was like the trick one. And four people in a row fell off their bike. And I was like, "Oh, you've got to be able to get underneath it quicker." Yeah, you've got to stick your landing mate. You've got to stick that. I'm now watching canoeers go through, like, "Do you know, like the slalom?" Yeah. And going, "Oh, you've got to be more powerful than the left side to get up and around the right." Like I know what's going on. The red ones, yeah. Yeah. Like I have a clue. No one's got a clue. And if we had a go at that, we'd be terrible. Yeah. This is what people do about cricket, Kate. I know. That's so true. That is so, so true. Everyone telling me how crap I am at cricket. Remember, Aga's gave me the best bit of advice I've ever had in my life. He taught me to six as cricket. And he said, "Come and watch with me." And we went to watch all the people in there. All these old men hitting cricket balls or pretending or trying to hit cricket balls. He said, "These are the type of people that abuse you online." Take no notice of it. Our second best bit of advice was from the NASA, who's saying. Mm-hmm. And he said, "The 10% of people that we're fighting to convince that women's cricket, or cricket is good, are the 10% that don't matter." Yeah. It's true. That's all I've got. It's a lovely 35 minutes, though. You can email us on noballspodcast@bbc.co.uk. No balls podcast@bbc.co.uk. No balls podcast@bbc.co.uk. It's so good. She's stopping straws. It's so good. I've said it twice. Bye, everyone. Bye. Good looking next game, Kate. Why am I calling you Kate Weirdo? Crossy. See ya. Crossy. I'm doing round a wicket. Oh, that's... Hold it. Hold it. Laving up all alone. Nick's field. Think it's the wobble ball. And it just nips back. It jags back. It's the nip backer. That is a beauty from Kate Cross. An absolute seed. That is a beauty from Crossy. Welcome to a new podcast feed from Five Life Sport and BBC Sands. All about Olympics. As we gear up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. 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