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Episode 5: STUART BROAD

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Episode 5: STUART BROAD - summary

England cricketer Stuart Broad met with Olly in his Leicestershire pub to talk about wine, cricket, touring the world, psychology, and lifelong ambitions. Just the little things then!

Episode 5: STUART BROAD - timeline

  • 02:29 - Chris Broad, Stuart's father, is a former England international cricketer and now umpire

  • 02:24 - Waitrose is a British supermarket chain that sponsor the England cricket team

  • 03:38 - Stuart toured the Indian sub-continent with the England cricket team between 6 October and 23 December 2016 - nearly 11 weeks!

  • 03:59 - Joe Root is one of Stuart's England cricket team-mates

  • 04:10 - Sula is a winery in the Nashik region of India

  • 05:59 - Mud House Sauvignon Blanc is from Marlborough in New Zealand, and the average price is £10 per bottle

 
 
  • 06:06 - Graham Gooch is a former England cricketer

  • 06:45 - Kevin Judd is a New Zealand winemaker, who made one of Marlborough's most famous wines, Cloudy Bay, for many years

  • 07:03 - Lords is a London cricket ground known as the home of cricket, and Ben Glover is a winemaker who makes Mud House wines, among others

  • 07:42 - 'Ashes winner' refers to cricket matches held between Australia and England. Stuart's father was part of an England Ashes-winning team.

 
 
  • 08:12 - Matt Prior is an English cricketer who accidentally broke a window at Lords in 2011

  • 08:50 - Stuart Broad was made a Member of the British Empire on 10 February 2017

  • 09:04 - Tottenham Hotspur is a premier league English football team

  • 09:47 - 'Cookie' is Alistair Cook, the former English cricket captain

  • 10:23 - Rioja is a Spanish wine, usually red (but can be white or rosé) which is often paired with lamb

  • 10:32 - Berry Brothers & Rudd is a traditional British wine merchant in central London

  • 10:45 - Hardys is an Australian wine producer who sponsored the Ashes series in 2015 - here's one of their idents, featuring Stuart:

 
 
  • 11:14 - the England cricket team are touring Australia in late 2017

  • 11:35 - Ben Stokes is an England cricketer

  • 12:15 - Stuart picks Glen McGrath and Shaun Pollock as his all-time cricketing heroes

As a bowler, you have to be in a battle. You have to have a little bit of hate for the batsmen. I call it a warrior mode.
— Stuart Broad
 
 
 
 
  • 25:42 - England play South Africa in a test match at Trent Bridge, an international cricket ground close to The Three Crowns, in summer 2017

  • 26:35 - The Big Bash is an Australian cricket league

I bowl four overs in my mind. So, I’ll imagine the crowd roaring, who I’m going to be bowling at, the feeling of the nerves, the calmness through the run-up, the energy through the crease. That’s mental preparation for me that takes away my nerves.
— Stuart Broad
  • 31:00 - FX Pichler are one of Austria's best wine producers

  • 31:14 - La Rioja Alta, 890 Gran Reserva 2004 Rioja is a top Rioja. The average price is £81 per bottle.

  • 31:30 - Kyperounda is a winery in Cyprus

  • 32:06 - The Broad Appeal is Stuart's family charity to raise funds and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease.

  • 33:04 - Joost van der Westhuizen was a South African rugby player who died of Motor Neurone Disease on 6 February 2017

  • 33:30 - find out more about The Broad Appeal golf day at The Belfry here

Three dreams: win the Ashes again, become a Master of Wine, and play the piano
— Stuart Broad
  • 36:08 - Olly gives Stuart a bottle of Dr H Thanisch, Berncasteler Doctor Riesling spätlese 2010 from the Mosel valley in Germany. The average price is £39 per bottle.

 
 

Episode 5: STUART BROAD - production notes

  • Recorded on 9 February 2017 at The Three Crowns in Wymeswold, Leicestershire

  • Hosted by Olly Smith

  • Produced and edited by Richard Hemming MW

  • Mastered by David Thomas

  • Hardware list: 2 x AT-2020 condenser microphones with pop shields, Zoom H6 digital recorder, ATH-M20X headphones

  • Software list: Audacity 2.1.3, Garageband 10.1.6, Wavelab LE8

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