David English interviewed by William Roe

Reference

MCC/MED/3/79

Date:

2013-09-02

Level of description

item

Extent

1 MP3 file: 15 minutes 28 seconds

Part of

Audio (MCC/MED/3)

Scope and Content

1 MP3 file, David English interviewed by William Roe, MCC Assistant Digital Editor, at Lord's Cricket Ground.

[0:00-2:08] English talks about MCC's hosting of the match between MCC Schools and the English Schools Cricket Association (ESCA) for the past six years, [2:08-3:07] English talks about the Bunburys Festival founded by English, [3:07-4:07] English talks about how important it is for the ESCA players to get to play at Lord's and his help in enabling them to do so, [4:08:-5:34] English talks about some of the players that have played in the Bunbury festival including John Crawley, the Hollioake brothers, Mark Butcher, Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood and how 9 of the players in the previous Test played in the festival (excluding Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott), highlights the Charterhouse team of 1992 as one the greatest and gets previous players including Gary Neville to get involved with the charity, [5:44-7:36] English highlights some players from the current festival including Haseeb Hameed and lists previous players who have gone on to play for England including Joe Root, [7:37-9:34] English talks about what a great opportunity it is for them to play at Lord's and the progress from playing on school playground to Bunbury Festival, [9:35- English praises the MCC's Chance to Shine initiative and the importance of giving children the chance to shine, [11:21-13:50] English talks about developing his passion for cricket on school playground and befriending Ian Botham, meeting people through Botham and why he loves cricket, [13:51-15:27] English talks about wanting ESCA to beat MCC and winning in the right way.

Associations

William Roe
David English
English Schools Cricket Association
Charterhouse School
Sir Ian Terence Botham

Subject

Chance to Shine, school cricket, cricket festivals, Bunbury Festival

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 MP3 file: 15 minutes 28 seconds

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