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Chris Woakes: The Nicest Man in Cricket & The Moment That Could’ve Killed Him! Part One
Ep. 14
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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Nubaid Haroon & special guest Chris Woakes. Beards meet cricket!
In this episode, Chris talks about being the nicest man in cricket, his recently found love of facial hair, the moment that could’ve killed him, the tough years and the BIG key changes that led to his success. This is part one of a two part chat!
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00:00 Introduction
01:00 Beard & white haired Woakes
05:34 Nicest man in cricket
08:00 Magic of Joe Root & future young stars
13:30 Woakes' temper
17:00 What made THAT England team special
22:00 Cricket humbling you & cut throat cricket
25:00 Woakes' technique & the breakout Lions tour
31:00 Watson smashing Chris & the dressing room of BIG dogs at England
36:10 In & out of England team being mentally tough
38:26 Mo and Woakes’ friendship
40:10 Is Woakes always a nice guy?
42:52 Hardest thing while playing for England during early years
43:40 When Eoin Morgan became captain
46:06 End of Part One
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