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On his birthday! The Final Word with Peter Siddle
🕑 Added 2020-11-24 13:48:44 +0000 UTCSeason 9, Ep 9: This episode is in fact released on Peter Siddle's birthday, and on the 10th anniversary of that birthday hat-trick. The day is now one of sadness as well as celebration for him, as he has explained before. The conflicting ways that life unfolds. Pete has had an extraordinary life, and he takes us through it: from Gippsland to Mohali to Essex, the need to grow and the need to do what's right, the myths of woodchopping and bananas, the texts he gets in the middle of the night, the state of mind to take on the best, and the surprises on the way. As ever, he tells these stories with honesty and a broad smile.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week:
9.34 – Ryan Smith.
0.42 – Terry Hogan.
Story Time 25 - linked here
How the Sheffield Shield came to be, Stan McCabe’s sculpture, and one of the more curious Test careers. That’s where we begin on this weekend’s Story Time. Also, Marcus Trescothick’s mitts, twin tons with a difference and the night Ireland stunned the world. When that’s done, enjoy a conversation with Harsha Bhogle from Calling the Shots on the fascinating history of cricket broadcasting in India.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:
1.50 – Sarah Vaile & Helen Maynard-Casely.
7.01 – Crispn Crunch.
1.19 – Finn opt Hoog
3.60 – Nick Miller.
4.14 – Oliver Cawley.
3.71 – Pat McKeon.
Comments
Lovely to have a long interview with an Essex player ;-)
I really liked your focus on Afghanistan in the early part of this episode, boys, which is I think part of the reason why I enjoy your podcast so much. I think you're right - we can't change what has been, but we can make a better outcome in some way.
Didnt Peter Siddle know of the story of Fred Titmus? No toes for him! Great show!
Excellent work as always, lads. Everyone is aware of Siddle’s dietary choices but you don’t hear as much about him not drinking. Thank you for getting into that. Drinking culture pushed me out of sport for three years of my late teens-early 20s and I would have been grasping for a figure like this to emerge at the time. I hope a few younger athletes hear this interview, those who might be feeling the pressure from their team mates or friends to get on the booze, and they take a bit of inspiration and strength from Sids’s story.
Absolute cracker of an interview! Such a great bloke
