A Threat Reaches the Foreign Office
A broadcast dispute nearly triggered diplomatic intervention
Sep 2, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min · 18 segments
Cameron, Phil and Lawrence dissect England's victory in the second Test at Lord's, and there's an emergency chat with Danyal Rasool after Pakistan made sweeping changes to their playing and coaching…
Cameron PonsonbyHost
Lawrence BoothPanelistPhil WalkerPanelist
Danyal Rasool
Attack leader, three test matches this summer, three Play of the Match awards.

This was referenced at the press conference last night where Ollie Robinson was sitting next to Joe Root behind the table and looking very pleased with life.

And, and why not? He now looks like an integral part of a, a four-man attack that it'll be interesting to see how they go on flatter pitches abroad, sure.

But looking ahead to the Ashes next summer, it looks like England have a, um, a quartet to work with, put it that way.

I don't think, you know, people have talked about how poor Pakistan were, how helpful the pitch was.

I've, I've thought it's one of the great sadnesses of English cricket over the last two and a half years that we've seen so little of him.

... and you go back to SF Barnes for sort of, um, a, a better average and more wickets for England, that...

Okay, he's got 99 wickets, let's see him, let's see him get up to 250 and keep those numbers going.

Attack leader, three test matches this summer, three Play of the Match awards.

This was referenced at the press conference last night where Ollie Robinson was sitting next to Joe Root behind the table and looking very pleased with life.

And, and why not? He now looks like an integral part of a, a four-man attack that it'll be interesting to see how they go on flatter pitches abroad, sure.

But looking ahead to the Ashes next summer, it looks like England have a, um, a quartet to work with, put it that way.

I don't think, you know, people have talked about how poor Pakistan were, how helpful the pitch was.

I've, I've thought it's one of the great sadnesses of English cricket over the last two and a half years that we've seen so little of him.

... and you go back to SF Barnes for sort of, um, a, a better average and more wickets for England, that...

Okay, he's got 99 wickets, let's see him, let's see him get up to 250 and keep those numbers going.
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A Threat Reaches the Foreign Office
A broadcast dispute nearly triggered diplomatic intervention
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