The Champions Trophy Preview
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by former England international Steven Finn, and the Southern Brave and Sussex fast bowler Tymal Mills to preview the Champions Trophy in Pakistan and Dubai.
They look at England’s form coming into the tournament and the criticism Brendan McCullum’s side have received over the amount of training they did in India.
We also get the view from Pakistan with TMS’s Henry Moeran and Aatif Nawaz in Karachi, and look at who could be the main challengers to win the title.
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| 0:40.1 | Eight years after the last edition, the Champions Trophy begins on Wednesday in Pakistan |
| 0:45.9 | and also a little bit in Dubai, which we'll talk about in a little while. |
| 0:49.8 | Throughout the next 50 minutes or so, we'll look ahead to the tournament. |
| 0:53.0 | We'll talk about England's chances. We'll be with the TMS team out in Karachi as well to hear what hosting the competition, |
| 1:00.7 | the majority of the competition, means to Pakistan. Three-time Ashes winner Stephen Finn and |
| 1:06.7 | Tamal Mills, part of the T20 World Cup winning squad from three years ago, are with us. |
| 1:12.0 | First of all, what did the Champions Trophy mean to you as a player, Stephen? |
| 1:16.0 | And what do you think its relevance is now? |
| 1:19.9 | Well, I think you get, the best thing about it actually was that when you win it, |
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