Welcome back to the Bishop and Bear. There’s a white ball series against New Zealand coming up and who better to chat with about that, than our guest on the Barstool of Bravado today? A former New Zealand opening bowler with 73 Test wickets no less. Eight of those were against England and included Kevin Pietersen Michael Vaughan, Alistair Cook and Andrew Strauss amongst them. An old friend of the show, he's also written a children’s book called ‘Pirates Don’t Play Cricket’, though I’m not sure if it answers the vital question of whether you can be LBW with a wooden leg.
 
It's Iain O’Brien of course. And he’s the first person to order a Pina Colada in the Bishop and Bear too.
 
It wouldn’t be a Bishop and Bear chat if we didn’t meander off topic a bit, but this one does get very interesting in a whole number of areas we weren’t necessarily expecting. Here are some of the topics covered, though I wouldn’t rely on the running order much if I were you.
 
·     New Zealand series – expectations?
·     8 games between England and NZ, then first game up in the World Cup. How much relevance can we place on a series in England? Does familiarity breed contempt?
·     A bowler down for England (John Turner) and we haven’t even started yet! Injuries and quick bowlers – just bad luck, or can bowlers do more to prevent damage?
·     Returning Boult and Rachin Ravindra in focus
·     World Cup predictions – India at home will be hard to beat surely?
·     Franchises around the world. How does Iain feel watching the changing cricket landscape?
 
 
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Cheers and thank you again!
 
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