Beard Before Wicket Podcast

Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Adil Rashid, Nubaid Haroon & special guest Dawid Malan. Beards meet cricket!

In this episode, Malan talks about missing the World Cup Final, being the best in the world and trying to be Chris Gayle! (+ so much more)!

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00:00 Beard Talk & Dawid being in the bush in PSL

5:01 Why Dawid and not David

8:05 Getting a contract without playing

10:46 Dad’s advice & pressure as a youngster

19:15 Making it in T20 after a late debut

24:33 Malan vs Rash chaos in the nets

27:39 Being the best T20 batter in the world

31:00 Trying to be Gayle & stat padding

33:20 Was Malan underrated & the brutality of cricket

37:30 Missing the WC final & what Stokes said

42:05 Favorite franchise league to play

45:45 What does the future hold

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid & Nubaid Haroon.

Beards meet cricket!

In this episode the boys answer YOUR questions including whether Bumrah could handle the GOATS of the past, who the all time all rounders are and who was the best to play alongside and against and so much more!

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00:50 All time top 5 all rounders

2:52 Funniest sledging

6:42 Could Bumrah do it vs GOAT batters 

11:42 What job would the boys be doing

15:35 Who Nubaid would have in his team Mo or Rash

16:02 Best player played with

19:10 How was it time to play with Jos the boss

20:02 Swapping bowling styles

21:24 2019 WC or 2022 WC

23:22 Favourite curries

25:35 Fave English cricketer 

29:58 Difference between county and international

32:50 How to change pace of bowling

37:20 Do aliens exist 

39:47 Where did pyramids come from 

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England beat India to win the third test - Adil Rashid & Owais Shah react!

Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Adil Rashid, Nubaid Haroon and guest ex-England international Owais Shah.

Beards meet cricket!

In this episode the boys talk about England's last gasp win, how Stokes became Mr Clutch, the return of Jofra and KL Rahul's underrated art.

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00:00 Intro

00:34 Owais studying the test

01:26 Stokes magic, how he became the MAN & the England way

06:50 The Archer effect, pace or genius?

09:47 Jaddu (magical) Jadeja

11:58 The 'needle' in the match

13:30 Is this much 'fighting' wrong

16:51 Owais getting sledged by Shane Warne

18:00 Grudges vs players cc: Warne & Archer being feisty

20:01 Would Rash prefer to have been a seamer

20:58 Is KL Rahul underrated

24:24 Is Test cricket becoming too slow

28:13 Was Mulder wrong for not overtaking Lara

34:20 FOLLOW OWAIS HA

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid & Nubaid Haroon.

Beards meet cricket!

In this episode the boys take on Would You Rather cricket edition; they'll have to pick between AB De Villiers and Jasprit Bumrah, their helmet or box to face Shoaib Akhtar and plenty of other scenarios!

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00:00 Intro

00:28 Defend 10 or get 6 off the last over in a WC final

2:35 Worst bowler to face in that situation

3:14 Play every game mic’d up or in an empty stadium

5:30 Only ever play red ball or T20

6:56 Wear a test jumper in Australia or field at short leg without a helmet

8:26 Fastest century in ODI history or take all 10 wickets

10:27 Lowest economy in test or best strike rate in white ball

10:50 Face prime Akhtar without gloves/helmet or thigh pads/box

13:33 Bowl a 5-fer to win Ashes or 200 in ODI final to lose

13:47 Win orange cap or purple cap in the IPL

14:00 Win a match hitting a 6 or final wicket

16:39 On field umpire or 3rd umpire

16:56 De Villiers or Bumrah in your team

19:37 Bloopers

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India beat England to win the second test - Adil Rashid & Dawid Malan react!

Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Adil Rashid, Nubaid Haroon & special guest Dawid Malan. Beards meet cricket!

In this episode the boys talk about India's newest star Shubman Gill and his batting dominance, the questions raised around Bazball and the promise of youngsters Jamie Smith and Shoaib Bashir.

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00:00 Intro & did Mo get it wrong

00:30 Shubman Gill MAGIC & how good can he be

06:13 India captaincy pressures & England’s captaincy strategy 

07:19 Shubman’s captaincy vs Kohli’s & types of captains 

09:20 Smith’s style, uncle Rash & South Africans uncle trend

13:45 Stokes’ captaincy under fire & media need to relax

19:38 Does Bazball work?

23:08 Is Bashir being unfairly treated? & social media abuse

30:45 Have you ever prayed for rain & planning your career

35:25 Did bowling or batting well win it for India 

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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 the golden generation, the big characters, THAT Babar Azam comment, winning World Cups his best moment with England.

This is part two. Part one came out last Sunday so you can catch up on any platform of your choosing.

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00:00 How Woakes got into the golden generation

04:04 The Golden Generations mentality

06:35 Where Rash ranks & his freakish talent

08:20 The elite cricketers mentality ft Bairstow, Roy

12:44 How the golden generation won the World Cups

18:38 Importance of experience 

23:20 T20 WC for Woakes 

25:30 Winning both World Cups 

30:35 King Babar comment

32:20 4 wickets in 4 for Mo & Woakes moment

35:15 How Mo came back to playing in Ashes

37:17 Best Ashes moment for Woakes

38:22 What's next for Woakes

39:48 Signing for Walsall Football Club & England's best footballers

45:54 Quickfire including: Best batter Woakes has faced & 3 dream guests

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid & Nubaid Haroon. Beards meet cricket! 

In this episode, the boys debate the current best World Test XI, they deep dive into Jofra Archer’s potential impact, the loss of Bumrah for India and Mo chats about his experience working with England this week!

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00:00 Rash sitting on a cushion & Nubaids height

2:34 Woakesy feedback

3:11 Mo ‘coaching’ England test team 

3:53 Meeting Shoaib Bashir & giving him advice

5:30 Archer’s BACK, his X factor & his potential impact

9:29 No Bumrah & India fans frustrated 

14:14 Who could step up for India

15:25 The World Test XI debate

16:30 Would the current best test XI beat the past teams

18:58 Pant vs Gilchrist & Henry vs Cummins

20:41 Predictions for second test 

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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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England beat India on the final day to win the first test - Moeen Ali & Adil Rashid react!

Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. Beards meet cricket! In this BONUS episode, the boys discuss Ben Duckett's form, Jasprit Bumrah as the GOAT, the Headingley chaos and review the first test.

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00:00 Intro & Mo vs Nubaid in fashion

00:42 Mo’s shared record thats he doesn’t know about

2:58 Is Duckett best all format batter in the world

6:45 Why Headingley is special but a challenge & big 100 hitting

13:07 Is Stokes a genius?

16:58 Is Bumrah the GOAT? & how do you stop him?

23:15 Indias bowing line up & Mo’s best moments vs India

30:33 Rash getting recalled by England & why test is so tough

38:02 What its like to get someone out for 99 & series predictions

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. Beards meet cricket! In this episode, the boys answer YOUR questions...the GOAT skipper, Babar vs Kohli...cricket friends Tom Curran and Phil Salt have their questions answered and there's a mention of aliens existing - all along with the usual chaos!

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00:00 - 00:20 Intro

00:20 - 4:40 Who’s the worse fielder

4:40 - 5:12 Phil Salts question

5:12 - 6:38 Weirdest training technique/advice 

6:38 - 9:36 Easiest opponent & worst test loss 

9:36 - 11:50 Stokes, Dhoni, Morgan who’s the best captain

11:50 - 18:34 Fave things to do outside of cricket + Rash’s natural tennis

18:34 - 20:15 Stat padding vs smaller teams 

20:15 - 21:40 Babar vs Kohli & changing ODI;s 

21:40 - 23:10 New format of cricket on the way 

23:10 - 24:20 Hajj vs cricket 

24:20 - 27:26 Who would be the most expensive players 

27:26 - 34:23 Do aliens exist & would we go to the moon

34:23 - 34:40 Outtro 

34:40- 36:03 Bloopers 

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. Beards meet cricket! In this episode RASH RETURNS, the guys discuss Kohli's comments about Adil, Harry Brook as England captain, when Rash plans to retire, whether Mo and Nubaid can sneak in as gen z and the Ali cricketing family vs Rash's cricketing family.

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00:00 - 01:00 Intro 

1:00 - 4:05 Rashy returns

4:05 - 7:30 One tip or one bounce

7:30 - 11:00 FAMILY HISTORY IN CRICKET 

11:00 - 13:30 Kohli vs Adil & Facing batters you can beat

15:10 - 17:24 Mo vs Lyon & smart crickets

19:00 - 21:47 Unc Rash or Gen Z Nubaid

21:47 - 23:18 Harry Brook as captain

23:18 - 31:56 Quickfire questions for Rash & when is he retiring

31:56 - 32:23 Outro & When is Woakes dropping

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Welcome back to your weekly episode of Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali and Nubaid Haroon (Rash couldn't make this one BUT studio shows are back next week). In this episode Moeen ranks the top four test cricket batters - Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root & Kane Williamson. Shoaib Bashir's form, England future and the value of matches against Zimbabwe gets questioned along with the Curran brothers and Mo and Rash's own family ties in cricket!

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00:00 - 1:49 Mo’s returning home

1:49 - 3:15 Sikander Raza

3:15 - 4:00 Revisiting IPL Predictions

4:00 - 4:55 Top Test Batsmen IN ORDER

4:55 - 13:24 Ranking Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root, Kane Williamson

13:24 - 19:39 Shoaib Bashir & pressure as a youngster

19:39 - 20:57 Needing Crawley and Pope to do well 

20:57 - 24:22 Is Eng vs Zimbabwe even important? Resting ahead of Ashes

24:22 - 25:55 Does cricket require less God given talent? 

25:55 - 28:16 Curran Family

28:16 - 30:36 Mo and Rash’s family history in cricket

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BONUS EPISODE!

Welcome back to a rare bonus episode of the Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali and Nubaid Haroon (Rash couldn't make this one). In this episode it's all about predictions and figuring out who will win the IPL AND there's a forfeit on the line.

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Welcome back to your weekly episode of Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali and Nubaid Haroon (Rash couldn't make this one). In this episode we discuss their experiences at the IPL & PSL while the chaos broke out in Pakistan and India. Mo speaks on his experiences with Kohli and against Rohit and how big pressure England are under but why golf being the talk of the town is a bit worrying.

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00:00 - 08:11 Mo & Nubaid being in India & Pakistan during the missiles 

08:11 - 12:23 Kohli’s retirement & why he's the pioneer

12:23 - 15:45 Kohli as a person 

15:45 - 18:42 Rohit Sharma retirement & his gift

18:42 - 21:19 Is Mo a Stats guy 

21:19 - 23:10 Are stats affecting the beauty of the game 

23:10 - 25:44 Why test cricket is the ultimate test

25:44 - 28:45 GOATS in Test Cricket 

28:45 - 30:45 “Standards dropped due to franchise cricket”

30:45 - 31:55 Rohit vs Kohli

31:55 - England under pressure, too much golf & Crawley

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Welcome back to your weekly episode of Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali and Nubaid Haroon (Rash couldn't make this one). In this episode we discuss the rise of Vaibhav Survanshi and what makes him special, comparisons to Sachin and other wonderkids like Lamine Yamal and Mo tells us his story as a 15 year old and coming up against Vaibhav in his next match. 

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00:00 - 3:54 Intro, family time for Mo, Warm rain 

3:54 - 9:08 Vaibhav’s 100, his technique & Yamal Vaibhav 

9:08 - 18:08 How could he be? Future, best 14 gold

18:08 - 24:55 where was Mo at 14 & pushing kids to play cricket

24:55 - 29:50 Being away from home & Mo’s return to the studio 

29:50 - 40:10 Liverpool being champions 

40:10 - 40:40 Send your questions & outtro

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Welcome back to your weekly episode of Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. In this episode the the boys pick their all time test XI draft BUT they're only allowed one player per country!

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00:00 - 07:05 Where's Rash been, Nubaid nearly dying + Mo's ipl

7:05 - 12:44 Draft behind

12:44 - 13:02 Nubaids wifi dies Mo + Rash rip him

13:02 - 24:25 Draft continues

24:25 - 25: 33 Selfies with Lara & dream selfies

25:33 - 35:11 Draft

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Welcome back to your weekly episode of Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan and Nubaid Haroon. In this episode the our guest CJ talks about his role in Jofra's Archers career, how Moeen and Archer went head to head, the success of his career, being able to watch Brian Lara up close & how Moeen's bromance with him took over!

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00:00 - 10:01 Intro & the Mo/CJ bromance vs Rash

10:01 - 21:46 Throdowns with Lara, playing for England & celebrations

21:46 - 26:39 Being the elite & Kohli

26:39 - 32:55 Choosing England & food diaries with Mo

32:55 - 43:40 Archers rise, anger & taking on Mo

43:40 - 51:19 Kohli, Sachin or Lara

51:19 - 53:19 Outro & bloopers

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Welcome back to your weekly episode of Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. In this episode the guys discuss answer your questions in a Q&A, they rank Kohli, Sachin, Lara, while answering what their five key items are that they can't go on tour without and why Moeen retired!

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00:00 - 03:41 Six to save your life

03:41 - 06:59 Why Mo retired

06:59 - 14:20 5 Essentials on tour

14:20 - 19:35 Happiest cricket moment

19:35 - 22:45 Fave cricket jersey

22:45 Best fielding award & best catches taken

29:10 - 35:40 Start bench sell

35:40 - Bloopers

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Welcome back to your weekly episode of Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. In this episode the guys discuss Moeen's run out for KKR, the chances of Kohli's RCB to win the IPL, the idea of bringing tri-series back AND discuss the all time bald XI.

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00:00 - 05:15 Intro + Eid + Rash busy man

05:15 - 08:50 Mo’s run out & bowling performance

8:50 - 11:10 Is it weird being a sub Mo

11:10 - 15:11 Kishore vs PANDYA & spinners with tempers 

15:11 - 23:00 ICC schedules, bring back tri-series & franchise leagues

23:00 - 29:02 Rashs fave IPL team & why Rash doesn’t play IPL 

29:02 - 35:00 Bald XI 

35:00 - 35:37 Bloopers / BTS

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. Beards meet cricket! In this episode the guys discuss Afghanistan’s rise in cricket with the in form Noor Ahmad, there’s also a debate about great vs best along with a BADGER debate and is the impact player rule working?

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00:00 - 02:18 Intro, the Badger battle begins & Kohl’s message

03:37 - 12:41 Runs galore, Dhoni’s impact player & who’s the badgers

12:41 - 18:10 Noor Ahmad & Afghanistan’s rise

18:10 - 22:16 Stand out IPL players so far & Rash forgetting names

22:16 - 26:18 Eid at the IPL & Rash/Mo’s 4am calls 

26:18 - 30:32 Hiding in the field & Pakistans fielding 

30:32 - 34:20 Great vs best debate & who’s smarter Rash vs Mo 

34:20 - 38:02 Trent to Madrid 

38:02 - 40:37 Rash’s definition of great & best & outro  

40:37 - 41:48 Bloopers 

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. Beards meet cricket! In this episode the guys discuss Moeen meeting Shah Rukh Khan, their favourite Bollywood movies, and pick their all time DREAM IPL XI made up of some of the greatest to ever play!

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00:00 - 06:16 Intro, Mo meeting SRK & Bollywood

06:16 - 07:57 Fave IPL moments

07:57 - 30:45 All Time IPL Draft

30:45 - 33:48 Rash sulking

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Welcome back to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. Beards meet cricket! In this episode the guys discuss Harry Brooks decision to leave the IPL, whether Moeen or Rash would ever play for Pakistan, England cricket teams worst footballers and Adil's under fire again...this time for his swim shorts!

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00:00 - 04:45 Intro, laptop drama & EP1

04:45 - 11:59 Would Mo/Rash play for Pakistan & run outs

11:59 - 21:36 Is ODI dead? 

21:36 - 25:18 Harry Brook out of IPL 

25:18 - 30:10 Best & worst footballer on England tours 

30:10 - 35:05 Liverpool in the final & converting Adil

35:05 - 38:04 Adil’s swimming & Mo’s tech skills 

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Welcome to Beard Before Wicket with Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Nubaid Haroon. Beards meet cricket! In this episode the guys discuss India's Champions Trophy Dubai advantage & batting brilliance while also discussing Pakistan's shortcomings and South Africa's long term issues. Moeen reveals his worst ever shot and Adil's jacket and fashion sense comes under fire...

00:00 - 04:16 Beard talk & origin of the pod

04:16 - 07:47 Moeen’s hobbies & best Fifa player on tour

07:47 - 30:45 Champions Trophy & Rash & Mo’s Worst shots

30:45 - 41:19 Mo at the IPL & Rash’s summer plans

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