Now on bbc news, its extra time with rob bonnet. Hello and welcome to this edition of extra time to what does a international cricketer, a leading run scorer of his time and appellate chat player who relished the mckees mood challenge do when his confidence is shot and told to retire. In the case of robin smith he enters a downward spiral of depression fuelled by drink and involving divorce and determination to kill himself. Thankfully he is still here and he is about to tell us still here and he is about to tell us his story. Robin smith, welcome. Test batting average for england of 43. 67 from 64 matches between your debut in 1988 and your last test match in 1996. Proud record. A very proud record and a record that i had no idea as a youngster that i would be playing test match cricket, having been brought up in the apartheid system in south africa. Very, very lucky that my parents were both born in england. And an encouraging sporting environment . Very much so. Before we go any fur
Extra time with rob bonnet. Hello. Im rob bonnet. Welcome to this edition of extra time. What does a international cricketer, a leading run scorer of his time and a player who relished the machismo challenge of facing the worlds fastest bowlers do when his confidence is shot and hes finally told its time to retire. In the case of our guest today, englands robin smith, he enters a downward spiral of depression fuelled by drink and involving also divorce and eventually a determination to kill himself. Thankfully he is still here and he is about to tell us his story. Robin smith, welcome to extra time. Test batting average for england of 43. 67 from 64 matches between your debut in 1988 and your last test match in 1996. Its a proud record. Its a very proud record and a record that i had no idea as a youngster that i would be playing test match cricket, having been brought up in the apartheid system in south africa. Very, very lucky that mum and dad were both born in england. And an encour
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