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Transcripts for BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20240604 03:53:00

Well, i spoke to someone else on another news service this morning, and it s a lady who also works on cricket. and she s asked me a similar question, and i told her i am dying for the 4th of august, when i can go back into the commentary box and just do cricket. go back to doing cricket. doing my dayjob. i don t want to back away from this because i don t want to see itjust die, but i don t see myself as a person to take this forward. i m hoping that the book and the arguments and the conversations that are taking place, that the people who have the power to put policy in place and the people who have the power to make changes will actually do it, so i can put my slippers on, get my pipe and relax. and a final thought, the young men in the england football team, who have over the last few days suffered from this torrent of abuse, racist abuse, they re of an age, in their early 20s when this is not easy to handle. what is your message to them given your sporting career, which, you know, ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20240604 03:54:00

And has seen you since, reflect very deeply on what it meant to be a successful black sportsman? what i would say to them is it is getting better. these guys seem pretty strong, from some of the statements that i see them put out and some of the posts that they do on social media. i don t actually see it on social media, but people send it to me. they seem to be very strong guys. they seem to have great character, good strength. so, i m absolutely sure that they will deal with it, but what i ll say to them again is it s getting better. people just believe that things are not going to get better, it has never gotten any better. i keep on telling them, look where we are coming from. it may not seem as if there s progress because it s happening to you and it s hurting you, but you have to have a memory and think about where it s coming from. so, there has been progress. and as i ve said, i think the atmosphere is getting better. ....

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