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Death, Disaster and Redemption: England in India 84-85 part 2

Daniel Norcross looks back at England's turbulent tour of India in 1984/85.

In the second of a three episode mini-series, Daniel Norcross is alongside Vic Marks, Peter Baxter, Prakash Wakankar and Jonathan Agnew to look back at England's turbulent tour of India in 1984/85.

This episode begins at the end of England's first test against India in Wankhede, but 3rd December 1984 is remembered for a very different reason. The Bhopal disaster occurred. They discuss what is was like to be close to such a catastrophic event and how it affected the atmosphere inside the stadiums when playing cricket.

Switching focus back to the cricket, Vic recalls the beginning of England's fight-back in the second test of the series in Delhi.

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