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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