When Micah met Carlos - a podcast by BBC Radio 5 live

Mark Chapman finds out more about West Indies T20 World Cup winner Carlos Brathwaite and former Premier League defender Micah Richards.

The pair met briefly on the Monday Night Club, but here they have a chance to discuss their shared Caribbean heritage, love of football and the difficulty they both faced after their ‘career-defining’ moment in sport.We find out if either could have played any other sport and delve into their new jobs in punditry.

Plus, the pair try their hand at reading the classifieds, and in a game of ‘This or That?’, we find out just how much they have in common.TOPICS:
01’40 The first meeting on the Monday Night Club3’30 A shared Caribbean heritage
6’00 Why Carlos moved to Portsmouth9’00 The ‘Caribbean cricket’ stereotype
10’00 Did either know just how good they were at a young age?16’00 Why Micah never played cricket
17’00 Micah tests his cricketer knowledge20’00 The changing image of cricket
25’00 A love of football – Man City v Man United29’40 Winning the T20 World Cup in 2016 and moving on from ‘career-defining’ moments
34’00 Micah on the pressures of playing for England and winning the Premier League38’00 Criticism as a captain
41’00 When Micah knew it was time to retire46’00 Getting into punditry and having to criticise former/current teammates
54’00 Reading the classifieds58’40 This or that? Just how much do they have in common?

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