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EPISODE · Dec 5, 2025 · 11 MIN

Overland from England to Adelaide for the Ashes

from Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

18-year-old Tommy Lamb has been on the road for over 100 days, making his way from Manchester in England through Europe and Asia in the hope of making the start of the third test in Adelaide.He's travelled 16,000 kilometres without taking a plane, relying on trains, buses, boats, motorbikes and hitch-hiking. Along the way he lost and found his passport, had a serious motorcycle accident and he's now stuck in Singapore looking for a boat ride.He has just one rule — to play cricket in every place he stops.

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