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Brian Murgatroyd
One Test Wonders
The history of cricket is full of great players, great teams, great matches, great series and great seasons and those stories have been told countless times. But what about the tales of players who did not scale the heights of the legends of the game, players who scaled their own personal Everest by being picked for Test cricket, only to never be selected again? That is the subject of One Test Wonders, a cricketing podcast that features episodes with players who played just one Test.
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Ratings & Reviews
5.0 stars from 25 ratings
This is a fascinating series to hear from those who were good enough to be chosen for a test but for various reasons never had a second opportunity. It is very poignant and at times amusing and full of pathos but not self-pity by those one-off internationals. Brian asks all the right questions...Read full review »
ScotsmanTom via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 04/14/23
Thanks Athers
For mentioning this podcast when commentating. Some great stories and a shame these guys didn’t get a chance for a second test. Perhaps that’s your next podcast, ‘2 test wonders’ 😀
Dws Lloyd via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 07/10/22
Very interesting stories from the nearly men of cricket and a great insight into the often shambolic running of the England team in the 80s and 90s in particular. Is there another series in the pipeline? Missing it already!
westh58 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 10/08/21
Recent Episodes
Published 09/06/21
In this episode we speak with Ireland wicketkeeper-batsman Niall O’Brien - and it's an episode with a difference. All the other players we’ve spoken with were hopeful of long Test careers when they made their debuts but Niall is a bit different.   A left-hander who played county cricket with...
Published 09/06/21
This episode sees us speaking with opening batsman Andy Lloyd. Andy had an excellent first-class career, latterly as Warwickshire captain, and scored more than 17,000 first-class runs, but perhaps he's best known for his one Test appearance, against the mighty West Indies side of 1984, and how...
Published 08/30/21
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