Reverse Swept Radio 155: a batsman attacks a bowler with a stump, and interviews about the Windies Rebel Tours
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THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: the joy of cricket writing (writing cricket writing, not reading cricket writing); watching Glamorgan's record-breaking innings
"Most undeservedly, I ended up interviewing the curator of the London Transport Museum."
FROM THE ARCHIVES (9'40): When a stump became a weapon: Rashid Patel loses it
"The batsman has his bat horizontally across his chest in an unusual fencing move."
THE REVIEW (20'10): The Unforgiven: Missionaries or Mercenaries by Ashley Gray (2020)
"The pursuit of the players become interesting stories in themselves."
Recorded on 24th June 2022
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy receives a message from a listener, and Toby ponders whether cricket's efforts to reduce carbon emissions may have some unintended consequences
"As a podcast host, it makes you feel very differently about the whole enterprise."
FROM THE ARCHIVES (12'00): England's...
Published 10/28/24
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy plays fantasy cricket, and Toby comes across some retro technology on the trainĀ
"I went to take out my headphones, and then my ear was caught by the message coming out of his phone."
FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'15): The Canterbury Lime: Cricket's most famous tree
"That...
Published 09/30/24
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy donates his Cricketers to a good cause, and Toby ponders the Shakib al Hasan scandal.
"There's a bandaged batsman sitting in hospital leafing through my old magazines."
FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'54): Cricket in the poetry of Philip Larkin
"'...an Odeon went past, a...
Published 09/06/24