Reverse Swept Radio 165: a delightful Twitter story, the ”most exciting cricket match”, and cricket historical fiction
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THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy visits Lord's again, and a vintage cricket story on Twitter
"This is the most awful team I have ever had, the batting is awful and the bowling, my god. I have not got a bowler. . . . If anyone would like to take on my job they can have it. . . I hope it rains for the rest of the season."
FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'00): Fowler's Match: Eton vs Harrow, 1910
"In the whole history of cricket, there has been nothing more sensational" - The Times
THE REVIEW (19'15): Gilbert: The Last Years of WG Grace, by Charlie Connelly (2015)
"It'll be a while until the next episode of Reverse Swept Radio, while Andy and I set about writing a new series of historical fiction novels to plug this gap in cricket literature."
Recorded 30 May 2023
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 train
"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