Reverse Swept Radio 131 - A Cricket Podcast
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THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: A Zimbabwean great and a Zimbabwean prodigy; and Cricinfo's countdown of the greatest balls of the 21st century
"As America decides its next President, welcome to the podcast which hopes the US doesn't need a super over."
FROM THE ARCHIVES (7'15): The history of the Lord's bell
"We're a podcast for everyone, amateur campanologists included."
THE REVIEW (17'10): On Cricket by Mike Brearley (published 2018)
"He considers himself responsible for two rule changes... Brearley abused the rule that you get five runs if the ball hits a helmet, by placing it all over the field to tempt 'parsimonious Yorkshiremen'."
Recorded on 6 November 2020
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