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Join Andy and Felicity as they obsess about people throwing and hitting a cricket ball around because whatever happens that’s way preferable than thinking about the actual world right now.

The Urnbelievable Ashes Podcast ABC Podcasts

    • Comedy
    • 5.0 • 17 Ratings

Join Andy and Felicity as they obsess about people throwing and hitting a cricket ball around because whatever happens that’s way preferable than thinking about the actual world right now.

    INTRODUCING | The Bugle Ashes Urncast

    INTRODUCING | The Bugle Ashes Urncast

    This 2021/2 Ashes series might be unbelieveable but it's not urnbelieveable.

    However if you still want a podcast mix of comedy, cricket, Andy Zaltzman, Felicity Ward

    and stats then do check out The Bugle Ashes Urncast available wherever you get your podcasts.

    • 1 min
    S2 09 | England draw and Australia lose

    S2 09 | England draw and Australia lose

    A bonus Ashes 2019 souvenir containing Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, silly press conferences, stats, pregnancy anger and the last No Paine No Gain.
    Thanks to all who listened and until next time, may the cricket be with you.

    • 46 min
    S2 08 | Australia retain the Ashes

    S2 08 | Australia retain the Ashes

    Felicity returns to the studio to celebrate Australia's victory and deliver an emphatic No Paine No Gain.

    Trying to consol himself, Andy points out that Australia have retained the Ashes not won it.

    And there's a bumper stat whack to pay homage to the great Steve Smith.

    • 46 min
    S2 07 | In the Fourth Ashes Test it's Steve Smith v Ben Stokes

    S2 07 | In the Fourth Ashes Test it's Steve Smith v Ben Stokes

    In a late substitution Felicity retired ill from the podcast field, so her Marnus Labuschagne is Declan Fay.

    However from her sick bed she still brings you No Paine No Gaine and Sick Burns!

    Andy is also joined by UK comedy legend Mark Steel to talk Ben Stokes, the return of Steve Smith and the best 1 not out in history.

    • 43 min
    S2 06 | We owe Steve Smith an apology

    S2 06 | We owe Steve Smith an apology

    Last episode Felicity offered various comedy ways to get Steve Smith out. One of them was to try and hurt him.

    Jofra Archer clearly listens to the podcast and took this advice seriously.

    We can only apologise by offering Nish Kumar, more Ashes sketches and a preview of the Leeds Test.

    • 42 min
    S2 05 | How England will get Steve Smith out

    S2 05 | How England will get Steve Smith out

    The wonder of Steve Smith, Lord's Test preview, dodgy umpiring and Australian bush poetry references.

    Andy and Felicity are back and together with Geoff Lemon they go through all of the above.

    • 46 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
17 Ratings

17 Ratings

Juani MH ,

Learned to love cricket

I hadn’t followed cricket before this podcast, but I love all the Andy Zaltman content I can get my hands on! I thoroughly enjoy this podcast as a way to keep up my awareness of the sport and because it’s so fun to listen to Felicity and Andy’s banter and enthusiasm.

T'rance ,

Blowing his bugle of truth

Andy Zaltzman, his full head of hair retreating to the back of his head, gives us an insight into the awful pit of despair that is the English cricket teams box...

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