Reverse Swept Radio - a cricket podcast

FIVE MINUTE FORTNIGHT: The perverse attitude of village cricket; the optimism of the ECB's new strategic plan; India shirking their responsibility to Zimbabwe; and what the investigation into Asad Rauf means to cricket.

"The rain got heavier, gale force winds building up - and yet there was an unnatural determination on both sides"

FROM THE ARCHIVES (8'30 onwards): Bart King - the story of America's finest cricketer

"He sent all his fielders but one off the pitch. The bails of the shattered stumps landed neatly at the feet of that one remaining man."

THE INTERVIEW (18'10 onwards): Vithushan Ehantharajah, freelance writer for Cricinfo and All Out Cricket

"What I hope to see this summer? Ravi Bopara coming into the England test side and never looking back"

THE REVIEW (37'10 onwards): BBC Radio 5 Live's Not Just Cricket, with Graeme Swann and James Anderson

"Graeme Swann's personality ended up leading the whole thing - which frankly can't be a surprise to anyone"

THE DEBATE (46'10 onwards): "Full appreciation of cricket requires knowledge of the game's past"

"Where one does have an awareness and appreciation of history, that should be worn lightly"

Recorded on 26/5/2013

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FIVE MINUTE FORTNIGHT: The nobility and intrigue of early season county cricket; playing against the brother of an ex England captain in an Essex club game; and why Zimbabwe and Bangladesh need to pull their socks up.

"In terms of mental maturity, these are two batting line ups with a long way to go"

FROM THE ARCHIVES (8'20 onwards): Nasser Hussain and the 2002 Brisbane toss

"By the end of day one, all optimism has gone."

THE REVIEW (17'10 onwards): The Nightwatchman, Wisden's new quarterly

"Neither magazine nor book, but somewhere in between"

THE INTERVIEW (23'45 onwards): Nishant Joshi, editor of Alternative Cricket Almanac

"There's nowhere else on earth that you can experience that kind of thing... except sometimes in the Big Bash League"

THE DEBATE (44'55 onwards): Can dropping yourself ever be a sign of true leadership?

"If Ricky Ponting came and played for my club side, it wouldn't make us perform any better"

Recorded on 1/5/2013

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FIVE MINUTE FORTNIGHT: How we learned to stop worrying and love the IPL, County Cricket is back (welcome back long lost friend),the ICC Intercontinental Cup is slightly mad and BPL organizers should be less tight.

"I challenge any cricket fan not to be excited by the sight of Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting going out to bat together."

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Wisden at 150

"Nowhere else in the world are you going to find the top scorers of the English public schools sitting side by side with the top scorers in the IPL."

THE REVIEW: Pundits from Pakistan - Rahul Bhattacharya

""Laxman poked, missed, bent over and generally responded like a man whom knives were being thrown at" - It's genius."

THE DEBATE: Is it possible to select a player on talent even when performance isn't there?

"We risk descending into a massive argument about semantics."

Recorded on 14/4/2013

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THE 5 MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Umar Gul takes 5-6 (again!), NZ's improbable heroes, the Bangladesh Cricket Board decides to settle for draws and we worry about whether there will be cricket on the fifth day of the Ashes test at Lords.

("You are basically rewarding mediocrity")

FROM THE ARCHIVES: A Brief History of New Zealand Cricket

("I'm going to quote from Charles Darwin's "The Voyage of the Beagle"")

THE REVIEW: Not Dark Yet - Mike Harfield

("You get half way through an over and then there's a discussion on the Falklands War")

THE DEBATE: Does cricket needs to do more to address the issue of recreational drug use?

("There's always been an unwritten pact that the players do what they want as long as it doesn't affect them on the field")

Recorded on 9/3/2013

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THE 5 MINUTE FORTNIGHT: South Africa need to stop ruining test cricket, Zimbabwe need to stop shooting themselves in the foot, Ricky Ponting is still making runs and the discovery of the most beautiful ground in the world.

"I've never seen anything which is quite this bold and extraordinary"

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The curious tale of the International 20:20 Championship

"Having 3 bowl-outs in Leicestershire's indoor cricket school must have been a fairly miserable start to this tournament"

THE REVIEW: The Chinaman - Shehan Karunatilaka

"Pradeep Matthews can bowl both left-handed and right-handed"

THE DEBATE: Was England women's cricket team acting within the Spirit of Cricket in their game against West Indies?

"Commentators didn't quite know what to say"

Recorded on 7/2/2013

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THE 5 MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Why the ECB should be applauded for going after the touts, Sri Lanka remember how to fight, flyingbat-gate and remembering CMJ.

"It was a fairly casual toss but still"

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Cricket in the Snow

"Gower went back to where his car was and there was a massive hole in the ice"

THE REVIEW: End of An Innings - Denis Compton

How a glass of whisky helped Compton to FA Cup final glory

THE INTERVIEW: Philip Brown, Cricket Photographer

"I thought I was going to take a nice picture of a monkey. Didn't happen."

THE DEBATE: "Sarah Taylor playing professional men's cricket would be good for the women's game."

"Have you not taken a greater interest in dancing girls since T20 arrived?

Recorded on 19/1/2013

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THE 5 MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Bangladesh can bat! (occasionally), Chris Gayle ends a 2,050 match sequence, using a nightwatchman is not a masterplan but an act of suicide and why you don't warm down by playing rugby.

(When was the last time you saw a rugby player warm down with a quick net session?)

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The curious tale of Mark Ravin Ramprakash.

(Nasser Hussain: "He was a world-class player - or should have been")

THE REVIEW: Behind the Boundary - Graeme Wright

(With all the money they make through Coldplay and Take That concerts, it's odd that Lancashire bother to play cricket at all)

THE INTERVIEW: Jon Hotten of The Old Batsman

("50 over cricket should have ended with MS Dhoni's six to win the World Cup for India")

THE DEBATE: "Twitter enriches the cricket viewing experience."

("On the first day of the test, I read "Monty should have been picked" phrased in maybe 250 different ways")

Recorded on 17/11/2012

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5 MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Including Chris Gayle's return to Windies' colours and England v Australia

(Since when did beating Australia begin to feel routine?)

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Cricketers away from Cricket

(Can you get any cooler than being an international cricketer who collects cheetahs?)

THE BOOK REVIEW: (a film) Out of the Ashes

("As you know there are a lot of problems in the world today - the solution to all of them is cricket" - Taj Malik, former Afghanistan coach)

THE DEBATE: Should Lords get a roof?

("It would probably take a day and a half to get the roof on and off")

THE INTERVIEW: Umair Qazi of the Well Pitched Blog

(On Pakistan's recent success, Mohammad Amir, Hammad Azam and why Pakistan produces great swing bowlers)

Recorded on 16/7/2012

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Review of Derek Birley's A Social History of Cricket (how a national addiction to gambling gave us the game we all love)

Interview with Rohan Mascarenhas of Ducking Beamers (how twitter changed the world of blogging and much much more)

Debate - "A cricketer should never lose his temper on the field of play" (Toby - "Why don't you go and watch Eastenders?)

The extraordinary renaissance of Marlon Samuels

The West Indies' first ever test victory (barely a year after their first test . . .)

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Recorded on 1/6/2012

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The joy of early season greentops (why Mark Ramprakash should smile and get on with it)

Interview with Oliver Brett (on the state of cricket journalism and more)

Review of Mihir Bose's Cricket Voices (where even the the groundsmen get listened to)

The history of short leg (the wondrous tale of Eknath Solkar)

Raucous Debate - "Batting is about style over substance"

(Andy - "Ultimately cricket is all about watching Chanderpaul bat for 4 days

Recorded on 12/5/2012

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