Reverse Swept Radio - a cricket podcast

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: BBC makes it possible to listen to county cricket for every second of your summer, Pakistan agree to help out Afghanistan, Zimbabwe's allergy to spin bowling and the ICC test championship comes closer to becoming a reality.

"It's been nice for Shane Shillingford."

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The (pre-WW2) race for Test Cricket's highest score

"Hammond and Bradman set their records through flair . . . Hutton took it through sheer attrition."

THE REVIEW: Viv Richards - King of Cricket (documentary)

"He's a guy worth eulogising"

THE DEBATE: Did Duncan Fletcher deserve his new contract as India coach?

"It's a bit like the Lib Dems in the coalition. They keep saying "if we weren't here, even worse things would happening.  You sort of wonder about that with Indian cricket and Duncan Fletcher."

Recorded on 23/3/2013

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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: 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 YEAR: Why England not being number 1 any more is actually ok, how Pakistan were amazing but then barely got to play and how rain ruins lives.

(Including watching Darren Sammy getting rained on in Hove)

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The boxing cricketers

(Freddy isn't the first)

THE REVIEW: Glorious Summers and Discontents - Michael Atherton

(Atherton getting it right again and again)

THE DEBATE: "England fans should be optimistic about 2013"

("It's extraordinary how many times England fans are going to have to watch England play New Zealand")

Recorded on 14/12/2012 and 23/12/2012 (don't ask)

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THE 5 MINUTE FORTNIGHT: KP is king, outswingers are beautiful and we all feel sorry for Imran Tahir.

(Give the man a hug!)

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Ricky Ponting in a nightclub and other off-field incidents which have changed careers

(Including a barmaid from Leicester and a certain pedalo)

THE REVIEW: Out of the Blue - Aakash Chopra

(Would you practice for 16 hours a day?)

THE INTERVIEW: Samir Chopra - writer of Cricinfo's The Pitch, author of The Brave New Pitch and Professor of Philosophy.

("The length of the encounter makes it such a fertile place for us to exercise our imagination")

THE DEBATE: "The rise of the millionaire cricketer should be celebrated."

Recorded on 2/12/2012

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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: The KP saga is over (for now), West Indies are T20 world champions (it wasn't just about Gayle) and the Champions League is annoying.

(Is there a worse name than the Sydeny Sixers?)

From the archives: The eternal relationship between cricket and food.

(Why don't players drink port before batting any more?)

The Review: "Sport and the British" Radio Show

(Are you a Hobbesian or Gracian?)

The Debate: "After an annus horribilis, England are in need of a dramatic rethink."

(What's an annus horribilis?)

Recorded on 27/10/2012

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5 Minute Fortnight: West Indies win a test series, Arundel is beautiful, the SPL is silly and the England v SA series has gone crazy.

(Who needs the Olympics any way?)

From the Archives: The astonishing tale of Lashings CC

(Would you enjoy watching Lou Vincent score 243 against your club side?)

The Book Review: The Fast Men - David Frith

("Small boys were forgiven for thinking that Spofforth had horns coming out of his head.")

The Debate: "England have only themselves to blame for the Kevin Pietersen situation"

(Toby - "Genuine emotion, that's what you tune in for!")

Recorded on 13/8/2012

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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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