RSR 45 - a cricket podcast

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