RSR 46 - 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