Reverse Swept Radio - a cricket podcast

Reverse Swept Radio 51 - a cricket podcast

FIVE MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Ireland v England, the fixture we're all talking about; the ageless nature of village cricket; Samit Patel's ongoing woes; and the plight of Surrey CCC.

"People around my office stopped to listen."

 

FROM THE ARCHIVES (6'50 onwards): Richie Berrington, Scotland's T20 centurion

"When all the best batsman are playing T20, it's odd that one of the top 10 innings comes from a Scotsman."

 

THE BOOK REVIEW (14'15 onwards): David Kynaston "WG's Birthday Party"

"Counties were both the salvation and damnation of professional players."

 

THE INTERVIEW (20'50 onwards): Peter Della Penna, journalist

"It might as well have been Chinese. What the hell is LBW?"

 

THE DEBATE (34'20 onwards): England should stop poaching Irish players

"In the end, it's all down to individuals versus countries."

Reverse Swept Radio 50 - a cricket podcast

FIVE MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Steve Crook and the makings of a rock star; when Ashes was a field of underdogs, not heroes; and why Stuart Broad needs to do his talking with the ball.

 

"He ended up as the in-ground DJ at Northants for their limited over games."

 

FROM THE ARCHIVES (5'50 onwards): England v Pakistan, UAE, 2012; England v India, 2nd test, Mumbai, 2012

 

"I've had a hard week at work, I'm tucked up in bed eating cookies for breakfast, the heating isn't working. And what unfolds that morning is stunning."

 

THE REVIEW (12'05 onwards): Duncan Hamilton "A Last English Summer"; Neville Cardus "Cardus on Cricket"

 

"You need to be able to give good writers the opportunity to run free."

 

THE DEBATE (19'35 onwards): The cricketing world will be a significantly different place by Reverse Swept Radio episode 100.

RSR49 - a cricket podcast

FIVE-MINUTE FORTNIGHT: David Warner's inspired post-match interview; in praise of Sky Sports Ashes; whether India thrashing Zimbabwe 5-0 is good for either team; and why won't the Australians drop Shane Watson?      

FROM THE ARCHIVES (6'30 onwards): David Boon and 52 cans of beer      

THE REVIEW (14'00 onwards): 'Harold Larwood' by Duncan Hamilton      

THE INTERVIEW (21'45 onwards): Oli Broom, author of 'Cycling to the Ashes'      

THE DEBATE (32'15 onwards): 'Cricket is best appreciated as a neutral'      

Recorded on 09/08/2013

RSR48 - a cricket podcast

FIVE MINUTE FORTNIGHT: The joys of county T20 games at The Oval, and their disappointments; why we should be glad Richard Dawkins has got involved in the Ashes; and our attempts to watch international cricket continue to be cursed. "In 2005 cricket was all over the front pages; in 2013 it's again on the front pages, but for very different reasons."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (9'20 onwards): Nick Compton "For a man who left Middlesex because there weren't enough challenges, it will be interesting to see what comes next."

THE REVIEW (17'57 onwards): 'When Freddie became God: The 2009 Ashes' by Jarrod Kimber "What makes this book special is its combination of being comic and being spot on."

THE INTERVIEW (24'45 onwards): Josh Green of Surrey Cricket Blog "It's a real responsibility to actually pay attention to what's on the field."

THE DEBATE (46'40 onwards): "Is the current format of DRS fit for purpose" In which our friendship and good humour was tested to breaking point.

 

Recorded on 24/7/2013

RSR47 - a cricket podcast

FIVE MINUTE FORTNIGHT: The simple joys of fast bowling, with Wahab Riaz and Kemar Roach; have England got their one day formula right; the ECB's plan to start the season abroad; and the heartwrench of falling short of a 50. "It's an annoying cliche that the low-scoring games are the best - but it's kind of true as well."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (9'55 onwards): The carrom ball "To even get the ball out of your hand with this grip is hard enough. To land it with any degree of accuracy requires masterly control."

THE REVIEW (20'25 onwards): 'Basil D'Oliveira - Cricket and conspiracy: The untold story' by Peter Oborne "Ultimately it becomes a great story and a great piece of theatre through the walk-on roles - both heroes and villains."

THE INTERVIEW (28'00 onwards): Chris Smith of Declaration Game "Cricket's long history means there's a lot of received wisdom. I like to pick up those things and test them."

THE DEBATE (39'36 onwards): "The Champions Trophy will be missed." "The Champions Trophy has always been the odd sibling in the ICC tournament family."

Recorded on 15/6/2013

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

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

RSR 44 - 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

RS Radio 43 - A Cricket Podcast

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

RS Radio 42 - A Cricket Podcast

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