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Reverse Swept Radio: An podcast on cricket's past, present and its literature
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Monday Jul 04, 2011
Monday Jul 04, 2011
Review of West Indies v India, Len Hutton's biography (including autograph-offering bishops), a match from 1878 (complete with four ball overs) and a debate over the importance of Lords. Recorded on 4/7/2011.
Saturday Jun 18, 2011
Saturday Jun 18, 2011
A look ahead to India's tour of the West Indies, a look back to Sri Lanka's first ever test match, a review of Fire in Babylon and whether paying peanuts really does get you monkeys. Recorded on 17/6/2011
Saturday Jun 04, 2011
Saturday Jun 04, 2011
Fantasy cricket troubles, where the legend of Shane Warne began, review of Geoffrey Moorhouse's The Best Loved Game and are batsman more heroic than bowlers?
Recorded on 3/6/2011
Monday May 02, 2011
Monday May 02, 2011
Fantasy county cricket teams, the very short (and very unsuccessful) story of the ICC World XI, review of Ed Smith's What Sport tells us about Life and the return of Duncan Fletcher's sunglasses.
Recorded on 2/5/2011.
Sunday Apr 17, 2011
Sunday Apr 17, 2011
Lots of county cricket, back to the 1959 game between Yorkshire and the Rest of England and a review of Kevin Telfer's Peter Pan's 1st XI.
Recorded on 16/4/2011.
Thursday Mar 31, 2011
Thursday Mar 31, 2011
The World Cup's surprise packages, Mike Veletta and the 1987 World Cup Final, the ground-breaking honesty of Marcus Trescothick's Coming Back to Me and the joys (and pains) of betting.
Recorded on 30/3/2011.
Friday Mar 18, 2011
Friday Mar 18, 2011
The predictions which went wrong, the champagne moments of the group stages, Zimbabwe's 1999 World Cup triumph over India, review of Mike Brearley's The Art of Captaincy and why cricket needs Kamran Akmal's useless hands.
Recorded on 17/3/2011
Thursday Mar 03, 2011
Thursday Mar 03, 2011
The players of the tournament (so far), the worst games of the tournament (so far), the 1983 World Cup Final, a debate over Ireland's future and review of Cardus on Cricket.
Recorded on 2/3/2011.
Thursday Feb 17, 2011
Thursday Feb 17, 2011
All you need to know about the World Cup in 15 minutes, Trevor Bailey's first test match and Gideon Haigh's Inside Out.
Recorded on 16/2/2011.
Saturday Feb 05, 2011
Saturday Feb 05, 2011
Predicting the best teams, players and series of 2011, the story of the West Indies' first ever test victory in Australia and King Cricket by Gary Sobers.
Recorded on 3/2/2011.