Reverse Swept Radio 153: watching baseball, Andrew Symonds at the 2003 World Cup

2022-06-02

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: watching baseball, and Bangladesh host Sri Lanka "The first pitch of the game was sent straight into the stands for a home run. That raised my and my wife's sense of what normal drama would be in baseball. It turned out to be very rare." FROM THE ARCHIVES (12'00): Andrew Symonds at the 2003 World Cup "There must be a psychological credit to Symonds: you come in knowing that if you don't score there's the next player waiting, and scoring under those circumstances is...

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: watching baseball, and Bangladesh host Sri Lanka

"The first pitch of the game was sent straight into the stands for a home run. That raised my and my wife's sense of what normal drama would be in baseball. It turned out to be very rare."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (12'00): Andrew Symonds at the 2003 World Cup

"There must be a psychological credit to Symonds: you come in knowing that if you don't score there's the next player waiting, and scoring under those circumstances is difficult."

THE REVIEW (22'40): The Test by Nathan Leamon

"Cricket is lacking in fiction compared to other sports, and this is a rare attempt to take on top level cricket in fiction - and it's done really well."

Recorded on 29th May 2022

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