Reverse Swept Radio 165: a delightful Twitter story, the ”most exciting cricket match”, and cricket historical fiction

2023-05-30

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy visits Lord's again, and a vintage cricket story on Twitter "This is the most awful team I have ever had, the batting is awful and the bowling, my god. I have not got a bowler. . . . If anyone would like to take on my job they can have it. . . I hope it rains for the rest of the season." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'00): Fowler's Match: Eton vs Harrow, 1910 "In the whole history of cricket, there has been nothing more sensational" - The Times THE REVIEW ...

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy visits Lord's again, and a vintage cricket story on Twitter

"This is the most awful team I have ever had, the batting is awful and the bowling, my god. I have not got a bowler. . . . If anyone would like to take on my job they can have it. . . I hope it rains for the rest of the season."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'00): Fowler's Match: Eton vs Harrow, 1910

"In the whole history of cricket, there has been nothing more sensational" - The Times

THE REVIEW (19'15): Gilbert: The Last Years of WG Grace, by Charlie Connelly (2015)

"It'll be a while until the next episode of Reverse Swept Radio, while Andy and I set about writing a new series of historical fiction novels to plug this gap in cricket literature."

Recorded 30 May 2023

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