Reverse Swept Radio 191: a 38-year-old test debutant, John Arlott’s autobiography, and the one-eyed cricketer

2025-11-20

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy admires a test debutant towards the end of his fourth decade, and Toby encounters Plum Warner in a new context "I don't score quickly enough, that's my real issue." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'00): The One-Eyed Cricketer - the remarkable life of Colin Milburn "Often you saw him batting with both feet off the ground, in a sort of gravity-defying act" THE REVIEW (22'17): Basingstoke Boy by John Arlott (1990) "There's an extraordinary page where he describes ...

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy admires a test debutant towards the end of his fourth decade, and Toby encounters Plum Warner in a new context

"I don't score quickly enough, that's my real issue."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'00): The One-Eyed Cricketer - the remarkable life of Colin Milburn

"Often you saw him batting with both feet off the ground, in a sort of gravity-defying act"

THE REVIEW (22'17): Basingstoke Boy by John Arlott (1990)

"There's an extraordinary page where he describes narrowly missing joining the Manchester United team who were in the Munich air crash."

Recorded 17 November 2025

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