Reverse Swept Radio - a cricket podcast
Sports:Cricket
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Visiting the Lord's pavilion and Leicestershire win a remarkable game
"You can't really have everyone wandering around with pints."
FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'20): Ian Botham v Andy Roberts in 1974: teenage Botham loses his teeth but wins the match
"I spat out the last fragments of teeth, took a few sips of water, and let the 12th man assess the damage."
THE REVIEW (19'20): Caught Out: Crime, Corruption, Cricket (Netflix documentary)
“Sport is meant to be unscripted. It’s the unexpectedness that makes it special. If it’s scripted, it takes away everything that sport stands for.”
Recorded 9 April 2023
Reverse Swept Radio 174: French cricket's ghost leagues, Liam Dawson stops trying, Sonny Ramadhin is stopped
Reverse Swept Radio 173: an English leggie in Zimbabwe, the first tied test, and an insider account of Aus vs India
Reverse Swept Radio 172: cricket under the bedclothes, trying to save a painting for the nation, and Warne at Hampshire
Reverse Swept Radio 171: Aus v Pak at the SCG; the story of the fourth stump; and cricket in South America
Reverse Swept Radio 170: a walk-out after one ball, Mark Butcher on the history of Black English cricketers, and the most miserable innings
Reverse Swept Radio 169: a summer without cricket, the finest Australian you’ve never heard of, and a new Harry Pearson book
Reverse Swept Radio 168: New Zealanders in Bristol, Warne vs Dravid and a Bodyline radio play
Reverse Swept Radio 167: Cricket in Japan, cricket in a field, and cricket in a timeless test
Reverse Swept Radio 166: The Lord’s Hum, rediscovering a Bazball innings from a century ago, and reviewing Stumped the play
Reverse Swept Radio 165: a delightful Twitter story, the ”most exciting cricket match”, and cricket historical fiction
Reverse Swept Radio 163: ICC TV, pissed at the wicket, and unlocking T20s secrets
Reverse Swept Radio 162: Aussie players learn from twitter, the remarkable career of Chris Schofield, and a delightful slice of cricket nostalgia
Reverse Swept Radio 161: Remembering when Bangladesh nearly broke their Test duck, review of ”Cricketing Lives”, Ponting’s masterplan and the MCC’s wrong turn
Reverse Swept Radio 160: ”An innings played with one eye and one leg”, the new Ben Stokes doc and cricket’s restorative qualities
Reverse Swept Radio 159: A West Indian silver lining, the Test debut of DRS, and England’s year of four captains
Reverse Swept Radio 158: Farewell to Bob Cattell, a mathematician’s love of cricket, and a poor effort from the BBC
Reverse Swept Radio 157: the curious tale of Sammy Guillen, Jon Hotten’s ”Bat, Ball and Field”, and swapping the cricket for a curry house
Reverse Swept Radio 156: Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams, Eisenhower goes to the test, and a close encounter with a Yorkshireman
Reverse Swept Radio 155: a batsman attacks a bowler with a stump, and interviews about the Windies Rebel Tours
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Cricket Podcast
The Final Word Cricket Podcast
Cricket Et Al
Test Match Special
Red Inker With Jarrod Kimber