Reverse Swept Radio 152: Root’s resignation, the Sir Walter Lawrence Trophy, and the Hollywood Cricket Club

2022-04-21

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: all change at the top for English cricket "Many of us fans are attracted to the idea of the specialist captain." FROM THE ARCHIVES (9'30): The Sir Walter Lawrence Trophy "For Sir Walter, his money was well spent: his legacy has been preserved by this trophy, while it's hard to find out much else about him other than the description of 'master builder'." THE REVIEW (19'15): Howzat for Hollywood (BBC Sounds) "If you were a British actor in Hollywood at the time, and...

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: all change at the top for English cricket

"Many of us fans are attracted to the idea of the specialist captain."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (9'30): The Sir Walter Lawrence Trophy

"For Sir Walter, his money was well spent: his legacy has been preserved by this trophy, while it's hard to find out much else about him other than the description of 'master builder'."

THE REVIEW (19'15): Howzat for Hollywood (BBC Sounds)

"If you were a British actor in Hollywood at the time, and you got the message from Aubrey-Smith, you were pretty well obliged to play."

Recorded on 18 April 2022

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