Reverse Swept Radio 170: a walk-out after one ball, Mark Butcher on the history of Black English cricketers, and the most miserable innings

2023-12-10

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy becomes a Middlesex member, and Toby finds himself hopelessly out of his depth "We have a running joke that our shirts are our best player. This has come back to bite us in the arse: bonus points for wearing the same shirt got us promoted up a division." FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'10): The One Ball Walkout: Transvaal vs the Rest of South Africa, 3 April 1971 "We create so many assorted reasons for play to stop, that you do become slightly immune as a...

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy becomes a Middlesex member, and Toby finds himself hopelessly out of his depth

"We have a running joke that our shirts are our best player. This has come back to bite us in the arse: bonus points for wearing the same shirt got us promoted up a division."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'10): The One Ball Walkout: Transvaal vs the Rest of South Africa, 3 April 1971

"We create so many assorted reasons for play to stop, that you do become slightly immune as a spectator..."

THE REVIEW (20'35): You Guys are History: The Story of England's Black Cricketers (2021)

"Phil DeFreitas talks about getting ready to bowl and thinking about the sniper threatened by The National Front."

Recorded 10 December 2023

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