Reverse Swept Radio 193: Livingstone’s outburst, an unlikely world record, and cricket in culture

2026-03-21

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy surveys his cricket-themed birthday cards, and Toby wonders whether Livingstone's criticism of Bazball might let the genie out of the bottle "It does make you wonder what they'd send if I wasn't a cricket fan." FROM THE ARCHIVES (09'40): An Unusual World Record: Jimmy Sinclair scores the longest ever six "His name sounds like a super hero, which is probably quite appropriate given what we're about to hear." THE REVIEW (19'30): Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination (2024) by Brendan Cooper "Wonderful to think ...

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy surveys his cricket-themed birthday cards, and Toby wonders whether Livingstone's criticism of Bazball might let the genie out of the bottle

"It does make you wonder what they'd send if I wasn't a cricket fan."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (09'40): An Unusual World Record: Jimmy Sinclair scores the longest ever six

"His name sounds like a super hero, which is probably quite appropriate given what we're about to hear."

THE REVIEW (19'30): Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination (2024) by Brendan Cooper

"Wonderful to think of Keats at the age of 24 wandering about with a cricket injury."

Recorded 19 March 2026

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