Ahead of the Eight Ball

Jan 17 2024 32
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Cricket is the best sport and has the best cliches. In Ahead of the Eight Ball, failed sports journalist Dave Tickner and Dave’s brother Mick dissect every single one of those clichés, from behind the eight ball to tracer bullets via heavy balls and big bats, in painstaking detail whether you like it or not.

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Episode 14 - Cricket Needs A Strong West Indies

Jan 17 2024 48 mins  
We do talk about the topic but also about Brian Lara being great, Ben Duckett's bat's axis of abscissa and Steve Smith (Dave is still rattled). Follow us on X, the social media platform formaly known as Twitter. @Aheadofthe8 Dave - @tickerscricket Mick - @Tickersgrins

Episode 13 - Politics (not really)

Nov 23 2023 61 mins  
We sort of talk about cricket and how politicians use it for their lazy references. Loads of World Cup chat, stare out champinships and the new feature CBWP (Cricketers Bad Wikipedia Photos). CBWP #1 - Damien Martyn.

Episode 12 - The Rattled Ashes Part 68

Sep 28 2023 40 mins  
Dave's rattled. #Ulon

Episode 11 - Ashes Hypocrisy

Jul 05 2023 55 mins  
A slightly different episode in which Dave is let loose to rant for an extended period of time about why England and Australia are both just dreadful whinging hypocrites. Send your appeals to the Dave Review System to @aheadofthe8 on Twitter.

Episode 10 - Test Cricket is/isn’t Dying

Jun 13 2023 31 mins  
We have nudged and nurdled our way slowly to double figures. In this episode we introduce the DRS (the Dave Review System) and we discuss how test cricket might actually be dying. Test cricket is dead, long live test cricket.

Episode 9 - Root Maths

Apr 26 2023 31 mins  
Dave and Mick talk about stat noncing and why Joe Root had a golden period which coined the phrase, Root Maths.

Episode 8 - Nighthawk

Feb 14 2023 42 mins  
The latest Ahead of the Eight Ball discusses an exciting recent addition to the language of cricket. It's mainly associated with a seasoned cricket comedy operator despite/because of the fact he has never actually performed the role. Dave and Mick talk about what a Nighthawk is and, far more importantly, what it isn't. Because people are already getting this wrong.

Episode 7 - Mankads

Feb 07 2023 49 mins  
Finally, there's a podcast willing to talk about mankads, as Dave and Mick bang on for a bit about whether they're okay, why they're happening now, whether they should be called mankads at all and the pleasingly forthright MCC stance.

Episode 6 - BAZBALL!

Aug 15 2022 42 mins  
With the England men's Test team back in action this week, Dave and Mick discuss the word on everyone's lips apart from those of Dean Elgar who definitely hasn't given it a second thought, actually. It's time for more BAZBALL!

Episode 5 - Loves their Cricket

Jun 28 2022 45 mins  
A lot has happened in cricket over the last few weeks, much of it very on brand for previous episodes of Ahead of the Eight Ball which means it is itself ahead of the eight ball, in a way. Dave and Mick discuss all these matters as well as the phenomenon of famous people who aren't cricketers but nevertheless Love Their Cricket.