CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast

Apr 10 2025 142 ep. 38 mins 20

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A Podcast interviewing a range of people from all areas of the great country of Wales who have a connection with or a story to tell about the great game of cricket.

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'Cricket Has Given Me Everything': An Interview with Mark Davies

Apr 10 2025 50 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to Wales Over 50s cricket coach and player Mark Davies. Mark had a very brief career with Glamorgan CCC before being offered the opportunity to play for Gloucestershire, which he did for 4 seasons in the early 1990s. For his first-class careers statistics you can go here: https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mark-dav

'I was a player' : An Interview with Welsh Women's cricketer, Jill Matthews.

Mar 27 2025 51 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode This season represents an historic departure for Glamorgan CCC as they play both a men's and women's professional team for the first time in their history. But the path to this point has been a long and arduous journey for women's cricket. In this episode we talk to Jill Matthews who, as a young Jill Ayres, played a significant role in women's

Bonus Episode: Walkers and Talkers Comes to Wales

Mar 12 2025 22 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode This episode contains interviews with attenders to the first ever Walkers and Talkers Event held in Wales on February 13th 2025. Around 80 people turned up to the Museum of Welsh Cricket for a cup of coffee, a gentle stroll around the environs of Sophia Gardens and to listen to ex Glamorgan player and coach Matthew Maynard talk about his crick

Talking Cricket, Talking Mental Skills: An Interview with Steven Reingold

Feb 13 2025 44 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to Steven Reingold who, in a brief short term pro career managed to be part of the Glamorgan One Day Cup winning side in 2021. Steven's cricketing journey started in the north London club of Stanmore where his father still manages the first XI captained by his brother whilst mum gets involved with making the teas and lo

Walkers and Talkers

Jan 30 2025 34 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to ex Gloucestershire CCC wicketkeeper Andy Brassington about his social inclusion initiative, Walkers and Talkers. We are joined by Glamorgan's Mark Frost as we discuss the county's involvement with this. What started out as a way to keep Andy and his friends going through the pandemic has turned into a rapidly growing

Player, Captain and Coach: An Interview with Brad Wadlan

Jan 16 2025 53 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to long time club professional and coach Brad Wadlan. We talk about his early cricketing experiences and his time playing for Cardiff Met. Brad talks about his time in Australia and how that impacted his life as well as his cricket. We talk about his experience with the Unicorns cricket club and his time playing for the

Podcast Review of 2024

Dec 30 2024 32 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we look back at the year of podcasts, picking out a few highlights, as we go. There are a few comments at the beginning of the episode about Glamorgan's record breakers of the 2024 season. In the episode, you will find clips featuring the following: Mathew Maynard Ossie Wheatley Steve Barwick Alun Clement and Gareth Edwards of

Taste of Cricket: Growing the Game Through a Shared Love of Food

Dec 05 2024 38 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to Jo Pockett of the ECB and Ahmed Khan and Adnan Haddidi of Llandaff Cricket Club about the Taste of Cricket cookbook, which was produced as part of the wider Raising the Game initiative aimed at improving the diversity of those playing the game and making it a more inclusive and equally accessed sport. You can read ab

It's a Smale World: An Interview with Ann-Marie, Sophia and Will Smale

Nov 14 2024 50 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we meet the cricketing Smale Family from Newport. Mum, Ann-Marie is Deputy Chair at Glamorgan CCC and formed part of the team charged with winning a Tier 1 franchise for the women's game in Wales earlier this year. Sophia and Will are both professional cricketers, making their way in the game after having both been young cricke

Adge John: The Saundersfoot Scorer

Nov 01 2024 43 mins

Tell us what you think of this episode This episode is a chat with Adge John of Saundersfoot Cricket Club. Adge made the local newpaper headlines in the summer when he finished being scorer for the club. Nothing unusual in that you might think but when you learn that he has been suffering with a debilitating eye disease all his life and is slowly losing his sight, his efforts appea