Reverse Swept Radio - a cricket podcast

Mar 30 2025 20 ep. 33 mins 482
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Reverse Swept Radio: An podcast on cricket's past, present and its literature

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Reverse Swept Radio 184: farewell to the Gabba, a new documentary on Afghan's women, and a wallchart arrives

Mar 30 2025 28 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: An announcement about the next chapter in the history of the Gabba (play Olympic cricket there, then knock it down); Andy's summer begins when his county wallchart arrives. "My oldest daughter made a move for it, and while I am usually tolerant of her playing with my dearest property, in this case I had to say 'No, this is sacred stuff.'." FROM THE ARCHIVE

Reverse Swept Radio 183: a cricketing kidnap, a delicious memoir, and a new father gets back into the game

Feb 23 2025 32 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy's brother revives a promising career, and Toby wonders whether cricket and politics can ever be entirely separated. "It may astonish you, but he's actually better than me." FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'04): The Curious Tale of Billy Midwinter - The Kidnapped Cricketer "WG Grace dragged him bodily out of the Lord's pavilion and over town to the Oval." THE REV

Reverse Swept Radio 182: Frank Worrell, bespoke girls' kit, and the last day of the 2010 County Championship

Jan 26 2025 30 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Maiden's new female cricket kit, and encounters with the game in Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy “I will absolutely be selling my daughters on the idea that cricket is the finest way to waste a large chunk of one's life, but it's far better when that message is being communicated by their peers ." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'10): The final day of the 2010 County

Reverse Swept Radio 181: innovative methods to dry cricket pitches, and Darren Lehmann's move to county cricket

Dec 07 2024 31 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Darren Lehmann embarks on a County Cricket chapter, and Toby attempts to pass on the flame to a new generation “We’re recording 60 years to the day since possibly the most one-sided match in first class cricket history: a victory by an innings and 851 runs." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'15): The strange beginnings of the super sopper “Does it just make a hu

Reverse Swept Radio 180: a touching message, green-washing cricket, Karachi 2000, and a Sandpapergate documentary

Oct 28 2024 34 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy receives a message from a listener, and Toby ponders whether cricket's efforts to reduce carbon emissions may have some unintended consequences "As a podcast host, it makes you feel very differently about the whole enterprise." FROM THE ARCHIVES (12'00): England's victory in the dark: Karachi 2000 "England would later celebrate in the dressing room wi

Reverse Swept Radio 179: fantasy cricket, the Canterbury Lime, and a delightful slice of nostalgia

Sep 30 2024 33 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy plays fantasy cricket, and Toby comes across some retro technology on the train "I went to take out my headphones, and then my ear was caught by the message coming out of his phone." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'15): The Canterbury Lime: Cricket's most famous tree "That particular rule is completely rational, but something of a shame." THE REVIEW (22'40): H

Reverse Swept Radio 178: cricket in Larkin, an Indian cricket scam, and donating Cricketers to a good cause

Sep 06 2024 29 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy donates his Cricketers to a good cause, and Toby ponders the Shakib al Hasan scandal. "There's a bandaged batsman sitting in hospital leafing through my old magazines." FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'54): Cricket in the poetry of Philip Larkin "'...an Odeon went past, a cooling tower, and someone running up to bowl...'" THE REVIEW (19'00): The Great Cricket Co

Reverse Swept Radio 177: banning left-handers, overhearing discipline in action, and Duncan Hamilton's latest book

Aug 12 2024 36 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy overhears a conversation about cricket discipline; Toby plays in a family grudge match "The pavilion had the most perfectly positioned loo." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'00): When Left-Handers were in danger of being banned from the game "Most things you Google, you get pages and pages of results. For the Academy of Statistical Studies, you get just three hi

Reverse Swept Radio 176: a day in the Lord's pavilion, Derek Underwood's finest moment, and a T20 hitman

Jun 28 2024 32 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy and Toby spend a day in the Lord's pavilion "We can't let this go without talking about the picnic provision." FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'30): Underwood triumphs in the nick of time - 5th Ashes Test at The Oval, 1968 "There were apparently knitting needles being used to dig holes for drainage." THE REVIEW (19'20): Hitman for Hire: A Year in the Life of a F

Reverse Swept Radio 175: the Lord's long room, Felix White's cricketing memoir, and the precursor to DLS

May 20 2024 34 mins  
THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy makes his debut in the Long Room, and Toby reflects on Jimmy Anderson's retirement "Harry Brook came past joking about handwarmers. This was an April day much more winter than spring." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'28): The Precursor to DLS: the Average Run Rate Method "Under the Average Run Rate Method, the target was 61. If DLS had been used, it would have