Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPope Answers His Own Prayers
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review the first day of the final Test at the Oval where Sri Lanka's erratic bowling in lively conditions helps Ollie Pop…
1 year, 10 months ago
Atkinson Cleans Up
Gus Atkinson takes his fourth five wicket haul to go with his first innings hundred to take the man of the match spoils as England overcome Sri Lanka…
1 year, 11 months ago
Arise Sir Joe
During the 3rd days play at Lord's Joe Root overtakes Sir Alastair Cook's record of 33 Test Hundreds with his second century of the match. Simon Hugh…
1 year, 11 months ago
Atkinson Lives the Dream
Simon Hughes and Simon. Mann report on a second day at Lord's when Gus Atkinsin completed a remarkable double with 12 wickets in his first Test and a…
1 year, 11 months ago
Root's Homage to 'Chalky'
Joe Root spares England's blushes with a diligent 33rd Test hundred to compensate for England's shoddy early batting and afterwards commemorates his …
1 year, 11 months ago
Cricket: 400 Not Out
Simon Hughes discovers the true origins of cricket, established 400 years ago this week, with a tragic accident on the field at Horsted Keynes CC in …
1 year, 11 months ago
Deep Rooted England Prevail
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann praise Joe Root's tenacity and dependability and Jamie Smith's panache as a makeshift England side overcome a plucky Sri …
1 year, 11 months ago
England Turn the Screw
After the precocious Jamie Smith's notches a maiden Test century to give England a lead of 122, the bowlers wear down Sri Lankan resistance to move i…
1 year, 11 months ago
Assured Smith Steers England Ahead
A determined Sri Lankan bowling performance holds England in check until the precocious Jamie Smith eases them into a position of potential dominance…
1 year, 11 months ago
Spirited Sri Lanka Dig Deep
At 6-3 and 113-7 it looked like a predictable capitulation for Sri Lanka on the opening day of the Test series, but a captains innings and a fine deb…
1 year, 11 months ago