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GREAT ASHES TESTS Ep4: Bradman the Invincible
Fourth episode of Great Ashes mini-series telling the story of Donald Bradman and his 1948 'Invincibles' and how they sought to obliterate every English team in their path, and virtually did so. Als…
Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
GREAT ASHES TESTS Ep3: Bodyline 1932/3
Third of five part series featuring Great Ashes Test matches. Here Simon Hughes retells the dramatic story of the emergence of Australia's ritual destroyer of bowling attacks Donald Bradman, and Engl…
Published on 1 month ago
GREAT ASHES TESTS - Ep1: The Demon
First of a five part series highlighting great Ashes Test matches through history. Narrated by Simon Hughes, this first episode tells the story of the epic 1882 Oval Test which signifies the birth o…
Published on 1 month ago
GREAT ASHES TESTS - Ep2: The Master 1926
This is the story of the epic Oval Test match of 1926, and the finest hour of Jack Hobbs, England’s greatest batsman - by number of hundreds (199) anyway. Hobbs and his great opening ally Herbert Su…
Published on 1 month ago
Ashes Countdown - Episode 3 + Women's World Cup
Deep Dasgupta, former Indian keeper-batsman, joins the Simons on the podcast to reflect on the Indian women's euphoric day, winning the ICC World Cup for the first time. Deep reveals the investment a…
Published on 1 month ago
Ashes Countdown - Episode 2
Ian Smith, celebrated commentator and former New Zealand keeper, joins the podcast to talk New Zealand versus England and offer a detached but informed view on the Ashes. Few know or can interpret i…
Published on 1 month ago
CRICKET'S EXTRAORDINARY POWERS
The amazing story of how cricket has revolutionized the lives of many of the inhabitants of a poverty-stricken, overcrowded and violent Syrian refugee camp in Beirut. We hear from Richard Verity, the…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Ashes Countdown - Episode 1
Former Middlesex and England fast bowler and Ashes winner Steven Finn joins the podcast to reflect on England's build up so far, and compare it to his own experiences touring Down Under. He was of co…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Cool Warm-Up
A preview of England's T20 series in New Zealand starting in the Kiwi spring even before their domestic season has begun. It will be decidedly chilly at night, a severe contrast to the temperature in…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
England's Greatest Test Cricketer
The combined cells of Hughes and Mann take on the might of Chat GPT to evaluate England's greatest-ever Test cricketer. Prompted by a question from Simon Mann's daughter, they use various criteria to…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago