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 huge mess? That’s actually a really good question."

THE REVIEW (20'10): Bowler’s Turn by Ian Peebles (1960)

“‘What matter if it doesn’t land quite in the right place? So long as it bursts like a bomb in a beehive. This is art for art’s sake.’"

Recorded 4 Dec 2024

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 with a chorus of “Who let the dogs out?”, Duncan Fletcher reportedly woofing along."

THE REVIEW (22'00): Crossing the Line (2018, SuperSport)

"Warne has the immortal line “Steve Smith is not Pablo Escobar.”"

Recorded 27 September 2024

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): Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag, published 1944

"'Is there a grown man in the grandstand whose maturity isn't a little saddened that after all, he is just a grandstand man?"

Recorded 29 September 2024