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 REVIEW (19'52): Cricket Calling by Roland Ryder (1995)

"Has the modern crowd got the skill to Sardine a Jardine?"

Recorded 16 Feb 2025

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 Championship

“Notts were presented with an imitation trophy - which apparently was lost later that night in a nightclub"

THE REVIEW (19'30): The Documentary: Sir Frank Worrell (BBC World Service)

“Initially I thought we needed a bit more on Worrell - but eventually I realised that this lands him as a historical figure."

Recorded 19 Jan 2025

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