A few years ago I wrote a book called Test cricket: the unauthorised biography. This is a podcast series on the history of cricket through the  people and moments that made the game. In our first episode we go back  to the beginning of Test cricket. That birth involved betting, jail and a journalist deciding the whole thing was worthy. 

Welcome to Double  Century.

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Jarrod Kimber wrote and narrated this episode, you can find him on most of the social media places, but mostly @ajarrodkimber [https://twitter.com/ajarrodkimber]. 

Our fact checkers for this episode are Bertie Moores (https://www.twitter.com/MooresBertie) [https://www.twitter.com/MooresBertie] and Abhishek Mukerjee (https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42) [https://twitter.com/ovshake42]. 

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

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