Back to the Pavilion

She is the only person to both play in and umpire in a Cricket World Cup, she has spent her life working to develop and enhance the women's game of cricket. Prior to that she played over twenty times for her country along with a distinguished county cricket career too. Join me to hear about this and so much more.

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Join me as we welcome former Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and England Batter James Taylor Back to the Pavilion.

Hear his incredible story about his retirement due to a rare heart condition, his recovery and what he has gone on to do from there.

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From Bowler to Bat Maker, join me as we welcome former Derbyshire bowler Paul Aldred Back to the Pavilion. Here how he started his own bat making business, plus his involvement in disability cricket in Derbyshire.

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Join me as i welcome Ian Blackwell Back to the Pavilion, in his playing days he was a hard hitting batter and slow left arm bowler, who played for four counties and England in 24 ODIs and 1 Test Match. He is now climbing the umpiring ladder on his way to officiating international cricket. Listen to his story here.

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Join me as I welcome former New Zealand international cricketer Iain O'Brien Back to the Pavilion, he played over 20 tests for the black caps along with several seasons in county cricket. Injury however cut short that career early though, however since then he has gone on to do so much and so many different things too. Join us to find out more.

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Happy New Year everyone, join me as we welcome Jason De la Pena Back to the Pavilion. He played for four counties and with some of the biggest names in the game through the 90s, but when he was released by Worcestershire a career in the media beckoned. He is great to listen to and smooth as silk on camera, his stories are brilliant. I hope you enjoy listening. Please get in touch on twitter, tweet me @Lloydzilla, leave me a review or player suggestions to get on the show. 

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Mike Selvey come Back to the Pavilion, hear him talk about his life after cricket, his work for the Guardian and media, life as a summariser for TMS, his presidency at Middlesex and so much more. A fascinating listen and and so enjoyable.

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Join me as I welcome former Derbyshire, Durham, Nottinghamshire and England Batter John Morris Back to the Pavilion. Hear his life, career and experiences since he retired, his work as an agent and his wine bar amongst so much more. 

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Join me as i welcome former Sussex seamer Lewis Hatchett Back to the Pavilion, hear as he talks about his retirement and transition to the real world, his life, career and experiences off the field and find out what he is doing now.

Lewis has developed an app called Sportyogi which can be found here sportyogi.com or wherever you normally get your apps and is an excellent mindfullness and well being app with loads of great content. you can also find loads of great content from Lewis on instagram where you can follow him @sportyogi. Lewis also has a great podcast talking about all aspects of mental health in sport and can be found here, I've found them all to be a great listen. lewishatchett.com/podcast