Everywhere We Go

Once full-time King of the Swingers, Matthew Hoggard has turned his hand to being a professional BBQ-er. Yeah, don't ask.

Hoggy covers everything from Matthew Hayden turning from being a bit, er, rude, to being a nice bloke, to taking a hat-trick in the Caribbean and OBVIOUSLY '05, calling Tony Blair a 'knob' and so many other belting stories. 

Meanwhile our resident county superstar Brooksy has been on form for Somerset as we record this (with bat and ball!), yet Hoggy brings him down a peg or two!

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The stats speak for themselves, the plaudits speak for themselves, but not we can let the man himself speak for himself, as the great Alec Stewart joins the podcast and has a good hour long natter with Somerset seamer Jack Brooks, Barmy Army's Chris Millard and BBC Radio's James Gregg.

Alec talks about everything from the boozy dressing rooms of the 80's to playing until he was in his 40's, along with the current crop of Surrey players breaking into the England side. 

Remember to get in touch with the show, [email protected] and remember to share with your mates!

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After spending the best part of 17 years at his home county Yorkshire, Brezzy has decided to move to pastures new and up sticks to Warwickshire (this caused a bit of a problem for recording the pod, all is explained in the pod)!

Two Ashes urns, a T20 World Cup and two County Championships in a glittering career, the lads hear all about it in this fairly random podcast. Remember you can watch the video chat on Barmy Meets on our YouTube channel, and get your questions in for future guests by dropping us a line to [email protected] or message Brooksy, Millard or Greggy a line on social media. 

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This week sees the start of a series of special podcasts in conjunction Barmy Army Meets, and what a guest it is to kick things off.

Knight of the Realm, England's greatest ever opening batsman and all round decent bloke, Sir Alistair Cook graces the podcast with his presence.

After a 25 minute chat with Greggy, Millard and Brooksy, The Chef answers YOUR questions that you sent in fully and comprehensively. 

If you would like to WATCH this podcast, you can on the Barmy Army YouTube channel. 

Remember to send in your cricketing stories/funny moments to [email protected]

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The great Alex Tudor took four-fer on his England debut Down Under... Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath. It's a good job he's one of the nicest people in the game of cricket, because the injuries he suffered that curtailed his career after that could have driven anybody away from the game completely... but luckily for us, and you as a listener, he speaks so well and passionately about his times at Surrey with some absolute greats, facing Brett Lee, playing in front of the Barmy Army and much more. 

We might just have to have him on again!

Keep your emails coming in... [email protected] is the address for them!

When Martin Guptill nudged that ball towards him last July, he was the epitome of calm, with years of practice and a steel to succeed behind him... and the rest is history. But before that World Cup win Jason Roy had been on an upward curve which saw him become one of the most destructive white-ball batsmen in the world. 

He joins the lads for a chat about everything from smashing the Aussies everywhere at the MCG to a dodgy pair of personalised trainers that earned him some stick off Trevor Bayliss.

Remember to get your correspondence in to the boys by emailing in to [email protected], or tweeting @jamesgregg7 @BrooksyFerrett @chrismillard18 

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151 Test matches, 584 wickets... and still rising.... the genuine Greatest Of All Time and the King of Swing joins the podcast. With so much to cover, Jimmy talks about his early fielding prowess at Burnley CC, his hatred for Yorkshiremen, breaking into the England side and breaking a rib on THAT training camp in Germany before the 2010/11 Ashes series. 

Remember to get in touch with where you're listening and also with some stories of encounters you've had with cricketers, we'll read them out on the podcast next week.

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Another week, another podcast... and this one is another belter!

Steely fast bowler, Sexiest Sportsman in the World 2006 (fact - it's in the pod!), and Ashes '05 superstar Simon Jones joins the chaps for a chat about everything from his new job in London to Graham Thorpe costing him a prize scalp in his first Test Match.

Simon also offers some great insight into his recovery from injury, and the mental anguish that it caused him, as well as talking through THAT NOISE when he dismissed Michael Clarke in that amazing 2005 series.

Get in touch with the lads on Twitter and Instagram @TheBarmyArmy @englandsbarmyarmy if you have any questions about the pod!

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It'd been over two years since we had England captain Joe Root on the pod, and his brother Glamorgan star Billy hadn't been on the pod at all until they both joined the lads for this special episode (although Billy was sat in the studio as his then-team-mate Luke Fletcher appeared a couple of years back, so he knew what he was letting himself in for!).

Imagine back-yard cricket, but then imagine it when two brothers are on opposite sides in a county match. Well, these two have done it... more on that in the podcast. 

Greggy, Millard and Somerset-seamer Jack Brooks ask Joe about the World Cup final, The Ashes, his first away trip (and the wardrobe malfunction that came with it), nearly taking his first Test 5-fer back in January and his bat-drop celebration that he stole off former team-mate Brooksy. 

Billy joins the fun to talk about his useful advice* for his brother on his Glamorgan team-mate Marnus Labaschagne for the Ashes, bagging an Aston Martin deal due to his own batting heroics last year, and he gives us a masterclass in Welsh. 

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Four test matches into what will surely be a long England career, Zak 'Creepy' Crawley joins The Shackles Are Off for a long natter. He talks about playing golf (good player) with fellow Kent man Rob Key (dubious player), scoring runs on his (quite literal home ground) favourite Canterbury patch, and what THAT catch was like to snaffle in Cape Town earlier this year.

Plus it also has to be said, he gives the lads one of the very biggest laughs of the whole podcast series to date with a wonderful anecdote from the Caribbean. Lovely stuff. 

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