This is a special episode of Red Inker. It touches on some deep stuff about alcoholism, depression and suicide, but I think it’s an incredible story and one that will make you feel a little better about the world in the end. This chat covers the life of Mark Coles, growing up as a child of cricket, become a coach, struggling with life, and then one day on a whim, contacting Mickey Arthur and offering to coach the Pakistan women’s team. It’s dark at times, but it’s also beautiful and like all the best things in life, it ends in ice cream.

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You can find Jehan’s article on Mark here [Cricket coach Mark Coles moved to Pakistan for a job that paid nothing - it changed his life] (https://stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/300073581/cricket-coach-mark-coles-moved-to-pakistan-for-a-job-that-paid-nothing—it-changed-his-life)

Here is a link to suicide crisis lines around the world [List of suicide crisis lines] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines)

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

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

This is not a Red Inker episode, it's a quick reminder and taster to let you know that Double Century, my podcast on cricket history, is back for it's second series. This is really more of a reminder, and explainer, on what Double Century season two will be. It's an entire series on one topic, the story of Basil D'Oliveira and race in cricket. New episodes will drop on it's own feed every Friday. Come subscribe and listen along.

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

Jimmy Anderson doesn’t talk to the press much, he’s started being more verbal of recent years through his podcast, but he’s still known as a very monosyllabic grunter. But in lockdown, he finally opened up in some very long chats with Samanth Subramanian. So, we got Samanth on to discuss Jimmy’s bowling, James’ off field personality and why his run up is longer now.

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You can find Samanth Subramanian on twitter https://twitter.com/Samanth_S. You can subscribe to his Substack here https://t.co/LQtoObOe9zand here is the article we are discussing: [Over and over and over again: Jimmy Anderson keeps on running | 1843 magazine | The Economist] (https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/08/19/over-and-over-and-over-again-jimmy-anderson-keeps-on-running)

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

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

On the back of my articles on how the T20 franchises don’t pay and why the system isn’t working, I brought in Tim Cutler, the former CEO of Hong Kong Cricket to talk. In this episode we look at how T20 is run, why no one is in charge, how it is possible that players aren’t being paid, and what you have to do to get a league sanctioned. Cutler founded the Hong Kong Blitz, and now is the founder of Emerging Cricket. This podcast will also be found on Emerging Cricket’s podcast.

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You can visit Emerging cricket’s website [Emerging Cricket: News & insight from Associate cricket and beyond] (https://emergingcricket.com), or just follow them on twitter https://www.twitter.com/EmergingCricket. They also have a podcast [The Emerging Cricket Podcast] (https://emergingcricket.com/podcast).

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

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

Channel 9 was the first famous cricket broadcast. It changed how we saw the game, was so popular that it spun off a comedy empire and many of us grew up with these sounds as our backdrop. And then it became “All about the matiest mates who ever mated.” So, we got the man who wrote that line, Geoff Lemon, to come talk about Channel 9’s cricket coverage, and why he wrote about it.

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You can find Geoff Lemon on twitter at https://twitter.com/GeoffLemonSport. Here is his podcast [The Final Word] (https://finalwordcricket.com/) and the article we were referring to can be found here: [Just not cricket – how Channel Nine is destroying a legacy | The Guardian] (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/feb/13/channel-nine-destroying-cricket-legacy)

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

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

MS Dhoni retired from intentional cricket recently and so I got Sid Monga to come on and chat about the man he has covered for his entire career. We talk Ranchi, outsiders, keeping styles, Chennai and how much Indian cricket changed when he was around.

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You can find Sidharth Monga’s piece on Dhoni here: [MS Dhoni: a bona fide legend with shades of grey | The Cricket Monthly] (https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1229684/ms-dhoni--a-bona-fide-legend-with-shades-of-grey) and this is the rest of his work: [Sidharth Monga - Read Articles, Quotes, Editorials, Interviews] (https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/author.html?author=272)

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

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

Eoin Morgan has had an incredible career, born into a four generation cricket family in Ireland, he’s gone on to be the person to bring the World Cup to England. So I found someone who has spent a lot of time working out who the real Eoin Morgan is. Melinda Farrell has spent the last five years following the England ODI team and she wrote a feature on Morgan that went up just before the World Cup. In this episode we discuss Morgan’s cold reputation, his journey from the poor parts of Dublin to affluent Dulwich College, his dual nationality, how much he didn’t like Kolkata, Baz McCullum and England winning the World Cup.

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You can find Melinda Farrell on twitter at https://twitter.com/melindafarrell and you can find her piece on Morgan here [The Irishman who became captain of England| The Cricket Monthly] (https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1182683/the-irishman-who-became-captain-of-england)

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

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

This week we talk about that weary battle-horse Mashrafe Mortaza. Our guest is Mohammad Isam, whose career as a fan, player and writer have all gone on while Mashrafe has played international cricket. Meaning he’s an ideal person to come on and talk about his cricketer and his 19 year career. Here we talk about his calmness, the India relationship, how Andy Roberts changed everything and what his legacy within Bangladesh cricket will be.

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You can find Mohammad Isam on twitter at https://twitter.com/ISam84 and you can find his piece on Mashrafe here [The Torchbearer | ESPN Cricinfo] (https://thecricketmonthly.com/story/929147/the-torchbearer)

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

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

Legendary broadcaster Neil Manthorp joins us to talk about all the changes in cricket. Manners is often annoyed by people saying that cricket hasn’t changed, and we go through the changes to cricket over the years. How many days do Test matches go for, how many players are in a team, the number or balls in an over, what the pitch is made of. Listen to two friends rant about the things that people should know about cricket and often don’t.

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To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121.

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You can find Neil Manthorp on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/NeilManthorp and here is his weekly column (https://manners-on-cricket.com/weekly-column)

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

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121.