THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy donates his Cricketers to a good cause, and Toby ponders the Shakib al Hasan scandal.

"There's a bandaged batsman sitting in hospital leafing through my old magazines."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'54): Cricket in the poetry of Philip Larkin

"'...an Odeon went past, a cooling tower, and someone running up to bowl...'"

THE REVIEW (19'00): The Great Cricket Con (BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds), 2024

"When you step back, you're talking about organised crime, people smuggling..."

Recorded 6 September 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy overhears a conversation about cricket discipline; Toby plays in a family grudge match

"The pavilion had the most perfectly positioned loo."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'00): When Left-Handers were in danger of being banned from the game

"Most things you Google, you get pages and pages of results. For the Academy of Statistical Studies, you get just three hits."

THE REVIEW (21'50): One Long and Beautiful Summer: A Short Elegy for Red Ball Cricket by Duncan Hamilton (2020)

"At its best, it makes you think about how *you* watch cricket."

Recorded 12 August 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy and Toby spend a day in the Lord's pavilion

"We can't let this go without talking about the picnic provision."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'30): Underwood triumphs in the nick of time - 5th Ashes Test at The Oval, 1968

"There were apparently knitting needles being used to dig holes for drainage."

THE REVIEW (19'20): Hitman for Hire: A Year in the Life of a Franchise Cricketer (2024)

"He wins the Pakistani T20 competition, and has ten minutes to celebrate the victory before he heads to the airport, so that he can see his family for four days before going to the IPL."

Recorded 28 June 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy makes his debut in the Long Room, and Toby reflects on Jimmy Anderson's retirement

"Harry Brook came past joking about handwarmers. This was an April day much more winter than spring."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'28): The Precursor to DLS: the Average Run Rate Method

"Under the Average Run Rate Method, the target was 61. If DLS had been used, it would have been 131: more than double the number of runs required."

THE REVIEW (21'51): It's Always Sunny Somewhere by Felix White (2021)

"A particular gem was Ashley Giles reminiscing about his days in a Shell garage, and a rude customer making him think 'I'd better get the cricket going again'."

Recorded 20 May 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: French cricket levels up, and Liam Dawsons resigns from trying to play test cricket

"The Ghost Cricket Leagues of France - a superb title for anything, really."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'50): The Unstoppable Sonny Ramadhin is stopped

"His 588 deliveries over 98 overs remain the most balls bowled in a first-class innings."

THE REVIEW (21'20): Cricket's Greatest Game (2022)

"We need more people who find Trevor Bayliss sexy."

Recorded 1 April 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy reports back from the Logan Cup, and Toby enjoys the small (and futile) parts of Sunday cricket

"Clearly the Reverse Swept Radio coffers will be extensive enough to fly me back to Australia every three weeks to record the podcast?"

FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'00): the Tied Test between Australia and India, 1960

"Richie Benaud walked onto the outfield as Australia begins their chase, and sees clover flowers all over the outfield."

THE REVIEW (24'30): The Miracle Makers: Indian Cricket's Greatest Epic, by  Bharat Sundaresan with Gaurav Joshi (2023)

"It was on trend to hear that Justin Langer screams "Warrior! Warrior!" to Steve Smith in the nets."

Recorded 3 March 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Reflecting on the West Indian victory against Australia

"So I woke up last Sunday morning in a Gothic temple, as you do."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'50): Benjamin West's The Cricketers, and the battle to take the painting to the US

"One bat is being leant on like a walking stick, the other has been discarded on the floor."

THE REVIEW (21'55): Shane Warne: A Hampshire Love Story (BBC Radio Solent, hosted by Robbie James) (2023)

"If you're doing a radio show about Warne, generally you talk to the people who like him of course."

Recorded 4 February 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy ponders the lot of the groundstaff of waterlogged British pitches; Toby reports back from day 1 of the SCG test

"You presumably need a super super blotter, when it comes to a flood."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'50): When Cricket Added a Fourth Stump: the innovations of Cricket Max

"This is a niche question: where do you take guard when you've got four stumps?"

THE REVIEW (22'40): Evita Burned Down our Pavilion: A Cricketing Odyssey through Latin America by James Coyne and Timothy Abraham (2021)

"Pablo Escobar's son was sent to an English school, where as a wicket keeper he would put a match under the bails, attached to a piece of thread, which he would pull to claim a bowled."

Recorded 9 January 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy becomes a Middlesex member, and Toby finds himself hopelessly out of his depth

"We have a running joke that our shirts are our best player. This has come back to bite us in the arse: bonus points for wearing the same shirt got us promoted up a division."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'10): The One Ball Walkout: Transvaal vs the Rest of South Africa, 3 April 1971

"We create so many assorted reasons for play to stop, that you do become slightly immune as a spectator..."

THE REVIEW (20'35): You Guys are History: The Story of England's Black Cricketers (2021)

"Phil DeFreitas talks about getting ready to bowl and thinking about the sniper threatened by The National Front."

Recorded 10 December 2023

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy reflects on a rare summer without cricket, and Toby enjoys Mark Ramprakash's insights into England's woeful World Cup

"To lose me and Sir Alastair in just a few weeks would be a lot for the nation to take."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (13'48): The Greatest Australian Cricketer you've never heard of: Greg Mail

"Perhaps the secret to his success is not being quite good enough."

THE REVIEW (26'18): First of the Summer Wine by Harry Pearson (2022)

"A breeder of canaries and pigeons, and a champion clog dancer, as a keeper he often purred 'Well bowled, Honey' from behind the stumps."

Recorded 5 November 2023