The Broken Wicket

The clocks are forward, and Easter eggs are in the shops... County Cricket must be back!

Everyone's favourite social justice wicket keeper Tasneem-Summer Sadiq Khan joins Tim Part and Andrew Mizner to discuss the county season ahead, and make some inevitably woeful predictions.

The team also pore over Mankadding, Amy Jones and the Nigerian Men's U19 team. Plus there are interviews with Richard Clark of the Women's County Cricket Day, and Stuart Rayner, author of Five Trophies and a Funeral.

In which our heroes, faced with a dastardly challenge, rise to the challenge with a mixture of bravery, cunning, and a computer scientist in Brooklyn.

This week Andrew and Tim talk to Englishman in New York Jamie Gray, whose Test match simulation model helps them work out what would happen if the best bowlers in the world played the best batsmen.

The team also discuss England Women in Asia, MCC rule changes, and declaring on 14/1.

In a bumper episode we debate England's high-octane batting style, ponder Dwaan Ollifeer (right-arm phonetic-medium) Kolpakking in his Test career, and get into a deep discussion about the point of cricket via Kusal Perera's wonder-innings.

Tasneem Sadiq Khan also pops her head in to discuss the first half of the PSL and to give her take on the India-Pakistan cric-political beef.

DISCLAIMER: may contain traces of Star Trek, no Slovakian handball players were harmed in the making of this podcast.

Regular hosts Tim Part and Andrew Mizner cast their mind back to the 1992 World Cup, one of the classics. Andrew talks to Jonathan Northall, author of Ruling the World: The Story of the 1992 Cricket World Cup, the tale of the time of legendary kits, even more legendary players, and awesome mullets.

The team also chew the fat over the West Indies - England Test series and debate the Jason Holder ban. They even manage to squeeze in several plugs for the new website - www.thebrokenwicket.com. Visit. Visit now! Thanks.

Andrew, Tim and Ed return with a special episode on the associate nations and what their path to success looks like. This includes a segment on location at Lord's and some more words of wisdom from Jarrod Kimber.

The team also discuss the fluctuating fortunes of England, Australia, West Indies and Sri Lanka, ponder the regularity of international tournaments, and uncover a surprising stat about English and Australian selectorial whims.

The Broken Wicket returns from winter hibernation - and what better way to start than with an interview with Jeremy Snape? The international cricketer turned leading sports psychologist talks about the increasing pressures on professional players, how to foster a team culture in the gun-for-hire era, and the return of the Sandpaper Three.

Tim and Andrew also discuss the Big Bash and fantasy league as a barometer of a well-structured sport. A great way to start 2019!

As 2018 draws to a close as swiftly as an England collapse, Tim Part and Andrew Mizner look back at the year in cricket. They pick their highlights, lowlights and everything in between.

This episode features some elite punning (honestly), and the hosts go mano a mano in the first annual TBW 12 Days of Cricketmas Quiz of the Year. Plus some sensible-but-passionate stuff about the state of the game and whatnot. Obvs.

On the surface you wouldn't think that the TBW hosts care about what things look like, but they really do! This week Tim Part and Andrew Mizner discuss the optics (yuck) of England's win in Sri Lanka and the Jofra Archer Rule (it will catch on).

Tim also inflicts some more statistical geekery on Andrew and the show receives TWO letters from listeners. Plus we 'throw shade' on Ed Sheeran and Gary Ballance. Standard.

The Broken Wicket supercomputer returns! This week we go on a mission to find not the best, not even the worst, but the most statistically average Test XI of all time.

Tim has crunched the numbers, armed only with Excel, Statsguru and caffeine, while Andrew tells the stories behind the players. The massive dorks.

Running through this week's news stories - contemporaneous Currans, awesome Abbas, hobbled Herath - Tim Part and Andrew Mizner spot a common thread.

The Broken wicket returns to discuss whether there is a changing of the guard happening in the cricket world, and how we might measure greatness in future.

Tim and Andrew also receive their first viewer letter, attempt to pronounce "Labuschagne", and contemplate crackers.