The Cricket Sickos Podcast

By Adit RS

A podcast where host Adit talks to fellow cricket sickos to talk about the weird and wonderful ways we obsess over cricket.... more

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The podcast currently has 73 episodes available.

The Cricket Sickos Podcast episodes:

April 03, 2026 Episode 70 - Stepping Stones with Keith Brake
Writer on US cricket Keith Brake joins the show to talk about his wild couple of years teaching himself everything he possibly could about cricket, what cricket in the USA needs to do to find new fans, and how cricket is strikingly similar to college football.

Keith's newsletter Stumps and Stripes: https://stumpsandstripes.beehiiv.com/
Keith's introduction piece: https://stumpsandstripes.beehiiv.com/p/you-may-ask-yourself-how-do-i-work
How cricket is like college football: https://stumpsandstripes.beehiiv.com/p/cricket-is-just-college-football

Follow Keith on Bluesky @brakedown.bsky.social

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25

On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared

RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social

Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
1h 5min
March 27, 2026 Episode 69 - Moving Towards Equality with Graeme Innes
Disability rights advocate Graeme Innes AM joins the show to talk about his introduction to cricket while growing up as a blind kid in Sydney, his many stories playing the game including when he represented Australia in an overseas tour, his tales of watching cricket on his travels that stretched his wife's patience, and how Australia and other countries do in terms of making the game accessible for all.
Graeme's website including links to his work, his book, and his socials: https://graemeinnes.com/

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25⁠
On Youtube: ⁠https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared⁠
RSS link: ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss⁠
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social

Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
44min
March 21, 2026 Episode 68 - Feeling at Home in Cricket with Raf Nicholson
Researcher and journalist Raf Nicholson joins the showto talk about how she got to researching the history of women's cricket (starting with being hit in the face by a cricket ball!), how being governed by male-dominated organisations has affected the growth of the women's game, andwhat has happened to the England team in the last few years.

Thanks to Helen Maynard-Casely for helping tee this up!

Raf's website: https://crickether.com/
Follow Raf on Bluesky @rafnicholson.bsky.social

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25
On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared
RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social

Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
57min
March 13, 2026 Episode 67 - Who Counts as Part of Us with Nick Skinner (Part 2)
Co-founder of the Emerging Cricket network Nick Skinner joins the show for the second half of our interview, where he discusses his piece on cricket's eligibility requirements for international cricket, comparing it to other sports andspeculating on why this is so contentious when it comes to Associates. Nick also talks about the likelihood of whether international cricket can realise its need to expand itself.

Follow Nick on Twitter @HeliocentCric
Nick on Emerging Cricket: https://emergingcricket.com/author/nickskinner/
Nick's piece on the eligibility requirements: https://emergingcricket.com/opinion/of-eligibility-and-expats/

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25
On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared
RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social
Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
42min
March 06, 2026 Episode 66 - Associates Are Not the Problem with Nick Skinner (Part 1)
Co-founder of the Emerging Cricket network Nick Skinner joins the show for the first of two parts of our interview, where he details how Steve Waugh's tour diaries helped him expand his worldview, how the Emerging Cricket project came to be,and testing whether Associates really make World Cups less competitive.
Follow Nick on Twitter @HeliocentCric
Nick on Emerging Cricket: https://emergingcricket.com/author/nickskinner/
Nick's pieces on the competitiveness of matches:
https://emergingcricket.com/opinion/the-world-cup-competitive-games-fallacy/
https://emergingcricket.com/opinion/of-upsets-and-unpredictability-an-in-depth-analysis-of-odi-competitiveness/

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25
On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared
RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social

Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
1h 4min
February 27, 2026 Episode 65 - The First Hurdle with Kris
Kris joins the podcast to relive the 2025 women's ODI World Cup in which her beloved Indian team became champions, while also setting the scene for it in terms of describing how male-dominated the Indian cricket ecosystem was and still is, as well as the challenges that arise for the world champion team with the greater attention afforded to them.

Follow Kris on Bluesky @cookieduh.xyz
The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25
On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared
RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social
Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
1h 17min
February 21, 2026 Episode 64 - Cricket for Work-Life Balance with Helen Maynard-Casely
Final Word friend and CricketHER.com's WNCL correspondent Helen Maynard-Casely joins the show to talk about why she ended up supporting Australia despite growing upin England, why the WNCL is one of the most important leagues in women's cricket, and the outlook for the Australian women's team after a relatively underwhelming few years on the field.
Helen's WNCL recaps: https://crickether.com/2026/02/03/wncl-top-of-the-table-clash-has-new-south-wales-break-out-on-top/
The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25
On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared
RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social
Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
1h 5min
February 13, 2026 Episode 63 - Self-discovery with Peter L
Final Word friend Peter joins the podcast to talk about his post-retirement cricketing adventures, how his love of cricket mirrors his music and comedy obsessions, and his journey of self-discovery in terms of figuring out his neurodivergence (while also consulting Adit about his own mental health journey).

All Peter's links: https://linktr.ee/peterlangstaff

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25
On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared

RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social
Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
43min
February 06, 2026 Episode 62 - Who Else Will Tell These Stories? with Zoha Fareed Chishti
Pakistani women's cricket superfan Zoha Fareed Chishti joins the podcast to talk about her work in Pakistani cricket's digital media with the PCB and Lahore Qalandars, how the Pakistan women's team stacks up after the relatively recentretirements of a couple of legends, and the challenges faced by the women's game and its fans in Pakistan.
Follow Zoha on Twitter @ZohaChishti
Zoha's piece on Pakistani drag comedy: https://dailystudent.lums.edu.pk/index.php/author/zoha/
The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25
On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared
RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social
Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
59min
January 30, 2026 Episode 61 - David Against Goliaths with Batsi Chikumba
Streamer Batsi Chikumba joins the podcast to talk all things cricket in his home country of Zimbabwe, including what it was like to play after school growing up, the things that makes cricket the best administered sport in the country, and thethings that still need to be improved.
Follow and watch Batsi Chikumba's streams @Batsiraiskin on Twitter
The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25
On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared
RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss
Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social
Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly
Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player
...more
1h

FAQs about The Cricket Sickos Podcast:

How many episodes does The Cricket Sickos Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 73 episodes available.