Alex Bowden of King Cricket joins the podcast to talk about his journey in cricket comedy writing, what his inexhaustible source of ideas is, and whether cricket in general has been trending more or less ridiculous.

Alex's website: https://kingcricket.co.uk/

Follow Alex on Bluesky @kingcricket.co.uk

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

Chapters:

00:48 Origins of King Cricket

07:01 Cricket origin story

10:39 Origins in cricket writing

26:33 Writing as a fan vs professionally

34:15 Animals being conspicuously indifferent to cricket

37:00 Is cricket becoming more or less ridiculous?

45:19 How Alex tries to find the humour in life outside cricket

Josh joins the podcast and talks about the lessons cricket has taught him, how he has drifted into and out of cricket, and how he has used it to help him grieve (CW: mention of suicide). Plus, his plans for what could be the greatest stag do in history.

Josh's Bandcamp: https://theoneandonlyjhenry.bandcamp.com/music

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

Chapters:

01:10 Cricket origin story

05:30 Challenging Ricky Ponting to a fight

07:10 Coming back to cricket

12:24 The roles of cricket in Josh's life

36:40 Josh's stag-do plans

45:28 Dealing with loss through cricket

53:52 Going to the European Cricket Championships

Cat Jones of White Line Wireless and the Can't Bowl Can't Throw podcast joins the show to talk about the dearth of women's cricket available to her when she was growing up, being a part of very early cricket Twitter and White Line Wireless, as well as Australia's changing commentary landscape.

Can't Bowl Can't Throw: https://cantbowlcantthrow.com/

Cat's Guardian articles: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/cat-jones

Follow Cat on Bluesky @cricketbatcat.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

Chapters:

01:00 Cricket Bat Cat

02:53 Cricket origin story

08:24 Intro to commentary and cricket Twitter

14:11 Early White Line Wireless

19:50 Commentating WNCL

22:25 Non-former players in women's cricket commentary

26:00 Cat's article on Meg Lanning's commentary stint in 2014

32:21 Final questions

Ajit, host of the Armchair Cricket Podcast, joins the pod to show Adit a thing or two about how to make a long-running podcast. He also explains how he does genuinely good journalistic research for his podcast, as well as his experiences playing cricket in India and his current home of the Netherlands.

Armchair Cricket Podcast: https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/armchair-cricket-podcast/

Follow Ajit on Bluesky @armchair-cricket.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

Chapters:

02:00 Cricket origin story

07:14 Cricket in the Netherlands

13:00 How much cricket does Ajit actually watch

18:00 Research on off-field news

21:25 Prediction on Champions Trophy hosting

26:00 How to make a weekly topical podcast

31:50 The benefits of being on a podcast network

35:15 Commentating for Guerilla Cricket and White Line Wireless

38:21 Final questions

Nerd Pledge CSI member Sean joins the podcast to discuss the differences between a cricket and a football sicko, what it means to use statistics for analysis compared to rattling off trivia, and how cricket can be smart and stupid at the same time.

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

Chapters:

00:31 Comparing football sickos and cricket sickos

16:06 Cricket origin story

22:22 ACS

26:29 Final Word Story Time and Nerd Pledge CSI

33:53 Using statistics to analyse cricket

49:36 Final questions

Commentator for US Minor League team The Philadelphians Brian Barrish joins the podcast to talk about his journey in commentary, including his longstanding involvement with the USAFL! He also talks in detail about how, when it comes to developing their sport in the US, the AFL is running rings around cricket. Plus Brian and Adit reminisce about how they came to know each other all those years ago.

Follow Brian on Bluesky @brianbarrish.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

Chapters:

01:09 Origin story

08:55 Brian's commentating journey

23:17 Favourite moments commentating

30:50 Garlic milkshake and the AFL subreddit

33:55 Preparation for commentating

40:35 Which of USAFL and USA Cricket is better at development

51:47 Final questions

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

Jono joins the podcast to wax lyrical about the special Birchgrove Oval match, how he fell in and out of love (and back in again) with playing cricket, and explains how his form of neurodivergence plays a part in his love of cricket. And there was a lot of confusion about how so many people he played with play cricket but appear to not like it very much.

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

Chapters:

01:08 Story behind the Birchgrove game

11:00 Origin story

17:48 Playing cricket

25:05 People who play cricket but don't like it

28:10 Coaching junior cricket

31:10 Reaching self-acceptance with cricket

39:48 Comeback into playing and playing culture now

48:14 How neurodivergence plays into how Jono interacts with cricket

North Sydney Oval scorer Sarah Berman joins the podcast to talk about how she got to score professional matches, her origins playing girls' and women's cricket in the 90's, and her lifelong love of Mike Atherton.

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

Chapters:

00:52 Recent scoring

02:10 Cricket origin story

05:42 Athers

09:55 Playing girls' cricket in the 90s

17:18 Cricket helping with settling in Sydney

23:30 North Sydney Oval

25:05 Scoring professional matches

38:38 Whether scoring affects watching cricket

41:02 Hardest game Sarah has scored

45:42 Final questions

Jarrod Kimber (!!!) joins the podcast to talk about his origins as a cricket writer, and gives plenty of his lessons learned about turning his love of cricket into his career. Like I said in the intro, Jarrod is pretty close to my ultimate dream guest, and he didn't disappoint.

Jarrod's Good Areas website: https://www.goodareas.co/

Follow Jarrod on Bluesky @jarrodkimber.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

Chapters

01:24 Origins as a writer

13:52 When Jarrod and Adit's path nearly crossed

18:19 Cricket writing

24:07 Balancing creativity and practical considerations in writing

30:03 Advice for those wanting to make cricket/sports their job

36:40 What Jarrod's love of cricket says about him

Daniel "Bes" Beswick, co-founder of the Emerging Cricket network and full-time employee of the ICC (or near enough) joins the podcast to talk about the impact Emerging Cricket and similar platforms has had on Associate coverage, his role with the ICC, and the realities of what it takes to broadcast ICC pathway events.

Bes on Emerging Cricket: https://emergingcricket.com/author/danielbeswick/

Follow Bes on Bluesky @danielbeswick.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

Chapters:

01:15 What is Emerging Cricket?

29:09 Cricket origin story

36:34 Bes' start in cricket writing

42:53 Further encouraging growth in Associate nations

50:50 Covering ICC pathway events

58:45 Final questions

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