My very good friend Aquib joins the podcast for a special holiday edition to talk about how and why he decided to get me back into cricket during the 2021/22 Ashes, his cricketing origins back in Bangladesh, to reminisce some of our favourite shared cricketing memories, and explaining how cricket resembles anime.

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ks7hJtaVRu6T5TowykBRr?si=f97b358a4a2242a5

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

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Chapters:

01:17 Why Aquib kept texting me about the Ashes

03:40 Not talking about cricket in high school

08:25 Cricketing origin story

19:44 Who to support

23:29 Why Aquib's dad supports Pakistan

27:57 Favourite cricketing memories

39:24 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

Nate Hays of the MLC network joins the podcast to talk about realising cricket's simplicity, the community feel of cricket in the USA, and goes through his journey as a journalist in parallel to cricket's recent growth in the country. Plus some more talk about Jomboy's Ball In Play league.

Nate on Emerging Cricket: https://emergingcricket.com/author/natehays/

Nate on the MLC network: https://www.youtube.com/@MLC_Network/streams

Follow Nate on Bluesky @cricfanusa.bsky.social

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Chapters:

00:43 Origin story

12:10 Playing cricket

21:26 Church Street Park in Morrisville, NC

29:59 Cricket 19 simulations

33:59 Joining Emerging Cricket

43:14 Grand Prairie and its value for Associate cricket

49:22 Ball In Play league

57:23 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

Journalist and broadcaster Melinda Farrell joins the podcast to talk about her journey from journalism student to Cricinfo to freelance, joining the Associate movement, and the growth she's undergone to achieve some level of balance as a freelance writer. Plus a little bit about her involvement with Jomboy's Ball In Play league, including little ways on how to make the game and its coverage more like cricket.

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:

01:23 Origin story

05:40 Australia vs UK cricket culture

08:30 Getting into journalism

18:39 Working at Cricinfo

31:44 Maintaining a career as a freelancer

41:41 Commentating Associate cricket

48:17 Jomboy's Ball In Play league

54:30 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

Dr Anth Condon of White Line Wireless joins the show to talk about his very late introduction to cricket and the academic research he's done into the history of the game upon picking it up. From the Melbourne rave scene to the theories of Pierre Bourdieu, there's something in it for everyone!

Anth's website: https://anthonycondon.com/

Anth's book: https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/darkness-light 

Anth's paper on the Indigenous Australian tour: https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2018.1453499

Anth's thesis (foreword is pages 8-14, highly recommended reading): https://tinyurl.com/4893989k

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

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

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Chapters:

00:27 Origin story

03:25 White Line Wireless

08:57 Australian history through cricket

19:21 Doing a PhD

25:52 Performing culture and empire through cricket

41:07 The importance of lunches

47:27 Cricket's legacy of literature

53:51 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

Shounak joins the podcast for a to talk about writing about Associate cricket for Emerging Cricket, growing up around cricket in India and New Zealand, and the lessons cricket can learn from rugby about expanding the game globally. Also features Shounak's cat Meow!

Shounak on Emerging Cricket: https://emergingcricket.com/author/shounaksarkar/

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ks7hJtaVRu6T5TowykBRr?si=f97b358a4a2242a5

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

RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss

Chapters:

02:00 Writing for Emerging Cricket

03:25 Cat interruption

11:10 Cricketing origin story

19:15 Interest in Associate cricket

28:35 What cricket can learn from rugby

37:58 How the ICC has been developing cricket

49:43 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

Thilo joins the podcast for a to talk about discovering cricket as a German PhD student in Australia, not knowing how to talk about cricket in his native language, and how he uses cricket to be more connected to the community wherever he lives. Oh, and some things he saw on Day 5 of the 2023 Lord's Ashes Test.

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ks7hJtaVRu6T5TowykBRr?si=f97b358a4a2242a5

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

RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss

Chapters:

01:11 Cricketing origin story

17:55 Involvement with Lea's German language cricket channel

27:14 Cricket culture in Australia vs UK

31:59 Day 5, Lord's, 2023

41:01 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

Estelle Vasudevan, journalist and podcaster at Good Areas and Murali End, joins the podcast to talk about being at the women's T20 World Cup just gone, her journey as a cricket fan and journalist in Sri Lanka, as well as the growth of girls' and women's cricket in her home country. And of course, Sri Lanka's triumphant women's Asia Cup and what it means for her and the country.

Estelle's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/estellevasudevan

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ks7hJtaVRu6T5TowykBRr?si=f97b358a4a2242a5

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

RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss

Chapters:

01:05 Being at the Women's T20 World Cup

12:16 Cricket origin story

14:45 Girls' and Women's cricket in Sri Lanka

23:42 Becoming a journalist and broadcaster

37:00 Highlights as a journalist (especially the 2024 Women's Asia Cup)

45:14 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

Dan Liebke joins the podcast to talk about how he got to write about cricket full time and goes into a lot of depth about what it is that makes cricket an extremely funny sport.

Dan's new book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/australian-cricket-s-best-of-the-best-dan-liebke/book/9781923022119.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqTjWbynSQQ_n1HWY81CxbWwf8lVydv_Q8wGJClkP5zSzar0EGs

Dan's newsletter: https://newsletter.liebcricket.com/

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ks7hJtaVRu6T5TowykBRr?si=f97b358a4a2242a5

RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss

Chapters:

01:10 How Dan got to write about cricket full-time

12:30 Origin story

17:06 White Line Wireless

21:33 Comedy theory in cricket

37:56 Final questions

Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly

Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player

Russ joins the podcast to talk about various aspects of his life covering Associate cricket, including how Associate nations have been improving in recent years and how he thinks world cricket should be structured.

Russ' Cricinfo page: https://www.espncricinfo.com/author/russell-degnan-701

Russ' proposal for a World Test Championship: http://deggles.csoft.net/images/cricket/manifesto.pdf

01:35 Origin story

06:22 Simulating cricket using a calculator

14:36 White Line Wireless and the Box of Dreams

17:42 Associate cricket

41:00 How to structure world cricket

64:05 Final questions

Guy joins the podcast to talk about being very slightly famous from the Guardian OBOs, using cricket to find his tribe, and proves it's never too late to get back on the pitch.

02:53 OBOs

21:04 Cricket and community

30:10 Returning to playing

38:28 Final questions