The Paddock and The Pavilion - The Horse Racing and Cricket Podcast

In a special Cricket World Cup podcast, I was joined by Shazia, the Afghanistan women's captain, who now lives in Australia, to get her reaction to her country's famous victory over reigning champions England on xx October. The Afghanistan men's team who only played their first World Cup qualifier in 2008 defeated England by 69 runs in one of the biggest shocks in the competition's 48 year history.

Shazia added some interesting thoughts on the Afghanistan team's continued involvement in International cricket whilst the women's side are still denied the chance to play by their government. “They also deserve what we want for ourselves. I am really proud of them. They are a great team. Yes they should play” said Shazia.       

To end the show the young Afghanistan leg spinner gave a report on her opening game of the new season for Eastlake CC in Canberra.

Another insightful and inspiring interview with the Afghanistan women's captain who originally featured on The Paddock and The Pavilion in Episode 225 - The road from turmoil to hope. See the link below.

https://chrt.fm/track/4F8ACF/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG2123561671.mp3?updated=1695672627

And following Afghanistan's win against Pakistan eight days later I caught up with Shazia again for her thoughts on another famous victory by the Afghanistan cricket team, who are bringing joy to a nation.

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Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday 21 October 2023 is set to be Frankie Dettori’s British farewell.

In a special podcast to celebrate the legendary Italian’s farewell I was joined by a quartet of experts, jockey Rab Havlin, journalists Edward Sadler and Kitty Trice and Will Aitkenhead from Ascot Racecourse.

Rab, a close friend of Frankie revealed what’s it like to work with the world’s most famous jockey, Edward of Racing.com in Australia and Kitty, a Racing Post bloodstock journalist reviewed his 2023 farewell tour while Will, the senior corporate and industry affairs manager at Ascot talked about Frankie’s love of Ascot and how much the racecourse is looking ahead to Champions Day.

Each interview was carried out before Frankie's decision on 12 October when he confirmed he planned to continue riding in America at the end of the year.

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In Part 2 of All over the World Jenny Thompson explained how women’s cricket is now thriving throughout the world, despite the barriers they have faced, and still do.   I also posed Jenny the question, Where will the women’s game be in ten years’ time?

I found out how the world’s leading cricketing traveller has been dealing with the mental and physical challenges of playing cricket all over the world, including the occasional tour disaster, her unusual nickname. all in a packed 30 minute pod.

Since I last spoke to Jenny she has been to Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Columbia, Peru and Chile. Jenny is due to arrive in Brazil on 18 October.

I hope to catch up with Jenny again in 2024 for All over the World Part 3.

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Jenny Thompson currently on her world cricket tour returns to The Paddock and The Pavilion to update us on her adventure playing cricket all over the world which began on 1 April.

At the time of writing Jenny has now visited 44 countries on her quest to discover where women's cricket is played across the globe.  From Asia, to Europe, and now South America Jenny recalls the exciting, and inspiring stories, some bizarre, on her journey.

In this podcast, split into two parts, the former Cheshire county player, who represented England at under 17 level answers Ten for Jen about her tour. Find out the hottest place she has played, her funniest moment and the European country where you need to go to fix your fast bowling

Jenny retells eight incredible stories from her trip ranging from night cricket in Austria, playing for the MCC, training with the French national team, to the fear of possibly meeting a bear in Transylvania!  

You won't meet anyone more enthusiastic about cricket than Jenny.

One not to miss.

Part 2 coming soon.

Jenny was previously on The Paddock and The Pavilion in - What was it like to play against a World XI -

https://chrt.fm/track/4F8ACF/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG1221760106.mp3?updated=1682437266

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In the Pavilion

What was it like to…. play in the first Men's cricket World Cup?

In Episode 12 of a series where I pose the question ‘What was it like to….

I spoke to Rick McCosker, who opened the batting for Australia in the 1975 World Cup, known as the Prudential Cup.

Rick looked back at the Aussies build up to the tournament which included warm up games in Canada and a trip to Buckingham Palace where the team met the late Queen Elizabeth II and talked cricket with Prince Philip.

Rick, who made his one day international debut in their first group match against Pakistan reviewed their three group matches, and a remarkable semi final win against the hosts England.

In the final Australia played the mighty West Indians on Saturday 21 June in one of the greatest one day internationals of all time. The former Aussie opening batter gives a tribute to Clive Lloyd, who struck an imperious century, off only 82 balls at Lord's to lead his team to a dramatic 17 run victory.

To end the podcast Rick reflected on the first men's world cup played over 60 overs a side in whites, with a red ball and no field restrictions, forty eight years after the best teams in the world came together in England.

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We love inspiring stories on The Paddock and The Pavilion. Episode 225 - the road from turmoil to hope, tells the story of a brave young woman who left her Afghanistan home in the most difficult of circumstances.

Back in mid-July I spoke to Shazia the 21-year-old Afghanistan women’s cricket captain, who fled the turmoil in her country, in the autumn of 2021, on route to safety in Australia to resume her cricketing career.

In this compelling hour-long podcast Shazia talks about her love of cricket, the challenges as a woman she faced playing in an environment where many did not approve and how she escaped from this war-torn area through the help of the Australian Cricket Board.

The young all rounder has now settled in Canberra where she plays cricket for Eastlake Cricket Club. To find out more about how this brave young woman has settled in Australia I was joined on the show by Eastlake Cricket Club’s wicket keeper Carli Eaton.  

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Today I have the perfect guest for you. Kim Bailey is a leading National Hunt trainer who loves the game of cricket. He even got out of the river this summer to watch the Ashes on TV. Check out his day out fishing with Nicky Henderson during the podcast.

In this episode you will hear about his enduring passion for bat and ball and the turf, his thoughts on the Ashes, which he covered regularly in his daily Bailey’s blog, how jump racing has changed since he started training in 1978 plus his memories of victories in the big three the Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National.

It’s a treat for followers of both codes as the experienced trainer prepares for the National Hunt season to move into top gear.

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On the eve of National Racehorse Week, I was joined by the man who came up with the idea, trainer Richard Phillips. Richard discusses the plans for this key week for the racing industry while trainers Kim Bailey and Ilka Gansera Leveque, and stud owner Eileen Harte of Harte bloodstock, who are all opening their doors to the public, make guest appearances on the show.

“For one week of the year we need to celebrate the racehorse and to show Britan and the World how good we are looking after these animals,” said Richard. Over 120 trainers are due to open to the public during the week with 13,000 people already having booked their free place.  

There is so much to find out about a racehorse during National Racehorse Week – Watch them training, schooling, see the care and attention they are given at the stable and much more…

To book your place at one of the many events around the country between 9-17 September check out https://nationalracehorseweek.uk/ for further details.

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If you wonder what's like to open the batting in The Hundred catch our latest podcast with South African Lizelle Lee, who has just finished her stint playing for the Trent Rockets.

Lizelle chats about the 2023 tournament where the Rockets finished 4th just outside the finals, The Hundred concept and her future as franchise cricketer. Power plays, batting against the swinging ball and the variety of bowlers you can face as an opening batter are all covered by one of the leading international franchise batters in world cricket.

Lizelle played nearly 200 internationals for South Africa before she retired from international cricket in 2022.

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The final podcast of our four-part Birdsville races sees the return of racegoer Andrew Redston who previously featured in Ep 149 - On the road to Birdsville races. Andrew is now back at Birdsville for this year's race meeting.

The podcast is split into two halves. In the first half Andrew looked back on his 2022 Birdsville races experience, the rain, and how the journey to the outback, 10,000 km in Andrew's case, helped him on a personal level after a tough few years. “The rain added another element to Birdsville. It was really cool” said Andrew.

“I wanted the Birdsville experience, as they say, and I think I covered a lot of ground” reflected Andrew.

You will also hear about his boxing exploits in the Fred Brophy tent. Not what you expect when you go to the races!

In the second half Andrew reveals why he decided to take the path back to Birdsville, though not for the Boxing, as part of the Roadies. Andrew has kindly added the Paddock and The Pavilion logo to the back of his truck!

Andrew has now arrived in Birdsville. He went racing on the first day where he backed a winner in Race 2!

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