The Ridiculous Ashes Podcast

By Dan Liebke, Alex BowdenSports Cricket

The Ridiculous Ashes Podcast episodes

November 28, 2023 1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Second Test
Alex and Dan wander over to Lord's for the second Test of the 1981 Ridiculous Ashes, where they delight in the startling entrance to the series of Ray Bright. After recovering from that, they also muse upon inaccurate descriptions of inches and whether cricket players should be treated like toast.

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35 min
November 21, 2023 1981 Ridiculous Ashes - First Test
The Ridiculous Ashes podcast returns with the 1981 Ashes. First up, it’s Trent Bridge, where Alex and Dan discuss two-men bowling attacks, the sad decline of ferrets as a commentary descriptor, and Ian Botham being dreadful at everything.

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36 min
March 13, 2023 Bonus Episode - A Sports Podcast Awards Plea
A desperate plea for your help so that we don't come last in the Sports Podcast Awards.
Vote for us in the Best Cricket Podcast category via liebcricket.com/votecricket
More plausibly, vote for us in the Best Sports Comedy Podcast category via liebcricket.com/votefunny
Thank you.

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4 min
January 19, 2023 Bonus Episode - 2017 Ridiculous Border-Gavaskar - First Test
Sneak bonus episode: The Ridiculous Border-Gavaskar Podcast. Same format, one different team/host. To subscribe on your podcast provider of choice, go to https://pod.link/1666458762
In this premiere episode of The Ridiculous Border-Gavaskar Podcast, Dan and Bharat revisit the 1st Test of the 2017 Border-Gavaskar series in Pune. That’s where they find an unimaginative Steve O’Keefe getting the same figures in both innings, slightly misleading pitch predictions and Matt Renshaw’s unhappy tummy.
Follow The Ridiculous Border-Gavaskar Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ridicbg
Follow Bharat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beastieboy07
Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/liebcricket

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56 min
October 30, 2022 2013 Ridiculous Ashes - Fifth Test
The 2013 Ridiculous Ashes concludes with the final Test at The Oval, which gives Alex and Dan plenty of things to muse upon, including the one-Test wonderment of Simon Kerrigan and James Faulkner, the gruesome birth of Steve Smith as we now know him and Chekhov’s light meter.
Special thanks to @LinuxLea on Twitter for helping us access DVDs of this series.

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38 min
October 23, 2022 2013 Ridiculous Ashes - Fourth Test
Alex and Dan are off to Chester-le-Street for the fourth Test of the 2013 Ridiculous Ashes, which features discussions on the baggilessness of Australian helmets, Jonathan Trott’s sideways wicket celebration and the Summer of Bell.
Special thanks to @LinuxLea on Twitter for helping us access DVDs of this series.

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35 min
October 16, 2022 2013 Ridiculous Ashes - Third Test
Alex and Dan zoom up to Old Trafford for the third Test of the 2013 Ridiculous Ashes, where they celebrate the return of David Warner, Alastair Cook’s easy listening captaincy, belated time Snicko and Stuart Broad walking.
Special thanks to @LinuxLea on Twitter for helping us access DVDs of this series.

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34 min
October 09, 2022 2013 Ridiculous Ashes - Second Test
Alex and Dan head to Lord’s for the second Test of the 2013 Ridiculous Ashes. While there, they discuss the birth of Root Maths, Graeme Swann instigating the ‘worst piece of cricket in Test history’ and decisions that suck ass #bullshit.
Geoff Lemon’s ‘Hey Watson’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNDElnx3hus
Special thanks to @LinuxLea on Twitter for helping us access DVDs of this series.

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41 min
October 02, 2022 2013 Ridiculous Ashes - First Test
The Ridiculous Ashes podcast returns with the 2013 Ashes. First up, it’s Trent Bridge, the showdown of two of the most ridiculous moments in Ashes history - Ashton Agar’s 98 and Stuart Broad not walking. A colossal match-up so absurd we need Pat Cummins to drop in and help us sort it out. Which he does.
Special thanks to @LinuxLea on Twitter for helping us access DVDs of this series.

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48 min
December 14, 2021 2009 Ridiculous Ashes - Fifth Test
Over to The Oval for the fifth and final Test of the 2009 Ridiculous Ashes. With the series locked 1-1, we are introduced to Jimmy Anderson’s first Test duck, Jonathan Trott’s first Test century and the enigmatic figure known only as Simon Katiche.

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42 min