View from the Bridge

Joel and Richard look back at the first half of the T20 Blast and preview the upcoming County Championship fixtures.

We're also delighted to say a shortened version of our book: 'A View from the Bridge: Nottinghamshire cricket 2000-25' is now available to buy on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H4QC7JML.

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Notts all-rounder Benny Howell joined us to explain why he joined the county, his thoughts on the season so far, his many variations,

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Joel and Richard assess Notts' start to their defence of the County Championship title and look ahead to the start of the T20 Blast.

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Liam Patterson-White's dad Dan joined us to speak about his son's Notts journey, choosing cricket over football, dealing with comments on social media and what it's like to watch him in action.

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Ian from the Hants Fan Podcast joined us to preview the clash between Hampshire and Notts starting on Friday.

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Performance analyst James Maby from Intelligent Cricket joined us for a fascinating chat on everything relating to analytics in the sport.

James has just returned from working with Islamabad United in the PSL and has worked with several counties in the past.

Topics included:

How to put together a squad/first XI

Auctions

Working with coaches and players

Pre-game analysis

Who should be on England's radar - including some Notts players

Technology and live-streaming in the county game and how that should evolve

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Award-winning sports author Duncan Hamilton joined us to talk about his new book on Sir Garfield Sobers, Harold Larwood and his incredible career covering Brian Clough as a reporter at the Nottingham Evening Post - something he still can't believe to this day.

Some brilliant stories from a brilliant writer.

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Having coached at schools in Nottingham before working with The Blaze, former Leicestershire seamer Scott Boswell is now fast bowling lead at Lancashire Women where he works under Chris Read.

He joined us to discuss his journey and coaching some of the current Notts players such as Freddie McCann.

We apologise for some of the audio issues.

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Notts legend and Leicestershire coach Paul Johnson joins us to look ahead to the upcoming fixture between the two sides.

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Joel and Richard look back on the past two weeks of County Championship action, preview the Warwickshire fixture and discuss the new substitute rule and which batsmen they most enjoy watching!

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