THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy plays fantasy cricket, and Toby comes across some retro technology on the train

"I went to take out my headphones, and then my ear was caught by the message coming out of his phone."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'15): The Canterbury Lime: Cricket's most famous tree

"That particular rule is completely rational, but something of a shame."

THE REVIEW (22'40): Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag, published 1944

"'Is there a grown man in the groundstand whose maturity is a little saddened that after all he is just a grandstand man.'"

Recorded 29 September 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy donates his Cricketers to a good cause, and Toby ponders the Shakib al Hasan scandal.

"There's a bandaged batsman sitting in hospital leafing through my old magazines."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'54): Cricket in the poetry of Philip Larkin

"'...an Odeon went past, a cooling tower, and someone running up to bowl...'"

THE REVIEW (19'00): The Great Cricket Con (BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds), 2024

"When you step back, you're talking about organised crime, people smuggling..."

Recorded 6 September 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy overhears a conversation about cricket discipline; Toby plays in a family grudge match

"The pavilion had the most perfectly positioned loo."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'00): When Left-Handers were in danger of being banned from the game

"Most things you Google, you get pages and pages of results. For the Academy of Statistical Studies, you get just three hits."

THE REVIEW (21'50): One Long and Beautiful Summer: A Short Elegy for Red Ball Cricket by Duncan Hamilton (2020)

"At its best, it makes you think about how *you* watch cricket."

Recorded 12 August 2024