The Cricket Sickos Podcast

Final Word friend Ian joins the show to discuss his experiences following cricket in the Australian summer from where he currently lives in Europe, particularly moving around different locations during the 2024/25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Healso talked about why Test cricket is especially special to him and the life lessons it can teach.

Ian's piece on Cricket Described: https://cricketdescribed.au/2025/01/09/an-ode-to-radio-an-australian-abroad-reflects-on-the-bgt/

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Journalist and Good Areas contributor C. S. Chiwanza comes back to the podcast to shed light on the South African women's team, particularly their rise in the past few years that has seen them qualify for three ICC tournament finals in a rowafter a lot of backroom drama.

Listen to C. S.'s new podcast Stumped: https://www.youtube.com/@ChadwickDrive

Follow CS' Substack: https://chadwickdrive.substack.com/

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For this bonus holiday episode, we're talking about indie music! Managing editor of Stereogum and author of Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion Chris DeVille joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of indie rock, how we use that music to build teenage identities, Adit's fandom of Death Cab for Cutie, how Chris' fandom of MLS team Columbus Crew differs to his music fandom, and what it means to be truly independent. 

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Host of the Dibbly Dobbly podcast Jack joins the show to talk about cricket helping him to come out of his shell as a kid and as an adult, giving back to the game through umpiring, and his time hosting his cricket podcast where he combines analysis and interviews with all manner of cricket people. 

Links for the Dibbly Dobbly podcast:

patreon.com/DibblyDobblyPodcast

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instagram.com/dibblydobblypodcast

twitter.com/dibblydobblypod

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Aaman Patel of the Big Innings podcast and the Cricket Across America show joins the podcast to talk about growing up at the epicenter of USA cricket, what it's like covering cricket at many different levels, MLC's role in growing American cricket, and what's next for him after getting his journalism degree. Follow Aaman on Instagram @apsportsnews_ Watch Cricket Across America on the MLC Network Youtube channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MLC_Network⁠ Listen to Big Innings on the Emerging Cricket feed: ⁠https://emergingcricket.com/podcast/⁠ The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25⁠ On Youtube: ⁠https://youtube.com/@aditrs...

Final Word friend Owen joins the podcast to talk about all things cricket in Scotland from what it's like to play in the club system, the men's and women's national teams, and issues at the national board level. 

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Custodian of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method Prof. Steven Stern joins the podcast, where he talked about his introduction to cricket in Australia having moved from theUS, why he originally got into contact with Duckworth and Lewis, the strengths and limitations of the formula, and how he's used it to calculate whether Herschelle Gibbs really did drop the World Cup. 

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Star of the Indonesian national women's cricket team, Maria Corazon Konjep Wombaki, joins the podcast to talk about her extraordinary cricketing origin story of first playing in the national championships before knowing how to play, how she works to keep improving her skills before and since becoming a national team player, and the new strategy that helped her become the second-highest runscorer at the EAP qualification tournament in Fiji just gone.

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Tamu pada episode ini adalah Maria Corazon Konjep Wombaki alias Cora dari timnas putri cricket Indonesia, yang bercerita tentang main cricket pertama kali di Kejurnas, bagaimana dia terus mengembangkan skill dia sebelum dan setelah menjadi pemain timnas, dan apa yang membantu dia untuk mencetak runs kedua terbanyak di turnamen kualifikasi EAP di Fiji bulan September kemarin.

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Cricbuzz Associates correspondent Bertus de Jong joins the podcast to talk about his involvement in Dutch cricket, the many challenges facing international cricket including the suboptimal management by the Full Members in charge, and the real reason I wanted to talk to him, #FormatChat.

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Read his work at Cricbuzz: https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/author/bertus-de-jong/207/4

One of Bertus' glorious format flow charts: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_hqaB6XYAU9T1B?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

In the 50th episode of the Cricket Sickos podcast, I get the help of previous guest Guy to look back at the podcast so far as it goes into hiatus. We talk about the beginnings of the podcast, what I was happy with, what I wanted to do better, and what I'd learned. The pod will be back in the not too distant future, thanks for helping it get this far!

Guy's podcast This Is Not Happening: https://thisisnothappening.buzzsprout.com/

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Final Word friend Glenn joins the show to talk about how playing and coaching has changed over the years, the challenges of local club administration, and what it means to be inducted to his club's Hall of Fame.

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Russ Degnan rejoins the podcast to get in the weeds of the ICC rankings. We get into the specifics of how it works, the consequences of implementing it, and features of some possible alternatives.

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Friends of the show Erin and Raghu re-join Adit to examine the parts of cricket that encourage sicko behaviour that are present in baseball, North America's premier sicko sport. They also talk about being in Oakland for the MLC's opening week and discuss what worked, what didn't, and what more needs to be done.

Comparing descriptions of line drives to descriptions of colour:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/where-do-we-draw-the-line-drive/

Baseball's special mud: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/why-baseball-mud-rubbed-on-balls-works-study-rcna178321

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As the Gabba is saying its farewells before being demolished in 2032, we pay tribute to the iconic venue by talking to someone who the Gabba means very much to, a Final Word friend who goes by Matt near the Gabba. We talk about his history and relationship with cricket at the Gabba including being there at some historic moments, and discuss what it would mean for Brisbane to no longer have the Gabba.

There is also an important announcement at the top of the episode.

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Gary AKA Carnival Sorts joins the podcast to talk about the progression of Irish cricket before and during his lifetime, including his journey that started as a kid in rural Ireland teaching the game to confused neighbouring kids.

Follow Gary's Substack at https://carnivalcricket.substack.com/

Gary's piece on Ireland reinforcing the Associate glass ceiling: https://carnivalcricket.substack.com/p/ireland-smashed-crickets-glass-ceiling

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Abbas from the Final Word community joins the podcast to talk about cricket in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, fills Adit in on what he's missing when he's not watching franchise matches, and might have solved the issue of how to give franchise opportunities to women's players outside the Big 3.

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Machel St. Patrick Hewitt, one half of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast, joins the show to talk in more detail about how he and his co-host Santokie Nagulendran started making their podcast, the role the podcast plays in covering West Indies cricket, and the reasons why they dedicate so much of their time and effort to the cause.

The Caribbean Cricket Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaribbeanCricketPodcast

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2vseYQXRRe614G84eNydM7

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Fellow White Line Wireless commentator Krishna joins the podcast to talk about how cricket helped his family adjust to life in country Australia in the 70s, why he loves commentary, and goes off the long run on a few cricket issues.

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Josh from Global Cricket joins the podcast to talk about the ways he's trying to advance the statistical analysis of women's cricket, his love for Glamorgan, and the top reasons why he loves the game.

Josh's blog: https://somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com

Josh's rankings tables: https://somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/t20-ratings/

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Meels from the Final Word community joins the podcast to talk about her experiences discovering the game growing up in North Wales, whether Welsh cricket being included in the English system is beneficial for the game there, and how conversations around Wales' cricketing contributions can be discussed better.

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Ildikó from the Daisy Cutter cricket zine joins the show to talk about how cricket has helped her connect with loved ones, Daisy Cutter's commitment to covering the fun and serious sides of the game, and the challenges of making cricket a more inclusive sport.

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Read the Daisy Cutter blog: https://daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/

Ildiko writing about cricket and her dad: https://daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2024/05/16/runs-in-the-family/

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Daniel Norcross joins the podcast to talk about Test Match Sofa and what it meant to him, which included an escape from bereavement, the gathering of an eclectic community, and finding the creative alchemy from playing around as an adult.

Listen to Daniel on Zero Ducks Given: https://open.spotify.com/show/17se3QWSbxDIzdBNbU6GHG?si=c260f5a299934d1d

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Monique joins the podcast to talk about being involved in the National Cricket Inclusion Championships, which is an Australian tournament for cricket players who are blind, deaf, or have intellectual disabilities. She also talks about her experiences with engaging with cricket as a deaf person, as well as some things Australian club cricket can do to become more accessible.

The National Cricket Inclusion Championships: https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4078841/national-cricket-inclusion-championships-2025

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Writer C. S. Chiwanza joins the show to talk about various aspects of South African cricket including their improvement in global tournaments, SA20, and the complexities around Transformation in cricket; as well as beautifully describing the storytelling power of the game and what it means to him.

Follow CS' Substack: https://chadwickdrive.substack.com/

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Final Word community member Jane joins the podcast to geek out with Adit about Ellyse Perry, talking about various highlights in Perry's storied career including hypothesising about several what-if moments throughout her time in the game.

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Adam Collins of The Final Word Cricket Podcast (!!!) joins the show to talk about, well, The Final Word Cricket Podcast. In particular, how it came together with co-host Geoff Lemon, the ambition of the show, and the driving factor behind their "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" ethos.

Support The Final Word on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefinalword

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Laura joins the podcast to talk about how she came to cricket, which spans 2000s cult classic cinema, the 2019 women's football World Cup, Jimmy Anderson telling her she had to start playing, and Glenn Maxwell being in awe of her story.

Follow Laura's IG where she documents the various football stadia she's visited: https://www.instagram.com/la_tifosa/

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Shaun from the Talkin' T20 podcast joins the show to talk about how he and his family managed to discover cricket in the USA, being frustrated that Bluey cricket merch isn't more easily available where he lives, and his love for the T20 format.

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Shaun's Talkin' T20 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/talkin-t20/id1788425104

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Andrew Nixon, writer from Cricket Europe, joins the podcast to talk about discovering cricket beyond the Full Members before the internet, advocating militantly for the Associate game through his writing, and the many ways that cricket could be doing better to grow itself around the world.

Andrew's writing on Cricket Europe: https://www.cricketeurope.com/index.shtml

Andrew and Russ Degnan's Associates and Affiliates Podcast: https://cricketeuropearchive.com/AUDIOVIDEO/IDLESUMMERS/index.shtml

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Sean joins the podcast to talk all things Irish cricket, from its growth since the 70s, to its rapid growth in the 21st century, and what the Irish cricket community means to him.

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Pip from the Final Word community comes on the show to talk about winning a quiz show with Glenn McGrath as her special subject, how her view of Australian cricket has become more nuanced as she has grown up, and describes how Test cricket has a lot in common with Dungeons and Dragons.

Pip's Glenn McGrath Christmas Carol: https://youtube.com/shorts/4TBInTFcNoY?feature=shared

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Alex Bowden of King Cricket joins the podcast to talk about his journey in cricket comedy writing, what his inexhaustible source of ideas is, and whether cricket in general has been trending more or less ridiculous.

Alex's website: https://kingcricket.co.uk/

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Josh joins the podcast and talks about the lessons cricket has taught him, how he has drifted into and out of cricket, and how he has used it to help him grieve (CW: mention of suicide). Plus, his plans for what could be the greatest stag do in history.

Josh's Bandcamp: https://theoneandonlyjhenry.bandcamp.com/music

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Cat Jones of White Line Wireless and the Can't Bowl Can't Throw podcast joins the show to talk about the dearth of women's cricket available to her when she was growing up, being a part of very early cricket Twitter and White Line Wireless, as well as Australia's changing commentary landscape.

Can't Bowl Can't Throw: https://cantbowlcantthrow.com/

Cat's Guardian articles: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/cat-jones

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Ajit, host of the Armchair Cricket Podcast, joins the pod to show Adit a thing or two about how to make a long-running podcast. He also explains how he does genuinely good journalistic research for his podcast, as well as his experiences playing cricket in India and his current home of the Netherlands.

Armchair Cricket Podcast: https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/armchair-cricket-podcast/

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Nerd Pledge CSI member Sean joins the podcast to discuss the differences between a cricket and a football sicko, what it means to use statistics for analysis compared to rattling off trivia, and how cricket can be smart and stupid at the same time.

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00:31 Comparing...

Commentator for US Minor League team The Philadelphians Brian Barrish joins the podcast to talk about his journey in commentary, including his longstanding involvement with the USAFL! He also talks in detail about how, when it comes to developing their sport in the US, the AFL is running rings around cricket. Plus Brian and Adit reminisce about how they came to know each other all those years ago.

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Jono joins the podcast to wax lyrical about the special Birchgrove Oval match, how he fell in and out of love (and back in again) with playing cricket, and explains how his form of neurodivergence plays a part in his love of cricket. And there was a lot of confusion about how so many people he played with play cricket but appear to not like it very much.

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North Sydney Oval scorer Sarah Berman joins the podcast to talk about how she got to score professional matches, her origins playing girls' and women's cricket in the 90's, and her lifelong love of Mike Atherton.

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Jarrod Kimber (!!!) joins the podcast to talk about his origins as a cricket writer, and gives plenty of his lessons learned about turning his love of cricket into his career. Like I said in the intro, Jarrod is pretty close to my ultimate dream guest, and he didn't disappoint.

Jarrod's Good Areas website: https://www.goodareas.co/

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Daniel "Bes" Beswick, co-founder of the Emerging Cricket network and full-time employee of the ICC (or near enough) joins the podcast to talk about the impact Emerging Cricket and similar platforms has had on Associate coverage, his role with the ICC, and the realities of what it takes to broadcast ICC pathway events.

Bes on Emerging Cricket: https://emergingcricket.com/author/danielbeswick/

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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/

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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.

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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

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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/

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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

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01:35 Origin story

06:22 Simulating cricket using a calculator

14:36 White Line Wireless and the Box of Dreams

17:42 Associate...

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.

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Chapters:

00:57 Origin story

02:53 OBOs

21:04 Cricket and community

30:10 Returning to playing

38:28 Final questions

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Welcome to The Cricket Sickos Podcast!

Raghu joins the podcast to talk about discovering cricket as an Indian 90s kid, how going on Jeopardy affected his attitude to cricket commentary, and SLAMS the story his partner Erin told on this podcast about her introduction to cricket.

Chapters:

00:56 Sharing cricket experiences with Erin

10:55 Origin story

18:45 Crisis of confidence

30:39 Rants about commentary

49:32 Final questions

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Adit joins the podcast as a guest (with guest host Erin!) to talk about how cricket helped him write his thesis, make friends, and generally learn about himself.

Chapters:

01:45 Cricket for thesis writing

04:43 Cricket to meet people

08:49 Cricket podcasts

12:05 Commentating

15:27 Finding his people

21:21 Origin story

31:54 Associate cricket

41:50 The podcast

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Peter joins the podcast to talk about his love of Test cricket on the radio as a blind fan, what it was like supervising a student who was a fellow cricket sicko (me), and how Test cricket is the only sport that is truly strategic. Oh, and how he was involved in the founding of something called Cricinfo.

Chapters:

00:33 Cricket origin story

06:27 Test cricket on the radio

12:10 Cricinfo and the extremely early internet

31:00 Supervising a fellow cricket sicko

34:37 The commentability of cricket

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Lea joins the podcast to talk about her awesome origin story of discovering cricket growing up in Germany, finding her people among the Guerilla Cricket crew, her German-language cricket Youtube channel, and her love of cricket's tradition of appraising matches even decades after the fact.

Check out Lea's Youtube channel Beschuertes Kurzes Bein / Silly Short Leg: www.youtube.com/@bescheuerteskurzesbein

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

Thomas joins the podcast to talk about the joys of literally all international cricket (except for the one series that was too far even for him), the time he played for Australia('s media pack), and his legendary wagon wheels (including why he has a soft spot for Justin Langer).

Check out Thomas' wagon wheels on Youtube: https://youtu.be/jEHGHz-Z38M

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

SirDoris joins the podcast to talk about how cricket is a great vehicle for comedy, finding community on the cricket subreddit, and how Australian cricket needs to treat regional areas so much better.

Link to the full chat with SirDoris: https://youtu.be/7x4jJe-MA4Y

Read the Steve Smith Diaries!

2021-22 season: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TtbB7uOw_H2DEsXjsshjmSipUcgllA6h/view?usp=drive_link

2022 season: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1avKwerHLTJ16j4UKrV2pm1g9AKoRn056/view?usp=drive_link

2023 Ashes: https://drive.google...

Deb joins the podcast to talk about her inexplicable cricket origin story, the importance of online communities to her cricketing journey, and how Australian cricket can be more inclusive to people from cultural minority backgrounds on and off the field.

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

Erin joins the podcast to talk about her experiences with learning about cricket as an adult first through her partner, how cricket and its fandom compares to other sports, and how cricket can be an interesting lens to see the world through. 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