THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy surveys his cricket-themed birthday cards, and Toby wonders whether Livingstone's criticism of Bazball might let the genie out of the bottle

"It does make you wonder what they'd send if I wasn't a cricket fan."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (09'40): An Unusual World Record: Jimmy Sinclair scores the longest ever six

"His name sounds like a super hero, which is probably quite appropriate given what we're about to hear."

THE REVIEW (19'30): Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination (2024) by Brendan Cooper

"Wonderful to think of Keats at the age of 24 wandering about with a cricket injury."

Recorded 19 March 2026

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy is struck by a photo of Shaoib Bashir, and Toby reads an open letter about England's playing fields

"These are young men with fragile careers chasing dreams."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'10): Tony Lewis’ Christmas Present: India v England 1972 at Delhi

"England at least remain unbeaten on Christmas Day."

THE REVIEW (19'46): Flintoff (2025), Disney Plus

"It was delightful to see Ponting visibly pissed off when recalling the events of 2005."

Recorded 5 January 2026

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy admires a test debutant towards the end of his fourth decade, and Toby encounters Plum Warner in a new context

"I don't score quickly enough, that's my real issue."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'00): The One-Eyed Cricketer - the remarkable life of Colin Milburn

"Often you saw him batting with both feet off the ground, in a sort of gravity-defying act"

THE REVIEW (22'17): Basingstoke Boy by John Arlott (1990)

"There's an extraordinary page where he describes narrowly missing joining the Manchester United team who were in the Munich air crash."

Recorded 17 November 2025