Cricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 49: Why crowds roar for the Tigers of world cricket
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Episode 48: The man who discovered Eoin Morgan (and other stories)
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 47: The great Pakistani fast bowler who nearly became a Hollywood movie star
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 46: Wilf Wooller – the man at so many great moments of Welsh cricket
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 45: Andy Flower, inspiring cricketer – and protestor
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 44: The Modification of Indian cricket, expertly assessed
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 43: Kashmir – where cricket has become a political statement
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 42: Maurice Turnbull – and other heroes of cricket in Wales
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Episode 41: A great historian’s love affair with cricket
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 40: Another fast-scoring innings by Mahela Jayawardene
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Episode 39: The sky is the limit for Alsama Cricket Club, where refugees from Syria get new lives
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 38: What happened to the magic of Sri Lankan cricket?
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 37: The United States: Paradise Regained For Cricket?
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 36: The man who changed cricket for ever: Peter Hain
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 35: “Absent, caught fire” and other great moments from Scotland’s cricket heritage
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 34: “To take us to tea – and beyond”: the incomparable Henry Blofeld
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 33: New Zealand cricket’s long journey to success
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 32: The thrill returns of Ted Dexter at the crease
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 31: South African cricket and the poisoned legacy of apartheid
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 30: John Cleese shares his lifelong love of cricket
/in Oborne & Heller On Cricket /by Peter Oborne & Richard HellerCricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller launched a podcast early in 2020 to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They're no longer deprived of cricket, but still chat regularly about cricket topics with different guests each week – cricket writers, players, administrators and fans - hoping to keep a good line and lengt
Episode 29: Jill Rutter on watching cricket with Prime Ministers and others
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Jill Rutter had many high-profile roles in British public se
Episode 28: Talking with Pakistan Women’s Cricket former captain Sana Mir
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Sana Mir played in 226 international matches for Pakistan, a
Episode 27: The glorious social and cultural heritage of Irish cricket with Charles Lysaght
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Besides being a celebrated student debater, who replaced Ken Clarke and handi
Episode 26: Cricket’s growth in remarkable places: the man who knows
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James Coyne, Assistant Editor of The Cricketer magazine, ha
Episode 25: Talking with human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith
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Clive Stafford-Smith OBE is a cricket-lover who is also
Episode 24: Talking with Historian and Author, Dr Prashant Kidambi
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In 1911 the first cricket team to represent all of India made a l
Episode 23: Talking with ECB’s Managing Director of Women’s Cricket Clare Connor
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The rise of women’s cricket, in England and worldwide, is the biggest story
Episode 22: Talking with MCC’s Head of Heritage and Collections Neil Robinson
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Cricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller have launched a new podcast to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They chat regularly about cricket topics – hoping to keep a good line and length but with occasional wides into other subjects.
Neil Robinson is the MCC’s Head of Collections and Heritag
Episode 21: Talking with Huw Turbervill and Simon Hughes of The Cricketer
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Cricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller have launched a new podcast to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They chat regularly about cricket topics – hoping to keep a good line and length but with occasional wides into other subjects.
The Cricketer, on the edge of a well-deserved century, is the oldest survivin