Essex Cricket, in association with Ambassador Cruise Line, is on a mission to celebrate the dedicated volunteers who make grassroots cricket possible across the county. Essex star Jodi Grewcock joins us to talk about her support for the initiative and how volunteers have helped her cricketing career.
The winner gets a 7 nights Scandinavian Springtime Delights Cruise and the club they represent gets an exclusive training session with the current Essex and former England Head Coach Chris Silverwood,
To vote, click the link below:
https://www.ambassadorcruiseline.com/competitions/unsung-hero-award/
Essex Cricket, in association with Ambassador Cruise Line, is on a mission to celebrate the dedicated volunteers who make grassroots cricket possible across the county. Essex star Jodi Grewcock joins us to talk about her support for the initiative and how volunteers have helped her cricketing career.
The winner gets a 7 nights Scandinavian Springtime Delights Cruise and the club they represent gets an exclusive training session with the current Essex and former England Head Coach Chris Silverwood,
To vote, click the link below:
https://www.ambassadorcruiseline.com/competitions/unsung-hero-award/
Elizabeth Ammon, cricket writer at The Times joins me to preview the 3rd Test between England and India at Lord's, with the five match series tantalising poised at one each. There's been a very short break since Edgbaston and all eyes will be on Jofra Archer who returns to Test cricket after such a long break. India has the return of Jasprit Bumrah, but let's not forget the wonderful batters on display - who will get on the honours board??
Highlights of the show broadcast on Thursday. 3rd. July on Phoenix FM. Talking points are the second Test between England and India, a look forward to the Women's clash between those nations as well. Essex are in deep trouble and with the help of "The Grumbler" we examine their plight. Also a round up of all the latest action from the Essex Premier League.
Bumble is back and he has a new venture, a podcast with Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Sir Alastair Cook called "Stick to Cricket"! It's the latest from The Overlap stable after the wildly popular "Stick to Football". As always, a great chat and we get some big exclusive news too!
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/stick-to-cricket/id1821399873
Bumble is back and he has a new venture, a podcast with Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Sir Alastair Cook called "Stick to Cricket"! It's the latest from The Overlap stable after the wildly popular "Stick to Football". As always, a great chat and we get some big exclusive news too!
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/stick-to-cricket/id1821399873
Here is the video version of my chat with cricket writer PAUL NEWMAN.
Barely a year ago, Paul Newman retired as Chief Cricket Writer at the Daily Mail, but now he is back writing for The Athletic, as the American publication expands its reach into cricket.
As Paul's first article gets published, I had a catch up with him to discuss his new adventure and look forward to the first Test between England and India which gets underway on Friday at Headlngley.
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Barely a year ago, Paul Newman retired as Chief Cricket Writer at the Daily Mail, but now he is back writing for The Athletic, as the American publication expands its reach into cricket.
As Paul's first article gets published, I had a catch up with him to discuss his new adventure and look forward to the first Test between England and India which gets underway on Friday at Headlngley.
Subscribe to The athletic (for free) here:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/tag/cricket/
The English Test summer is here, with the World Test Championship Final underway at Lord's. Huw Turbervill, editor of "The Cricketer" magazine has written a timely book "The Final Test", where he examines an uncertain future for the longest form of the game. Huw joins us to explain how the book came about and how he sees the future.
Jarrod Kimber was one of the very first guests on "98 Not Out", when we started back in May 2019. It's also now ten years since his infamous documentary film "Death of a Gentleman", where Jarrod uncovered match-fixing and corruption in the game. So it's high time we had a catch up!
In this chat, we talk about his new book "The Art of Batting", a compilation of the greatest batters of the game; a labour of love and Jarrod hints at a followup tome. He also reveals some ideas about how Test cricket had a chance a few years back to ensure a bright future, but suggest all is not lost! Get your copy of the book here:
It's ten years since Jarrod Kimber's excellent documentary "Death of a Gentleman" which investigated match-fixing, corruption and the threat - even then - to the future of Test cricket. It's also six years since Jarros was one of the very first guests on "98 Not Out", so a catch up was well overdue... In this chat we talk about an idea of franchised Test cricket, whether the "Big Three" of England, Australis and India could be outmanoeuvred by the financial might of Saudi Arabia and how might it all lead to the relationship between Narendra Modi and Donald Trump! Jarrod's also got a new book out, "The Art of Batting" and he tells us how he managed to compile such a fascinating list.https://amzn.eu/d/5xmokbP
With the dust still settling on the romance of Crystal Palace's win over Manchester City in the FA Cup Final, ITV's Mark Pougatch joins me to talk about how important it is to retain the heart and soul of sport in the face of blatant commercialism. The beating heart of cricket remains in the County Championship and as the white ball summer gets underway, Mark stresses that we should not lose sight of what really matters.
Mark also talks about his new podcast - "How It All Played Out" - which focuses on the stories behind the most dramatic and iconic moments in sports history. It's available now wherever you get your podcasts.
With the dust still settling on the romance Crystal Palace's win over Manchester City in the FA Cup Final, ITV's Mark Pougatch joins me to talk about how important it is to retain the heart and soul of sport in the face of blatant commercialism. The beating heart of cricket remains in the County Championship and as the white ball summer gets underway, Mark stresses that we should not lose sight of what really matters.
Mark also talks about his new podcast - "How It All Played Out" - which focuses on the stories behind the most dramatic and iconic moments in sports history. It's available now wherever you get your podcasts.
Here is the video version of the podcast chat with @WG_RumblePants, who looks forward to s summer Test cricket. You also get to see his magnificent retro England shirt!
As the first block of the County Championship comes to an end, internet sensation @WG_RumblePants looks forward to the start of England's Test summer with matches against Zimbabwe then India, as well as the World Test Championship Final at Lord's.
Make sure you give him a follow on X and Threads!
On this week’s show, Monty Panesar reacts to India superstar Virat Kohli’s announcement that he has called time on his Test career.
With the IPL and PSL resuming this weekend, we ask what the rescheduled timetable means for the English cricketers involved.
Round 5 of the County Championship has concluded with some thrilling encounters; Simon Harmer reflects on a superb rearguard action by Essex against Yorkshire. And the Essex Premier League is back! How did reigning champions Hornchurch and national champions Brentwood fare in their opening matches?
RICHARD CLARKE aka "The Grumbler" talks about the growing number of people watching cricket on the counties' YouTube streams and says that this is the modern way to get more people to watch County Cricket. A concerted effort to put together a nightly highlights package - "Today at the County Ground"? - married to AI technology would be a surefire hit!
Chris Cowdrey and David Gower are taking their "Holy Bail" show on tour and with the help of Turkish Airlines (and not a Tiger Moth!) they are off to Singapore. Ahead of their departure, I caught up with them to talk about the show and get a few tasters of the great stories they both have to tell. There's also a special offer for anyone travelling to the show from afar!
If you fancy attending, here is the link for full details and ticket availability:
https://sg.bookmyshow.com/en/events/gower-cowdrey-and-the-holy-bail/GCATHBAV
Derek Richards is the President and Team Manager of the St Helena Cricket Association. Based in the South Atlantic and seemingly many miles from anywhere, cricket reached this far-flung British territory back in 1900. In this chat, Derek explains to me the logistics of running the team and the cost of travelling to fulfil their ICC fixture commitments.
If you would like to get involved in any way and maybe support the team commercially of financially, please get in touch with Derek at:
Derek.Richards@sthelenacricket.org
Take a look at their website:
and give them a follow on Facebook.
After an executive career in The City, Ed Warner has spent the last 15 years as chair of various financial services businesses and sports bodies, including ten years at both the accountants Grant Thornton and UK Athletics. He has written extensively on the business of sport, most notably in Sport Inc, which was published in 2018 and now in a weekly blog on Substack under the same name. He also writes for "The Times" newspaper. Currently Chair of Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, he also recently applied to be Chair of Middlesex County Cricket Club. Here, we talk about cricket's wander down the path of money and big business and what can be expected and what needs to be studiously avoided!Follow Ed on X @edwarner_sport
