THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy visits the Hundred, and Toby has an unusual wager  "I think what you've cleverly done, without knowing it, is an emotional hedge." FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'00): Jeff Thomson's Test debut "He decides that he's not going to let a big toe get in the way of his test debut and a shot at the West Indies."  THE REVIEW (22'00): The King of Spain and I: Surviving Cricket, Depression and the Greatest Ever Ashes, by Ashley Giles (Fairfield Books, 2025) "We both came to each other and suggested this new Ashley Giles book." Out now and available as a hardback and an ebook from fairfieldbooks.co.uk and all good booksellers. Recorded 13 September 2025

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy talks cricket at work, and Toby talks cricket in Italy "This was an excellent moment to be an evangelist - because of the recent news in Italian cricket." FROM THE ARCHIVES (09'30): Shane Warne's Test debut "Haigh also says you could see Warne’s “lucky yellow speedos visible through the white pants”."  THE REVIEW (18'20): Bad Sport: Fallen Idol (2021) "If anyone's entitled to be furious with Cronje, it's surely Herschelle Gibbs." Recorded 29 July 2025

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy has a new mug - with a deep cricket backstory, and Toby plays an unconventional game of T20 "If at any point you see me, I'll likely be drinking or making tea." FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'20): Ajit Agarkar's debut century - England vs India, Lord's, 2002 "Agarkar had recently returned from an Australian tour where he had been taunted as Bombay Duck after recording seven consecutive wicketless innings." THE REVIEW (23'40): Richie Benaud's Blue Suede Shoes: The Story of an Ashes Classic by David Kynaston and Harry Ricketts (2024) "A drunk Walter Robins, former all rounder and England selector, came into the dressing room and commanded England to play a certain way - and Peter May, to get rid of him, agreed." Recorded 22 June 2025

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy and Toby head to Lord's for the annual Reverse Swept Radio day in the Pavilion "You gave me false advice with just the right amount of confidence to truly screw me." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'33): Alex Tudor's Nightwatchman Heroics - July 1999  "Thorpe comes back to the dressing room, fresh from being abused by the crowd, to the abuse of his team-mates." THE REVIEW (20'40): Cape Summer (2009) "What part of the touring life would resonate? Well, there's a trip the gold and uranium mine." Recorded 1 June 2025

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy puzzles over a forgotten childhood poster, and Toby applauds Wisden taking the gloves off. "Mind you he wasn't massive, so you could probably print him on A3." FROM THE ARCHIVES (09'20): Stump Cricket, or Podex "At its core this is an issue with the length of time you spent pulling out tree roots." THE REVIEW (19'00): Godfrey Evans: A Biography by Christopher Sandford (1990) "After getting hit by a car, Evans gets up, shrugs it off and walks off. And I thought 'this is a book I need to read.'" Recorded 28 April 2025

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: An announcement about the next chapter in the history of the Gabba (play Olympic cricket there, then knock it down); Andy's summer begins when his county wallchart arrives. "My oldest daughter made a move for it, and while I am usually tolerant of her playing with my dearest property, in this case I had to say 'No, this is sacred stuff.'." FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'45): The India vs Pakistan bowl out - Kingsmead Oval, September 2007, inaugural T20 World Cup "It's a world cup match between two great rivals, but this whole bowl out has the air of a beer match." THE REVIEW (18'45): Cricket's Forgotten Team (2025) "When the Taliban took power, they had to find and destroy their scorebooks. No longer were these books a proud way of memorialising achievements of the past; they were incriminating documents that would lead to punishment." Recorded 25 March 2025

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy's brother revives a promising career, and Toby wonders whether cricket and politics can ever be entirely separated. "It may astonish you, but he's actually better than me." FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'04): The Curious Tale of Billy Midwinter - The Kidnapped Cricketer "WG Grace dragged him bodily out of the Lord's pavilion and over town to the Oval." THE REVIEW (19'52): Cricket Calling by Roland Ryder (1995) "Has the modern crowd got the skill to Sardine a Jardine?" Recorded 16 Feb 2025

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Maiden's new female cricket kit, and encounters with the game in Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy “I will absolutely be selling my daughters on the idea that cricket is the finest way to waste a large chunk of one's life, but it's far better when that message is being communicated by their peers ." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'10): The final day of the 2010 County Championship “Notts were presented with an imitation trophy - which apparently was lost later that night in a nightclub" THE REVIEW (19'30): The Documentary: Sir Frank Worrell (BBC World Service) “Initially I thought we needed a bit more on Worrell - but eventually I realised that this lands him as a historical figure." Recorded 19 Jan 2025

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Darren Lehmann embarks on a County Cricket chapter, and Toby attempts to pass on the flame to a new generation “We’re recording 60 years to the day since possibly the most one-sided match in first class cricket history: a victory by an innings and 851 runs." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'15): The strange beginnings of the super sopper “Does it just make a huge mess? That’s actually a really good question." THE REVIEW (20'10): Bowler’s Turn by Ian Peebles (1960) “‘What matter if it doesn’t land quite in the right place? So long as it bursts like a bomb in a beehive. This is art for art’s sake.’" Recorded 4 Dec 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy receives a message from a listener, and Toby ponders whether cricket's efforts to reduce carbon emissions may have some unintended consequences "As a podcast host, it makes you feel very differently about the whole enterprise." FROM THE ARCHIVES (12'00): England's victory in the dark: Karachi 2000 "England would later celebrate in the dressing room with a chorus of “Who let the dogs out?”,  Duncan Fletcher reportedly woofing along." THE REVIEW (22'00): Crossing the Line (2018, SuperSport) "Warne has the immortal line “Steve Smith is not Pablo Escobar.”" Recorded 27 September 2024

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 grandstand whose maturity isn't 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

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy and Toby spend a day in the Lord's pavilion "We can't let this go without talking about the picnic provision." FROM THE ARCHIVES (08'30): Underwood triumphs in the nick of time - 5th Ashes Test at The Oval, 1968 "There were apparently knitting needles being used to dig holes for drainage." THE REVIEW (19'20): Hitman for Hire: A Year in the Life of a Franchise Cricketer (2024) "He wins the Pakistani T20 competition, and has ten minutes to celebrate the victory before he heads to the airport, so that he can see his family for four days before going to the IPL." Recorded 28 June 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy makes his debut in the Long Room, and Toby reflects on Jimmy Anderson's retirement "Harry Brook came past joking about handwarmers. This was an April day much more winter than spring." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'28): The Precursor to DLS: the Average Run Rate Method "Under the Average Run Rate Method, the target was 61. If DLS had been used, it would have been 131: more than double the number of runs required." THE REVIEW (21'51): It's Always Sunny Somewhere by Felix White (2021) "A particular gem was Ashley Giles reminiscing about his days in a Shell garage, and a rude customer making him think 'I'd better get the cricket going again'." Recorded 20 May 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: French cricket levels up, and Liam Dawsons resigns from trying to play test cricket "The Ghost Cricket Leagues of France - a superb title for anything, really." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'50): The Unstoppable Sonny Ramadhin is stopped "His 588 deliveries over 98 overs remain the most balls bowled in a first-class innings." THE REVIEW (21'20): Cricket's Greatest Game (2022) "We need more people who find Trevor Bayliss sexy." Recorded 1 April 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy reports back from the Logan Cup, and Toby enjoys the small (and futile) parts of Sunday cricket "Clearly the Reverse Swept Radio coffers will be extensive enough to fly me back to Australia every three weeks to record the podcast?" FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'00): the Tied Test between Australia and India, 1960 "Richie Benaud walked onto the outfield as Australia begins their chase, and sees clover flowers all over the outfield." THE REVIEW (24'30): The Miracle Makers: Indian Cricket's Greatest Epic, by  Bharat Sundaresan with Gaurav Joshi (2023) "It was on trend to hear that Justin Langer screams "Warrior! Warrior!" to Steve Smith in the nets." Recorded 3 March 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Reflecting on the West Indian victory against Australia "So I woke up last Sunday morning in a Gothic temple, as you do." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'50): Benjamin West's The Cricketers, and the battle to take the painting to the US "One bat is being leant on like a walking stick, the other has been discarded on the floor." THE REVIEW (21'55): Shane Warne: A Hampshire Love Story (BBC Radio Solent, hosted by Robbie James) (2023) "If you're doing a radio show about Warne, generally you talk to the people who like him of course." Recorded 4 February 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy ponders the lot of the groundstaff of waterlogged British pitches; Toby reports back from day 1 of the SCG test "You presumably need a super super blotter, when it comes to a flood." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'50): When Cricket Added a Fourth Stump: the innovations of Cricket Max "This is a niche question: where do you take guard when you've got four stumps?" THE REVIEW (22'40): Evita Burned Down our Pavilion: A Cricketing Odyssey through Latin America by James Coyne and Timothy Abraham (2021) "Pablo Escobar's son was sent to an English school, where as a wicket keeper he would put a match under the bails, attached to a piece of thread, which he would pull to claim a bowled." Recorded 9 January 2024

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy becomes a Middlesex member, and Toby finds himself hopelessly out of his depth "We have a running joke that our shirts are our best player. This has come back to bite us in the arse: bonus points for wearing the same shirt got us promoted up a division." FROM THE ARCHIVES (11'10): The One Ball Walkout: Transvaal vs the Rest of South Africa, 3 April 1971 "We create so many assorted reasons for play to stop, that you do become slightly immune as a spectator..." THE REVIEW (20'35): You Guys are History: The Story of England's Black Cricketers (2021) "Phil DeFreitas talks about getting ready to bowl and thinking about the sniper threatened by The National Front." Recorded 10 December 2023