Cricket

  • Heather Knight and her alter ego

    Our very special guest is a World Cup and Ashes winner, former England captain and a legend of the game: Heather Knight (plus her alter ego Shelley). We discuss the upcoming World Cup, injuries, learning to play the guitar, Padel with Mattchin and what happened when Felix met her at a recent Oasis concert. Plus…

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  • Little Yearns – The Second Innings

    It’s time to open the phones lines again for our second innings of ‘Little Yearns’. We cover broken bats, linseed oil, farts, Covid caps, helmet hair, Win Viz, TV graphics, and why did Chris Woakes put Jimmy’s cap down his trousers?

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  • Left Arm Spin Special: Ashley Giles.

    The King of Spain, Ashley Giles, is our special guest on this week’s Tailenders. Inevitably we travel back to the 2005 Ashes series – the greatest series of all time –  but also reflections on the highs and lows of professional sport, the genius of Richie Benaud, bowling to Brian Lara, the Art of Spin…

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  • The Rob Key Special

    Rob Key, Managing Director of England Men’s Cricket (aka Jimmy’s boss), is our special guest to discuss, amongst other things, the World Cup, The Ashes and the future of Test cricket. Plus Felix goes all ‘Dragon’s Den’, Mattchin turns into Laura Kuenssberg, and a guide to making ‘Keysie Pizzas’.

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  • Liiiiiiive from The Oval

    The Windy Gantry at The Oval is the location for latest Tailenders as Greg, Jimmy and Felix preview the Men’s T20 World Cup. Jimmy outlines his ‘England Starting XI’, Mattchin’s back with his ‘rolled over quiz’, complete with new theme tune and there’s a surprise for Sharky.

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  • Emergency Podcast: Record Breakers in Multan

    ‘Stat-bombs’ at the ready as the Tailenders assemble for an ‘Emergency Podcast’ to dissect the extraordinary, record breaking Mens Test match in Multan between England and Pakistan. Plus Mattchin’s delayed awards based quiz – ‘And the winner is….’

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  • England are out. Didn’t want to win it anyway. Next.

    The Tailenders are joined by Roushan Alam from ‘The Bangla Cricket Podcast’ to get all the reaction to England going out of the tournament we’d all forgotten about. Plus we sent Jimmy out as our roving reporter to find out about ‘life on tour’, Dry Cleaning with Mahmudullah and trapping India on a plane.

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  • The Monopod

    It was supposed to be a ‘Minipod’, was renamed a ‘Monopod’ and then became a ‘Pod but without Jimmy’ who was travelling. Featuring cricketing father and sons, Mattchin’s football tips, ‘General Scarf Sadness’, a preview of the first India v England Men’s Test, Mattchin makes The Sunday Times and the remarkable story of Shamar Joseph.

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  • The USA canter to victory

    An Emergency Podcast of sorts. The Tailenders assembled last night to react to the USA’s shock win over Pakistan in the Men’s T20 World Cup, this just a few hours after recording the podcast in the afternoon and saying how ‘unexciting’ the tournament was. Plus we’re joined by Olympic Rowers and Tailenders Tom George and…

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  • Two Bounce Headbutt

    Fresh from meeting the High Commissioner, Jimmy has all the latest from Pakistan as the England men’s team look to claim a series victory in the third and final Test match. Plus, in a new feature that he (literally) dreamt up Greg asks what rules/laws you would change in cricket?

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