Cricket

  • 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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  • The Shark Sized Banana

    A preview of the most pointless thing we’ve ever ignored, Mattchin’s Greatest Ever Quiz, Jimmy has a special present for Greg and we don our monocles and top hats as we head once again to ’The Tat Modern’. Plus what next for England’s ODI side, The Hundred draft and Indie News.

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  • The Country of Test Cricket

    Sunday was arguably the greatest day of Test Cricket ever so we’ve brought together an ensemble cast including England bowler Issy Wong, Cricinfo Writer Vithushan Ehantharajah and Tom Hartley’s former teacher for an emergency podcast! We have all the expert analysis you’d expect from Tailenders including cheese, cats, mice, mouthwash, drunken nights out, Latin phrases,…

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  • The Oscar Piastri Special

    The Tailenders go on a ’school trip’ to the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) to meet Australian Formula One driver and cricket fan Oscar Piastri. There’s an impromptu game of cricket on a somewhat uneven pitch, Oscar talks about his love of the game and gives the guys a tour of some of the classic McLaren…

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  • Pitch marks to prove it

    A full review of the third men’s Test match between England and Pakistan plus the biggest ‘Indie News’ ever, our first listener instalment of ‘Re-Write the Rulebook’ (we know it’s laws), cricketing classified ads and winter nets.

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  • You scratch your back, I’ll scratch mine

    The Hundred Draft, breaking news from Greg and Fe, some homework for Jimmy and Mark Wood news. Plus new laws, another trip to The Tat Modern, Jack Russell Stories, Thunderbirds and a surprise appearance from a former England captain.

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  • Jimmy’s back in the wickets!

    The extension is going to get built in the ‘house that wickets bought’! We hear the full inside story of the second Men’s Test between India and England including how a former coach helped with Jimmy’s run up, praise for England’s young spinners, THAT wicket of Sharma, the new ‘Nighthawk’, how India were ‘on edge’…

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