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