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This week's episode is the first of two looking back at some of the highlights of the podcast over the past year.

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The medical research carried out by Dr David Owen OBE into Parkinson’s Disease has helped countless people around the world.

But, away of the lab, it’s a love of cricket which has kept him going.

And that includes a vivid memory of a hundred partnership he shared with Geoffrey Boycott in the 1980s. It’s a great story and as Dr Owen notes, “he was as difficult as one might have imagined!”.

In this episode, Dr Owen shares his memories of that innings and subsequent meetings with Boycott, and much more: watching Don Shepherd versus Richie Benaud, chatting to Wes Hall about one special match, playing with Peter May, and umpiring Stuart Broad and Samit Patel.

Presented by Greg Lewis.

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It was 1956 when Dr Subrahmanyam Ganesh arrived in Wales from India to work in the NHS.

He was already a fan of Glamorgan, having followed their 1948 County Championship win on the radio. Wilf Wooller was one of his favourite players.

On leaving India, his father told him: “Don't be a stranger in your adopted country. Become a useful member of the community and give something back in return.”

This he did – and more! He became a much-respected GP in Merthyr Tydfil (even attending the terrible aftermath of the Aberfan disaster), a long-standing Rotarian, and a dedicated follower of Glamorgan CCC.

Now 96, he made it to every Glammy home game of the 2025 season.

Presented by Greg Lewis.

For further information and a wonderful BBC interview with Dr Ganesh you can go here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/KmmR515k2tpQFGm5X00MQc/meet-ganesh-one-of-the-welsh-valley-s-first-asian-doctors

And here you can find some more interviews with the Dr on a South Asian Oral History website:

https://southasianbritain.org/oral-histories/subramanyam-ganesh/