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 to 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