Listen "Reverse Swept Radio 178: cricket in Larkin, an Indian cricket scam, and donating Cricketers to a good cause"
Episode Synopsis
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
"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
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