Sir Ian Botham

If You Know Your History…

It was the great cricket writer David Frith who referred those who inhabit the media centres which have replaced the traditional Press Box as “history allergic writers.” It sums up many of the modern era sports writers to a tee.

Podcast #103 – The Sport of Lion Dancing, The Australian Open, The Ashes, and Singing At The Cricket

Not the Footy Show Podcast

Happy New Year! We are back with the first show of 2022 and with Chinese New Year soon upon us we are looking at the traditional Lion Dance and how this is very much a sport and how the competition

Is The Centralised Contract The Cause Of England’s Cricketing Woes?

Cricket has always been seen as being quintessentially English. England has however evolved, and that belief, if it were ever true, is now more questionable than ever. If cricket was seen as the sport that defined a country, the English

Where Have The All Rounders Gone?

The Ashes series for 2021/22 will soon be upon us and hopefully the action on the pitch will become the focus of attention. It has been truly remarkable how much has been written and reported about this upcoming series that

Podcast #91 – Brad Hogg Talks About That Wicket in India, also Coaching Comes under the Microscope, As Well As The Restrictions on Bowlers in Limited Overs Games.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

Was it really the pitch? After England’s humiliating defeat at the hands of India in the third Test Match, and subsequently the fourth, there were many complaining about the standard of the wicket in Ahmedabad, but was it all to