The Guerilla Cricket Podcast

SA v ENG ODI series review - A series defeat that felt like a win for England?

A bit of pop up podcast this one. But when the Bear and I had the chance to grab Mpho @MphoMoreki and Tim the Cricket Guy @Tim32_cricket it was just too good an opportunity to miss to chat over the South Africa vs England ODI series. 

 

Even with England missing a few regulars, at the start of a World Cup year, this series undoubtedly meant something to both sides. England, woefully out of ODI form, needed to start gathering momentum. South Africa needed wins just to automatically qualify.

 

2 -1 it was in the end to South Africa, but that win for England in Kimberley, with tons for Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan, plus, of course those super six wickets for Jofra Archer will have meant England walked away feeling a lot happier than they might have.

 

You can listen here as we celebrate a well- supported series, some big positives for both sides and also dig into who may, or may not, be worried about their places.

 

Who’s That Weirdo? Episode 5

Another cracker of a Who's That Weirdo as writers Emma John and Kit Harris go head to head in episode five. Emma, the award-winning author of the cricket memoir Following On, embarks on a subversive strategy to try to bring down Wisden Almanack assistant editor Kit, whose first book,  The Queen at Cricket, is just out. He responds with a first Weirdo boundary bonus as the battle goes down to the wire.

Alternative GC Podcast Ep 18 -A Seal Going From Bow Church To The Oval

The Grumpy Old Men are back - Sausage rolls, crows and Pearly Kings. Whatever!

Who’s That Weirdo Ep 4

Cricket's most recognizable voice, David Lloyd, or Bumble as he is better known to lovers of the game, tests himself in the most fiendish podquiz in sport, Guerilla Cricket's Who's That Weirdo, lining up to try to identify the dead cricketers from the live cricketers and those who aren't cricketers at all (though sound as if they might be). In a hilarious show that again goes down to the wire the former England batsman, coach, manager, umpire, and commentator takes on chief County Cricket Matterer and Natterer Annie Chave, who  goes to enormous lengths to protect her unbeaten run of one. Have an earwig, you'll love it! @guerillahendo hosts with Richard Osman-like input from researcher extraordinare @tonybishop1

Who’s that Weirdo Ep 3

Zafar Gill was a Pakistan Test player who scored three ducks in his first two appearances and three fifties in his next two. Or a magician apparently capable of moving heavy trucks metres with just the power of his mind. The only way to find out, apart from rushing to Google right now, is to listen to the third edition of the most fiendish test of cricket knowledge in existence, where contestants battle to distinguish the live cricketers from the dead cricketers and those who aren't cricketers at all (but sound as if they could be). Today's hour-long helping of hilarious ignorance features the Melbourne stand-off between Guerilla's jingleur extraordinaire and expert swordsman, @Mog7734, and new commentary cognoscenti who could cut you a close shave with the rapier wit of his ad-speak, @ianforth3. It's a fight that goes right down the wire and contains the usual collection of extraordinary facts, frustrated expletives and a totally random attack of Antipodean mosquitos.

Who’s That Weirdo Ep 2

In the second edition of the quizcast that seeks to separate the live cricketers from the dead cricketers and those who aren't cricketers at all, it's the Somerset stand-off as County Cricket Matters and Taunton tsarena Annie Chave takes on Guerilla regular and Newton Abbot native Paul "Grubby" Howarth. Only here, in the most fiendish test of cricket knowledge to date, can you find out of Dick Sleath was a Scottish-born wicketkeeper whose five innings for Victoria in the 1890s netted him an average of 34.33 or a sheep shearer and mining contractor who later became a politician for two parties in the Australian parliament. In the break, our forthright social justice warrior and swing bowler Chris Woke brings you the latest on the ever-ambitious ICC's plans for an Out of This World Cup.

 

Alternative GC Podcast Ep17 - Lamp Stevie Smith in the face in an Ashes Test

The Grumpy Guerillas emerge from the shadows to complain about weather complainers. Plus airport confusion and parking fine misery. And just a soupçon of cricket.

Who’s That Weirdo episode 1

Live cricketer? Dead cricketer? Or not a cricketer at all? All will be revealed in Who's That Weirdo? the new part podcast/part quiz from the Guerilla Cricket team that brings you 100 days of live cricket commentary a year, a website featuring news, views, features and more merchandise than you can shake a bust of an angry Ian Chappell at. Call it a quizcast. And in addition to discovering, in the most fiendish test of cricket knowledge to date, whether Wajahatullah Wasti was a bowler who took no wickets in his three Tests for Pakistan in the 1950s or was a politician in the country's National Assembly who moonlighted as a Sufi poet, you will also hear the wise words of the nicest man in cricket, Chris Woke, during the interval, as the Warwickshire and England swing bowler and social justice warrior takes time out from his busy injury schedule to raise the pressing issues of the day and embarks on his one-man mission to save cricket: Forced Inclusion 

Alternative GC Podcast EP16 - Knife in the throat

Los Grumpalos hablan mierda - como siempre, or for those who cant't be arsed with google translate - The Grumpalos talk shit - as always.

Guerilla speaks to Andrew Cornish, CEO Middlesex CEO

Founded in 1864 and resident at Lords since 1877, we are going to focus here on Middlesex.

11 times County Champions, the club has a proud history of developing many of the game’s greatest known cricketers, including the likes of Denis Compton, Mike Gatting, John Emburey and Andrew Strauss to name but a few and this tradition continues to the modern day, with a very exciting group of young talent coming through like Robbie White, Ethan Bamber and Luke Holman.

The CEO of Middlesex is Andrew Cornish. Listen here as Andrew tells @tonybishop1 about the steps the club is taking to broaden the member base, inspire participation in the game, increase inclusivity and diversity of team and fans and lay foundations for the long-term success of Middlesex and the game as a whole. And, as Middlesex fans will be happy to hear, win silverware along the way.