
Alternative GC pod ep7 - The Hendo Reservoir of Negativity
The Hendo Reservoir of Negativity
Can you be grumpy and festive at the same time? Which Sri Lankan cricketer appears in a Christmas carol? Tune in and find out!
The Hendo Reservoir of Negativity
Can you be grumpy and festive at the same time? Which Sri Lankan cricketer appears in a Christmas carol? Tune in and find out!
Ahhhh the Grumpy Old Men are back to talk some more nonsense, a little bit about cricket, and some other bollocks. Enjoy!
3 grumpy old men talk nonsense with the odd bit of cricket thrown in, like what happens when you fart in an UBER and lots more. It's like a chat down the pub!
“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly: sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges”Ernest Hemingway
“In this book, Richard parallels his life’s landmarks and milestones with county
cricket’s arrival at an equally important juncture in its own existence. He manages to
intertwine and compare some of these personal struggles and challenges, such as
turning 50 , with the difficulties faced by the sport he so loves”
Ryan Ten Doeschate
In this episode of Guerillashire @tonybishop1 meets Last Wicket Stand author
Richard Clarke, perhaps better known as @The_Grumbler
Last-Wicket Stand is an honest account of one man's search for meaning, purpose
and reinvention, both for himself and the sport he loves. At the start of the 2020
season, English county cricket faced radical change. The Hundred was coming,
introducing new 'franchises' playing a new format in the hope of attracting much-
needed new audiences. Its inception was controversial. Advocates argued only
drastic action could halt the decline of cricket in the UK. Opponents feared it would
undermine the very fabric of the much-loved county game. One devoted Essex fan
set out to document the last summer before the big change. He toured the country in
2019 chronicling this often-ignored sport, from the gentle lullaby of the County
Championship to the bawdy singalong of T20 Finals Day. Richard Clarke was in his
50th year, at a personal crossroads and fearing his best days may be long gone.
Change vs tradition, growth vs security, money vs meaning - these perennial
struggles lie at the heart of this absorbing and revealing journey of redemption.
In an additional treat, Tony and Richard also find time to discuss an all-time great
@EssexCricket XI.
Thanks to Jeff Perkins for the theme tune and jingles and to Jon Stone for editing
and production support.
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Three Grumpy Guerillas assemble to discuss twitter feuds, puerile commentators games, and - gasp!- actual cricket!
Finding time to work out how we got here and where we go next, Nakul Pande and David Brook analyse the 2nd Test - West Indies's fight, Sibley's patience, Broad's excellence and Stokes' sheer Stokesness - and pick our 3rd Test XIs. Does your favourite get a mention?
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Four months with no cricket, and now, we have no time. Host Nakul Pande and the unnervingly positive Machel St Patrick Hewitt (host of the excellent Caribbean Cricket Podcast) use the last moment of quiet before the 2nd Test build-up begins in earnest to recollect the emotion of Southampton in tranquility:
We play 2nd Test selector too, trying and failing to scan John Campbell's foot from 200 miles away:
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Two shaky top orders but pace in abundance, so who will prevail in the bio-secure bowl: Guerilla Cricket's Nigel Henderson puts the question to Mach St Patrick Hewitt, of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast and fellow broadcasters Dave Brook and Barry Wilkinson ( Line and Length ) before the latter pair argue the merits and demerits of coach Phil Simmons and recall happy days in the company of Everton Weekes