The Broken Wicket

Giving cricket the tough love it needs in these harsh modern times. The Broken Wicket brings you the latest news from the cricket world, getting under the skin of the story.

Postcards from The Edge 05/25/2021

Postcards from The Edge Cricket on film special: Barney Douglas, director of The Edge and Warriors, on how to make a cricket documentary and the challenges of portraying the sport on the big screen. Then film expert Joe Ursell reviews The Edge and looks over cricket's other cinematic outings. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/19214321

Years and years 05/10/2021

Years and years The final part of The Broken Wicket's look at the ICC's teams of the decade, considers the women's ODI and T20 teams, and the associate cricketers of the decade. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/19051934

Lies, damned lies and statistics (part 2) 04/29/2021

Lies, damned lies and statistics (part 2) After some delay, Tim Part and Andrew Mizner return with the second part of their look at the ICC teams of the decade. This time it is the men's ODI and T20 teams under the microscope. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/18900464

Lies, damned lies and statistics (part 1) 01/17/2021

Lies, damned lies and statistics (part 1) New year, new season, same old tough love for cricket; Tim Part and Andrew Mizner return to discuss the latest cricket news. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/17579765

Cricketmas 2020 12/22/2020

Cricketmas 2020 Even sub-par years deserve a round up. Tim Part and Andrew Mizner return to chew the cud on 2020. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/17291198

Storm in a teacup 12/04/2020

Storm in a teacup Tim and Andrew return to discuss the latest pressing issues in cricket. Your co-hosts run the rule over England's T20Is in South Africa, pondering whether Chris Jordan is chronically underrated and getting into an existential crisis over Dawid Malan being anointed the best T20I batsman of all time. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/17062985

One-cap wonders 10/14/2020

One-cap wonders Stats to the fore in the latest episode of The Broken Wicket as Tim rises to Andrew's most recent challenge: to find the greatest one-cap wonder of all time. From tales of dodgy contact lenses to a Hollywood star unknowingly playing a Test, the topic throws up some great stories. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/16408610

Let's get ready to grumble! 09/28/2020

Let's get ready to grumble! Richard Clarke, author of Last-Wicket Stand: Searching for Redemption, Revival and a Reason to Persevere in English County Cricket, joins Andrew Mizner to talk about mid-life crises, the meditative qualities of cricket, the future of the counties, The Hundred and more. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/16153202

Village 09/02/2020

Village Regular hosts Tim and Andrew reunite to chew the fat over a wide range of cricketing topics this week, including Babar Azam's ludicrous CV, a flat in a scorebox, and some surprising stats about the follow-on courtesy of the latest Stats Challenge. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/15862994

Having a Ball, North of the Wall 08/20/2020

Having a Ball, North of the Wall Andrew Mizner gets an update on Scottish cricket from author and podcaster Jake Perry (twitter.com/jperry_cricket). /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/15696248

It's not easy being green 07/28/2020

It's not easy being green Ahead of this week's one day international series between England and Ireland, Andrew Mizner catches up with Cricket Europe correspondent and Irish cricket expert Barry Chambers (twitter.com/irishcricket1). /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/15391874

Skill, Commitment, Emphatic, Winning 07/15/2020

Skill, Commitment, Emphatic, Winning Tim Part and Andrew Mizner return to discuss the Windies' impressive victory over England in the first Test, including how the statistical omens don't look good for Joe Denly. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/15227078

Hallelujah! 07/07/2020

Hallelujah! Praise be! Cricket returns in earnest this week as England and West Indies start their three-Test battle. Tim Part and Andrew Mizner size up the teams and make some bold (and inevitably incorrect) predictions for the series. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/15114494

BLM 06/27/2020

BLM As cricket prepares to return from its hiatus, the Broken Wicket also makes its comeback on your airwaves. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/14986925

Authors special 06/01/2020

Authors special Andrew Mizner is joined by Jake Perry, author of The Secret Game: Tales of Scottish Cricket, and Colin Babb, author of 1973 and Me: The England v West Indies Test Series and a Memorable Childhood Year, to hear about their new cricket books. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/14634893

Covid-19 Not Out 03/26/2020

Covid-19 Not Out Tim and Andrew return after a few months away, to be greeted by... a likely few more months without cricket. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/13705028

Review of 2019 12/20/2019

Review of 2019 Tim and Andrew return for the final time in 2019 to look back at a packed year in cricket. They reappraise the World Cup and men's and women's Ashes series and discuss the outlook for the year ahead, the final time (thank god) that anyone can talk about 2020 vision. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/12477533

Women's Cricket Special 09/11/2019

Women's Cricket Special The winds of change are blowing through the women's game. Two years on from England winning the 2017 World Cup, the domestic system is being reinvented - it's goodbye to the Kia Super League, hello to The Hundred. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/11210261

Oh hey, EU again! 08/16/2019

Oh hey, EU again! Picking up where we left off in Episode 21, The Broken Wicket returns to the continent for its cricket fix this week. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/10902291

This one's a keeper 07/31/2019

This one's a keeper Having (just about) recovered from the World Cup, Tim Part and Andrew Mizner return to the airwaves. Our hosts look back at the final reacting to unreleased audio recorded on tour the day after the game. They also preview the Ashes series - after all, like Ben Stokes on Red Bull, cricket never sleeps... /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/10725215

Bonus: Fantasy T20 Blast 2019 07/18/2019

Bonus: Fantasy T20 Blast 2019 Like Ben Stokes after too many Red Bulls, cricket never sleeps. Hot on the heels of the World Cup, the 2019 edition of the Vitality T20 Blast is barging its way into the summer, so it's time for Tim Part to get his fantasy league hat on again. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/10566734

CWC19 Update 4 - It's a knockout 07/05/2019

CWC19 Update 4 - It's a knockout It's all over bar the shouting for the World Cup group stage... which means it's business time! /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/10414280

CWC19 Update 3 - Hot hot heat 06/28/2019

CWC19 Update 3 - Hot hot heat Humidity has replaced rain and it's heating up in the World Cup kitchen. Tim and Andrew run the rule over all 10 teams, propose an XI of the tournament so far, and discuss a large pachyderm that has entered the recording studio. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/10329368

CWC19 Update 2 - And another thing... 06/16/2019

CWC19 Update 2 - And another thing... It's been a wet week in the World Cup, but The Broken Wicket's enthusiasm remains undiminished. So much so in fact, that Tim goes on one of his fun rants about the state of the game prompted by the media coverage of the tournament thus far. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/10169471

CWC19 Update 1 - The Gloves are Off 06/08/2019

CWC19 Update 1 - The Gloves are Off After the first week of the World Cup, Tim Part and Andrew Mizner pore over the tasty cricketing dishes (and the washed out semolina) that have been served up so far by the globe's best. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/10096742

CWC19 Preview 05/27/2019

CWC19 Preview It's quadrennial-ophenia. As the ten teams of the 2019 Cricket World Cup assemble, Tim Part and Andrew Mizner take a look at the prospects for each side. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/9941693

Bonus - Now That's What I Call Cricket 2018/19 04/29/2019

Bonus - Now That's What I Call Cricket 2018/19 The Broken Wicket is 1 year old! To celebrate here are some of our greatest hits including interview excerpts, a couple of previously unheard clips, and 17 different Ed Sheeran songs. (Not really.) (Thank god.) /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/9551909

European Special 04/19/2019

European Special It's a World Cup and Ashes year, but we think the most exciting development in cricket in 2019 comes from an unexpected source. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/9455228

Bonus - Cricket Charity 04/12/2019

Bonus - Cricket Charity Roving reporter Andrew Mizner interviews Dave Terrace of Cricket Without Boundaries and Saima Mohsin of the Street Child Cricket World Cup. Tim Part joins to discuss their work. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/9367247

Bonus - Fantasy County Cricket Guide 04/04/2019

Bonus - Fantasy County Cricket Guide Geeks assemble! The start of the County season heralds the return of the Telegraph Fantasy Cricket County Challenge. /episode/index/show/thebrokenwicket/id/9266477

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