98 Not Out - The Cricket Podcast

George Dobell from " The Cricketer " reflects on the recently-completed Test series between England and India and argues that The Oval has a rich history of creating wonderful moments. A packed schedule seemed to take its toll on players from both sides and with now no red ball cricket until the start of The Ashes in November, will poor scheduling affect England's preparation for yet...

George Dobell from " The Cricketer " reflects on the recently-completed Test series between England and India and argues that The Oval has a rich history of creating wonderful moments. A packed schedule seemed to take its toll on players from both sides and with now no red ball cricket until the start of The Ashes in November, will poor scheduling affect England's preparation for yet...

RAHUL PATIL from Radio Tarana in Auckland previews the fifth and final Test abut to get underway at The Oval. After a very short break since Old Trafford, what can we expect and is the punishing schedule now taking its toll on all the players? Rahul also reports on the ICC AGM, which recently took place Singapore where he was representing the Cook Islands and provides some very interesting feedbac...

RAHUL PATIL from Radio Tarana in Auckland previews the fifth and final Test about to get underway at The Oval. After a very short break since Old Trafford, what can we expect and is the punishing schedule now taking its toll on all the players? Rahul also reports on the ICC AGM, which recently took place Singapore where he was representing the Cook Islands and provides some very interesting feedba...

Essex Cricket, in association with Ambassador Cruise Line, is on a mission to celebrate the dedicated volunteers who make grassroots cricket possible across the county. Essex star Jodi Grewcock joins us to talk about her support for the initiative and how volunteers have helped her cricketing career. The winner gets a 7 nights Scandinavian Springtime Delights Cruise and the club they represent get...

Essex Cricket, in association with Ambassador Cruise Line, is on a mission to celebrate the dedicated volunteers who make grassroots cricket possible across the county. Essex star Jodi Grewcock joins us to talk about her support for the initiative and how volunteers have helped her cricketing career. The winner gets a 7 nights Scandinavian Springtime Delights Cruise and the club they represent get...

Elizabeth Ammon , cricket writer at The Times joins me to preview the 3rd Test between England and India at Lord's, with the five match series tantalising poised at one each. There's been a very short break since Edgbaston and all eyes will be on Jofra Archer who returns to Test cricket after such a long break. India has the return of Jasprit Bumrah, but let's not forget the wonderful...

Highlights of the show broadcast on Thursday. 3rd. July on Phoenix FM. Talking points are the second Test between England and India, a look forward to the Women's clash between those nations as well. Essex are in deep trouble and with the help of " The Grumbler " we examine their plight. Also a round up of all the latest action from the Essex Premier League.

Bumble is back and he has a new venture, a podcast with Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Sir Alastair Cook called " Stick to Cricket "! It's the latest from The Overlap stable after the wildly popular " Stick to Football ". As always, a great chat and we get some big exclusive news too!  ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/stick-to-cricket/id1821399873⁠

Bumble is back and he has a new venture, a podcast with Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Sir Alastair Cook called " Stick to Cricket "! It's the latest from The Overlap stable after the wildly popular " Stick to Football ". As always, a great chat and we get some big exclusive news too! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/stick-to-cricket/id1821399873

Here is the video version of my chat with cricket writer PAUL NEWMAN. Barely a year ago, Paul Newman retired as Chief Cricket Writer at the Daily Mail, but now he is back writing for The Athletic , as the American publication expands its reach into cricket. As Paul's first article gets published, I had a catch up with him to discuss his new adventure and look forward to the first Test between...

Barely a year ago, Paul Newman retired as Chief Cricket Writer at the Daily Mail, but now he is back writing for The Athletic , as the American publication expands its reach into cricket. As Paul's first article gets published, I had a catch up with him to discuss his new adventure and look forward to the first Test between England and India which gets underway on Friday at Headlngley. Subscri...

The English Test summer is here, with the World Test Championship Final underway at Lord's. Huw Turbervill , editor of " The Cricketer " magazine has written a timely book "The Final Test", where he examines an uncertain future for the longest form of the game. Huw joins us to explain how the book came about and how he sees the future.

Jarrod Kimber was one of the very first guests on "98 Not Out", when we started back in May 2019. It's also now ten years since his infamous documentary film "Death of a Gentleman", where Jarrod uncovered match-fixing and corruption in the game. So it's high time we had a catch up! In this chat, we talk about his new book " The Art of Batting ", a compilation...

It's ten years since Jarrod Kimber 's excellent documentary "Death of a Gentleman" which investigated match-fixing, corruption and the threat - even then - to the future of Test cricket. It's also six years since Jarros was one of the very first guests on "98 Not Out", so a catch up was well overdue... In this chat we talk about an idea of franchised Test cricket, w...

With the dust still settling on the romance of Crystal Palace's win over Manchester City in the FA Cup Final, ITV's Mark Pougatch joins me to talk about how important it is to retain the heart and soul of sport in the face of blatant commercialism. The beating heart of cricket remains in the County Championship and as the white ball summer gets underway, Mark stresses that we should not lo...

With the dust still settling on the romance of Crystal Palace's win over Manchester City in the FA Cup Final, ITV's Mark Pougatch joins me to talk about how important it is to retain the heart and soul of sport in the face of blatant commercialism. The beating heart of cricket remains in the County Championship and as the white ball summer gets underway, Mark stresses that we should not lo...

Here is the video version of the podcast chat with @WG_RumblePants , who looks forward to s summer Test cricket. You also get to see his magnificent retro England shirt!

As the first block of the County Championship comes to an end, internet sensation @WG_RumblePants looks forward to the start of England's Test summer with matches against Zimbabwe then India, as well as the World Test Championship Final at Lord's. Make sure you give him a follow on X and Threads!

On this week’s show,  Monty Panesar  reacts to India superstar Virat Kohli’s announcement that he has called time on his Test career. With the IPL and PSL resuming this weekend, we ask what the rescheduled timetable means for the English cricketers involved. Round 5 of the County Championship has concluded with some thrilling encounters;  Simon Harmer reflects on a superb rearguard action by Essex...

RICHARD CLARKE aka "The Grumbler" talks about the growing number of people watching cricket on the counties' YouTube streams and says that this is the modern way to get more people to watch County Cricket. A concerted effort to put together a nightly highlights package - "Today at the County Ground"? - married to AI technology would be a surefire hit!

Chris Cowdrey and David Gower are taking their "Holy Bail" show on tour and with the help of Turkish Airlines (and not a Tiger Moth!) they are off to Singapore. Ahead of their departure, I caught up with them to talk about the show and get a few tasters of the great stories they both have to tell. There's also a special offer for anyone travelling to the show from afar! If you fancy attending, her...

Derek Richards is the President and Team Manager of the St Helena Cricket Association. Based in the South Atlantic and seemingly many miles from anywhere, cricket reached this far-flung British territory back in 1900. In this chat, Derek explains to me the logistics of running the team and the cost of travelling to fulfil their ICC fixture commitments. If you would like to get involved in any way...

After an executive career in The City, Ed Warner has spent the last 15 years as chair of various financial services businesses and sports bodies, including ten years at both the accountants Grant Thornton and UK Athletics. He has written extensively on the business of sport, most notably in Sport Inc, which was published in 2018 and now in a weekly blog on Substack under the same name. He also wri...

The English cricket season is off and running and Chris Stocks from the i Paper joins me to review the opening round of fixtures and there has already been some stand out performances. We also discuss the appointment of Harry Brook as England's new white ball captain and look forward to a busy year of international cricket.