Double Century with Jarrod Kimber

The early history of when South Africa did not play a non-white cricketer, and that time they did. For season two of Double Century we’re looking at the history of race in cricket, especially through the lens of what happened to Basil D’Oliveira. This is episode one. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon , if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at...

This is really more of a reminder, and explainer, on what Double Century season two will be. It's an entire series on one topic, the story of Basil D'Oliveira and race in cricket. New episodes will drop every Friday. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon , if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . This podc...

Fast bowling had two revolutions, one was at the head, and it's an often-told story. But the other was at the feet. This is the story of how Pakistan, and then everyone else, discovered reverse swing. Meaning the old ball will never be the same again. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patre...

In 2016, I went to Hong Kong for a week to cover cricket stories there for ESPN. It was then I met Emma Lai, a sometimes captain of the Hong Kong women’s team, who learnt the game while being a waitress at the Hong Kong Cricket Club. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3209...

With the whole world moving towards seam, Tiger Pataudi took India towards spin. The Four great spinners would play in a total of 233 Tests, but we’ve taken a look at their first win in England. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . If you like this podcast you may...

This is the story of a batsman losing consciousness, another coughing up blood, blood on the pitch, a train accident with 151 deaths and a 33 run partnership that brought them all together. This episode is about New Zealand cricket, Bert Sutcliffe , Bob Blair and the Tangiwai disaster. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out i...

One of the most used phrases in cricket now is slower balls, but we rarely talk about how these deliveries have come to be. In this episode of Double Century, we take a walk through the history of one of cricket’s greatest spoiling deliveries. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/u...

This episode is about how West Indian cricketers have always had to look overseas to be paid what their talents deserve. We chronicle cricket from before Tests through to today, looking at some key players and what they had to do just to pay the bills. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patr...

Women’s cricketers love the game. That is why they play. They would have to, because otherwise they would have walked away from this sport. In this episode,you'll hear of the women you couldn’t use their own names, had to pay for the privilege while the men were paid and how it is slowly getting better. This is the long journey to professionalism for the women’s game. - This podcast is brought to...

Without doubt the biggest change that ever happened to cricket was the bowling going overarm. Before it was game, that turned it into a sport. Here we track those who changed our sport forever and talk about why some tried to stop it. This was a 70 year battle where good triumphed over underarm. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please...

The game we enjoy today was not born fully formed, the pitch and gear has developed over time. But so have the batsman, and what this episode tries to do is take you through how different parts of the field were opened up until batsmen were hitting over their own heads. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can. https...

For this episode we’re talking about the greatest delivery ever invented, the wrong’un . It's such a remarkable delivery, in that now people know how it works, and yet batsmen still can't play it. A delivery that helped cricket develop over 100 years ago and is still doing it today. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if y...

A few years ago I wrote a book called Test cricket: the unauthorised biography. This is a podcast series on the history of cricket through the people and moments that made the game. In our first episode we go back to the beginning of Test cricket. That birth involved betting, jail and a journalist deciding the whole thing was worthy. Welcome to Double Century. - This podcast is brought to you by o...