Middle Please, Umpire - a Cricket Podcast

Miles and Woody compare notes on touring and MRI scans before Emma John; esteemed author, cricket writer, and fellow Mike Atherton obsessive, joins as our special guest. Woody springs a surprise thanks to Sky Sports statistician Benedict Bermange.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One & Mindful Chef. Listener offers belo...

Woody and Miles are called in to chat to the boss. Director of England’s Men’s Cricket, Rob Key talks about the new, exciting era of England cricket and his experiences from player, to pundit to gaffer in a brilliant conversation. One not to miss! Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One & Mindful Chef. Listener offers below...

We are back with Ben Foakes as our special guest. We get the inside talk from the resurgent England Test side and discuss the famous win in Pakistan. Meanwhile Woody and Miles channel their inner Julia Roberts amongst other goings on. We have missed doing this! Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One & Mindful Chef. Listene...

A long overdue bonus episode as we find Woody mid-World Cup and Miles mid-tour. We catch-up on what’s been an eventful few months of cricket comebacks, blackberry picking season and lobster catching. Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One. www.stepone.life - For a 30% discount, just use the code MP30 (offer is time limited...

Andy Zaltzman, TMS statistician and comedian joins this week and tells us about his dream job plus his cricketing highs and lows. Woody shares an honest insight on life as an injured cricketer while Miles reveals his ancestral England cricket roots in a bumper episode. Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One. www.stepone.li...

McFly drummer and cricket obsessive Harry Judd joins for a brilliant chat as he and Miles enjoy a 90’s cricket love-in. Harry shares stories of facing some amazing cricket legends before simply nailing Woody’s Super Over! Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One. www.stepone.life - For a 30% discount, just use the code MP30...

We are back for the second half of the season with Liam Plunkett as our special guest. He talks about his cricket and life in the USA, his England career and times with Woody.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One. www.stepone.life - For a 30% discount, just use the code MP30 (offer is time limited) Produced by Nathan Ko...

Lewis Moody is our special guest, and it’s a VERY special guest for Mark as he chats to one of his childhood heroes. He and Miles uncover Lewis’s journey from school team to Leicester Tigers and onto an England World Cup glory, as well as his love of cricket.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One. www.stepone.life - For...

It’s definitely Derek Pringle, and he is our esteemed guest this week as we chat about the 1992 World Cup final, his love of Test cricket, and whether he has ever been mistaken for Angus Fraser. Plus loads more in a really cracking chat. Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One. www.stepone.life - For a 30% discount, just us...

A corker of an episode as the brilliant Lockie Ferguson joins us direct from the IPL to ramp us up to 190mph of pace in one episode; and we enjoy a great chat! Miles shares his love of Lockie’s homeland while Mark exclusively reveals his post-cricket career path.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One. www.stepone.life -...

Season Four is here, and it’s our first ever live show; held in Monmouth, the home of 4th XI  legend and co-host Miles Jupp. There’s lots of current affairs to catch up on, and we also chart Mark’s relationship with club cricket though to England’s World Cup glory. Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Step One. www.stepone.life -...

Bonus episode to finish Season 3. Well, the Ashes didn’t go to plan but Miles and Woody catch up as Mark reflects on the experience, and Miles makes an unconventional bid to become England head coach for the Windies tour. Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.cricketersgin.com/  For a special discount, just use...

(Probably) the final episode of Season 3 sees England and Somerset super spinner Jack Leach join Woody and Miles as we discuss bowling, THAT innings, and a rather amusing deep dive into his choice of sandwich. Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.cricketersgin.com/  For a special discount, just use the code CR...

A glorious hour with the seminal voice of cricket on the radio, Jonathan Agnew. He reveals why Woody has become rather a household name at chez Aggers, plus we discuss the art of commentary and much more in a memorable interview. Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.cricketersgin.com/  For a special discount,...

Let’s try and cheer ourselves up after that t20 semi final, as rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood joined Giles and Wark last summer and revealed the best way to get him out at cricket. He also tells us his ‘Guess Who?’ rival alongside a passionate chat on grass roots sport.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin....

An hour-long treat as Mark and Miles update one another on injuries and other less serious tales before England and Lancashire star Kate Cross joins us for a great chat on her England career, the Hundred, and the growing profile of the Women's game. No idea why Cilla Black seems to be ever-present however!   Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com    Pod...

5-time ICC Umpire of the Year, Simon Taufel is our special guest and becomes our very first umpire on the pod. The legendary Aussie official gives a fascinating and unique perspective of the sport. Meanwhile, Miles puts Woody into bat for a brilliant Super Over. Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.cricketersg...

Paul Collingwood, T20 World Cup 2010 winning captain in and fielding guru, joins Miles and Mark as our first guest of the season. Plenty of great chat as he talks catching drills, the evolution of T20 and shares a remarkable Boyzone connection that takes us down a strange path! Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin....

Season 3 is here at last! Miles and Woody reunite and catch up on all things, ranging from preparing for the T20 World Cup, being Joe Root’s Deliveroo, blackberry picking season, and the correct etiquette at public urinals. Welcome back! Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.cricketersgin.com/  For a special di...

We close Season 2 in style and welcome talisman of the podcast and Miles’s hero, Mike Atherton, as this week’s very special guest. Mark and Miles enjoy an extended chat with Athers and end up laughing a lot (as usual!).  We’ll be back later in the summer for Series 3.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.cric...

Pointless host, author, comedian and Sussex CCC fan Richard Osman joins the gang for some cricket conversation. Mark reveals how he was nearly sick in Eoin Morgan’s hat in India, while Miles tells of an eventful afternoon umpiring for Monmouth 3rd XI.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.cricketersgin.com/  F...

West Indies legend and current director of cricket, Jimmy Adams, joins us from Antigua and delivers an extraordinary ‘Super Over’ alongside some great conversation. Mark also talks about his return to club cricket for Ashington CC.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.cricketersgin.com/  For a special discoun...

England Women’s superstar, and World Cup winner, Dannielle Wyatt is our special guest. She talks about her career highs and the challenges she’s faced. Meanwhile Miles reveals his piano moving disaster at home, as well as suggestions for what to do when you meet a cricketer at your local Esso. Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by...

This week’s very special guest is Sir Sam Mendes; Oscar-winning director of films such as American Beauty, 1917, Skyfall, but mainly a huge cricket fan. Enjoy a glorious hour of fascinating conversation covering everything from 007 to T20.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.cricketersgin.com/  For a special...

Mark is back from India and feeling much better as he and Miles welcome England legendary wicketkeeper Jack Russell. We find out some amazing things about THAT hat and much more on a stellar career. We also begin the great ‘cricketer in a petrol station’ campaign.  Twitter @middleplease Instagram @middlepleaseumpire  Email middleplease@hotmail.com  Podcast Sponsored by Cricketers Gin. www.crickete...