#37 Ashes to Ashes

08/05/23 • 49 min

In which Jules, Sue and Brian apologise for the gap between episode 36 and 37 and talk to Mike Turner, Izzy Howe and Andy Lynch about scoring the men's and women's Ashes series in Summer 2023. During the discussion they get side-tracked by scorebox camaraderie, extra strong mints, moving scoreboxes, red light bulbs, DRS, 'The Book', top and bottom scoring, scorebox catering and of course cake (well chocolate gateaux). Much pondering is done over when a batter is deemed out, time-wise ...
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#36 Fanfare for the Common Athlete

A Commonwealth Games special in which Jules, Sue, Heather and Clair discuss booking ice baths, Box style paper scoresheets, new pens, teamwork, Smudger alerts, long names, chaotic modes of dismissal, spotters, new trainers required, paper backups for paper scoring, unexpected items in the baggage area, scorers' medals and who are all these people in the scorebox?
Apologies to Mark and Brian for the all female cast with the exception of an interview with broadcast scorers, Anil Meher and Michael Ferger.
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#38 T20 Vision or Cricket?

In which Sue, Brian and Jules talk to Paul Toplis, Paul Stubbs and Carol Hughes about scoring visually impaired (VI) cricket at the 2023 International Blind Sport Federation (IBSA) World Games in Birmingham.
Cropping up in our conversation were a vicars/priests team, runners, Hit Wicket dismissals, underarm bowling, more runners, being quiet, balls with ball bearings in, an all run 5, batters at the wrong ends, helpful shirt numbers, paper backups and did I mention runners?
In a radical change to the norm - there is no mention of cake!
Mark Long joins the conversation to talk about scoring domestic VI cricket in the UK and if you want to try this yourself, please contact Paul Toplis on [email protected], as more scorers are always wanted in this format of cricket.
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