The Reverse Sweep

Podcast: England vs West Indies preview

We had the pleasure of joining the excellent One Hand One Bounce weekly cricket podcast with those fine Melbourne based chaps World Cricket Watch this week to preview the England-West Indies Test series, which starts today at Lord's.

To hear our views on Andrew Strauss, the England number six and the fragility of the West Indies click on the link below:

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Naughty boy nets

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Podcast: Pakistan v England, Australia's dominance over India & much more

We had the pleasure of joining Blaise and Jonathan for this week's One Hand One Bounce podcast on the excellent World Cricket Watch where we had the dubious task of defending England after their pitiful defeat in Dubai last week and talking up the chances ahead of the 2nd Test that starts in Abu Dhabi tomorrow.

To hear whether Andrew Strauss should be worried about his place, Monty Panesar should be picked and how much of a ribbing we got from Blaise (an Aussie, as you ask), give it a listen below.

As well as a post-mortem on England, Blaise, Jonathan and Punter Steve discuss Sri Lanka's comeback
in South Africa and Australia's continued dominance over India. There are also the coveted weekly awards, plus all the latest news and happenings in world cricket.

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Gideon Haigh speaks about Peter Roebuck

1st Test: Pakistan vs England - England marks out of 10

1st Test: Pakistan vs England - Pakistan marks out of 10

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Gideon Haigh speaks about Peter Roebuck

The excellent One Hand One Bounce weekly cricket podcast on the equally superb World Cricket Watch is always worth a listen and this week’s edition is even more so given that it stars the distinguished cricket writer Gideon Haigh.

As we wrote in our eulogy to Peter Roebuck yesterday, Roebuck and Haigh are in our opinion two of the three best cricket writers in the world today along with former England skipper Mike Atherton. In his tribute to Roebuck in the Times yesterday (which can also be read in The Australian), Atherton wrote how Haigh credited Roebuck as a pioneer in how cricket is written about today compared to previous generations:

"I don't think anyone in cricket writing had a voice like Peter's when he arrived on the scene in the early 1980s. You only have to contrast the way we wrote about cricket in the 1970s to the way we write about it now - Peter has been responsible for a lot of those developments."

So World Cricket Watch have pulled off quite a coup in getting Haigh on as a guest this week. He speaks very candidly about the life of Roebuck and his impact as one of the finest writers in the game. It’s truly fascinating and insightful stuff and definitely mandatory listening for any cricket fan.

Click on the link here to hear what Haigh had to say about Roebuck.

Where next?

Gideon Haigh eulogises Test cricket and compares it to The Pixies

The contrarian erudite genius of Peter Roebuck

Douglas Jardine, Gideon Haigh and The Daily Telegraph

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Podcast: Wrap-up of England-Sri Lanka, India vs West Indies & Australian absurdities

 
We had the pleasure of joining Dave and Murray for this week's One Hand One Bounce podcast on the excellent World Cricket Watch to review the England-Sri Lanka Test series, preview the forthcoming ODI series between the same two sides and look forward to the visit of India to English shores later this summer.

Last week they had Gideon Haigh as a guest on the Podcast. This time they had to settle for the humble Reverse Sweep!

Dave and Murray also cover the latest cricket news including the West Indies-India Test series, strange goings on with the recently announced 25 man Australian elite squad and something called Abortion Lasagne.

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England v Sri Lanka: England series marks out of 10

Experimental England? Our XIV man T20/ODI squad to face Sri Lanka

Chris Tremlett is a weapon of mass destruction

Ian Bell, The Stone Roses and some considerably large numbers

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Farewell and a tribute (of sorts) to Shane Warne

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Podcast: England vs Sri Lanka, West Indies vs Pakistan & cricket in Tonga(!)

 
The Reverse Sweep was delighted to take part in this week's 'One Hand, One Bounce' podcast organised by our good friends at World Cricket Watch in Melbourne.

Podcast: An action-packed magical mystery pod this week. Dave, Murray and Jimi and joined in the studio by Tom Dixon who shares tales of Tonga cricket (including kirikiti). Blaise phones in from down the road in the West Indies to review their series against Pakistan. Plus The Reverse Sweep joins us from the South of France to preview England-Sri Lanka.

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1st Test: Cardiff - Preview: England reach for the feel good hit of summer

Seven reasons why England should not underestimate Sri Lanka

Responsibility and Misbah-ul-Haq

County Championship XI of the week #7

Farewell and a tribute (of sorts) to Shane Warne

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County Cricket, Duncan Fletcher & IPL Podcast

 
The Reverse Sweep was delighted to take part in this week's 'One Hand, One Bounce' podcast organised by our good friends at World Cricket Watch in Melbourne.

After Murray and David looked at the latest news from the IPL - we cannot think why we may have missed out on that - we joined to discuss the progress of the County Championship Season, Duncan Fletcher's appointment as India's new coach and Murray presented his weird and wonderful XI.

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Our response to Alviro Petersen for accusing The Reverse Sweep of lying on Twitter

County Championship XI of the week #4

World Cup Podcast: Preview of final and England autopsy

Ashes Podcast: Two Poms vs Two Aussies - Part 1

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World Cup Podcast: Preview of final and England autopsy

 
The Reverse Sweep was delighted to take part in this week's 'One Hand, One Bounce' podcast organised by our good friends at World Cricket Watch in Melbourne.

After picking through the bones of England's ignominious exit, we surmised what may happen with the England ODI captaincy. We also covered the resignation of Ricky Ponting, yet another choke by South Africa and previewed tomorrow's World Cup Final between India and Sri Lanka.

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Ashes Podcast: Two Poms vs Two Aussies - Part 1

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Ashes Podcast: Two Poms vs Two Aussies

It's only taken us about six months, but finally we managed to skive off work for long enough to participate in the 'One Hand, One Bounce' weekly podcast organised by our good friends at World Cricket Watch in Melbourne.

Naturally, we picked at the bones of the Brisbane Test especially the carcass of Mitchell Johnson and looked forward to the Adelaide Test, which starts tomorrow.

All sorts of frivolity ensued including marking the two teams from Brisbane out of 10, Winston Churchill's views on Johnson and predictions for the 2nd Test, which saw that rarity of not one, but two pessimistic Australians.

Hopefully, our debut was more impressive than Xavier Doherty's - we joined at approximately 18 minutes after Dave, Jimi and Murray had given their marks out of 10 for the Australia side - otherwise we can expect to be replaced by Nathan Hauritz. We shall see!

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2nd Test Preview: Can England capitalise on psychological advantage?

Zeroes: Mitchell Johnson

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