Former Derbyshire, Middlesex, Warwickshire and Worcestershire seamer Alan Richardson is the guest on this edition of the Cricket Badger Podcast. The current Worcestershire bowling coach speaks to James Buttler about his life in cricket. Richo took 569 first-class wickets at 26.37 and takes on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions. He discusses an unconventional route into the sport, a new life in coaching, being an alcoholic in India, how Adele robbed him of a sporting high and his love of watching An...
May 08, 2020•33 min•Ep. 134
Former Derbyshire, Middlesex, Warwickshire and Worcestershire seamer Alan Richardson is the guest on this edition of the Cricket Badger Podcast. The current Worcestershire bowling coach speaks to James Buttler about his life in cricket. Richo took 569 first-class wickets at 26.37 and takes on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions. He discusses an unconventional route into the sport, a new life in coaching, being an alcoholic in India, how Adele robbed him of a sporting high and his love of watching An...
May 08, 2020•41 min•Ep. 133
An undoubted legend, former Gloucestershire and England wicketkeeper Jack Russell joins James Buttler on this edition of the Cricket Badger Podcast to chat about his life in cricket and beyond. Jack takes on an adapted Cricket Badger 20 Questions. It is a terrific chat about eccentricity, being voted Gloucestershire's best England player, blindfolding guests to his house, that famous stand with Athers, how Al Pacino would play him in a movie of his life, how he'd protect grassroots cricket, the ...
May 05, 2020•42 min•Ep. 132
An undoubted legend, former Gloucestershire and England wicketkeeper Jack Russell joins James Buttler on this edition of the Cricket Badger Podcast to chat about his life in cricket and beyond. Jack takes on an adapted Cricket Badger 20 Questions. It is a terrific chat about eccentricity, being voted Gloucestershire's best England player, blindfolding guests to his house, that stand with Athers, how Al Pacino would play him in a movie of his life, how he'd protect grassroots cricket, the sunhat ...
May 05, 2020•41 min•Ep. 131
Derbyshire skipper Billy Godleman joins James Buttler on this edition of the Cricket Badger Podcast to chat about the feasibility of cricket behind closed doors, the future of the sport, captaincy, loving Derbyshire and some interesting lockdown plans. Billy also takes on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions and it's well worth a listen. The Podcast is brought to you in association with TVSportsBlog.com . Thank you very much for listening and supporting the podcast! Contact the show via Twitter on @c...
May 02, 2020•58 min•Ep. 130
There have been some amazing players to represent Australia in Test cricket and the Badger is joined by cricket journalist and broadcaster Jarrod Kimber to discuss who is the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). The pair nominate five players each and talk about their various and many merits. Jarrod was such a great guest we kept on yapping and therefore this edition comes across two parts. The voting will take place on the @cricket_badger Twitter feed as the full 32 nominations are put in a 'hat' and t...
Apr 30, 2020•45 min•Ep. 129
There have been some amazing players to represent Australia in Test cricket and the Badger is joined by cricket journalist and broadcaster Jarrod Kimber to discuss who is the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). The pair nominate five players each and talk about their various and many merits. Jarrod was such a great guest we kept on yapping and therefore this edition comes across two parts. The voting will take place on the @cricket_badger Twitter feed as the full 32 nominations are put in a 'hat' and t...
Apr 30, 2020•49 min•Ep. 128
Another great Cricket Badger Podcast sees James Buttler joined by Harry Gurney . The Nottinghamshire paceman has a reputation for saying what he thinks on social media and this is no different as the Badger and Harry have, what they think, are very differing opinions on the future of cricket. Harry takes on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions and gives some terrific answers. He also discusses playing T20 franchise cricket around the globe and what it's like to feature in the Indian Premier League, B...
Apr 26, 2020•56 min•Ep. 127
A bumper issue of the Cricket Badger Podcast sees James Buttler joined by two superb guests. This is an edition not to be missed. Former Kent batsman Fabian Cowdrey has teamed up with twin brother Julius to release a single called 'Frontline' with all proceeds going to NHS Charities. Fabian chats about why they've recorded the song, chats cricket and COVID-19. And former Lancashire and Derbyshire wicket-keeper batsman Luke Sutton opens up about his battles with addiction. In a superb chat with J...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 126
Sachin Tendulkar became Yorkshire CCC's first ever overseas player in 1992 and journalist Thomas Blow has looked back at the Little Master's summer with the White Rose County and the significance of that change in rules for the Headingley club. Thomas joins James Buttler to talk about his new book, to reveal some Sachin Tendulkar stories and to chat about the early career of a modern day cricket great. The Podcast is brought to you in association with TVSportsBlog.com . Thank you very much for l...
Apr 22, 2020•52 min•Ep. 125
There have been some amazing players to represent West Indies in Test cricket and the Badger is joined by Barbados based cricket journalist David Harris to discuss who is the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). The pair nominate five players each and talk about their various and many merits as they get heckled by one of David's cockerels :) You will have noticed on the @cricket_badger Twitter feed that the 32 nominations were put in a 'hat' and the vote to find West Indies' #GOATcricketer is now underw...
Apr 20, 2020•51 min•Ep. 124
Yorkshire and England batsman Gary Ballance joins the Badger, James Buttler, to talk about his life in the game. He goes into depth about his England experience and answers the Cricket Badger 20 Questions. He talks everything from centuries at Lord's , being dissected by the media, his World Cup woes, how he wants to preserve five-day Tests and how his family lost their farm in Zimbabwe. And plenty more besides. The Podcast is brought to you in association with TVSportsBlog.com . Thank you very ...
Apr 19, 2020•53 min•Ep. 123
Former Yorkshire batsman Kevin Sharp joins the Badger, James Buttler, to talk about his life in the game. He went into coaching after retirement as a player and worked at Headingley before moving on to his current position at Worcestershire CCC. In this edition of the Podcast, Kevin takes on the Cricket Badger 20 questions. His answers are great and include working with Joe Root and Anthony McGrath, winning the T20 Blast with the Rapids, his first experience of Geoffrey Boycott and how he is exc...
Apr 16, 2020•55 min•Ep. 122
BBC Middlesex commentator Kevin Hand joins the Badger, James Buttler, to talk about the cricket season just about to begin. Ah, well you know the rest. Instead you'll hear two broadcasters and journalists who would normally be previewing the summer and preparing to get back into action, who are instead as fed up as you. It's generally their version of the chats you're all having out there. The pair talk about the possibilities of cricket this summer and what the season may look like. They discus...
Apr 09, 2020•49 min•Ep. 121
There have been some amazing players to represent India in Test cricket and the Badger is joined by Guerillia Cricket commentator Nakul Pandeto discuss who is the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). The pair nominate five players each and talk about their various and many merits. You will have noticed on the @cricket_badger Twitter feed that the 32 nominations were put in a 'hat' and the vote to find India's #GOATcricketer is now underway. Make sure you have your say! And, if you wanted to contact Paul...
Apr 03, 2020•58 min•Ep. 120
Thought I'd clip this one out of the Adam Hollioake Cricket Badger Podcast. Call me sappy, but really liked this answer. You can listen to the full Adam Hollioake appearance on the Cricket Badger Podcast here... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 31, 2020•4 min
Adam Hollioake joins the Badger, James Buttler, to take on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions. From nearly captaining Kolkata in the IPL to leading Surrey to three County Championship titles. From the death of brother Ben and losing everything to finding contentment on the Gold Coast. From being a professional sportsman in cricket, boxing and MMA to returning to cricket as a coach. This is everything you need to know about the former England ODI skipper and plenty more besides. Thank you very much ...
Mar 30, 2020•47 min•Ep. 119
There have been some amazing players to represent England in Test cricket and the Badger is joined by BBC TMS commentator Dan Norcross to discuss who is the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). The pair nominate five players each and talk about their various and many merits. You will have noticed on the @cricket_badger Twitter feed that the 32 nominations were put in a 'hat' and the vote to find England's #GOATcricketer is now underway. Make sure you have your say! And, if you wanted to contact Paul Smi...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 118
Many sportsmen struggle post-retirement and Nick Compton is searching for his identity post cricket. He loves to travel and has spent the last few weeks in Africa, where he has also caught up with family. He loves photography and anyone following his Instagram knows he is pretty handy with a camera. And he has done some media work too. Here he chats with the Cricket Badger, James Buttler, about life after cricket and his struggles with mental health since the age of 13. He speaks refreshingly ca...
Mar 21, 2020•38 min•Ep. 117
A friend of mine works on local radio and took this call from a woman asking for a coronavirus helpline number to be read out on air for those people who did not have internet... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 20, 2020•3 min
With no sport to watch we welcome psychologist Simon Hartley to the Cricket Badger Podcast. The founder of Be World Class chats to James Buttler about what we do with ourselves. The players have prepared for competitions and now have no idea when they will get to play cricket again. For those of us in the media, the work has disappeared overnight. And sports fans everywhere are already missing their fix of live action. How do we all cope with no sport to watch? Thank you very much for listening ...
Mar 16, 2020•39 min•Ep. 116
Hi everyone With the sporting world grinding to a halt, the Cricket Badger Podcast continues with great guests, discussions and two per week during the coronavirus postponements and cancellations of sporting events. James Buttler, the Badger, currently has a lot of time on his hands with live sport and the potential to commentate, broadcast and write about it gone overnight. He also needs an income! The Cricket Badger Podcast reaches thousands of cricket fans every week and would provide a great...
Mar 15, 2020•3 min
What a few days it has been for humankind and sport. We've seen fixtures, tournaments, Test series and sport thrown on the postponed and cancelled lists as the world buckles down to take on COVID-19. The Badger, James Buttler, is joined on this week's Cricket Badger Podcast by journalist and broadcaster Nakul Pande to assess the impact of the virus on cricket and the future of the sport. Are the right measures being taken? When will we see cricket played again? There is a lot to discuss! But spo...
Mar 14, 2020•38 min•Ep. 115
Former Middlesex and Durham pace bowler and now cricket broadcaster and writer, Simon Hughes, joins the Badger, James Buttler, to take on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions. A long life in cricket is discussed as Simon reveals that he would like to be Jos Buttler for a day, cricket on FTA, the 2005 Ashes and the birth of The Analyst and plenty more besides. Always a good read, Simon is planning a new book - it's worth checking out his previous cricket books HERE . Thank you very much for listening ...
Feb 25, 2020•39 min•Ep. 114
Two guests on the Podcast this week as Phil Walker , Editor in Chief at Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine joins the Badger, James Buttler, to assess how good England are in the Test arena. The pair discuss Joe Root's captaincy, the future of Joe Denly at no3 and come to verbal blows on whether Jos Buttler is worth his place in the team. Also, is Jonny Bairstow the answer at first wicket down? And the second guest this week is Mark Dexter of the Olicanian Cricket Club in Ilkley. The pavilion there ...
Feb 02, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 113
Northamptonshire bowler Ben Sanderson joins the Badger, James Buttler, to take on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions. They talk Northants success in T20 Blast, bowling at Adam Lyth at Headingley when he made that monstrous 161, the future of smaller counties like Northants, playing with his hero Darren Gough, how he’d love to play a Test match for England and his hopes for Northants in Division One of the Championship in 2020. And plenty more besides. Also Nick Clark of the Experienced Travel Group...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 112
Do you want to go to Sri Lanka in March to watch England in Test action? Want to enjoy the country too? Nick Clark of the Experience Travel Group chats to James Buttler about what you could be enjoying in Sri Lanka in just a few week's time. Our partners at Experience Travel Group have a range of packages and options for you. Tell them the Cricket Badger Podcast sent you and they'll throw in a slap up meal to help you enjoy your trip even more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
Jan 24, 2020•11 min
Former Warwickshire all-rounder Paul Smith joins the Badger, James Buttler, to chat about his life in and out of the sport of cricket. The former treble winning Bear speaks of the highs and lows of a career that some would suggest was unfulfilled, but others would say saw him take all he could from being a cricketer. As Paul takes on the Badger 20 Questions this week the conversation jumps from mental health to his work with children, from Pablo Escobar to almost winning four trophies in 1994, f...
Jan 20, 2020•46 min•Ep. 111
Tatenda Taibu became the youngest ever international skipper when he took charge of Zumbabwe aged only 20. He describes that period as the toughest of his life. Tatenda chats with James Buttler about his life in cricket, being a youngster in the side as Andy Flower and Henry Olonga did their death of democracy protest, the inspiration Flower gave him and how he'd change Zimbabwean cricket if given the chance. Tatenda answers the Cricket Badger 20 Questions where he wishes he could have met Nelso...
Jan 12, 2020•59 min•Ep. 110
Sam Northeast joins the Badger, James Buttler, on this week's Cricket Badger Podcast for a chat about his life in the game and his hopes for the season ahead. He's on a plane to Australia soon with England Lions and makes no secret of his desire to play Test cricket. If you look at the next cabs off the rank, he has every chance! Sam answers the Cricket Badger 20 Questions and, refreshingly, wants Test matches to stay at five days and wants young players to still view them as the pinnacle of the...
Jan 05, 2020•45 min•Ep. 109
