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Double Century with Jarrod Kimber

This is a podcast series on the history of cricket through the people and moments that made the game. Series 5 is a look at the national teams that could have been. Double Century is a team effort. Jarrod Kimber wrote, produced and narrated this series. Nick McCorriston is our producer (https://twitter.com/soundboy_audio).
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Episodes

1999 (Part 2): Lance and That Run Out

Looking at Australia and South Africa's World Cup in 1999. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/soun...

Dec 09, 202333 minEp. 11

1999 (Part 1): The Associate World Cup

Bangladesh and Scotland's sliding doors, plus Zimbabwe's greatest moments. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www....

Dec 02, 202320 minEp. 10

1996 (Part 2): The Sri Lankan Fairytale

How Sri Lanka won more games in one tournament than in their entire World Cup history. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he's at https://www.nickamc.com and ...

Nov 11, 202322 minEp. 9

1996 (Part 1): Kenya's upset, the Sultan's Headache and the End of the West Indies

The 1996 World Cup really started before with a horrendous act of terrorism, Kenya shook up the world, the UAE had a tough time, and the West Indies passed over the baton to Australia . - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovsh...

Nov 04, 202316 minEp. 8

1992 (Part 2): Cornered Tigers Are The Most Dangerous

How New Zealand helped change the game, and Pakistan finally climbed to top of the mountain. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he's at https://www.nickamc.co...

Oct 21, 202321 minEp. 83

1992 (Part 1): The Soggy Nightmare of the Comeback Kids

The World Cup in coloured clothing with a new old team coming back and a chicken farmer. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he's at https://www.nickamc.com an...

Oct 14, 202316 minEp. 6

1987- The Reverse Sweep That Changed Cricket

The last World Cup played in whites was actually the start of ODI cricket as we know it. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he's at https://www.nickamc.com an...

Oct 07, 202328 minEp. 5

1983: India's Dream

The World Cup that changed cricket forever. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/soundboy_audio ....

Sep 30, 202318 minEp. 80

1979: The West Indian Kings

Sri Lanka almost gets banned from cricket, Denmark miss out due the fact their semi final opponent was changed due to Israel , Geoffrey Boycott bowls swing to win a match and the West Indies win their second straight tournament. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him...

Sep 23, 202315 minEp. 3

The First Men's World Cup

Angry pitch invaders, a dirty protest, a Haemorrhoid operation, the greatest all-round performance in a World Cup and Clive Lloyd. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorr...

Sep 16, 202313 minEp. 2

The Original World Cup

The first men's World Cup was in 1975 , but that is not the first in cricket. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://w...

Sep 09, 202315 minEp. 1

When The Umpires Declared

In 1963, Middlesex got caught in traffic, and that set up one of the stupidest matches in cricket history. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he's at https://...

Sep 02, 202312 minEp. 12

The White Tiger In Gravy

Cricket has been stopped by many things outside of rain and light, we bring you this episode to add two of the stupidest reasons cricket matches have been delayed. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, ...

Aug 26, 202310 minEp. 11

The Actors vs The Authors

In the history of our game we have had famous actors and authors who also played first-class, and even Test cricket. Plus Frankenstein's monster was a keeper. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed...

Aug 19, 20239 minEp. 10

When They Tried to Kill Boundaries

This is a new season of Double Century , and we wanted to explore some of the weirder things about our game. So this week, we look at when batters took over the game, and the MCC tried to stop the big hitting in the worst way possible. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can f...

Aug 12, 202310 minEp. 9

The Steam Punk Bowling Machine

This is a new season of Double Century , and we wanted to explore some of the weirder things about our game. how in 1846, two teams of players went up against a bowling machine. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . ...

Aug 05, 202311 minEp. 8

The Birth of Cricket Pads

This is a new season of Double Century , and we wanted to explore some of the weirder things about our game. So this week, a story about how the strongest man in cricket got hurt, and that changed how we protect ourselves. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Tw...

Jul 22, 202312 minEp. 7

The Real Ashes

This is a new season of Double Century , and we wanted to explore some of the weirder things about our game. So this week, a story about how the real Ashes was not England vs Australia, it was smokers vs non-smokers. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter ...

Jul 15, 202312 minEp. 6

The Middle Stump

This is a new season of Double Century , and we wanted to explore some of the weirder things about our game. So this week we have a whole episode on why we have three stumps in cricket. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovsh...

Jul 08, 202311 minEp. 5

Bail Tampering

This season we wanted to explore some of the weirder things about our game. So this week we are talking about bubblegum and bails. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42 . It is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorr...

Jul 01, 202310 minEp. 4

The Original Sweepers

This is a new season of Double Century , and we wanted to explore some of the weirder things about our game. So this week we are talking about some of the best players ever who played in matches where they used brooms as bats. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him o...

Jun 24, 20238 minEp. 3

The Forget Me Nots

This is a new season of Double Century , and we wanted to explore some of the weirder things about our game. So this week we are talking about an incredible women's cricket team from country Australia . - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www...

Jun 17, 202311 minEp. 2

The Pirate Cricket Game

This is a new season of Double Century , and we wanted to explore some of the weirder things about our game. So this week we are talking about the famous one arm, one leg cricket matches. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces and narrates this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It is written by Abhishek Mukherjee , you can find him on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/ov...

Jun 10, 202310 minEp. 1

The Shahid Afridi of Kansas: 05 - We Actually Are In Kansas

This is the final episode on a cricketer who never became professional. Mohebullah Archiwal is his name, but he prefers to be called Archi . We don’t know how talented he was, there are stories that he had talent, but instead of representing Afghanistan , he fought for his life, his country, and his freedom. This is the story of the Shahid Afridi of Kansas . - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces, narrates and w...

Apr 14, 20239 minEp. 5

The Shahid Afridi of Kansas: 04 - Mirwais Ashraf and the Hole That Can't Be Filled

This is a new season on a cricketer who never became professional. Mohebullah Archiwal is his name, but he prefers to be called Archi . We don’t know how talented he was, there are stories that he had talent, but instead of representing Afghanistan , he fought for his life, his country, and his freedom. This is the story of the Shahid Afridi of Kansas . - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces, narrates and writes...

Apr 07, 202310 minEp. 4

The Shahid Afridi of Kansas: 03 - Farman And Becoming A Soldier

This is a new season on a cricketer who never became professional. Mohebullah Archiwal is his name, but he prefers to be called Archi . We don’t know how talented he was, there are stories that he had talent, but instead of representing Afghanistan , he fought for his life, his country, and his freedom. This is the story of the Shahid Afridi of Kansas . - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces, narrates and writes...

Mar 31, 202311 minEp. 3

The Shahid Afridi of Kansas: 02 - Seeing Shahid Afridi and the Shadow Army

This is a new season on a cricketer who never became professional. Mohebullah Archiwal is his name, but he prefers to be called Archi . We don’t know how talented he was, there are stories that he had talent, but instead of representing Afghanistan , he fought for his life, his country, and his freedom. This is the story of the Shahid Afridi of Kansas . - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces, narrates and writes...

Mar 24, 202312 minEp. 2

The Shahid Afridi of Kansas: 01 - Crossing The Line to Find Cricket

This is a new season on a cricketer who never became professional. Mohebullah Archiwal is his name, but he prefers to be called Archi . We don’t know how talented he was, there are stories that he had talent, but instead of representing Afghanistan , he fought for his life, his country, and his freedom. This is the story of the Shahid Afridi of Kansas . - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces, narrates and writes...

Mar 17, 202312 minEp. 1

The Phil Hughes Test: We May Never Meet Again

This mini-season we look at one of the most emotional Tests ever played. Staged just after Phil Hughes' death, this Adelaide Oval Test became a memorial to the Australian, as Virat Kohli just wanted to win the match. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces, narrates and writes this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It was edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he...

Mar 10, 202313 minEp. 3

The Phil Hughes Test: Mitch's Melancholy and Virat's Tribute

This mini-season we look at one of the most emotional Tests ever played. Staged just after Phil Hughes' death, this Adelaide Oval Test became a memorial to the Australian, as Virat Kohli just wanted to win the match. - To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 . Jarrod Kimber produces, narrates and writes this series, check out his many projects here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber . It was edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston , he...

Mar 03, 202310 minEp. 2
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