For an extra RSP Deep Dive this week, we interview author and social researcher Duncan Stone. Duncan's explosive new book, Different Class: The Story of English Cricket exposes an alternative social history of the game from its earliest days to the present, and indeed the future. He shows how the use of a 'gentleman's amateur' approach was formed to the deliberate exclusion of working class participation in the game, how that thinking went on to underpin our thinking on the 'spirit of cricket' a...
Jan 22, 2022•46 min
Part One 02:10 - England crash to 4-0 in Australia 17:24 - India's defeat in SA & the end of the Kohli era 31:49 - Ireland make history in the West Indies 34:29 - Zac's update on the U19 World Cup! Part Two 36:41 - Pitch Inspection: Mark Ramprakash on the Yorkshire Scandal 44:25 - Women's Ashes Preview 53:50 - Zac's Quick Question A packed Rain Stopped Play this week! As the Ashes and India vs South Africa series come to an end, we wrap up the key talking points before looking ahead to the W...
Jan 18, 2022•58 min
A New Year brings a slightly new format for Rain Stopped Play, with the introduction of our new segments Around the Grounds, Tweet of the Week and Zac's Quick Question. Essentially, we still just chat about cricket - starting with England's somewhat mood-settling draw in Australia, India's tight series in South Africa and a truly extraordinary few days in Bangladeshi cricket history. Join Dan, Will, Glenn and Zac for another incredible year of cricket, by and for the fans. Follow us on Twitter: ...
Jan 11, 2022•59 min
In our second ever special episode, Zac is joined by Scouting Cricket's Ronan Alexander for a comprehensive preview on the Under-19s World Cup which starts on January 14th. The guys take you through each team playing at this year's World Cup team by team and pick out a few key players to keep an eye out for. Listen out for some predictions towards the end of the episode too! Massive thanks to Ronan for joining us on the pod this week and sharing his expertise with us. You can find him on Twitter...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 2 min
So, this is it. Australia have officially retained the Ashes with two tests to spare. A longer Rain Stopped Play today as we take a deep dive into where England lost this series, how deep the crisis in the game goes and whether we can ever be competitive in the Test format again. Plus, is Chris Silverwood on another planet and who could replace Joe root as captain? Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Happy Holidays! We know we said we wouldn't be back before Christmas on the previous podcast - it turns out, that wasn't true! In a bonus Christmas special, our full RSP team have a bit of fun looking back over the year that was cricket in 2021 - our highs and lows, heroes and villains, and at last some accountability for the worst take someone has uttered on this podcast. We revive the Rain-ies, our surely now famous set of improvised cricketing awards. Featuring: Game of the Year Moment of the...
Dec 24, 2021•48 min
It's a Sad England special on this week's Rain Stopped Play. It's cold, Covid is back with a vengeance and Joe Root is taking shots at his own bowlers. Dan, Glenn and Will are here to wade through the darkness and hopefully provide a cathartic moan before looking to the future. Plus, stay to the end for a frankly bizarre detour through the England camp's woes, via US foreign policy and the Marshall Plan. Merry Christmas! Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod and be sure to catch us Live on Twitt...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr
It’s a real throwback episode today, as Rain Stopped Play’s co-founders Dan and Glenn reunite for a Moscow mule-fueled analysis of England’s dismal performance in the first Ashes Test at the Gabba. Well, we say dismal—Dan was feeling pretty optimistic until an hour alongside Glenn’s downbeat company reminded him of England’s many, many, problems. Indeed, it took all of one ball in this Ashes to shatter English aspirations, as the tourists’ plans were left looking more exposed than Rory Burns’ le...
Dec 13, 2021•51 min
Better late than never - we bring you the RSP team's preview thoughts on England vs Australia, just in time for the first ball to be bowled. Can Dan stomach an England team missing Broad *and *Anderson? Will England win a game? Where on Earth is the 5th test being held? Join Dan and Zac for their final thoughts ahead of one of the strangest Ashes series we can remember. And no, we're not going to talk about Tim Paine. Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod, and if you're listening on the day this...
Dec 07, 2021•50 min
For our first Rain Stopped Play Deep Dive, we take a closer look at how some of cricket's biggest names became embroiled in it's deepest scandal in decades. More importantly, we look at not just what went wrong, but how we begin to fix it. Special thanks to Taj Butt, Chris Marshall, Tom Brown and Adam Kelly for giving us their thoughts. And wait to the end for a discussion on how we move forward with RSP regulars Will Singh and Glenn Houlihan. Follow our guests on Twitter: @ButtTaj, @MarshallCAJ...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Yes, well done Australia - we are all very, very happy for you. A reluctant Rain Stopped Play team have gathered to congratulate Australia and review the comfortable win at the men's T20 World Cup final. To cheer ourselves up, we've come up with our very own awards to commemorate the 2020(2021) T20 World Cup - The Rainys! We hand out awards to our player of the tournament and our favourite moment of the tournament. We also have awards for the the saddest moment of the tournament and the controve...
Nov 16, 2021•55 min
Welcome to Rain Stopped Play's snapshot reaction to the two semi finals at the men's T20 World Cup. We round up the Kiwi's redemption versus England, work out what exactly Australia keep doing to win games and try hard not to blame Hasan Ali for Pakistan's devastating loss. Was that Morgan's last game in charge of England? Will David Warner's form see Australia over the line? And what is the best hairstyle to have in Dubai? All this and a voice note from Glenn in this episode, enjoy! Follow us o...
Nov 12, 2021•53 min
As the title would suggest, this was a particularly disorderly episode. It appears, sadly, that the T20 World Cup has put the entire Rain Stopped Play team off cricket. Will Australia or New Zealand cause an upset in the semi finals? Can Dan ever watch a team chase down 140 again? More importantly, what on earth took place on Zac’s rail replacement bus? All will be revealed. Don’t forget: tune in, drop out. Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Join us for another chaotic show as a full Rain Stopped Play cohort debate the biggest stories in cricket this week. After Glenn escapes from a broken lift in time to make the recording, the episode begins with a sober reflection on Yorkshire’s latest PR debacle. Who on earth is signing off on these appalling statements? Then we tackle all things T20 World Cup: England’s rampant wins, India’s shocking defeats, and the very tired looking minnows. As the race to book a place in the semi-finals hea...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 7 min
It's our first T20 World Cup round up episode and the lads are itching to get stuck into England and Pakistan's perfect performances. We start with the stunning Ben Stokes news and chat about the upcoming IPL expansion - how much is an IPL franchise now worth? We also briefly round up the preliminary stages of the World Cup with pod favourites Scotland and Namibia making it through to the Super 12s but Will's favourites Oman sadly falling short. We then dive into the post mortem for India: were ...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 1 min
As the name suggests, this podcast is looking at the best of the rest of the teams at the Men's T20 World Cup. Dan and Zac cover the hopes and dreams of Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Afghanistan. How bad are South Africa? Are Australia a sneaky favourite? Which Pakistan will show up? All this and more in our final preview ahead of the World Cup. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://red...
Oct 21, 2021•56 min
It's our second podcast previewing the upcoming Men's T20 World Cup! This episode focusses on what we think are the best three teams coming into the competition: England, India and the West Indies. Does Dan jump the gun calling England favourites? Is Will's potential India XI the most chaotic ever? And Zac tells us why the West Indies are so much fun and how they're going to win the whole tournament again...Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com...
Oct 18, 2021•50 min
Join us for a very special episode as we preview the T20 World Cup 'minnows' involved in the tournament's opening group stage. In what becomes a surreal hour, the Rain Stopped Play team each introduce two teams they have researched, or in some cases, fallen in love with. Glenn is now a die-hard Namibia supporter, Dan's dreaming of Scottish success, and Will's writing a PhD thesis about Oman. Most importantly, we all want Papua New Guinea to do well. It's chaos. Follow us on Twitter: @RainStopped...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 16 min
It's Zac and Will on the pod this week and, unfortunately, they forgot to press the record button the first time around, so you're listening to take two of this podcast. They promised the first pod they recorded was an awe inspiring game changer, so did they manage to recreate it a second time around? The chaps round up the closing action of the IPL group stages, chat about the India vs Australis women's Test match and spend the 10 seconds that the BWT Final deserved. Also, is there too much cri...
Oct 07, 2021•58 min
This week, we reflect on Moeen Ali's retirement from Test cricket, wrap up the County Championship season and try to remodel the English summer into a less chaotic mess. With thanks to Will Macphearson's brilliant article, (https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/cricket/county-cirkcet-masterplan-schedule-b957079.html) in which he tries to make sense of all the cricket next summer, we debate the pros and cons of his remodelled cricketing summer. Don't forget to join our FPL league to win 2021 Hundred t...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 5 min
This week - England cancel the tour of Pakistan, England women play New Zealand, the IPL is back, Finals Day was awesome and we are truly, truly bored of the County Championship!! We dip into all the topics making cricket news this week and get mostly stuck in to why the County Championship has got it all wrong again. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 21, 2021•55 min
Join Glenn and Zac for a whistle-stop tour of this week’s major cricket stories! A COVID outbreak in the India camp meant that the fifth and final Test against England was canceled, to the dismay of fans across the world. With questions abound, we attempt to answer one of the most puzzling: what on earth was India coach Ravi Shastri doing hosting an in-person book signing days before he tested positive for COVID? In other news, Yorkshire finally admitted that Azeem Rafiq was a victim of racial h...
Sep 15, 2021•46 min
This week we review the brilliant 4th Test between England and India and look ahead to the decisive 5th Test in Manchester on Friday. Did India win that match or did England lose it? Just how good was that day 5 bowling spell from India? Bairstow or Buttler? Do you give Anderson and Robinson a well earned rest? Will rain ruin the 5th Test? All this and much more discussed this week! Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt...
Sep 07, 2021•55 min
Join Will, Zac, and Glenn for a packed new episode! After discussing Liam Plunkett's surprising decision to play cricket in the United States, the Rain Stopped Play team round up all the action in the thrilling T20 Blast quarter finals. Then it’s onto our main event: the third Test between England and India. The hosts bounced back from defeat in the second Test to hammer India, remembering how to bat in the process. Root continued his staggeringly good form, while all the English bowlers - espec...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 7 min
It's a little big of everything this week as Dan and Will round up the biggest stories in cricket from the delayed report of alleged institutional racism to come out of Yorkshire, to the triumphant finals of The Hundred over the weekend. We start with the most important story of the week and walk through the biggest issues coming out of the Then we give our final assessment of the inaugural Hundred, run through the teams of the tournament and briefly preview the third Test between England and In...
Aug 23, 2021•44 min
Zac is in the hot seat hosting this week as Dan escapes the cricket to the relative sanctuary of the golf course. Zac is joined by Glenn and Will to unpack one of the fiercest Test matches ever: India winning the war of words; England's post-lunch day 5 horror collapse; Bumrah and Shami's batting masterclass; Burns and Sibley's woes and much, much more. We also try and piece together England's woeful batting line up and Glenn has some depressing suggestions for who might come in for the second T...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 20 min
This week, Dan, Zac and Will gather to review the rain affected, drawn first Test between England and India. We dissect England's top order batting woes, debate who may or may not be called up for the second Test and ponder whether an emergency Malan or Moeen call up is on the cards? We also offer a sincere apology to Jasprit Bumrah (who Dan decided should be rested last week) as well as commend the brilliant bowling display from the tourists. We also chat about The Hundred - who is actually top...
Aug 09, 2021•55 min
This week, we preview to the England and India Test series, we chat even more about The Hundred and Zac makes a revelation about his favourite thing in cricket. Also this week, Glenn has been to a Royal London One Day Cup game, Will has made a u-turn and Dan pays far, far too much for a panama hat. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Join Glenn and Will as they discuss The Hundred’s inaugural game and England’s thrilling T20I series against Pakistan! Will attended The Hundred’s opener, a nail-biting win for Oval Invincibles, so he gives us a fascinating insight into how the evening unfolded. Is Glenn, a consistent critic of the tournament, starting to be sold on its merits? England edged past Pakistan in the three match T20I series with a spectacular final over win on Tuesday night: we examine who were the stand-out performe...
Jul 22, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Have we arrived at cricket's next epoch? Well, we try to answer that and much, much more in our highly anticipated preview of The Hundred! We start by asking what is The Hundred? Why does it exist? What audience are the ECB targeting? What will the cricket be like on the field? We then preview all 8 men's and women's teams. Who are we supporting and why? Are the Southern Brave clear favourites in both competitions? Will the lack of 'big' international names hurt the tournament? What are our favo...
Jul 18, 2021•1 hr 9 min
