THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy ponders the lot of the groundstaff of waterlogged British pitches; Toby reports back from day 1 of the SCG test

"You presumably need a super super blotter, when it comes to a flood."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'50): When Cricket Added a Fourth Stump: the innovations of Cricket Max

"This is a niche question: where do you take guard when you've got four stumps?"

THE REVIEW (22'40): Evita Burned Down our Pavilion: A Cricketing Odyssey through Latin America by James Coyne and Timothy Abraham (2021)

"Pablo Escobar's son was sent to an English school, where as a wicket keeper he would put a match under the bails, attached to a piece of thread, which he would pull to claim a bowled."

Recorded 9 January 2024