Ahead of the Eight Ball
Dave and Mick TicknerCricket is the best sport and has the best cliches. In Ahead of the Eight Ball, failed sports journalist Dave Tickner and failed comedian Mick Tickner dissect every single one of those clichés, from behind the eight ball to tracer bullets via heavy balls and big bats, in painstaking detail whether you like it or not.
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 17 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Categories | CricketSports | ||||
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We are back with another episode about the Ashes but because it is 10 months out and not a lot is going on, we mainly talk about our favourite jokes from Viz, proboscis monkeys and pitches.
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All run 7 from our friends at Wisden more
Some handy, useful, bonus, frustrating and irritating podcasting from Dave and Mick as they negotiate their way through the fascination with lower order runs.
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Dave and Mick are joined by Peter Miller aka The Cricket Geek as we go deep into why cricket isn't turning into baseball because both sports have always been very similar. We talk fastball, pitch runners and bunts. Pete namedrops and Mick does an imp... more
We do talk about the topic but also about Brian Lara being great, Ben Duckett's bat's axis of abscissa and Steve Smith (Dave is still rattled).
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Completely self-indulgent nonsense, which to be clear is absolutely a compliment.
Apple Podcasts5TJBrooks86
United Kingdom2 years ago - 100% correct opinions
No, South Africa away is not an Ashes warm up. No, don’t be so precious about hearing the word Notts and Forest next to each other. Yes, do subscribe to this podcast. 100% correct opinions every minute.
Apple Podcasts5TwistedfluffUnited Kingdom2 years ago - Deserved 5 stars
If a podcast could come out to bat, waste five minutes having the sight screen adjusted and then be bowled middle stump behind its legs, it would be this one.
Apple Podcasts4JohnnyFavorite29United Kingdom3 years ago - Love their cricket
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Apple Podcasts5Amardeep131313United Kingdom3 years ago - Excellent
Probably the most important thing to happen to cricket since Perspex helmet visors
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