Reflections on a pounding

Jan 16, 2013: Iain O'Brien and Jarrod discuss where the entire New Zealand line up should bat, what a Colin Munro is, and how Steyn wears his stops inside out

Informed Podcast Management

Jan 16, 2013: Gideon Haigh joins Jarrod Kimber to discuss rotation by its real name, how ODIs are becoming background cricket, and Australia's new selection

Bryce McGain

The leggie who was one of us

Jan 16, 2013: It's hard not to admire the story and spirit of a club spinner who believed he would one day make it to the big leagues - and briefly did

Cricket news hurl

Margaret the match fixer

Jan 12, 2013: Jesse Ryder took 9 wickets for 30 runs in a stunning spell of bowling in a dream I had this week. He was swinging it both ways like a bowler in Allan Border's Cricket

The Bogus Age

Jan 9, 2013: Gideon Haigh joins Jarrod to discuss run-outs, the art of running, writing about friends, and throwing bats in the Big Bash. Also, Shane Watson, again

Message to New Zealand: please bowl first

Jan 8, 2013: Iain O'Brien joins Jarrod Kimber to discuss New Zealand's collapse at Newlands, the late Neil Adcock, Luke Ronchi and John Buchanan's "frosty" relationship with NZC

Australian cricket

The myth of Shane Watson

Jan 7, 2013: Shane Watson is desperate to be an allrounder who bats in the middle order and dominates like Freddie Flintoff. Then he wants to open the batting and still bowl his full overs

Cricket News Hurl

Victory Camel edition

Jan 5, 2013: When Jesse Ryder wasn't challenging Freddie Flintoff to a boxing duel, he was trying to bring peace and love to the world this week with a 62 off 37 balls

Sri Lanka in Australia 2012-13

Cowan's 7.3 seconds of pain

Jan 4, 2013: In 7.3 seconds at the SCG , Ed Cowan went from intelligent cricketer and author to a cricketing dunce.

Mr Cricket is a stupid nickname

Jan 2, 2013: Gideon joins Jarrod to discuss Hussey, Shane Watson (sorry), Glenn Maxwell's sudden rise and the passing on of Tony Greig and CMJ

Sri Lanka in Australia 2012-13

Herath: An underappreciated hero

Jan 2, 2013: Not enough comic books have superheroes who are old, short, pudgy with a bad marine haircut, soft round face and pants slightly too high on the waist

Cricket News Hurl

A partial retirement that shook the world

Dec 29, 2012: There was an announcement that rocked the world this week. Like you I am drowning in career eulogies as one of the greats has decided to partially retire

Australian cricket

Swords out for dissenting tongues

Dec 28, 2012: If you want women, fame and money, it's probably better to be a cricketer than a cricket administrator

No driving, no trash-talking, no Mahela

Dec 25, 2012: Gideon Haigh gives us a morbid history of men who performed on Boxing Day. Control Freakiness stops the trash-talking Big Bash

'I don't even have a blazer to burn'

Dec 24, 2012: Iain O'Brien talks to Jarrod about the New Zealand captaincy issue, and that's it, for a while

Cricket News Hurl

Salt Water Moose drowns Test cricket

Dec 22, 2012: Jesse Ryder inspired Luke Ronchi to make a hundred in each innings for Wellington against Northern Districts this week

Counting Tasmanians and quarantines

Dec 21, 2012: Gideon Haigh and Jarrod Kimber number the Hobart crowd, ask for ball "modification" and talk about Shane Watson again

Cricket News Hurl

Not just metaphorical death

Dec 15, 2012: It was sad, but the end has truly come. A form of cricket died this week

Watching Ricky in the rain

Dec 11, 2012: Gideon Haigh joins Jarrod Kimber to wax romantic about Ricky Ponting's retirement, talk sharply about Cricket Australia's entertainment complex and Sri Lanka's talent cliff

Cricket News Hurl

Kids, why play cricket when you can just go fishing?

Dec 8, 2012: I apologise for missing last week's cricket news hurl, but unfortunately due to a communication error from Mike Hesson, I got the impression I had been fired from ESPNcricinfo

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