I'd Rather Be A Pear.......
Hi,Thank you for taking the time to listen to our podcast.We are Frank Watson and Dave Bradley and between us have a lot of years covering Worcestershire cricket for the BBC and for the old Cricketcall.In our podcast we hope to bring you news, views, interviews and features on Worcestershire cricket.It may seem strange that we have launched this at the end of a season, but we wanted to go for the ‘soft’ option and then head for a full launch in the spring of next year, when hopefully we will have some cricket with crowds in.We would welcome your feedback, good or bad!We hope you enjoy our podcast.Bradders and Frank
Episodes
17 episodes
OUR FIRST PODCAST OF 2023 WHERE OUR GUEST IS FORMER PLAYER NOW A COACH AT NEW ROAD RICHARD JONES
Welcome to another edition of I’d Rather Be A Pear, our first of 2023 so a Happy New Year to all our listeners.Today we are chatting to Richard Jones, the latest edition to the Worcestershire coaching staff, and of course...
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JOIN US FOR A NATTER WITH THE NEW COACHING TEAM AT NEW ROAD
Whilst they may be familiar faces at New Road, Alan Richardson and Kadir Ali both have new jobs and new hopes. ‘Richo’ is now the Worcestershire head coach, while ‘Kadi’ is now the assistant head coach, both former players with the club of cour...
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AN INTERESTING CHAT WITH CRICKET AUTHOR PAUL EDWARDS ABOUT HIS EXCELLENT NEW BOOK
Just for a change, and our end of season review will be here shortly, but we thought we would have a natter with a man we feel is one of the last of the 'proper' cricket journalists.Paul Edwards has covered county cricket for as along as he...
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Worcestershire's season so far, and what's to come.
After something of a break we are back, that’s Frank Watson and Dave Bradley, nattering about Worcestershire cricket.Taking a look back, at the good and the bad, and indeed a look forward, and we'll hear from Alex Gidman, Moeen Ali, Alan...
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Worcestershire's new skipper Brett D'Oliveira on being in charge, and the season ahead.
As we head into the 2022 season we thought we'd have a natter with Worcestershire's new skipper Brett D'Oliveira.Joe Leach stood down at the end of last season and 'Dolly' the third generation of his family to play for the county has taken ...
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New Road's top coaches join us for a look ahead to 2022
As Worcestershire head towards the start of the 2022 season we thought we would chat to the men in charge of the playing side of things at New Road, head coach Alex Gidman and Assistant/bowling coach Alan Richardson.‘Richo’ had the honou...
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Our final guest 0f 2021 is Alan Richardson, chatting about his career, playing and coaching.
In sport to earn the title ‘legend’ a player generally has to play for a club for a long time to earn such a title.Our guest in this edition of “ I’d Rather Be A Pear “ played just four seasons for Worcestershire, but mos...
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Worcestershire's most succeful captain Phil Neale joins us for a look back at a long career in the game.
Worcestershire's second golden era from the late 1980's was led by skipper Phil Neale, as they won two County Championships, two Sunday League titles and the Benson and Hedges Cup. He was a Wisden cricketer of the year in 1989.
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Join us for a chat with Worcestershire legend Daryl Mitchell as he ends his career at New Road.
The word 'legend' is often over-used in sport and Daryl Mitchell would never consider himself a legend.Many of those who have watched him and got to know him at New Road would consider him to be one.Daryl retired at the of the 2021 seas...
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WE ARE BACK WITH A SPECIAL GUEST
Welcome back to I’d Rather Be A Pear, and for our latest podcast we have a very special guest.Dean Headley is now a match referee in county cricket, but it’s his career which started at New Road we wanted to talk about.In a very d...
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Looking at Worcestershire's season so, and what does the match referee do?
In the latest edition of I’d Rather Be A Pear we look back at Worcestershire’s start to the county championship season, well the first nine games really, and take a look ahead at the upcoming T20 campaign.We’ll hear from Alex Gidman, Wor...
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WORCESTERSHIRE SKIPPER JOE LEACH IS OUR LATEST GUEST (O.K.VICTIM)
With Bradders away on his private Caribbean island, and rain pouring down at Chester le Street, podcaster Frank Watson took the opportunity for a natter with Worcestershire skipper Joe Leach, not about the recent games but much more.<...
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SPECIAL GUEST ED BARNARD AND A LOOK AT THE SEASON SO FAR.
Hello everyone.As we prepare to hit the airwaves again Worcestershire are three games into the season, but in this edition of I’d Rather Be A Pear we have a very special guest.The only Worcestershire player with his own fan club, ...
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Season 2021
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Episode 2
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WE ARE BACK !
Yes, here we are, and it seems a long time since we could bring you a ‘live’ interview as it were, so we are delighted to be back underway.We are Frank Watson and Dave Bradley who between us have covered more years of Worcestershire cric...
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Episode two with special guests Phil Newport and Tim Curtis
Welcome to episode two of I'd Rather Be A Pear, and following suggestions from the first edition we have invited two Worcestershire legends for a 'natter about the glory days of the late 1980's.Tim Curtis and Phil Newport were integral part...
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