Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast
A Podcast interviewing a range of people from all areas of the great country of Wales who have a connection with or a story to tell about the great game of cricket.
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Test Debuts, The Welsh Connection: An Interview with Raymond Rhodes (Episode 174)
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In this episode we talk to cricket fan and author Raymond Rose. An adopted Welshman, Raymond lives in Chester and has taken a couple of years to research and write his first cricket book, 'A Test Debut'.
For details about the book and to buy a copy you can go here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Test-Debut-Raymond-Rhodes-ebook/dp/B0G53ZMJCZ
Raymond talks to us about the following players / coaches with a welsh connection:
Simon Jones
Tony Lewis
Alan Jones
Austin Matthews
Sydney Barnes
Viv Richards
Waqar Younis
Duncan Fletcher
Raymond set listeners to the podcast a quiz question: Who is the only player up until now who made his test debut at Sophia Gardens ?
The answer, if you are interested can be found by clicking below as well as details of the game in which he made his debut:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thisara_Perera
https://www.cricinfo.com/series/sri-lanka-tour-of-england-and-scotland-2011-474449/england-vs-sri-lanka-1st-test-474463/full-scorecard