In this episode we visit Gorseinon Cricket Club for their second women's softball tournament.We talk to the four participating teams: Gorseinon, Gowerton, Llandarcy and Neath as well as all those at Gorseinon who helped to make it a succ...

In this episode we meet and talk to a visiting Australian group who are from the Harrow Discovery Centre, a small museum in Victoria Australia.The museum is dedicated to spreading the story of the first touring Australian sporting side, ...

Just over a year ago we visited Hay-On-Wye to witness the first ever game of cricket played as part of the Literary Festival between the local Hay Club and a celebrity XI picked largely from the ranks of the world famous Authors XI.This ...

In this episode we hear Toby talk about about the following:His coaching philosophyThe coaching process and, in particular, his use of video analysisThe drills he uses with players to correct batting issues or to develop th...

In this episode we talk to ex Glamorgan CCC Coach Toby Radford.  He talks about his early learning of the game, being coached extensively by his father and of his early successes in junior cricket.We talk about his first class caree...

In this episode we bring together two Andrews.  One is Andrew Hignell, curator of the museum of welsh cricket and Andrew Renton who is ex-curator at Amgueddfa Cymru, The National Museum of Wales.Together, they tell the story of a sm...

In this episode we talk to Glamorgan CCC top order batter Sam Northeast who, in the first game of last years County Championship went to Lords and managed to compile the highest ever first class innings recorded at the Home of Cricket.He...

In this episode we talk to Wales Over 50s cricket coach and player Mark Davies.  Mark had a very brief career with Glamorgan CCC before being offered the opportunity to play for Gloucestershire, which he did for 4 seasons in the early 1990...

This season represents an historic departure for Glamorgan CCC as they play both a men's and women's professional team for the first time in their history.But the path to this point has been a long and arduous journey for women's cricket...

This episode contains interviews with attenders to the first ever Walkers and Talkers Event held in Wales on February 13th 2025.Around 80 people turned up to the Museum of Welsh Cricket for a cup of coffee, a gentle stroll around the env...

In this episode we talk to Steven Reingold who, in a brief short term pro career managed to be part of the Glamorgan One Day Cup winning side in 2021.Steven's cricketing journey started in the north London club of Stanmore where his fath...

In this episode we talk to ex Gloucestershire CCC wicketkeeper Andy Brassington about his social inclusion initiative, Walkers and Talkers.  We are joined by Glamorgan's Mark Frost as we discuss the county's involvement with this.W...

In this episode we talk to long time club professional and coach Brad Wadlan.We talk about his early cricketing experiences and his time playing for Cardiff Met.  Brad talks about his time in Australia and how that impacted his lif...

In this episode we look back at the year of podcasts, picking out a few highlights, as we go.There are a few comments at the beginning of the episode about Glamorgan's record breakers of the 2024 season.In the episode, you will ...

In this episode we talk to Jo Pockett of the ECB and Ahmed Khan and Adnan Haddidi of Llandaff Cricket Club about the Taste of Cricket cookbook, which was produced as part of the wider Raising the Game initiative aimed at improving the diversity...

In this episode we meet the cricketing Smale Family from Newport.  Mum, Ann-Marie is Deputy Chair at Glamorgan CCC and formed part of the team charged with winning a Tier 1 franchise for the women's game in Wales earlier this year.  S...

This episode is a chat with Adge John of Saundersfoot Cricket Club.Adge made the local newpaper headlines in the summer when he finished being scorer for the club.  Nothing unusual in that you might think but when you learn that he...

In this episode we hear from Newport Cricket Club's Michael Clayden who, this season, became the first player in the history of the South wales Premier League to reach 200 appearances and to score over 6,000 runs in the league.He has pl...

In this episode we talk to ex Glamorgan seam bowler Steve 'Basil' Barwick.You can read about Steve's first class career here:https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/steve-barwick/We begin by talking about his early years pl...

In this, the second part of our chat with current and ex players and officials we meet Henderson Springer.  You can read a little bit about Hendy and his connections with Haverfordwest and the cricket club here:https://www.espn...

The collected group of ex-players and committee post holders started by telling us who they are and what they were like as cricketers.We get a picture of the way into cricket which was different for different players, some moving from ju...

In this, the second part of our chat with Martin, umpire with the South West Wales Association of Cricket Association, we talk in more detail about his experiences in Chennai, India at the International Masters Cricket Over 60s World Cup earlie...

This episode features the first installment of my chat with cricket umpire Martin Wale.We begin with a bit of onomatology!  Quite a departure for us.  We then get on to more familiar territory, talking about Martin’s growing up...

In this episode we make use of the MCC Sound Archive to bring you the story of Blaina Cricket Club.The MCC project, Taking the Field was aimed at recording the oral history of cricket clubs throughout the breadth of the UK.  Member...

Ossie begins by talking about his experiences as Chairman of Glamorgan CCC and the difficulties cricket and Glamorgan faced in the late 1970s and early 1980s.We move swiftly talking about the Kerry Packer Circus and it’s impact on the ga...