Sunday Service with Church and Vickers
The weekly cricket podcast that shines a light on the many roles on offer in the world of cricket. Join Mark Church and Hector Vickers every Sunday at 11 am to hear them interview a new guest each episode, from various cricketing professions. Find out exactly what each job entails, how it is developing, and how best to get into it.
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Episodes
29 episodes
Episode 29 - Sports Photography and 'A Picture of England', Gareth Copley-Jones
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by one of the great Sports Photographers.Having started off at Varley Picture Age...
Episode 28 - Cameron Steel on his retirement
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark is alone in the parish.His guest this week was born in California, but grew up in Western Australia, be...
Episode 27 - Groundswoman at Lords Cricket Ground, Meg Lay
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by a trailblazer in the sports turf industry.Hailing from Christchurch, New Zeala...
Episode 26 - Editor of the Wisden Almanack, Lawrence Booth
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by the Editor of the widely adored 'Bible of cricket'.Having studied Modern Langu...
Episode 25 - Dermot Reeve on his career, addiction, and recovery
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week's guest captained Warwickshire to six trophies in two years during the 1990’s, earning him the reputation as one of ...
Episode 24 - Fast Bowling Coaching + Consultancy, Stuart Barnes
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by an elite fast-bowling coach and consultant.This man has coached a wide array o...
Episode 23 - County Preview, Nick Friend
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by one of the great cricket journalists, with a special love for the domestic game.<...
Episode 22 - Head Groundsman at Durham CCC, Vic Demain
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by a legend of the 'turf management' game. Having begun his grounds career b...
Episode 21 - Cricketing Family, WG RumblePants
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by one of the greats of the 'X' world. With 25.3 thousand followers on the p...
Episode 20 - Academy Coach and Ex-Pro, Ash Thorpe
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by the former Durham batter, turned coach, Ash Thorpe.Having been born in Austral...
Episode 19 - CEO of the Desert Vipers and co-founder of CricViz, Phil Oliver
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector come together at the Kia Oval for a special podcast.Church and Vickers are joined by the Chi...
Episode 18 - Essex CEO, Dan Feist
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector reunite at the Holy Ground. It's the first time the pair have recorded at the Kia Oval in 6 episode...
Episode 17 - Looking ahead, with Bryony Smith
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark sits down with Bryony Smith to discuss her career, last summer, and her aims for the season to come.Bry...
Episode 16 - U19 World Cup Final, Thomas Rew
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, England's Young Lions were, regrettably, 'Sooryavanshi-ed'.But, with Churchy spinning his web on Test Match ...
Episode 15 - Exclusive chat with Andy Flower
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Hector is joined by an ICC Hall-of-Famer. He captained Zimbabwe and is widely regarded as their greatest player of ...
Episode 14 - Exclusive chat with Rory Burns
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark is joined by one of the greats of our game. He's captained Surrey to four County Championship titles over the ...
Episode 13 - Umpiring, Mark Newell
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark is joined by former Sussex batsman Mark Newell who has been a professional umpire since 2017.Mark talks...
Episode 12 - CEO of the MCC Foundation, Angus Berry
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by the CEO of the MCC Foundation, Angus Berry. Having set up his own non-profit organis...
Episode 11 - County Cricket Archives and Commentary, Andrew Radd
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by one of the most comforting voices in the game and a stalwart of Northamptonshire CCC....
Episode 10 - CHRISTMAS SPECIAL with Dan Norcross and Andy Zaltzman
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week and a VERY joyous Christmas.This week is the big one. Some might even say it's monumental. It is, of course, the highly awaite...
Episode 9 - Magazine Editing, Huw Turbervill
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by the editor of The Cricketer Magazine, Huw Turbervill. Having previously spent 15 year...
Episode 8 - Coaching and Playing, Rikki Clarke
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by one of the all-time county greats. With 11,387 First Class runs and 534 First Class w...
Episode 7 - Sports Psychology, Michael Caulfield
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by one of the best sports psychologists in the country. Now based at Brentford FC, Micha...
Episode 6 - Stadium Art, Andy Brown
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector are joined by the internationally renowned sports artist, Andy Brown. Andy was the official artist ...
Episode 5 - Chaplaincy and Anything but Ashes, Steve Coulson
Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.This week, Mark and Hector connect with their roots. Friend of the podcast, Steve Couslon, joins the show to take us through h...