Welcome to The Umpire Strikes Back! A focus on fast bowling today and we have assembled an expert panel! Joining us today are;Hampshire legend and now Player Development Manager for Hampshir...

Welcome to The Umpire Strikes Back! Today the spotlight shines on our upcoming Coach Development programme. You can start or continue your coaching journey in Hampshire this winter. Full course details can be found

Welcome to The Umpire Strikes Back - Episode 45! An international feel today with a look at two European adventures and a request for stories related to Shane Warne. We start by talking to Ali Gajic & Rebecca Blake who have ...

Welcome to Episode 44 of The Umpire Strikes Back! A busy episode this week featuring 3 great topics.First up is a focus on our ever growing W10 Women's Softball cricket. Simon from Overton CC talk us through their venture into t...

Welcome to The Umpire Strikes Back! Two great features today: First up, we speak to the (anoynomous) man behind the newly formed Hants CL Player Loans Twitter account. He aims to bring together clubs looking for extra players an...

Episode 42 - Today we focus on access to cricket within urban communities on the back of the BBC documentary 'Freddies Field of Dreams' which saw cricket opened up to teenagers in Preston. This echoed with lots of current work within Southampto...

Welcome back to the Umpire Strikes Back! Today we delve into cricketing history with Dr Duncan Stone, author of 'Different Class: the untold story of English cricket' We talk class structure, barriers to participation, league vs...

Happy Cricket Eve! As the recreational season kicks off tomorrow we are back with a feature on Sarisbury Athletic CC. They have increased their community engagement in recent years with clubhouse refurbishment, comedy nights, Hundred ga...

A focus on sustainability today as we look at how cricket will cope with environmental, social and financial changes. Firstly, we speak to Ageas Bowl Head Groundsman Simon Lee about the challenges of preparing professional cricket wicke...

Happy New Year! Welcome back to the Umpire Strikes Back! Today we are delighted to be joined by Hartley Wintney, Hampshire & England Physical Disability (and Love Island!) star Hugo Hammond. Hugo tells us about his w...

A busy #UmpStrikesBack today as we feature 3 areas of HCB work. Firstly, we speak to Hugh Bernard and Michael Powell about our Lord's Taverners Sup...

This week we focus on cricket in urban settings and look at the importance of role models on encouraging Black and African Caribbean children to take up the game. Arthur Godsal (England U19's and South Wilts CC) joins us to talk about h...

Welcome back to The Umpire Strikes Back!! We are back in action after a busy summer and ready for a winter of highlighting the great recreational cricket community in Hampshire. Today we celebrate two special wins! First...

Welcome to Episode 34 of The Umpire Strikes Back. This week we visited Brockenhurst CC to hear all about their recent transformation. Hon Sec Martin and Committee member Bronya talk through the last few years and offer a wealth of ...

Hello! A big focus on money this week as we highlight the numerous funding streams open to clubs this summer. We talk about the Inspired to Play grant, #Funds4runs and the upcoming Welcoming Environments fund More info -

Hello! We are so close to the start of the league season so who better to hear from than the league organisers! Joining us today are;Steve Vear - Southern Premier League ChairGam Gurung - British Gorkhali Leagu...

With the Specsavers County Championship starting this week who better to speak to than the man set to face the first ball and the coach getting the team ready! Current Hampshire opening batsman Joe Weatherley and former captain Jim...

This week we pay tribute to Rick Kellaway who sadly passed away in January. Rick played a massive part in the Hampshire Disability Programme, providing opportunities for people with disabilities across the county. Rick delivered th...

This week we focus on junior cricket & in particular the ECB National Programmes All Stars and Dynamos. We speak to ECB Head of National Programmes Jason Russell-Jones and Delivery Manager Dan Garbutt, who tell us the national plans...

February is Learning Month as we try to get #MatchReady21 We are shining a light on all of the online resources available at present ⬇⬇⬇First up, Fiona Newnham (Ventnor CC Scorer & Hampshire ACO tutor) & Sophie Mcle...

A slice of much needed positivity for you today ⬇⬇ Hear Michael Caulfield MSc (one of the UK’s leading Sport Psychologists having worked in professional sport for over 25 years) and Richard Gigg (Strategy Consultant a...

Welcome to our first episode of 2021. Back in #lockdown and we can't get out for winter nets but still plenty to talk about. Today we feature our fantastic Vipers Champions project, hearing from HCB staff Mike Pollard & Emma...

For our final episode of 2020 we focus on those brave enough to pursue a career in Wicket Keeping! We assembled an expert panel to talk about the skills of the trade, why they started and the highs and lows of the position ⬇⬇⬇<...

A packed episode today!We start with fantastic news! Andrew Morris has won the national Chance to Shine Lockdown Hero award. Andrew joins us to tell us about the amazing efforts from him and his team at Ropley CC. We then s...

Welcome back to Umpire Strikes Back.Today we look at the art and guile of Spin Bowling. Our Spin panel of Raj Naik (former 1st class cricketer in India), John Cook (our Coach Developer and England VI head coach) and Simon Jones,...