The Wrong 'Un

🪵 TIMBER!!! Wood enters the fray to bowl absolute heat and help change the direction at another box office encounter. We've crossed the halfway mark of the Asheses and just look at how much can things change from one week to the next with England striking back with the red and the white balls. Ollie - fresh from Luke Fletcher's testimonial dinner - Sach and Bertie examine the difference makers for the men as well as how the women have reeled in some way a once unstoppable juggernaut. The final few rounds should be a doozy. We also hear the top fan rattling moments of the week and listener Johnny has shared a disturbing video that reveals the true depths of badgery required to become the world's best batter. Got anything that you think we might be interested in? Send it all in to wronguncricket@gmail.com or @Wronguncricket on Twitter. Thanks for listening as always, and thanks for the reviews! ______ 📮 Correspondence to wronguncricket@gmail.com ______ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

🛢 We hope you tackle your weekend with all the intensity of a protester-carrying YJB, but in the meantime, relax, switch off and engage in half an hour of relatively irreverent cric and other bits. The Women's Ashes got underway with a game that went to the wire - well if the wire means two sessions before the end - and we're here to have a dig. Elsewhere, Max dives into the kit cupboard, Ollie brings the analysis and there's a recording of Zak Crawley that, to be honest, should never have got past the editorial quality control checks. But you're gonna hear it anyway. DISCLAIMER: This was recorded mid-Lord's Test, so any references to and moods around that game may well become out of date quicker than a chicken breast in the sun. Got anything that you think we might be interested in? Any Wiaan Mulder anecdotes? Send them in to wronguncricket@gmail.com or @Wronguncricket on Twitter. Thanks for listening as always, and thanks for the reviews! ______ 📮 Correspondence to wronguncricket@gmail.com ______ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

🧹 An England clean sweep against the World Test Champions? Don't mind if I do. It may or may not have been a flash in the pan but at least it flashed bright and true as BMac appears to have Queer Eyed a previously sad, poorly dressed and unkempt England side low on confidence. All it needed was a kiwi to show them what's best about themselves.  So there's a lot to review there but Max, Sach and Bertie also have much to get into as India return with the literal unfinished business of their 2021 Test series whilst white ball king Eoin Morgan retires from his role of chief strategy merchant for England's big bashers. Elsewhere Sach can't answer a question he was primed for and Max goes into his cupboard to root around for all the latest fits. Got anything that you think we might be interested in? Then send in to wronguncricket@gmail.com or @Wronguncricket on Twitter. Thanks for listening as always, and thanks for the reviews! ______ 📮 Correspondence to wronguncricket@gmail.com ______ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

🥓 The usual show is replace due to much needed holidays as Max is off travelling to Wrexham from London (yes why indeed?). BUT we couldn't leave your Tuesday feeds uncricketed and in one of the great last minute decisions Max Parry MP & Bertie headed to the Oval to soak in some County Championship. One of the *all time great days* as the two of them joined some radio friends and made their way through just the right and appropriate amount of cans and a metric tonne of food in 20 degree sunshine. Simply unbeatable. Intermittent voice memos followed and treat yourself to bitesize a slice of the Great British summer from the Oval. There is little of actual substance covered. Got anything that you think we might be interested in? Then send in to wronguncricket@gmail.com or @Wronguncricket on Twitter. Thanks for listening as always, and thanks for the reviews! ______ 📮 Correspondence to wronguncricket@gmail.com ______ ⌨️ TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

🇦🇺4️⃣-0️⃣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England have engaged in their final and perhaps biggest collapse yet. Halfway through the 3rd day in Hobart things were looking rosy for England. 68-0 in a chase of 271. Two wickets fell and then in the 74 minutes of actual play after tea the remaining 8 crumbled in a manner so swift that in many ways it was the crowning and most emblematic glory of a miserable series for the Poms.  So welcome to the Collapse-along (TM) where in real time we go through England's collapse as it happened. Along with our as-live English crumble there's so much to get into: The Ashes as a whole, Australia's imperious performance, South Africa's impressive victory of India and Lord Virat stepping aside as Test captain. Enjoy! Got anything that you think we might be interested in? Then send in to wronguncricket@gmail.com or @Wronguncricket on Twitter. Thanks for listening as always, and thanks for the reviews! ______ 📮 Correspondence to wronguncricket@gmail.com ______ ⌨️ TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

🤦‍♀️Ollie, Max and Bertie convene for a sigh heavy half hour of catharsis as England are once again comprehensively rolled like dough balls at Pizza Express. After 12 days of play the Ashes are already remaining in Australia. Well that's statistically speaking, we've known the end result for a while now.  We talk everything from how bad England are to where the problems may lie, covering it all from planning, coaching, focus on the red ball game, Covid, Australian quicks being guns and the 90s coming back into fashion. There's not a hint of focus or real analytical verve to be honest. After recording we realised that not only are England's woes a difficult question to answer but in many ways we hadn't got close to actually understanding them. So kick back, relax and let us reflect your own stages of grief as we sit there rambley and baffled. Got anything that you think we might be interested in? Then send in to wronguncricket@gmail.com or @Wronguncricket on Twitter. Thanks for listening as always, and thanks for the reviews! ______ 📮 Correspondence to wronguncricket@gmail.com ______ ⌨️ TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

🧔🏽 Moeen our swashbuckling prince, you leave Test cricket behind but with us you have deposited a lifetime of excitable moments into our memory banks. Off he rides into a T20 spin-hitting sunset for the rest of his career. Without Sach & Max, Bertie and Ollie indulge on some reflections Moeen Lane and also examine the close of the County Championship for 2021 as Warwickshire ride out as the victors. They also cover the ECB's withdrawal from the tour to Pakistan. Big apologies for Godden sounding like Darth Vader. Despite Bertie's professional grade voice quality, Ollie didn't have a mic available. But we move. Got any cricketers engaging in current affairs? Anything else that you think we might be interested in? Then send in to wronguncricket@gmail.com or @Wronguncricket on Twitter. Thanks for listening as always, and thanks for the reviews! ______ 📮 Correspondence to wronguncricket@gmail.com ______ ⌨️ TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

💯 After much anticipation, backlash, columns in the broadsheets, intrigue and social media discourse, The Wrong 'Un returns, sorry The Hundred has arrived. And boy were we treated to an opening match as the women's competition got underway with a scorching run chase from Oval Invincibles to haul down Manchester Originals. Far more of a bang than a whimper first out with Dane Van Niekerk the hero with notable heroics also from Kate Cross, Marizanne Kapp and some silky strokes over cover from Harmanpreet Kaur. All in front of a couple of million viewers at home, unprecedented scenes for a domestic women's match in England and Wales. Joining Bertie, Ollie and Sach is CricViz's Ben Jones who's high on a cocktail of CricViz metric graphics, match ups and one and a half Heinekens. We take in the first match, adjust to the differences and whether in fact it all 'worked'. Only time will tell, but for the whole tournament make sure you join us on the journey! As with every show, we hope you enjoy what you hear and stick with us. We've been very grateful for all your reviews recently so if you haven't, then leave us one, and even better tap on that follow button to get brand new shows whenever they pop up. Peace and love! ______ 📮 Correspondence to wronguncricket@gmail.com ______ ⌨️TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

💥BOOM. After a nice couple of weeks break from El Cric we're back plunging head/feet first into the crickety pool for the start of the IPL and the County Championship. What a week! Sixes, strategic timeouts, snow, draws, there's loads to talk about. Mumbai Indians get underway against RCB, whilst CSK took on the DCs. We run the rule over the first weekend of the VIVO IPL 2021 and Bertie gives a brief rundown for the uninitiated. Elsewhere the kit connoisseur, Max Parry, gives his brutal perspective on the franchises' shirt offerings. Elsewhere, Ollie goes over the first round of the County Championship and we ask why on earth the IPL would want to play games in London?! We've got an email now! wronguncricket@gmail.com for all your correspondence. We read it all, so fire it our way. As with every show, we hope you enjoy what you hear and stick with us. We've been very grateful for all your reviews recently so if you haven't, then leave us one, and even better tap on that follow button to get brand new shows whenever they pop up. Peace and love! ______ ⌨️TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

🇮🇳3️⃣- 1️⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 After one month and 14 TWU episodes, one magnificent Joe Root double century, uncountable England ducks and a tanker full of wickets for Axar Patel and Ashwin, Virat Kohli's men walk away with a 3-1 victory. The first Test was but an anomaly in the grand scheme of Indian dominance on some spin heavy tracks. Show pal and writer at The Cricketer magazine, Nick Friend, joins Sach, Ollie and Bertie to poke some fingers into what went right and what went wrong for the tourists. Spoiler: A lot went wrong. Batting problems, summer expectations, it's all in there. We briefly touch on India but as Sach has excavated an extortionate amount of analysis on India's big boys the past few weeks then check out some of our earlier series episode if that's more what you're looking for.  Anyway, enough of this red ball rubbish, we power onto the T20s next and a whole lot more fun. Thank you to all our new listeners this week. We hope you've enjoyed what you heard and stick with us. We're a constant content and analysis machine. Finely tuned to bring what you want exactly when you want it. We've been very grateful for all your reviews recently so if you haven't, then leave us one, and even better tap on that subscribe button. Bye bye, see you tomorrow! ______ ⌨️TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

😌 Sach has finally mellowed after unleashing his wrath on the salty England fans of Twitter. But he is now bored by conventional Test cricket - 'Bring back the Tina Turners' he cries. Bertie is here to join him and unpick the day's action, with plenty to cover: unorthodox selections, predictably disappointing batting, and plenty of ghosts.  Virat is still spiky, Axar Patel and Siraj both look good again and coming towards the end of the series we're beginning to see some consistencies with England's below par batting. India look to be heading for a series victory, but as they say, it's not over until the England batsman gets done by the straight one... for the 30th and final time. Thank you to all our new listeners this week. We hope you've enjoyed what you heard and stick with us. We're a constant content and analysis machine. Finely tuned to bring what you want exactly when you want it. We've been very grateful for all your reviews recently so if you haven't, then leave us one, and even better tap on that subscribe button. Bye bye, see you tomorrow! ______ ⌨️TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

🏟️ A downbeat mood in TWU HQ today as a 100% English contingent gets sad about England's chances disappearing before a session is out - again. 3rd Test. Day 1 is strongly India's. England skittled for 112 as Kohli and el boyos press fast forward on the "Get England out cheaply" remote. Good showing for Crawley though, if that's any small comfort. Elsewhere Bertie and Ollie speculate whether someone on the Gujarat cricket board is eyeing a promotion after the vast ground in Ahmedabad is named after a certain current Prime Minister of India.  We've been very grateful for all your reviews recently so if you haven't, then leave us one, and even better tap on that subscribe button. Bye bye, see you tomorrow! ______ ⌨️TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket

🏖️3️⃣  Having heard that nobody can bat on the pitch for 2 days up steps R. Ashwin to play England off the park. Throw in some rogue sixes from the No. 11 and England are left with more than a mountain to climb in the 4th innings. The game is India's so expect a buoyant Sach who's been having heaps of fun on his own with the 4am get ups, whilst the English podcast contingent choose a normal sleeping pattern over watching England get steamrolled.  But it's not all bad news for England. Alongside Ashwin chat there's more than a side portion of gazing longingly at the handsome face and gorgeous takes of Ben Foakes. And, as Bertie wants to stress, it's been a glorious match to watch over your Weetabix in the morning. We've been very grateful for all your reviews recently so if you haven't, then leave us one, and even better tap on that subscribe button. Ta ta, see you tomorrow! ______ ⌨️TWU website https://www.wronguncricket.com/ ______ 🐦Twitter https://twitter.com/wronguncricket