Cricinfo: Andy Zaltzman's World Cricket Podcast

Comedian and writer Andy Zaltzman's audio show on current cricket

Like an unloved pancake in a hippopotamus-rolling competition

Andy Zaltzman looks at the Perth Test and ahead to Kolkata

12-04
17:11

Why Watson's going to cost Australia the World Twenty20

Andy Zaltzman examines the road to the semi-finals and the runway of defeat, which India, South Africa, England and New Zealand zoomed on to reach their respective home airports

10-04
18:54

'Teams that start rubbishly always win'

An indisputable assertion from WG Grace, plus, lots of wonderful (read: nonsense) stats about even- and odd-numbered scores and the number of letters in team names

09-19
20:42

The importance of Sehwag's hair, and the most average cricketer ever

In this readers' questions special: what's more wasteful - Mitchell Johnson or carbon emissions? And is the BCCI evil?

07-02
17:53

The Sobers-Kallis debate resolved for the final time ever

Andy Zaltzman goes where no man has gone before to get stats that prove who the world's best allrounder is, while also finding time to answer other readers' questions

05-15
19:13

The moon-landing milestone, and the Philander mystery

The number of centuries Tendulkar could have had if humans used 8 as our base number, Sri Lanka-England predictions, and your questions answered

03-29
20:05

The ugliest thing in cricket

Andy Zaltzman and Daniel Norcross talk about Pakistan's abject and deceitful performance in the UAE, and which animal will make the best wicketkeeper

02-16
39:49

Play it again Samaraweera

Andy Zaltzman and Daniel Norcross talk about the Sri Lankan colossus, offer piercing insights into South African cricket, and use up reams of hypothetical paper

01-10
52:56

'Australia have fluffed their chance at immortality'

Also: why Test cricket is like The Wire. Andy Zaltzman discusses these and other thrilling topics with Daniel Norcross of Test Match Sofa

12-02
34:00

Is there a game in Mohali on Wednesday?

Andy Zaltzman has heard there is. Oh well, can't be anything important

03-29
23:26

Cricket, history and Sachin Tendulkar

The third installment of Andy Zaltzman's World Cup podcast reports on the performance of the quarter-final teams, and reasons why life without cricket is pointless

03-20
14:06

Boomtown Bangalore and the Bat Bash Bonanza

The second instalment of Andy Zaltzman's World Cup podcast reports on two Bangalore games: India v England, and the Bangalore Brave Hearts against the Hyderabad Nawabs

03-02
20:19

Why we need three games a day

The first of Andy Zaltzman's epic audio despatches from the World Cup features some crucial and key format suggestions for the World Cup, and a most exciting quiz

02-21
23:55

The best apples, Pakistan's latest bans, and an interview with Sir Scruton Wole

All hail the county season. Plus: lies about cricketers, and a chat with a 105-year-old

04-09
17:40

Thank you Sir Graeme Swann

A scary fact about Yusuf Pathan's sixes, fun Bangladesh stats, and interviews with Alex Bowden and Justin Hamilton

03-18
28:08

'One-over cricket is the future'

The reincarnation of Phil Tufnell, the age at which cricketers average the highest, and a super one-question quiz

03-04
14:13

An apology to Amla, and a fountain of stats

Andy Zaltzman frolics unapologetically in cricket's great wash of numbers

02-19
23:15

Who's more entertaining, Sehwag or Prince?

This and other vexing questions, plus why Strauss is sitting out, great two-Test series and a superb new quiz

02-04
20:14

'The single greatest display of mass childishness'

Fire-breathing umpires, a preview of the England-South Africa Tests and more lies about cricketers

12-16
17:06

'Sehwag eats man-eating lions'

The first groundbreaking episode of Andy Zaltzman's World Cricket Podcast

12-03
11:55

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