‘98 Not Out’ is a podcast that brings the latest news and discussion about the national and international cricket scene all year round, featuring guest interviews with the likes of Mark Butcher, Nasser Hussain, Henry Blofeld, David Gower and David “Bumble” Lloyd. ‘98 Not Out’ will give you the cricket fix you need.
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With the domestic red ball season about to take a break for the white ball format, Richard Clarke joins me to debate whether we have just seen “peak” cricket with a set of thrilling matches played un…
Ahead of a big County Championship game at Chelmsford against Warwickshire, Head Coach Anthony "Mags" McGrath speaks about his Test debut back in 2003 alongside another debutant Jimmy Anderson and he…
One of English cricket's most experienced names David Lloyd - aka "Bumble" - explains how he would fix the problems currently engulfing English domestic cricket and it's hard to disagree with his ide…
Dan Feist, Deputy CEO of Essex Cricket talks about the great start to the season and how newbies Dean Elgar and Jordan Cox have fitted in to the team. After a difficult couple of years off the field,…
The cricket season is finally here and HUW TURBERVILL, editor of "The Cricketer" magazine talks about finance in the English game. Is foreign investment required to ensure the survival of county cric…
Victoria Polley from BBC Essex looks forward to the 2024 county cricket season and assesses the chances of a new-look Essex in the wake of Sir Alastair Cook's retirement and the departure of Dan Lawr…
Hot on the heels of "How to be a Cricket Fan", Matt Appleby's new book "Lost Cricket Stickers", all about the one year (1983) that Panini published a sticker collection album devoted to English crick…
The fallout continues as England's winter ends; a disappointing World Cup campaign, the first Test series defeat under Stokes & McCallum with a slide to #6 in the WTC rankings. The Cricketer's George…
BBC Essex cricket commentator Dick Davies speaks about the life and times of the great Robin Hobbs, who sadly passed away at the weekend. A great leg-spinner whose career peaked in the 1960s, appeari…
England has slumped to a series defeat in their tour of India, the first under the Stokes/McCullum regime. It's been a tough winter for the team, with a disappointing World Cup and a white ball tour …
Tim Brooks talks about his brand new book, "The Batmaker of Copenhagen". Set in wartime Denmark, it's a thrilling tale of how one man is determined to keep his cricket club going against the threat o…
In this episode, Dan Haggar and I discuss the plans laid out at this week's Members Forum, where the Essex board set out their road map for the future, including plans for the ground redevelopment/re…
Don Topley is just back from South Africa, where he was watching his son Reece play in the SA20. During his time there, "Toppers" was one of the last people to spend time with Mike Procter, who sadly…
Derbyshire photographer David "Griff" Griffin reacts to the sad news of the death of Mike Procter, a true giant of the game of cricket, who had huge impact on both the English county and internationa…
As the new season edges ever closer, The Grumbler joins me to look at the various talking points dominating county cricket conversations. Is the membership model broken? Are players' wages, foreign i…
Charles Dagnall joins us from Johannesburg, where he is covering the ICC u19 Cricket World Cup. England are out, failing to make the semi-finals, but "Daggers" is impressed by what he has seen and hi…
Former Yorkshire, Warwickshire and England cricketer TIM BRESNAN joins us to talk about glory days winning the T20 World Cup and The Ashes with England, as well as being County Champions with Yorkshi…