Listening from New York I so enjoy this podcast - it is an expression of England and its relationship to the world in the best way possible. I don’t watch cricket at all much anymore but I used to fanatically - I now just love the history of the game. My only criticism is please get somebody to talk about Australian cricket, West Indian cricket and African Kenya, Zimbabwe, S Africa cricket the way that you have India andPakistan- Sri Lanka too would be great I understand just how important it is to preserve the traditions of English cricket about which Oborne and Heller are so very passionate and I like hearing about it because it’s much neglected. As an avid listener I ask that you occasionally increase your geographic reach - I’d be even more of a fan of this thing - I loved the episode with ram Guha and the latest one too. I Westbury also so interesting to listen to on the women’s game - it’d be great to hear about that tradition Thank you!

Osborne and Heller both have gorgeous radio voices and a total command of the language. They love and know cricket but understand CLR James’ dictum that ‘what do they know of cricket who only cricket know?’ Excellent guests whom they know how to bring the best out of. I found the Peter Hain episode deeply moving: just old enough to remember the fuss in the background but no sense at all of what hain went through until hearing that episode (then reading his book). (It made me proud of my own tiny role fighting for divestment on the campus of a private us university in the eighties). But every episode teaches us something new. I want to spend some days at some county matches sitting with my 81 year old dad and our mate Bob watching joyfully and listening to these chaps in the car and during the breaks. (Normally we discuss education policy!). Anyway. Outstanding. Another gift that the pandemic has brought. (Alongside antique dust and teaching in person on an otherwise deserted campus!)