Cricket and Desert Island Discs
Aggers is this week's castaway and I'm sure the podcast will brighten up the usual commute, tomorrow morning.
Last summer I posted a list of all the Asian castaways, a dataset not searchable on the DIDA website. In comparison, castaways from the world of cricket are searchable, however, I have still chosen to list them below. For some reason, Aggers has yet to be added to the list on the website but it seemed silly to repeat the error.
[Bold = ones I've listened to already; Italic = unavailable to listen to]
Freddie Flintoff - 05 Jul 2015
Jonathan Agnew - 17 Feb 2013
Henry Blofeld - 30 Nov 2003
Dickie Bird - 07 Apr 1996
Imran Khan - 06 Oct 1991
Ian Botham - 05 Nov 1989
Phil Edmonds - 19 Oct 1986
David Gower - 14 Jan 1984
Fred Trueman - 19 Aug 1978
Mike Brearley - 24 Sep 1977
Derek Randall - 18 Jun 1977
Tony Greig - 22 May 1976
John Arlott - 17 May 1975
Brian Johnston - 16 Mar 1974
Geoff Boycott - 10 Apr 1971
Rachael Heyhoe - 28 Jul 1969
Colin Cowdrey - 10 Jun 1968
Neville Cardus - 17 Apr 1967
David Sheppard - 27 Sep 1965
Frank Worrell - 13 May 1963
L Constantine - 04 Feb 1963
Jack Fingleton - 14 Aug 1961
Alec Bedser - 10 Oct 1960
Len Hutton - 07 Sep 1959
Jim Laker - 09 Jul 1956
John Arlott - 01 May 1953
Denis Compton - 16 May 1951
Bill Edrich - 16 May 1951
Isn't it disappointing how the numbers have dropped since the 80s?! It's not as though the sport has lacked household names. I mean this is a Radio 4 audience we're talking about, not that other Aunty Beeb station catering to the (non-cricket-loving) sporting masses! A wrong that needs rectifying!
Last summer I posted a list of all the Asian castaways, a dataset not searchable on the DIDA website. In comparison, castaways from the world of cricket are searchable, however, I have still chosen to list them below. For some reason, Aggers has yet to be added to the list on the website but it seemed silly to repeat the error.
[Bold = ones I've listened to already; Italic = unavailable to listen to]
Freddie Flintoff - 05 Jul 2015
Jonathan Agnew - 17 Feb 2013
Henry Blofeld - 30 Nov 2003
Dickie Bird - 07 Apr 1996
Imran Khan - 06 Oct 1991
Ian Botham - 05 Nov 1989
Phil Edmonds - 19 Oct 1986
David Gower - 14 Jan 1984
Fred Trueman - 19 Aug 1978
Mike Brearley - 24 Sep 1977
Derek Randall - 18 Jun 1977
Tony Greig - 22 May 1976
John Arlott - 17 May 1975
Brian Johnston - 16 Mar 1974
Geoff Boycott - 10 Apr 1971
Rachael Heyhoe - 28 Jul 1969
Colin Cowdrey - 10 Jun 1968
Neville Cardus - 17 Apr 1967
David Sheppard - 27 Sep 1965
Frank Worrell - 13 May 1963
L Constantine - 04 Feb 1963
Jack Fingleton - 14 Aug 1961
Alec Bedser - 10 Oct 1960
Len Hutton - 07 Sep 1959
Jim Laker - 09 Jul 1956
John Arlott - 01 May 1953
Denis Compton - 16 May 1951
Bill Edrich - 16 May 1951
Isn't it disappointing how the numbers have dropped since the 80s?! It's not as though the sport has lacked household names. I mean this is a Radio 4 audience we're talking about, not that other Aunty Beeb station catering to the (non-cricket-loving) sporting masses! A wrong that needs rectifying!