Double Century with Jarrod Kimber
95 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago -This is a podcast series on the history of cricket through the people and moments that made the game. Series 5 is a look at the national teams that could have been. Double Century is a team effort. Jarrod Kimber wrote, produced and narrated this series. Nick McCorriston is our producer (https://twitter.com/soundboy_audio).
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Denmark: The Hand-Made Cricket Team
October 21, 2022 10:50 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode, it's Denmark, a country that produced an English Test player, a Derbyshire cult hero, a run machine who won two Olympic silver medals, and had to learn how to manufacture their own failed cricket bats during a World War. They also formed one half of continental Europe's greatest cricket rivalry, and somehow never made a men's World Cup. - Find the 99.94 app here: Android: http://bit.ly/3S29f1R iOS: http://apple.co/3ovg0M5. To find all our podcasts, head over here: https...
Netherlands: The Team That Won At Lords
October 14, 2022 04:00 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode, it’s the Netherlands, the first nation outside Britain and her colonies to play serious cricket. They have beaten Australia and England, and their women have played a Test match, something their men haven’t. - Find the 99.94 app here: Android: http://bit.ly/3S29f1R iOS: http://apple.co/3ovg0M5. To find all our podcasts, head over here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/channel/99-94dm/id6443234103. To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreo...
Argentina: The Test Nation That Should Have Been
October 06, 2022 16:00 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBCricket took off in Argentina surprisingly early. They beat English teams from time to time. They played an international match before Test cricket was born. With some luck, they could have played Test cricket. And if you take Guyana away, they are the best cricketing nation in South America. - Find the 99.94 app here: Android: http://bit.ly/3S29f1R iOS: http://apple.co/3ovg0M5. To find all our podcasts, head over here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/channel/99-94dm/id6443234103. To sup...
Canada: The First International Cricket Team
September 30, 2022 04:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBCanada played the USA in the first International Cricket Match. They also played in the early World Cups. In the 1960s and 70s they were often thought of as a future Test nation, and that is not even including when they beat the Australians. - Find the 99.94 app here: Android: http://bit.ly/3S29f1R iOS: http://apple.co/3ovg0M5. To find all our podcasts, head over here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/channel/99-94dm/id6443234103. To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: ...
The Founding Fathers of Fiji Cricket
September 23, 2022 08:42 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBThis episode of Double Century is on Fiji, a team that beat the West Indies, troubled a Richie Benaud New South Wales team, and were so good, one of their players should have played for New Zealand. This episode is on stamps, Presidents, Pat Cummins' agent and the Fijian Bradman with the hardest to pronounce name in cricket, Ilikena Lasarusa Talebulamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau. - Find the 99.94 app here: Android: http://bit.ly/3S29f1R iOS: http://apple.co/3ovg0M5 To find a...
Introduction/Mexico's Greatest All-Rounder
September 19, 2022 14:15 - 8 minutes - 7.67 MBIntroducing a new season on Double Century, this is on the teams that got away. We look at some of the best players and nations that never made it to Tests or World Cups. This episode is on Claude Butlin and Mexico. - Find the 99.94 app here: Android: http://bit.ly/3S29f1R iOS: http://apple.co/3ovg0M5 To find all our podcasts, head over here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/channel/99-94dm/id6443234103 To support Double Century please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/use...
The Smile From The Gloom
July 15, 2022 04:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBThe end of Aubrey Faulkner's life was about cameos, one-off comebacks and coaching. Eventually his demons got to him, but the men he coached, they carried the legacy that sadly he couldn't see he was building. - Sign up for the 99.94 DM Beta App launch here: https://9994dm.com. To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber. ...
The Best Player, The Best Coach
July 08, 2022 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode we look at how good a player Aubrey Faulkner became, still the only man averaging over 40 runs with the bat and under 30 with the ball with 50 wickets. But from there, he went on to create a cricket coaching utopia as well. - Sign up for the 99.94 DM Beta App launch here: https://9994dm.com. To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at ht...
The Original Broad-Shouldered South African Allrounder
July 01, 2022 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBThis episode begins the story of Aubrey Faulkner, one of my favourite cricketer's of all time. - Sign up for the 99.94 DM Beta App launch here: https://9994dm.com. To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber. This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www....
Zimbabwe's Chicken Farmer
October 01, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis episode of Double Century is sadder than the rest, because of where Zimbabwe cricket finds itself over the last 20 years. But there are incredible stories here of beating the Australians, dismissing the greatest Zimbabwean, the black arm protest and most importantly, the time they beat the English. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this...
Afghanistan’s Last Almost
September 10, 2021 05:06 - 17 minutesThis week we’re adding a bonus episode on Afghanistan, the most likely team to beat England in the next few years. This is not a standard Double Century, it’s not a written and narrated piece. It’s just me talking about Afghanistan, how they almost beat England and wondering if they’ll get a chance again. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like th...
Afghanistan's Last Almost
September 10, 2021 05:06 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBThis week we’re adding a bonus episode on Afghanistan, the most likely team to beat England in the next few years. This is not a standard Double Century, it’s not a written and narrated piece. It’s just me talking about Afghanistan, how they almost beat England and wondering if they’ll get a chance again. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like t...
West Indies' Leaders
September 03, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThis episode is about the first victory of the West Indies over England. Dentists from Panama, lawyers from the Caribbean, four white captains, the birth of bodyline and a hint of what they would become. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt. You can find Jarrod ...
Sri Lanka's Way
August 27, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBWe're back! This week is Sri Lanka’s turn beating England. By this point Sri Lanka were a World Cup winner, and still, England were only giving them a single Test. So they made that Test count in a style of their own making. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt...
Season 3 postponed due to Injury
August 13, 2021 06:00 - 1 minute - 1.46 MBBad news folks, Jarrod came off his skateboard on the way home from commentary on the England Vs. India Test Match last week, and has broken his arm, and Michael Clarke didn't even give him the chance to get ready for it. He is unable to write for the short term, and we are investigating options to allow us to continue. We'll be sure to let you know when we can get going again, we really appreciate your support and your listenership so far this season, which has been far and away our mos...
South Africa's Broad-Shouldered All-Rounders
August 06, 2021 06:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBThis episode is focusing on when South Africa defeated England for the first time. It includes their first Test win, and then also their first series win. And what makes it all the more remarkable was how poor they had been before, how much wrist spin they had on their team and because the Boer War had only just finished. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3209012...
When Scotland Swept England
July 30, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBThis episode it is Scotland's turn. A proud small cricketing nation who has produced players for England, and then suddenly decided to grow themselves. We talk to Calum MacLeod, who made a few that game, on what turned out to be an incredible day for the team that always seemed to miss its chance. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this pod...
Pakistan's Fast, Stylised Chaos
July 23, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBIt is Pakistan's turn to defeat England, and as you would expect, this is fun. And they didn't beat any England team, but one of the best ever. It involves a family tension over the captaincy, ordinary batting, terrible fielding, and perhaps the greatest fast bowling weapon any team has started Test cricket with. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If y...
The Day Lord's Went Orange
July 16, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBDutch cricket is fairly unique in that it comes from outside the Commonwealth bubble. For this episode we’ve got on Peter Borren, Dirk Nannes and Pieter Seelaar to talk us through how they defeated England. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt. Jarrod Kimber ...
The Day Lord’s Went Orange
July 16, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutesDutch cricket is fairly unique in that it comes from outside the Commonwealth bubble. For this episode we’ve got on Peter Borren, Dirk Nannes and Pieter Seelaar to talk us through how they defeated England. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt. Jarrod Kimber w...
New Zealand's Greatest Draw
July 09, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBNew Zealand had an incredibly tough run at the start of their Test cricket journey. So their biggest win over England wasn’t even a win. It’s when their 49ers came to England to draw the series, for respect. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt. Jarrod Kimber wr...
When Kevin O'Brien Got Grumpy
July 02, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBIreland have a long history in cricket, but their international journey is still new. And they have perhaps the most complicated relationship with modern England as their players learnt their craft in the county game, and the current England white ball captain is Irish. In this episode we focus on that incredible chase, but instead of me narrating it, we’ll let the Irish batters take you through it. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard h...
When Kevin O’Brien Got Grumpy
July 02, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutesIreland have a long history in cricket, but their international journey is still new. And they have perhaps the most complicated relationship with modern England as their players learnt their craft in the county game, and the current England white ball captain is Irish. In this episode we focus on that incredible chase, but instead of me narrating it, we’ll let the Irish batters take you through it. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard he...
The Elephant at the Oval
June 25, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBIndia have become the most important team in cricket, but they certainly didn’t start this way. England and Australia barely played them, they struggled with fast bowling and the crowds of England were generally apathetic to them. And then the Oval Test happened. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: h...
When the Tigers Beat the Lions
June 18, 2021 07:36 - 22 minutes - 21 MBBangladesh started Test cricket twice, and that was after they had already been involved with Pakistan. For this episode we are looking at their victory over England in the 2015 World Cup. But we can’t get there without looking at Bangladesh players for Pakistan, losing to Denmark, and the players they discarded on a whim. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3209012...
3.01 Australia and the Demon
June 11, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 50.3 MBThis is episode one of season three, and for this series we’re looking at the first times teams had their first big victory over England. To start with, let’s go way back and look at Australia, the team that started it all. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt. ...
Australia and the Demon
June 11, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBThis is episode one of season three, and for this series we’re looking at the first times teams had their first big victory over England. To start with, let’s go way back and look at Australia, the team that started it all. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt. ...
Australia and the Demon
June 11, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutesThis is episode one of season three, and for this series we’re looking at the first times teams had their first big victory over England. To start with, let’s go way back and look at Australia, the team that started it all. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt. J...
2.05 - The Greatest Hundred
November 13, 2020 03:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBThe conclusion to our story on race in cricket and the Basil D’Oliveira story. This is the final episode of this season. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. Jarrod Kimber wrote and narrated this episode, you can find him on most of the social media places, but mostly https://www.twitter.com/ajarrodkimber. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTub...
2.04 - Is the Scorecard Lying?
November 06, 2020 03:00 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MBIn 1968 Basil D’Oliveira was dropped when averaging 44 as a Test batsman and his last innings was 87*. But, in that summer, everything was more complicated. For season two of Double Century we’re looking at the history of race in cricket, especially through the lens of what happened to Basil D’Oliveira. This is episode four. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090...
2.03 - Birds Of Passage & Insane Asylums
October 30, 2020 03:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis episode we look at the history of race in cricket through a few key moments, Ranji’s debut, the white West Indian captains and left arm wrist spinners. For season two of Double Century we’re looking at the history of race in cricket, especially through the lens of what happened to Basil D’Oliveira. This is episode three. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=320...
2.02 - Uncaged And In Middleton
October 23, 2020 03:00 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBOn how a boy who once had to sit in a part of the Newlands called the cage became a Test star for England. For season two of Double Century we’re looking at the history of race in cricket, especially through the lens of what happened to Basil D’Oliveira. This is episode two. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. Jarrod Kimber wrote and narrated this episode...
2.01 - The Baggage Of Krom Hendricks
October 16, 2020 03:00 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBThe early history of when South Africa did not play a non-white cricketer, and that time they did. For season two of Double Century we’re looking at the history of race in cricket, especially through the lens of what happened to Basil D’Oliveira. This is episode one. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. Jarrod Kimber wrote and narrated this episode, you ca...
2.00 - Introduction
October 15, 2020 15:28 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBThis is really more of a reminder, and explainer, on what Double Century season two will be. It's an entire series on one topic, the story of Basil D'Oliveira and race in cricket. New episodes will drop every Friday. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and htt...
#11 - Reversible
July 31, 2020 05:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBFast bowling had two revolutions, one was at the head, and it's an often-told story. But the other was at the feet. This is the story of how Pakistan, and then everyone else, discovered reverse swing. Meaning the old ball will never be the same again. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page https://www.yo...
#10 - Emma Lai Walks On Grass
July 24, 2020 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBIn 2016, I went to Hong Kong for a week to cover cricket stories there for ESPN. It was then I met Emma Lai, a sometimes captain of the Hong Kong women’s team, who learnt the game while being a waitress at the Hong Kong Cricket Club. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/jarrodki...
#09 - The Quartet
July 17, 2020 05:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBWith the whole world moving towards seam, Tiger Pataudi took India towards spin. The Four great spinners would play in a total of 233 Tests, but we’ve taken a look at their first win in England. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt. Jarrod Kimber wrote and narrat...
#08 - The Broken Men Partnership
July 10, 2020 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBThis is the story of a batsman losing consciousness, another coughing up blood, blood on the pitch, a train accident with 151 deaths and a 33 run partnership that brought them all together. This episode is about New Zealand cricket, Bert Sutcliffe, Bob Blair and the Tangiwai disaster. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may li...
#07 - The Slower Balls
July 03, 2020 05:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBOne of the most used phrases in cricket now is slower balls, but we rarely talk about how these deliveries have come to be. In this episode of Double Century, we take a walk through the history of one of cricket’s greatest spoiling deliveries. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page https://www.youtube.co...
#06 - West Indian Freelancers
June 26, 2020 07:19 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBThis episode is about how West Indian cricketers have always had to look overseas to be paid what their talents deserve. We chronicle cricket from before Tests through to today, looking at some key players and what they had to do just to pay the bills. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can over at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page https://www.y...
#05 - Professional Women
June 19, 2020 06:07 - 22 minutes - 21 MBWomen’s cricketers love the game. That is why they play. They would have to, because otherwise they would have walked away from this sport. In this episode,you'll hear of the women you couldn’t use their own names, had to pay for the privilege while the men were paid and how it is slowly getting better. This is the long journey to professionalism for the women’s game. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can...
#04 - Overarm Bowling
June 15, 2020 06:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBWithout doubt the biggest change that ever happened to cricket was the bowling going overarm. Before it was game, that turned it into a sport. Here we track those who changed our sport forever and talk about why some tried to stop it. This was a 70 year battle where good triumphed over underarm. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast you ...
#03 - Hitting Behind
June 08, 2020 08:22 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBThe game we enjoy today was not born fully formed, the pitch and gear has developed over time. But so have the batsman, and what this episode tries to do is take you through how different parts of the field were opened up until batsmen were hitting over their own heads. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page. h...
#02 - The Wrong One
June 05, 2020 16:16 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBFor this episode we’re talking about the greatest delivery ever invented, the wrong’un. It's such a remarkable delivery, in that now people know how it works, and yet batsmen still can't play it. A delivery that helped cricket develop over 100 years ago and is still doing it today. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121 If you like this podcast you may like the You...
#01 - The Birth of Test Cricket
June 01, 2020 12:21 - 19 minutes - 18 MBA few years ago I wrote a book called Test cricket: the unauthorised biography. This is a podcast series on the history of cricket through the people and moments that made the game. In our first episode we go back to the beginning of Test cricket. That birth involved betting, jail and a journalist deciding the whole thing was worthy. Welcome to Double Century. - This podcast is brought to you by our supporters at Patreon, if you like what you heard here, please help out if you can. h...