In short
The episode is a mix of cricket talk, listener emails, and a recurring “heavy roller” segment. Topic highlights: Lancashire’s county championship win over Derbyshire (29-run margin) featuring Jimmy Anderson’s 4/18 and a double-wicket maiden spell; injuries and squad-selection rules discussed around Ajit Singh Dale (hamstring) and Luke Wells (dislocated shoulder), plus debate about Tom Bailey vs “like-for-like” replacement; a Bristol trip with restaurant recommendations and a standout sausage roll; and “Matching Time” where guests debate alternative England “uncapped 11” and other “husband”/“stag do” style teams.
Guests
Greg James (host), Jimmy Anderson (Lancashire captain, leading wicket-taker), Felix White (writer/podcaster/musician), and Lord Machin Tendulkar (Sir Jimmy Anderson’s co-host persona).
Key claims
Anderson’s captaincy is “lead by example” and professionalism; heavy roller clips are “cricket zen”; crowd suggestions can influence field changes (Jack Leach example).
Notable examples
Jack Leach taking a “silly mid-off” hint from a 13-year-old and moving two balls later; a live-stream trainee accidentally replaying the groundsman rolling a wicket on a heavy roller.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOBehind the Scenes of Tailenders
0:30 to 1:05
Discussing recording delays and software issues.
“How did a boycott Jimmy become a billionaire from posting videos?”
Episode Menu and Highlights
1:05 to 2:37
Overview of episode topics including cricket matches and stories.
“Hello and thank you for having us on the Tailender Steve Bracknell Dua Lipa podcast.”
Celebrating Jimmy's Bowling Skills
2:37 to 3:45
Discussion on Jimmy's recent victory and bowling performance.
“That's done its job because I'm actually excited for this show now.”
Inspiration and Age Reflection
3:45 to 5:00
Hosts reflect on inspiration drawn from Jimmy's performance and age.
“Obviously, I've not played a huge amount for Lancs in the last 20-odd years.”
Match Analysis: Derbyshire Game
5:00 to 6:24
Detailed discussion on the Derbyshire game and match dynamics.
“How did you feel control wise and body wise?”
Captaincy and Leadership Style
6:24 to 7:39
Jimmy discusses his captaincy style and approach during games.
“So you beat them by 29 runs and by that point, we often talk about it, it's often talked about in cricket where sometimes 40 runs can feel like 400 runs.”
Injury Woes and Team Dynamics
7:39 to 10:34
Conversation about team injuries and replacements during matches.
“I feel like that's a bit more natural for me to do that.”
Controversial Decisions in Cricket
10:34 to 13:05
Discussion about controversial match referee decisions and rules.
“One was Mitch Stanley who had a back spasm who couldn't play and we had Tom Bailey who was regarded as too good to replace Ajit Singh Dale but we didn't know that that was part of the regulations.”
Bristol Trip and Experiences
13:05 to 14:00
Hosts share experiences from their trip to Bristol and local dining.
“He, like the England regime, he's lost a room at Gloucester.”
Restaurant Recommendations in Bristol
14:00 to 15:26
Discover dining options in Bristol recommended by the hosts.
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Injury Stories from the Game
15:26 to 16:44
Hear about a series of injuries that occurred during a match.
“I always say not to mention a sausage roll for the second time but it was the best sausage roll I've ever eaten from what's that place imagine?”
Meeting Fans and Unexpected Conversations
16:44 to 17:58
Hosts share amusing encounters with fans at events.
“So she got in the ambulance that's on the ground and therefore we needed another ambulance for Luke.”
A Day Out at Lord's
17:58 to 21:08
An emotional visit to Lord's with personal family reflections.
“And as we were walking, we were walking around the concourse, I had this wheelchair just in case I needed to sit down.”
Heavy Roller Antics and Live Streaming
21:08 to 23:08
A funny mishap during a cricket live stream involving a heavy roller.
“Which I know loads of tail enders have been enjoying the last two game weeks.”
Sid's Encounter with Jack Leach
23:08 to 26:06
A young fan's memorable moment asking for an autograph at a game.
“He was also fielding on the boundary next to us.”
Conversations at the Cricket
26:06 to 28:07
Exploring the depth of conversations that happen at cricket matches.
The Allure of Cricket's Slow Pace
28:07 to 30:06
Explore how cricket offers a slower pace of life amidst modern chaos.
Draft League Strategies and Rivalries
30:07 to 31:34
Discussion about the competitive nature of their fantasy cricket draft league.
Debating Alternative Cricket Elevens
32:25 to 34:53
Introduction to a debate about submitted alternative cricket elevens.
“Okay, well, it's not really a quiz this week.”
Analyzing Uncapped Players' Careers
34:54 to 37:47
A deep dive into why certain players never got the chance to play for England.
“I think he was in a squad one test match against South Africa in 2004, I think.”
The Good Husband's Cricket Team
37:48 to 42:01
A lighthearted discussion on selecting a cricket team based on ideal husband qualities.
“Because even like Peter Martin at Lanks, for example, played instead of Glenn, didn't he?”
Managing Relationships and Work
42:01 to 43:31
Exploring how work commitments can affect personal relationships.
“But it's a bit like, does it make you a bad husband?”
Debate About Cricket Management
43:31 to 44:30
Discussing the state of cricket and management decisions in the sport.
Recovery Routines of Athletes
44:30 to 47:25
Insights into the recovery routines of athletes as they age.
“matching time you're very selfless host matching you're always searching to inspire conversation via the medium of quizzes, which is what I love about you.”
Finding Effective Recovery Methods
47:25 to 48:30
Discussing personal recovery methods to maintain performance.
Community Engagement and Celebrations
48:30 to 50:55
Sharing go-well messages and celebrating listener achievements.
“If he comes across any cricket matches, he will be stopping to watch and even try and have a little game.”
Shoutouts and Listener Interactions
50:55 to 54:48
Wrapping up with shoutouts and interactions with listeners.
“Uppingham School girls under 14s, Sale Cricket Club, Newcombe and District Cricket Club, especially Amelia, Sheffield Blade Runners Baseball Club, Woodborough Cricket Club, who have their tees in the local reindeer pub.”
Transcript
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0:30Jimmy Anderson:at Whole Foods Market. How did a boycott Jimmy become a billionaire from posting videos? On Good Bad Billionaire, we're going to find out how the world's most popular YouTuber, Mr Beast, made his fortune. He's buried himself in a coffin for days. Counted to 100 ,000 on camera. And even recreated Squid Games, all in an attempt to go viral on the internet. But it all started when he gave a homeless man$10 ,000. So is he a philanthropist reshaping capitalism? Or is he just the king
0:56Felix White:of the attention economy? Find out on Good Bad Billionaire. Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:04Jimmy Anderson:Hello and welcome to the Tailender Steve Bracknell Dua Lipa podcast. Hello and thank you for having us on the Tailender Steve Bracknell Dua Lipa podcast. We should just say that we are delayed in recording, which will have no impact on the listeners because this just comes out willy-nilly anyway. But we've had a delay recording because there's been a problem with some of the software that it was being used by either Dua Lipa or Steve Bracknell that we couldn't log in to use the software. That's what's happening. That's behind the scenes of Tailenders at Tailenders HQ. This is a Lucy Cricket-based podcast with me, G4's Greg James, Sir Jimmy Anderson, Felix White and Lord Machin Tendulkar, King of the Sea.
1:49Jimmy Anderson:Hello! Hello! Hello! On today's episode, here comes a menu. On today's episode, we're going to discuss Jimmy's exceptional bowling as Lancashire beat Derbyshire by 29 runs in the county championship. We're also going to dive into the mailbox and get some correspondence of uncertainty about a heavy roller. We also have a story about Jack Leach. Matching has a quiz. We'll, of course, do the go wells. and I want to talk about Felix and Matching's trip to Bristol. Also, my surprise encounter with a legend of the game. This is the tale in the Steve Bracken with Doolipa podcast. That's done its job because I'm actually excited for this show now.
2:41Jimmy Anderson:That's a little bit of old-fashioned radio craft. So, Jimmy, congratulations. I've said this to you privately. I'm going to say this slightly less privately, but still not massively publicly because Tailenders is still, as we like it, a niche product in a crowded marketplace. But I love watching you bowl so much. And that was one of my favorite victories you've been part of in the last couple of games. I thought that was so inspiring to see you bowling like that and the passion that you displayed on that field. What is so amazing about you, It doesn't matter what cricket you're playing. You love it so much.
3:21Jimmy Anderson:And that is infectious. Congratulations on the victory. It's quite easy being captain, isn't it?
3:27Felix White:Thank you very much. I wouldn't say it's easy. I feel quite tired today. I feel it does take it out of you, thinking about everything. But yeah, that game at Old Trafford against Derbyshire was one of the best wins I've had in cricket in general, really. and definitely for Lancashire. Obviously, I've not played a huge amount for Lancs in the last 20-odd years. So, you know, coming into the season, I felt like I just wanted to be part of winning some games and to actually affect a game by all in well was even more special. You're the highest wicket-taker, aren't you, in the champo this year, Jim, I believe?
4:07Felix White:I believe so, yeah. Come on. Amazing. Actually amazing. It is great. Yeah, so I had exactly the thoughts that Greg did privately to myself. I actually felt inspired because I'm 41 and I often have that thing of like is so are my most creative best years behind me or in front of me? And the odds are that they're probably behind me. But then when I see you, I think, no, I've got years in front of me to do my best ever work. You genuinely make me think that.
4:42Jimmy Anderson:I just want to spring to Felix's defense with that absurd statement. No, but you know what I mean. I know what you're getting at, but that's definitely not true. That is absolutely not true. But you're right. It is nice to see. Well, I guess what it is, is seeing someone wanting to still get better after they've done what most other people go. That's the biggest thing. Exactly. How did it feel? How did you feel while bowling? How did you feel control wise and body wise? How did that, like mechanically, how did you feel?
5:15Felix White:I've not really thought about the mechanics of it, Greg. I'd like you to. Think about them. Think about it. Yeah, I guess it felt, I felt like I've been bowling well all season. I think in those situations, it's like the game we had this week at Bristol. I was in the dressing room and I was like in a run chase, in a tight run chase when wickets are going down. I hate watching. I would get nervous get anxious the best place to be is in the middle with the bat oh with the bat and I felt like the Derbyshire game at Old Trafford the best thing for me was to have the ball in my hand and try and do something and we knew like they got off to a good start we knew it was a tough ask we sort of part of your head is like resigned to losing and you just sort of give it one more throw of the dice and try and create something and luckily it happened.
6:12Felix White:I think then once you get one wicket, the energy in the field goes up and the atmosphere, you can feel the pressure building on the opposition and you just try and get on top of that
6:22Jimmy Anderson:and make the most of it. So you beat them by 29 runs and by that point, we often talk about it, it's often talked about in cricket where sometimes 40 runs can feel like 400 runs. So that 29 run margin at the end, Derbyshire needed 138 to win, Jimmy took 4 for 18 they lost 9 wickets for 75 and Jimmy took 4 for 7 in a 4.5 over spell oh my god oh my god that is to put that in layman's terms you were on one yeah double wicket maiden in there I think
6:59Felix White:I felt like Stuart Broad and his pump I feel like I've never really had those spells where you feel like you're going to get a wicket every ball and I know it might sound strange having you know got a decent amount of wickets but I've always felt like I've got to work hard for them I'll get a couple in one spell and then there's been very rare very few occasions where I've thought you know I'm on one here and I can get a wicket every ball but that was that was one of them definitely what sort of a captain yeah what a nice feeling exactly so I was just about to ask what as what kind of a captain do you feel you are Jimmy do you feel like you're going to be this year like a lead by example type Like one, give me the ball, I'll take the wickets type thing.
7:38Or are you finding there's different forms of dialogue happening?
7:42Felix White:I feel like that's a bit more natural for me to do that. And I've always done that, I think. You know, whether it's on the field or off it, you know, in the gym and stuff like that. You know, just trying to be a professional and showing people how you feel like a professional should behave. But obviously as captain, you kind of, there's other ways of doing it as well. And I feel like I'm really conscious of my natural energy might not be as upbeat as maybe sometimes you need it to be in a four day game when you're trying to pick lads up for a tough session or after a long day in the field. So I'm conscious of that, trying to like make sure I'm using the right sort of tone in my voice or the right language and stuff like that, just to make sure everyone's up for the game.
8:27Jimmy Anderson:So you didn't have to take all the wickets because George Balderson took nine in the match. And Baldy. Baldy.
8:37Felix White:Yeah, that was the Bristol game. Yeah, there was a lot of, I could hear, because I came watching on Friday and Sunday and I hear a lot of, come on, Baldy. Come on, Baldy. In the field. Yeah. Yeah, he won't like me saying this, but he's got a new nickname thanks to his girlfriend, which is Kermit, because she thinks that his body resembles Kermit the Frog. Oh. What, he goes out in the middle, Lones?
9:01Jimmy Anderson:Just limbs, just long limbs. It's not green. It's not because it's green. And it's green.
9:12Oh, he's got long dangly limbs. He's got big long arms and a big belly.
9:16Jimmy Anderson:Okay. Well, not really. I'd say he's got a little pot, Kermit. Yeah, I think Kermit's fit. I think he's in good shape. He's just a bit sad. Kermit is in good nick. Yeah, definitely for his age. Yeah, he'd be, yeah. And I see Keaton Jennings come back and get 70-odd in each innings, didn't he, as well, to really help things along.
9:36Felix White:Yeah, great to have him back. When you miss a player, it's really showed in the first couple of games, not just with the quality with the bat, but just as a senior player. And he has been captain as well. You need those leaders in your team. And he's been a massive loss for us. So to have him back was great, but we had a bad week with injuries. Ajit Singdale. after two overs, pulled his hamstring quite badly, I think. And Luke Wells in the second innings in the field dislocated his shoulder. So yeah, not a great week for us. Going to the second one, Jim, because before we came on, as Greg was coming on, you were telling us about how the details of that.
10:15Felix White:Yeah, it was just a really, it was a strange game because I just felt loads were going on. Because obviously we lost Ajit in the first inning, like literally first 10-15 minutes of the game and then you've got the substitute rule now where you can replace an injured player. Yeah. And there was loads of back and forth with that because we had two bowlers at the ground. One was Mitch Stanley who had a back spasm who couldn't play and we had Tom Bailey who was regarded as too good to replace Ajit Singh Dale but we didn't know that that was part of the regulations. It seems ridiculous. So yeah, it felt ridiculous at the time.
10:50Felix White:We've then got to get Ollie Sutton who's just played a four-day game in Leicester for the second team to literally travel three hours to then... To play? ...take part in the game. So he played seven days of cricket in a row, which surely it doesn't make sense from an injury perspective. So yeah, we had that going on. I don't understand the Tom Bailey thing at all because you haven't picked him in the first place. Like if he's that good, do you know what I mean? Like there's a reason he's not in that team that week. Yeah, I don't want to get into trouble by saying anything. that I shouldn't, but we just thought, like, I think the whole ground, to be honest, the opposition just presumed it would be Tom that would come in.
11:27Felix White:You know, the rules say like-for-like replacement. It was a new ball bowler for a new ball bowler, but the match referee determined that Tom's record was better than Ajit's. He'd seen him bowl earlier in the season, thought they'd bowled better than him, so it was like, he's adding resources to the game or adding quality to our team for that game and didn't allow it for that reason. But again, I... The umpire makes a decision. the umpire no no match referee the umpires don't have any say in it
11:54Jimmy Anderson:so who who could you replace I mean matching must they could replace him with matching on a scale from Tom Bailey to matching what who's acceptable well he's not as good as Ajit Singh Jandah is he matching so that would be okay by the match referee
12:09Felix White:but it's just it was just frustrating for us because like if you knew if you know that they're the rules before you go into the game then there's no issue with it but we you know in the regulations that we got at the start of the season there was nothing saying that the quality of the player is they're confused they're confused about their own role and you were
12:27Jimmy Anderson:but and matching you were wearing whites anyway just in case weren't you I was ready I was ready to step up I only had two siders I think so I think I could have done a job would you have been okay playing against Clostershire I would have been fine with that I would with Jimmy yeah oh we should get into that because matching is persona non grata at Clostershire because I went with him and since doing an advert for Nottinghamshire last year for the T20 Blast. There were a lot of sideways looks at Matching. He sold it to me, come to Gloucester and we're going to get in the hospitality. We're going to be red carpet.
13:01It's rolled out, boy. But when we got there, little did we know, the tide had turned at Gloucester. The sense of feeling for Matching. He, like the England regime, he's lost a room at Gloucester. And so me, John from Idles and Matching, ended up watching it sat on the benches with a sausage roll we could have went into the hospitality but we were enjoying ourselves no we did i'm joking i'm putting mustard on that it was me and john from idols and felix it was like the fleet street of indie news watching county cricket it was like an enemy wet dream
13:39Jimmy Anderson:but you didn't see much of jimmy bowling which is sad i didn't on the friday no but we i did on the sunday and watch loads well i'm glad you did because that's the other thing on sunday match is texting me about maybe was it 1 30 saying to me why is jimmy not bowling why weren't they giving the ball i was trying to explain to that he's the captain so he's probably
14:03he probably can bowl if he wants to jimmy what what can i get your um trip advisor review of bristol did you did you leave the hotel room did you go to any of the restaurants i recommended
14:13Felix White:did i didn't i went to clifton one night which i i very much like that's the posh bit um the posh bit a few of the lads went to the chinese that you recommended oh but they were hoping for a down and dirty chinese and it was quite posh yeah well i thought because i don't know i thought you would be kind of fancy sportsman so you wanted something a bit more yes no not at all not at all but thanks anyway i did put them on the whatsapp group so a few lads did try
14:41Jimmy Anderson:well we should make this more like the off menu podcast and do the recommendations where where are these places so that the listeners can well i into this little club i did i this i was trying to find places near where jimmy was staying so that people from bristol might say oh you know they're not the best ones but i was trying to find somewhere he could walk to so when uh multi bono is italian which is just on park street there's gambas which is a little tapas place Wang's was the posh Chinese place and then Pasture which is very very spenny in there but I thought they could afford that. Pasture is a really nice estate place and primed by Pasture for good burgers but if you want other recommendations do contact me because those are just ones that were near Jimmy's hotel I always say not to mention a sausage roll for the second time but it was the best sausage roll I've ever eaten from what's that place imagine?
15:33Oh just underneath Temple Meads yeah
15:35Felix White:is it better than the sausage roll at Gloucester services because I don't think it can be oh you went to the best service station in the country yeah yeah yeah yeah I doubt it I doubt it it was so good it was a lovely such a good day on Friday wasn't it Fee lovely day mate loads of rain stop play lots of talent
16:00Jimmy Anderson:which is what you want that's just time to chat isn't it Yeah, it was great. Lovely day. Great ground as well.
16:07Felix White:I was telling Fee earlier about the, sorry to cut you off, we were talking about the other injury that we got. Yeah. Were you there for that, Matt? Is this to do with, because I came in with Nadine on the Sunday, and as we were coming through the gates, the security were like, we need an ambulance, we need an ambulance now. And I was like, Nadine, you might step up here. Yeah. Yeah, so Luke Wells dislocated his shoulder, fielding a ball on the boundary. And, you know, it shook everyone for quite a while because he was in that much pain. And then as he was coming off the field, a lady in the crowd had a stroke.
16:46Felix White:So she got in the ambulance that's on the ground and therefore we needed another ambulance for Luke. So it's just a crazy, like, sequence of events. And he ended up getting an Uber to hospital. He got an Uber, yeah. Uber ambulance. yeah it was not great that's nuts god well go go well to everyone go well yeah go to exactly get wells can i say um feed you remember when one of the funniest things on on friday was when people come up to feel the time but you never really can you such a polymath you're never sure what they are they interested in the maccabees are they 86 tvs are they into his writing are into tailenders and this girl was like waiting for a moment and she came up she goes excuse me i'm really sorry to interrupt but are you the guy that wrote the main song from angus thongs and perfect snogging oh wow which yeah i can actually get that quite a lot from like a sort of generation but lots of people discovered the maccabees through that film which i've never seen she was so excited to meet the guy who wrote the song from angus thongs and perfect snogging and yeah it's very disappointing that you've not seen the film have you seen that film actually no it's
17:58Jimmy Anderson:kind of coming of age yeah it was it's aaron taylor johnson that was his big breakout exactly i googled aaron yeah she was talking about aaron taylor johnson a lot yeah yeah oh i'm sad i miss i'm actually i'm sad i miss friday i was my plan was to come down but i did actually sort of related stroke related i managed to well no it is so i managed to this is good cricket news as well I managed to take my dad for a walk from the hospital and we went to lords because there was a game on it was mcc women's day and they had a couple of exhibition matches on and loads of doors open school kids and stuff and they were playing just on the outfield yeah they were playing there was a game yeah and went in there and one of my aims was to get him back to the cricket at some point to, you know, get him back into real life.
18:53Jimmy Anderson:And as we were walking, we were walking around the concourse, I had this wheelchair just in case I needed to sit down. Mark Nicholas just appeared out of nowhere, out of nowhere, just dressed in this unbelievable brown three-piece suit looking incredible. No way. Did he ask your dad about the medical procedure?
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19:16Procedure.
19:17Jimmy Anderson:that is a great that is a great reference and something I think about most weeks for those tail enders that don't know Mark Nicholas used to do well he was one of the is one of the all time great cricket commentators and front people but he also did a a thing an advert and he was interviewing Shane Warne and Michael Vaughan and kept saying is it a procedure he kept saying so tell us about the procedure and so he he appeared like a vision out of nowhere and did it how's it going boys calls everyone boys which is immediately just like it's really exciting and my dad was just sort of sitting there in a wheelchair feeling a little bit you know not like a boy yeah not like a boy like a very very old man um but um we had a really nice chat and he was like well we must see you in the summer you know just let me know if you want to come and see a game or get you into the you know box whatever because he's the chairman isn't he now when we did the thing at the college lecture yeah the college lecture he was president and then gave him wasn't the joke that he sort of made himself chairman well he didn't make himself chairman but anyway whatever it was right but he was really really sweet to my dad and they were talking because he has got a heart thing and he was talking to my dad about heart the old men talking about heart things which was funny but big al is is back watching some cricket of some brilliant some form and he said it was my day friday so i couldn't i couldn't quite get him to bristol i couldn't get him to bristol but i got him to lords it was quite emotional seeing a cricket pitch you said to me greg on messages yes yeah it was well i think when you know when things like that happen you just think ah i'm never i'm never going to watch cricket again with this man yeah introduced me to cricket um but he's he's getting weller by the day which is really really nice walking a bit further every day and um hopefully by the first test that's his aim he's hoping to be fit for the first test they might need him yeah there's a slot in the top two did you see matt prior saying um the only two names that would be on his team sheet would be root and stokes i did yeah shall we move on to the heavy roller section of today's podcast i'd love to move on to the heavy roller section of this podcast and obviously eternal go wells to the great mike nicholas um following our appeal for heavy roller action on the live stream.
21:36Jimmy Anderson:Which I know loads of tail enders have been enjoying the last two game weeks. Alex says, Dear Matching, Jimmy, GeForce, Felix and Sharknado, the movie. I'm currently on a university placement with Sussex County Cricket Club and I was asked to help run the live stream for the most recent match against Warwickshire. They showed me what to do and how to clip and show the replays. I was then asked if I could run the stream for the next over while the current person running goes to the loo lo and behold i was running the actual live stream unattended praying there wasn't going to be a wicket as i'd have to create the replay to my horror the very first ball of the over saw ollie robinson take out the batters off stump a wicket that should have been replayed multiple times i proceeded to panic proceeded to panic and smash smashed um the the button in front on the keyboard in front of me desperately trying to create the replay i I pressed the button to replay it and to my shock, it showed a slow motion action replay of the head groundsman rolling the wicket on a heavy roller from the morning's preparations.
22:39To put the icing on the cake.
22:45Jimmy Anderson:The live stream then proceeded to crash, leaving me helpless while my supervisor comes back from his toilet break. P.S. I also saw Felix on the Friday at the ground, but I was too shy to say hello as I'm a big fan and a big baseball enthusiast as well. See if it got baseball as well, Matching. thanks for reading this could I please get a shout out to my dad who lives and works in America and is a big tail enders fan as well many thanks and a big go well from me Alex go well Alex go well cheers I actually would love that anyway what just the highlights being a heavy roller I think that that should just be on YouTube they should put that as a holding thing on all the YouTube channels anyway just let that let that go that will get the numbers up because if you're feeling stressed at work and there's no cricket on just log on to the warwickshire stream or whatever stream you want to go on to and it's just yeah just the ground staff working on the outfield i would love to just sit and watch that do you know what just as quickly like on the baseball subject you can watch all the games with mlb network of baseball and because they can't show the adverts um in america when the adverts are on they have this thing where it's just basically a loop of sounds of baseball like a ball going into a mitt or a crowd and it's in between every innings it's like sort of like baseball zen so you could have that the same as cricket is instead of adverts we just have a heavy roller just really slowly going up and down
24:07Felix White:a pitch you'd be incredible it's a hover cover getting fired up oh got shivers i got shivers that's actually made my eyes water
24:22Jimmy Anderson:move the hoardings out the way get the boundary rope out the way on it comes oh my god that's making me that's unbelievable dear tail end there's another email here I recently took my 13 year old son Sid to watch days 1 and 2 of Somerset vs Hampshire at the Rose Bowl Southampton I wanted to let you know about the great moment that he will remember for a very, very long time. Jack Leach was bowling. He was also fielding on the boundary next to us. Sid plucked up the courage to ask for his autograph and surprised me by following up with a suggestion. Why don't you get a silly mid-off in next to Nick Gubbins?
25:02He said that to Jack Leach.
25:04Jimmy Anderson:Yeah. Jack asked him who he should move there, which he didn't have an answer ready for. But as he trotted off for his next over, he turned around and says, I like it though. second ball of the over he moved his short leg to silly mid off and two balls later gubbins squirted one through his hand it would have been perfect if he held on to it dropped it still a massive thrill for sid what a legend leach he is sid made his senior debut for canesham sunday 11 and took a wicket so it was a big couple of days for him huge go well to sid and also I love that. Thanks for your email. Cheers. Oh my God, I can't believe he dropped it.
25:46What are the implications with that?
25:47Jimmy Anderson:Are you allowed to take hints and tips from the crowd? Probably not. Yeah. Oh, you are? But you can take... Yeah, I guess you can take advice from the crowd, yeah. No, I know, but has that ever happened to you, Jimmy? Has anyone ever said to you anything useful from the boundary? I can't imagine. No. I can't imagine you being... I was just shouting out restaurant recommendations. Not us to them. The good stuff is wrong. that is so good though maybe we should try and do that this year someone give some fielding advice and see if it comes off we'll go and shout at jimmy keep that front leg braced you wouldn't get a polite response like jack leach gave that's what that's what i mean that's what i mean get that arm high you're falling away what i was going to say is that i it's that's times very well what i was going to say before is that um i went to over with all my family so my niece and nephew my niece who's three and nephew's eight and they because it's like there's loads of space on Sunday obviously so it's such a great place to take kids and they can have a day watching cricket but and I was worried they'd sort of be like what is this but they really got it and before going on the pitch at sea we got the little souvenir bats and they became really into the idea one of the players would sign an autograph for them and we got Matt Fisher's autograph who was fielding at deep square leg and Matt Fisher is now both of their favourite cricketers ever in their eyes you know when you like meet a cricketer it's like that's my guy now yeah so really really sweet and did you have and I missed that as well but did you have your you had your first touch of the outfield yeah so so so good I think I might do a little Friday trip to the oval oh mate come on I'm up for that yeah I'm gonna do Sunday as well if you fancy it okay so um took Nadine on Sunday she wasn't that excited about going to the county cricket but she loved it i think the main reason is she don't you think there's psychologically something when you're sat shoulder to shoulder with someone for long periods and there's something else to focus on the conversations you have so much more in depth rather than if you're kind of sat if i find if i'm sat eye to eye you're trying to feel the silences you know yeah like throwing a quiz here i'll throw in a question but when you're sat shoulder to shoulder you just kind of relax and and conversation just just unfold and we had some like you can really connect with someone over i loved it do you find that at the cricket when you're sat that's why we like to go yeah it's the best thing in the world it's great but i think generally that's quite true isn't it of like you normally have your best conversations when like you might be driving and both facing the road or walking together where you're not there isn't that intensity but you're sharing that sort of view but just sort of takes the sting out of uh but also with the cricket because it's like four or five hours yeah it was beautiful so also the this is we've talked about the rhythm of it so much haven't we the pace of it just it allows you just to breathe a little bit and just take your time with life in a way that you don't when you're not watching cricket 100 % everything else is so fast and that is just so one million percent great and slow that's what cricket is got has got slightly wrong hasn't it it's but it's the alternative to the rest of life so why are we constantly trying to make it like the rest of life with all the it obviously does well but a real selling point of cricket is that it can be like an absolute relief against the whole of the rest of the world especially in london or in towns you're like wow it's like a kind of an escape from it all and there's you but i'd love to i would love to see you know how lots of people are going more analog deliberately and making sure that their phone is away or they have a sort of a dumb phone or they lock certain apps or just have a digital detox or they're just making sure they sit and read or whatever i would love to know how popular the county championship is now compared to last season season before because it feels like i mean obviously we're in a little bubble where we talk about it all the time but it does feel like people are watching and engaging with it and actually going down for an afternoon just for a little bit of definitely away from the very busy nightmare of what modern life can be like we should be calling it the digital detox division one and two didge one didge two yeah the detox div one I'll tell you what we have done for you which is not good is we have added a digital element to the county championship which is driving a wedge between our friendship yeah yeah although I did last night Greg's referring to the draft which me and him are back doing absolutely toxic but we are I did the maths yesterday on my league position in England versus my league position overall in world and i think outside of england there are 17 people playing a draft
30:42Jimmy Anderson:we're both doing quite well this season though by the way we're doing really well man it's competitive it's tough at the top isn't it i'm really doing this week game week five is gonna be really tough for me i think it's make or break for me but yeah pick jimmy he's my captain double points for that he's absolutely storming me to the to places i've never been before with this stupid thing i've gone anderson captain uh sam vice captain thank you take note england selectors nip it around please i had the pluey i had bahannon i had james rue i had jimmy um had sunny baker i had bo webster i just had some big names just bringing home the points so have a word with marcus harris for me who scored me minus three points this week this isn't allowed by the way that is that is corruption
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32:34Madsen, what have you got for us? Okay, well, it's not really a quiz this week. Going slightly different. Do you remember a few weeks ago, we asked people to send in their alternative 11s. We were talking about the best England 11 of the century. And then we asked this. And so Sharky said, can we work that into a quiz? I said, that's not really quiz format. so what i thought i'd do i just turn it into sort of a debate show not dissimilar not dissimilar to question time welcome to matching time um we're not allowed to use the uh the music for legal reasons i just thought maybe pho could you do some flamenco flamenco matching time yeah sorry okay welcome to our panel for matching time 21 wickets With 21 wickets, he's currently the leading wicket-taker in the county's championship, MP for Old Trafford and fiscal responsibility, Sir James Almuch-Anderson.
33:31Pastor Capo, got any skins? I prefer their early stuff. We have Shadow Minister for Arts, Independent Music and Record Store Day. Writer, podcaster, musician, Felix White. and fresh from being made a lord by his royal highness prince william broadcaster and bathtub enthusiast lord lycra james of new broadcasting house greg james hey on tonight's show we'll be hearing from the tail enders constituents across the world who have submitted their alternative elevens and i'll be up to the panel to debate these teams and make any changes before they etched in stone into the trail finders long room. First up, we have best uncapped 11, submitted by Richard Dinham.
34:17I'm confused what's going on. Are we just going to debate this after you read it out? Yeah, I'm just going to read it out and you can see if you want to make any changes. Richard Dinham has done best uncapped 11, Mal Loyal. Mal Loyal. Mal Loyal. Mal Loyal. Loyal Karner. Sam North East Chris Adams Captain James Hidreth Alistair Brown John Simpson wicketkeeper Mark Alain Mark Alain Darren Stevens Keith Barker Glen Chappell Mike Smith thoughts guys at the panel
34:54Felix White:I've got so many holes to pick I feel like Mike Smith played a test match I think he did too I feel Chris Adams played a test match yeah he did in South Africa I know it's test cricket but quite a lot did play for England in that Maloy played for one day international Ali Brown yeah he played one day he didn't play test match one day one day cricket yeah okay so sorry Rich that was a
35:24Jimmy Anderson:no no I mean we didn't maybe we weren't clear anyway but there's some amazing names on there
35:29Felix White:yeah great names is the one that I think comes up the most in like when you talk about in around the county circuit yeah he's at four anywhere in cricket really he's the one
35:41Jimmy Anderson:that keeps popping up why didn't that happen then yeah who was who was who was there then was it was it the fact that there was a a slightly better glenn chapel player that was in that position that glenn could have gone into is that what you know we've talked about you versus chris wokes for example in a jimmy anderson this world chris wokes might have done might have played more tests is What happened?
36:03Felix White:I don't really know. I think he was in a squad one test match against South Africa in 2004, I think. James Kirtley got the nod ahead of him and got five wickets. But yeah, I don't know. I mean, I thought this could be way off the mark, but I know Duncan Fletcher wasn't a massive fan of Fred. Obviously, Fred was an unbelievable player, but I think he felt like he was a challenge as a person. And Glenn was obviously very close mates with Fred. And I wonder if that had anything to do with it. Oh, really? Interesting. That Duncan didn't particularly want. Interesting. How's it like, you know Glenn quite well.
36:45How's it lived with him not playing for England? Do you think it's something that sort of gets at him a little bit? Because in some ways it's done him some favours because everyone thinks of him as the greatest county cricket. Do you know what I mean? He kind of like, he has a different reputation because of it.
37:00Felix White:I think he probably found it frustrating at the time, around that time when he felt, you know, seeing the players that were playing ahead of him. Yeah. Because I think if you ask anyone, like, the skills he had and the wickets he took is just a force on any wicket. He had good pace as well. So, yeah, obviously now he's over it. But I don't think he has regrets or anything because he never, when you don't get the opportunity, then there's nothing to sort of regret. It's in someone else's hands. You're hoping that someone's going to pick you, but just for him, the timing probably wasn't. Because even if he'd have played now or, you know, 20 years earlier, he might have played a hundred plus tests.
37:45Yeah, we could do with him now. Because even like Peter Martin at Lanks, for example, played instead of Glenn, didn't he? Like in that little chunk of time. Yeah, Peter Martin played test cricket.
37:58Felix White:Ian Austin played a bit of one day cricket yeah so there were players in that Lancashire team that did get chances again Ian Austin was probably a little bit before Glenn reached his peak but yeah just one of those things yeah any other players you'd want to include in that
38:17Jimmy Anderson:oh I was just going to add a little bit that Sharky's just alerted me to this from Wisden about Glenn Chappell the fact that Chappell's never played test cricket is as lamented as the rain. The Seema has got the better of batsmen in domestic cricket since 1992 and is only 15 first-class wickets shy of 1 ,000. His haul of six for 18 in the 1996 NatWest Trophy final and his efforts in 2011 to help his county win their first outright county championship title since 1934 were roundly praised, but that elusive test cap never came. He did represent his country once in an ODI against Ireland in 2006, but injury limited him to just four overs.
38:56Jimmy Anderson:huge success he did
38:59Felix White:the other name that jumped out on that list is James Hildreth obviously because I've grown up playing against him he was someone who churned out runs at Somerset but never got a chance again don't really probably just timing you look at the players that he's competing against in the era that he played the likes of Trott, Peterson Bell Collingwood you know difficult to get an opportunity when you've got those sorts of guys in your team.
39:26Jimmy Anderson:James Hildreth first class record. He scored 18 ,000 runs 47 centuries.
39:38Jimmy Anderson:18 ,000 runs. What's his average? 41. 41? That is mad. And never played a test match. Cool. Do you remember the end of Mark Rampakash's career when he just couldn't stop scoring hundreds? He literally was just scoring. He was averaging 95 or something. But it happened to him and Hick. Did Hick do it at the end of his career? Yeah. He just went back and played for Worcestershire forever and just kept getting runs.
40:02Felix White:Yeah. I feel like they were two guys that most years would get a thousand runs before the end of May. Yes, they did. And now players are happy to get a thousand runs for the season. Hick could get it
40:15Jimmy Anderson:in three innings. Okay, we've had another entry from Alice and she sent in her good husband's alone. Go Alice. Okay. Good husband's 11. Okay. Nice. She's gone for Alistair Cook, Michael Vaughan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Travis Head, Freddie Flintoff, Joss Butler as wakekeeper, Pat Cummins, Simon Jones, Mitchell Stark, and Jimmy James Anderson. Well, we need to get Daniela on. It's a good cricket as 11. I think the Harry Brook one in a few years.
40:49Jimmy Anderson:See, also England test captain in a few years. How has Jack Leach not made that? Is that Jack Leach? Yeah, Jack Leach's got to be in there, hasn't he? Yeah. You haven't put folks in that, I'd say? Oh my goodness, I think he's too fit. I would be what? I'd be nervous because he's so fit. No, I think because I think he's fit, but you've sort of locked him down. Yeah. And you go, he's mine. He's my handsome. Yeah, yeah. And you put a tag on him. Never let him out of your sight. You're always there on tour. Sri Lanka away is it yeah okay we've got I think cook fantastic family man farm farm based of the land useful man Josh Butler I think kind soul I think Ricky Ponting would be a good husband wouldn't he I think Josh Butler probably Josh Butler probably makes his cup of tea for his missus in the morning and brings it to him in bed I can imagine he's that kind of guy But Ponting's so busy that he's always commentating or doing franchise thing.
41:54Jimmy Anderson:Maybe never there. Who's that? Who's that? Ponting. Busy. I don't think he could love anything more than he loves cricket. Yeah, that's true. But it's a bit like, does it make you a bad husband? Because, for example, Roy Hodgson going to manage Bristol City at 83. Maybe that works in his relationship. Getting out of the house. Go and manage Bristol City for a few months. Just get yourself out of it. Type five. maybe that makes him maybe that makes him a good husband okay what about this one the therapist will say this is from Elliot this is his lads lads lads get on beers son 11 he's gone Travis Head open the baton Ben Duckett David Boone Hogan Gibbs Beefy Botham Freddie Flintoff Rod Marsh wicketkeeper Andrew Simmons Shane Warne Merv Hughes Phil Tufnell
42:45Jimmy Anderson:no one's getting out of that it's carnage well that's that'd be a great netflix series like
42:53Felix White:last man standing or something night out with them and just see who yeah nice still stand up after a few hours yeah great they've all got to play cricket the next day and it just keeps knocking one out until the last ones even to play cricket the next day
43:08Jimmy Anderson:actually this does give me an idea and this might be why we were all slightly annoyed and eye-rolly about all the interviews and stuff and the you know rob key press conferences and all that stuff which was like you know we've done learnings and you know we're gonna change our ways and we're gonna we've done real learnings and teachings and actually either it should have been we're gonna we're sacking everyone and saying we tried it sorry guys we tried it but a new regime or double down and say you're just going to keep going with basball and just sunk cost fallacy we've we're already in this hole just keep going and pick people who are going to nick off more often tell tell people to be more insane tell people to go out more book a trip to noosa before every tour and i'm talking the home tours as well as they fly out to noosa then come and play a game in june um in in laws that that's that's that's what they should have done one or the other not this weird boring middle ground okay they should have just been bold and gone okay it's going to be a stag do 11 and that's what you're going to get for the whole summer and we're going to give it a go one last throw the dice anyway matching good game did you enjoy the debate and the conversation that came out of that I loved it and if there's any more we'll do it we'll do another time maybe another match time for a different debate matching time you're very selfless host matching you're always searching to inspire conversation via the medium of quizzes, which is what I love about you.
44:40Thanks, mate. When's your next game, Jimmy? Friday. Come on. Durham. Here we go. Quickly talk us through your rest and recuperation, Jimmy, because I was watching, I love the Masters, and I got really transfixed by Justin Rose being 45 and still doing it. And he did an interview where he was like hot plunge, cold plunge. He's got a van outside for games that has got an infrared recovery, et cetera, et cetera, and stretching in the morning and da-da. Do you have a similar routine? Actually, do you ever speak to Justin Rose about staying at the top of your fields?
45:15Felix White:Do you know what? I played golf with him two or three years ago, and I was picking his brains, probably to the point where he was getting annoyed because he was actually, like, the day before a tournament started, and I'm badgering him about what your routine is. Were you? Yeah. and what was he saying what is he saying similar to what i've just said yeah i think what i found similar or the similar things that worked as you get a little bit older are just focusing on certain areas so recovery becomes much more important than when you're in your 20s yeah more boring gym work like stretching or pilates or your yoga becomes more important than actually lifting big weights yeah trying to stay as flexible as you can so that sort of stuff was because it yeah it's He was saying quite similar stuff to you where he was saying like he won't be doing, the golf will happen when he's playing golf.
46:07He's not thinking or preparing or playing after that much. And that sounds like some of us all in my alley clipped up on their podcast saying that he was like in awe of you, how you wouldn't even bowl a ball in preparation.
46:21Felix White:Yeah. You just get prepared. I think, yeah, that obviously is something that with experience and age, you can do. Obviously, when I was in my 20s, I was bowling quite a lot before the game, trying to warm up and make sure that I'm still working at my game and trying to bowl well. Whereas now, I pretty much know what I can do with the first ball of the game. I know it's going to be there or thereabouts. I think I bowled 34 overs this week or 33 overs. Every single ball was in the game. Whereas the other lads, like George Borderson bowled, I think, 45 overs, but actually for the week would have been over 50 because he'd have bowled warm-up balls before the day's play yeah so i just feel like you get to a point where you you don't want to be wasting balls yeah um warming up if you if you don't have to and there's other ways of getting loose and getting warm so i'll do a lot of stretches before i go out and make sure my body's in a in a good place so i found that interesting so this week i'll be doing exactly that the next three days at home ice bath sauna really yeah and is someone giving you that program or is it just something yourself is it like is there no just if you want to carry on doing what you you love doing and you want to be like i i wouldn't want to carry on playing cricket if i was deteriorating if that makes sense just so to stay to keep my standards high i know that i've got to find things to help me keep doing what i'm doing so it's it's i read loads of stuff about athletes that have gone into their 40s and what they might do for recovery what they might do for strength work or things that can you know help you prevent injuries or keep your body feeling fresh and and then and then you trial stuff and you see what works for you and where i'm at the minute is six pints of guinness and an ice bath that's a joke that's not
48:13Jimmy Anderson:true it can't be true that's so interesting to hear that's great it is it makes those results make sense and you can now understand will or all the listeners and us included will hear what you're saying now and go okay it's not just it's not just that he's a freak he's actually working incredibly hard to yeah take those wickets and win those games amazing well go well um at chesterly street gym let's do some go wells for everybody else who is here simon is going to cycle around the world for a laugh and for charity 35 000 kilometers that's gonna take him a good couple of years on his journey. If he comes across any cricket matches, he will be stopping to watch and even try and have a little game.
48:53Jimmy Anderson:Simon, go well. That is an unbelievable adventure. Crazy. Go well, Simon. Birthdays. Human being birthdays, human being ones. We've got Greg, who is 40, and that's not me. This is not me saying that I'm going back to play cricket, but he is going back to play cricket again after a 21-year break. Go well, Greg. Lizzie, and also Eric, who is 10, and his favourite part of the podcast are the beeps for when we get potty mouths there you go see the kids love swearing you see we met um so quickly in gloucester has got a few go wells becky dan who came because he knew match me and match gonna be there and dinson cricket club but becky this kid i don't know if you remember this match in loves listening to the therapy episode of tail enders and apparently listens to that episode again and again and again oh wow yeah which is nice i sort of didn't have in my head that people would go back and listen to the same episode as if like it's an album but you know i mean when people like i wonder if there are favorite i wonder if there are episodes that i've had more listens again to like i bet i bet i bet ones like after the world cup and jimmy getting sort of five wickets or winning again or the maccabees guitar tech jacob mock i will jacob he um he was saying whenever he feels a bit down he listens to the time action went up the mountain because it cheers him up
50:14I don't know in what way but it does that wasn't a happy time for me I know
50:22Jimmy Anderson:so Eric Gowell and also David and Joe Gowell Gowell Cricket clubs Portsmouth Community Cricket Club who on the 25th of April have a memorial match for one of their former members Grant Bowshop who sadly died a couple of years ago. He was a massive tail ender and a huge cricket badger. So a go well to everybody at Portsmouth Community Cricket Club and to Grant's friends and family and teammates. A huge go well. Cheers! Uppingham School girls under 14s, Sale Cricket Club, Newcombe and District Cricket Club, especially Amelia, Sheffield Blade Runners Baseball Club, Woodborough Cricket Club, who have their tees in the local reindeer pub.
51:09Jimmy Anderson:East Moseley Cricket Club, especially Sam, who's aged eight, who is batting with a Newbury Molnir, which is a really good Newbury bat, named after the mythical hammer of Thor, the Molnir. Oh, nice. Am I pronouncing that right? Molnir, I think. Hassington Cricket Club, fourth Grenada Cricket Club in Spain, not Granada, not the other one, hosted a two-day test match, and new college Oxford Cricket Club as well. Go well. go well cheers Johnny just started listening during the ashes and cannot get the Nathan Lyon song out of his head are you Lyon or are you Nathan Lyon he's not Lyon he loves the Nathan Lyon song we've got to get Nathan Lyon haven't we cheers come on Jim give him give Gary a little message you get him on alright please thanks I'd love that because matching singing I'm a Lyon or am I Nathan Lyon to Nathan Lyon will be the breaking of the cricket internet oh my god yeah because he could sing I'm the last line.
52:06You go, am I lying? And he goes, I ran my Nathan Lyon.
52:09Jimmy Anderson:He just gives the answer and goes, no, mate, I'm Nathan Lyon. Engagements. Human being engagements, human being ones by Latter-day-Norm, but we imagine. Ed and Lucy and Simon and Millie.
52:21Felix White:Go out. Cheers.
52:23Jimmy Anderson:A huge run well to everyone who's running the London Marathon, particularly Phil, who is going to play voice notes every kilometre to help him on his way and inspire him. So let's record one for him now. Phil keep going here's matching Tendulka with some advice on reaching the top of the mountain in this case the mountain for you is the end of the marathon just keep putting one foot in front of the other buddy step by step and really swing big and avoid Elvis and keep yeah just one foot in front of the other if you do see Elvis give our regards to him and give Elvis it go well Cheers
53:05Felix White:Alistair Cook's running the marathon I think Is he? He's hoping to do a three hour marathon Doesn't sweat Wonderfield sweats Wonderfield sweats, he doesn't sweat does he? Don't know if he will you know Interesting
53:20Jimmy Anderson:Go well to Alistair Cook Go well cheers I'm glad to say a quick go well on the marathon A quick go well to Matt Chintendall King of the Sea who gave me my answer On the marathon for Fighting Talk this Saturday morning which scored me I think four points I would have been in trouble without Matching's answers so go well Matching Tendulkar Happy to be a go Shreya anytime Engagement's done that one to Becky who's running the London Marathon bumped into Becky I was walking the dog the other day she was doing a training run and she shouted I'm listening to John Anders and so I shouted go well as she zoomed past and then she did it.
54:02Jimmy Anderson:Josh finished the Manchester Marathon as well. Run well, go well to all of you. Henry should have been revising for his A-levels, but instead was watching Gloucestershire versus Lancashire on the live stream. That is a great use of your brain. You should do that. Much more important than A-levels. Amy saw someone dressed as a chilli at Edgbaston. Go well to you. It must be a grief-related incident. And what else have we got? And go well, get well to Alistair, who's recovering from cataract surgery. Hetty the dog is also on the mend post-surgery. You, Tealenders. Cheers. And Jimbo. Go well to you.
54:39Jimmy Anderson:And we are done on this week's Tealenders. Thank you very much for listening. You can email tealenders at bbc.co.uk. Tealenders is a Persevonica production for BBC Sounds. And we'll be back next week. Go well, everybody. Go well, Jim. BBC Radio 5 Live. Patrick Kilty. Stumble in your way into Saturday mornings with great guests. Good morning, Jimmy Nesbitt. Good morning, Apati. You're terrible. Kids taking down commentators. You've wiped the floor with our commentator key. And how does it feel? It feels nice. Football chants from the gods. Take me home. I did wrong. The less said about the host, the better.
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