Rain Stopped Play

A weekly cricket podcast with @danielparkerrrr, @6af1s, @HarwoodZac & @SinghWill. Each week, Rain Stopped Play discusses the latest cricket news, drama, and inevitable England batting collapses as we take an informative and entertaining look at the week's cricket.

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112 episodes
Updated Oct 4, 2022

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Mar 15, 2022 · 54 min
England Women on the Brink & We Miss Broad and Anderson
We take you through all the talking points and discussion from a packed weekend of cricket, including the highs and lows of England's draw in the West Indies, India extending their ridiculous unbeaten home record and Australia dominating in Pakistan. Plus - it's three losses from three for England in the Women's World Cup. What's gone wrong? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 8, 2022 · 1 hr
Irresistible India, England's Rebuild Begins (again) & We Pay Tribute To Shane Warne
A sad week for cricket as we lost Shane Warne In part two (8:58) we go Around The Grounds to discuss India's thrashing of Sri Lanka, the run-fest that is Pakistan vs Australia and round up all the action from the first week of the Women's World Cup. Finally, for part three (37:47) we preview the Test series between the West Indies and England which starts today. Is this England's most underwhelming bowling attack ever? Is the proposed batting line up the start of a new dawn? Will the West Indies continue its great form against England? All of that, plus Zac's Quick Question, enjoy! Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 1, 2022 · 55 min
PSL Final Thriller, Rohit's India Still Unbeaten & We Despair at the England 12
Lots of fun on today's RSP - first up, we're delighted to be joined by special guest Hamad to discuss the fantastic conclusion to this year's PSL. Plus, in Part Two (23:29) we go around the grounds rounding up the best of this week's action, England announce the most boring Test team ever live on air, and one of our best (worst) ever Quick Questions. Let us know your thoughts! You can be part on the RSP Community on Discord here or tweet us @RainStoppedPod. Thanks for listening. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 27, 2022 · 48 min
Women's World Cup Preview: Will Anyone Beat Australia?
In another Rain Stopped Play Special, we're joined by special guest Ellie to preview the upcoming ICC Women's 50 Over World Cup, which starts on March 5th. The team preview the hopes of each of the eight teams competing at this year's tournament in New Zealand and give thier predictions for overall winner, runner up, top run scorer, top wicket taker and breakout star of the tournament. What do you think of our predictions? Let us know on Twitter @RainStoppedPod or on our Discord channel. Thanks again to Ellie (@fiveforeight) for joining us for this special episode! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 22, 2022 · 58 min
PSL's Broken Chandeliers, India's Leaked Whatsapps & your comments on the USA cricket experiment!
A bit of everything on this week's Rain Stopped Play. In Part One, we break down the week's cricket - PSL, India vs West Indies, New Zealand vs South Africa and the India Women take on New Zealand ahead of next month's World Cup. Stick around for some fun in Part Two, as we reflect on the key debates coming out of our US Cricket special which dropped this weekend, and read out a few listener comments. If you haven't listened yet, you can go check that special podcast out here, featuring some of the best insider voices in the American game. Let us know your thoughts! You can be part on the RSP Community on Discord here or tweet us @RainStoppedPod. Thanks for listening. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 20, 2022 · 57 min
Immigration and Investment: Is the USA Cricket’s Sleeping Giant?
The United States of America isn’t the first place that comes to mind when we think of cricket, but, as we explore in this very special episode, it’s time to start paying attention to the sport’s development across the pond. The U.S. has been chosen as a co-host of the 2024 Cricket World Cup, while USA Cricket, the sport’s domestic governing body, has sanctioned Major League Cricket: a new T20 franchise league that aims to bring the best players in the world to the country’s shores. Even the USA Men’s national team is generating excitement: shocking Ireland by beating the tourists in a T20I match in December 2021. Surely the signs for cricket’s growth are looking promising? Five expert guests join the podcast to help us work out if this really is a watershed moment for cricket in the U.S., or whether all this progress might be yet another false dawn. Thank you to: Peter Della Penna, ESPNcricinfo Tom Dunmore, Major League Cricket Smit Patel, CricBuzz Steve Steinberg, CricAmerica Todd Myers, Willow TV Extra music: Something In the Air by HoliznaCC0 (Free Music Archive) Cool Jazzy Bass & Vibraphone by M33 Project (Free Music Archive) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 15, 2022 · 47 min
Mega IPL Auction Reaction, Broad's Angry Message & More English 4D Chess
The super, über, mega IPL auction was a lot of fun and the Rain Stopped Play team are here to react to the highs and lows of the weekend's frantic bidding wars. Also, we go around the grounds to India, Australia and New Zealand and Zac rounds up the latest action from the PSL while Karachi Kings bottle a potential win in front of our eyes. This week's pitch inspection focuses in on Stuart Broad's angry Mail column that was released on Sunday, and we round it all off as usual with Zac's Quick Question. Let us know your thoughts! You can be part on the RSP Community on Discord here or tweet us @RainStoppedPod. Thanks for listening. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 8, 2022 · 53 min
JL for Head Coach, ENG lose the Ashes (again) & Cummins goes green
Lots to get stuck in to this week as the Ashes debacle finally comes home to roost. After 3 sackings in as many days, we ask how England should rebuild this year, why hasn't Tom Harrison stood down and could Justin Langer take over as coach? Plus... we take you Around the Grounds with updates on the Pakistan Super League, India’s ODI series against the West Indies, England managing to lose the Ashes for the 2nd time this year, and for the first time on this podcast India win a trophy! All that plus Part Two (40:10) - our weekly Pitch Inspection on the Australia team's foray into climate activism, Zac's Quick Question and a bit of Wordle-themed fun. Let us know your thoughts! You can be part on the RSP Community on Discord here or tweet us @RainStoppedPod. Thanks for listening. Part One England's coaching clear-out (00:00) Women's Ashes (15:13) India win the U19 World Cup! (21:00) Pakistan Super League update (29:05) Part Two The News (40:13) Pitch Inspection - read along with our discussion on Cricket and the climate crisis here. (44:18) Nurdle! (49:20) Zac's Quick Question (50:19) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Feb 1, 2022 · 1 hr
Extraordinary Women's Ashes Test, PSL kicks off & West Indies win the T20s!
With the Women's Ashes producing one of the best Test matches we can remember, we ask whether women's tests need a fifth day, how good is Heather Knight and can England win the ODIs to finally claim an Ashes down under? On the men's side, did anyone actually learn anything from England's B+ Team trip to Barbados? Either way, it looked like a lot of fun so we round up which batters may have made a case for themselves and ask why our death bowling is so poor. Plus thank you to special guest Hammad for joining us in Part Two (34:37) to chat through a hectic start to the Pakistan Super League, how the English contingent is getting on there and why his beloved Karachi have crashed to 3 straight defeats. Finally, we round off with our weekly segment Zac's Quick Question (58:13) giving us the answer to last week's "real puzzler" and setting us a question somebody might actually know the answer to this time. Let us know your thoughts! You can be part on the RSP Community on Discord here or tweet us @RainStoppedPod. Thanks for listening. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 25, 2022 · 59 min
England hold on by 1 run, wheels come off India & is cricket too expensive?
England try their best to throw away a huge lead in the West Indies, the wheels come off India and the Women's Ashes is off to a damp non-start! Plus, in Part Two (25:48): we discuss the huge issue of the cost of youth cricket and ask whether this is contributing to excluding working class people from the game. To add to the discussion, we include 5 minute highlights on the topic from our interview last week with cricket social historian Duncan Stone giving his perspective. If you haven't done so, please listen to the full interview here. Finally, we round up the IPL & crazy Brendan Taylor suspension news, and play along with The Run Out Blog's hypothetical Test match... Part One England vs WI 01:40 IND vs SA 13:01 Women's Ashes 20:40 U19 World Cup Update 22:12 Part Two Read along with our Pitch Inspection 26:10 - Age-group cricket pricing out talented children, says former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior Interview with Duncan Stone 34:35 The News 40:22 A Bit of Fun 52:15 - we play along with The Run Out Blog's hypothetical Test match - you can join in here! Zac's Quick Question 55:32 - Who scored less than Rahane and Pujara last year? Plus a real teaser of a question to work on for next week... Let us know your thoughts! You can be part on the RSP Community on Discord here or tweet us @RainStoppedPod. Thanks for listening. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 22, 2022 · 46 min
'Abolish the ECB' - Cricket's Past and Future w/ Duncan Stone
For an extra RSP Deep Dive this week, we interview author and social researcher Duncan Stone. Duncan's explosive new book, Different Class: The Story of English Cricket exposes an alternative social history of the game from its earliest days to the present, and indeed the future. He shows how the use of a 'gentleman's amateur' approach was formed to the deliberate exclusion of working class participation in the game, how that thinking went on to underpin our thinking on the 'spirit of cricket' and how it still informs top-down decision-making today. Duncan pulls no punches, and launches his book at a time of scandal and crisis in the English game, where all of us are looking to the future and asking, 'what next?' We think you'll enjoy hearing from his unique and well-researched perspective. You can here more from Duncan on Twitter @StoneDunk We'd love to hear your thoughts. Join in the conversation with us in the RSP community on Discord here, on Twitter @rainstoppedpod or email us at rainstoppedplaypod@gmail.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 18, 2022 · 57 min
England Can Come Home, Virat Is History & We're On Discord!
Part One 02:10 - England crash to 4-0 in Australia 17:24 - India's defeat in SA & the end of the Kohli era 31:49 - Ireland make history in the West Indies 34:29 - Zac's update on the U19 World Cup! Part Two 36:41 - Pitch Inspection: Mark Ramprakash on the Yorkshire Scandal 44:25 - Women's Ashes Preview 53:50 - Zac's Quick Question A packed Rain Stopped Play this week! As the Ashes and India vs South Africa series come to an end, we wrap up the key talking points before looking ahead to the Women's Ashes, and ask who could possibly replace Virat Kohli as India's next captain. Plus, the first of our new segment 'Pitch Inspection', in which we highlight one piece of cricket writing we recomend you read - starting with Mark Ramprakash's column on the latest developments in the Yorkshire scandal. You can read Mark's article here: We're now on Discord! You can use this link and login via the website or computer/mobile app to join our own little RSP Community, complete with chat, Q&A and reminders of every new podcast and livestream. Join us: https://discord.gg/fETm7xnn Finally, we'll be live on Saturday night for a Twitter Spaces covering the build-up to England's first T20 against the West Indies! Join us at twitter.com/RainStoppedPod Thanks for listening! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 11, 2022 · 58 min
Ashes 4th Test Review: England Avoid a Whitewash!
A New Year brings a slightly new format for Rain Stopped Play, with the introduction of our new segments Around the Grounds, Tweet of the Week and Zac's Quick Question. Essentially, we still just chat about cricket - starting with England's somewhat mood-settling draw in Australia, India's tight series in South Africa and a truly extraordinary few days in Bangladeshi cricket history. Join Dan, Will, Glenn and Zac for another incredible year of cricket, by and for the fans. Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jan 7, 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
Under-19 Cricket World Cup Preview Special!
In our second ever special episode, Zac is joined by Scouting Cricket's Ronan Alexander for a comprehensive preview on the Under-19s World Cup which starts on January 14th. The guys take you through each team playing at this year's World Cup team by team and pick out a few key players to keep an eye out for. Listen out for some predictions towards the end of the episode too! Massive thanks to Ronan for joining us on the pod this week and sharing his expertise with us. You can find him on Twitter @ronan_45 and @ScoutingCricket or at the website https://scoutingcricket.com Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 28, 2021 · 1 hr 19 min
Ashes 3rd Test Review: It's All Over & English Cricket is in Crisis
So, this is it. Australia have officially retained the Ashes with two tests to spare. A longer Rain Stopped Play today as we take a deep dive into where England lost this series, how deep the crisis in the game goes and whether we can ever be competitive in the Test format again. Plus, is Chris Silverwood on another planet and who could replace Joe root as captain? Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 24, 2021 · 48 min
Christmas Special: The Return of the Rain-ies!
Happy Holidays! We know we said we wouldn't be back before Christmas on the previous podcast - it turns out, that wasn't true! In a bonus Christmas special, our full RSP team have a bit of fun looking back over the year that was cricket in 2021 - our highs and lows, heroes and villains, and at last some accountability for the worst take someone has uttered on this podcast. We revive the Rain-ies, our surely now famous set of improvised cricketing awards. Featuring: Game of the Year Moment of the Year Team of the Year Hero/Villain of the Year Coldest/Hottest Take of the Year And finally, be sure to stick around to the end for our New Year's Resolutions for cricket in 2022. We hope this podcast gives you some brief respite from the Ashes - we'll be back before the new year to round up the 3rd Test, and if you're on Twitter you can join our livestream Spaces on Boxing Day night. Until then, thank you very much for listening over this bizarre year, we all hope you have a very happy Christmas and some restful time with your family. Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Intro/Outro music courtesy of Podington Bear, under Creative Commons creative license: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Happy_Holidays_Merry_Sythmas/Jingle_Bells_1305 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 20, 2021 · 1 hr
The Ashes 2nd Test Review: Angry Joe Root and England's Marshall Plan?
It's a Sad England special on this week's Rain Stopped Play. It's cold, Covid is back with a vengeance and Joe Root is taking shots at his own bowlers. Dan, Glenn and Will are here to wade through the darkness and hopefully provide a cathartic moan before looking to the future. Plus, stay to the end for a frankly bizarre detour through the England camp's woes, via US foreign policy and the Marshall Plan. Merry Christmas! Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod and be sure to catch us Live on Twitter Spaces during the 3rd Test! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 13, 2021 · 50 min
The Ashes First Test Review: England’s 4D Chess Collapses
It’s a real throwback episode today, as Rain Stopped Play’s co-founders Dan and Glenn reunite for a Moscow mule-fueled analysis of England’s dismal performance in the first Ashes Test at the Gabba. Well, we say dismal—Dan was feeling pretty optimistic until an hour alongside Glenn’s downbeat company reminded him of England’s many, many, problems. Indeed, it took all of one ball in this Ashes to shatter English aspirations, as the tourists’ plans were left looking more exposed than Rory Burns’ leg stump. Why did England bat first? Why was Broad left out? Why can nobody convert a 50 into a big score? Were—as Glenn half-jokingly suggests—England painfully attempting to play 4D chess? Hit play to find out! Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 7, 2021 · 49 min
The Ashes Preview: Will England win a Test?
Better late than never - we bring you the RSP team's preview thoughts on England vs Australia, just in time for the first ball to be bowled. Can Dan stomach an England team missing Broad *and *Anderson? Will England win a game? Where on Earth is the 5th test being held? Join Dan and Zac for their final thoughts ahead of one of the strangest Ashes series we can remember. And no, we're not going to talk about Tim Paine. Follow us on Twitter: @RainStoppedPod, and if you're listening on the day this comes out, you can join us on there for our very first live Twitter Spaces at 11PM UK time, so you can get your questions in, join us for the toss and hear Glenn and Will's series predictions Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nov 23, 2021 · 1 hr 2 min
Cricket's Racism Scandal: What Happens Now?
For our first Rain Stopped Play Deep Dive, we take a closer look at how some of cricket's biggest names became embroiled in it's deepest scandal in decades. More importantly, we look at not just what went wrong, but how we begin to fix it. Special thanks to Taj Butt, Chris Marshall, Tom Brown and Adam Kelly for giving us their thoughts. And wait to the end for a discussion on how we move forward with RSP regulars Will Singh and Glenn Houlihan. Follow our guests on Twitter: @ButtTaj, @MarshallCAJ3107, @tombrown1593 & @AdamKelly07 Chris Marshall's website: chrismarshall.ws or email disgrunteldmembers@outlook.com if you are a Yorkshire member. Some of Tom Brown's studies can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23750472.2021.1949382 Where do you think cricket goes from here? Let us know your thoughts via Twitter: @RainStoppedPod or email us via rainstoppedplaypod@gmail.com. Music credit: Keep Calm And Podcast by Podsafe Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy