Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this episode we meet and talk to Mike Price, longstanding member of Cimla Cricket Club who has researched the club's history and published it in a small pamphlet.Tom Roberts, scorer at the club from its inception in 1925, bequeathed a complete collection of scorebooks for the club to Mike who has taken an interest in the history of the club ever since.He...

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this episode we speak to the sister of Mark Portsmouth, longstanding Chair of Mumbles Cricket Club, about her memories of growing up with him.She is joined on the recordings by the following:John Blythe (Secretary of Mumbles Cricket Club)Jaimie Thomas (Mumbles Cricket Club)Jerry Steele (President Mumbles Cricket Club)Clive Henson (Chairman, Langland Bay...

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this episode we talk to aspiring professional cricketer Henry Hurle about his development and his success playing for the Cardiff UCCE (Universiytes Centre for Cricket Excellence)In particular, we talk about the team's success this season in winning the British Universities and College Sport Cricket Trophy.If you are feeling brave, below is the 6 hours 29...

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this episode we talk to three of the Glamorgan Women's squad about their batting success, scoring a hunderd during the 2025 season. The three players are Bethan Gammon, Daisy Jeanes and Eve Jackson.You can watch the recorded live feed of Bethan's hundred against Gloucestershire here:https://bit.ly/4cZdl5XThe BBC Wales sport report of Daisy's century...

Tell us what you think of this episodeThis episode introduces us to three members of the newly formed Glamorgan semi professional women's cricket team.Lauren Parfitt, Nicole Reid and Georgia Parfitt talk about their early experiences, how they have developed as cricketers and how they became involved in this first year of professional women's cricket for Glamorgan.The team's arrival was welcomed...

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this episode we visit Gorseinon Cricket Club for their second women's softball tournament.We talk to the four participating teams: Gorseinon, Gowerton, Llandarcy and Neath as well as all those at Gorseinon who helped to make it a succesful event.In hot weather, the teams played through a long day and the Gowerton team ran out the eventual winners.

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this episode we meet and talk to a visiting Australian group who are from the Harrow Discovery Centre, a small museum in Victoria Australia.The museum is dedicated to spreading the story of the first touring Australian sporting side, a group of aboriginal cricketers, who came to the UK in 1868.Led by an English professional cricketer by the name of Charles...

Tell us what you think of this episodeJust over a year ago we visited Hay-On-Wye to witness the first ever game of cricket played as part of the Literary Festival between the local Hay Club and a celebrity XI picked largely from the ranks of the world famous Authors XI.This year, the Festival has agreed to making this fixture an integral part of its activities on a day dedicated to a number of...

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this episode we hear Toby talk about about the following:His coaching philosophyThe coaching process and, in particular, his use of video analysisThe drills he uses with players to correct batting issues or to develop their batting potentialThe three stages to change for a batterHis use of WhatsApp as a tool to keep in touch with clientsToby Radford's...

Tell us what you think of this episodeIn this episode we talk to ex Glamorgan CCC Coach Toby Radford. He talks about his early learning of the game, being coached extensively by his father and of his early successes in junior cricket.We talk about his first class career and then his embarking on a coaching career at the early age of 26.Toby tells us about how he came to be coach of the Middlesex...