30 episodes

Dan Liebke and Alex Bowden examining historical Ashes series to find out which nation is the more ridiculous at cricket, England or Australia

The Ridiculous Ashes Podcast Dan Liebke, Alex Bowden

    • Sport
    • 5.0 • 10 Ratings

Dan Liebke and Alex Bowden examining historical Ashes series to find out which nation is the more ridiculous at cricket, England or Australia

    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Sixth Test

    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Sixth Test

    Alex and Dan wrap up the 1981 Ridiculous Ashes at The Oval, receiving annoying slaps on the back from small children, embracing odd number-centric scorecard revisions, and speculating about hypercolour headbands.
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    • 47 min
    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Fifth Test

    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Fifth Test

    Alex and Dan catch up at Manchester, where they are confronted by the tedium of Chris Tavaré's batting, Kim Hughes' precognitive insight into obscure Return of the Jedi quotes and shared regret about not being able to make Knott puns.
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    • 46 min
    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Fourth Test

    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Fourth Test

    To Edgbaston for the fourth Test, where Alex and Dan revel in the absurdity of Australian amphibian-based shithousery, alphabetical batting orders and more preposterous Ian Botham antics.
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    • 34 min
    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Third Test

    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Third Test

    Alex and Dan are off to Headingley for the third Test, an unremarkable match that has mostly been forgotten by all but the most obsessive of cricket fans. Despite this, they uncover some moments of absurdity, including prototype Peter Siddles, England hair quotas and a tragic lack of Bane narration.
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    • 42 min
    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Second Test

    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - Second Test

    Alex and Dan wander over to Lord's for the second Test of the 1981 Ridiculous Ashes, where they delight in the startling entrance to the series of Ray Bright. After recovering from that, they also muse upon inaccurate descriptions of inches and whether cricket players should be treated like toast.
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    • 34 min
    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - First Test

    1981 Ridiculous Ashes - First Test

    The Ridiculous Ashes podcast returns with the 1981 Ashes. First up, it’s Trent Bridge, where Alex and Dan discuss two-men bowling attacks, the sad decline of ferrets as a commentary descriptor, and Ian Botham being dreadful at everything.
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    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
10 Ratings

10 Ratings

GaryBadge89 ,

These dudes get it

Cricket is stupid and the ashes it’s idiot king. Dan and Alex are great at identifying just how brilliantly over the top the narratives that dominate the discourse around the ashes, and the moments that drive them. I just wish there was more.

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