Tailenders

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Greg James, Jimmy Anderson and Felix White take an alternative (and sometimes musical) look at cricket...

29/12/2025

Everything is a bit too late

After 5468 days England’s men have won a Test Match in Australia! Felix jumps into the hot seat and England and Lancs bowler Kate Cross is our special guest as we try and work out what the hell happened at the MCG over two ridiculous days of Test Cricket. Plus Wicketkeepers as drummers, Mattchin predicts the future of Test cricket, names for Jimmy’s bar, why 2026 will be ’The Year of the Big Nose’ and will Felix never watch cricket ever again?

48 min
22/12/2025

Things I never want to hear again

The good news is that England battled hard and took the 3rd Ashes Test into a fifth and final day in Adelaide. The bad news is they lost and Australia have retained The Ashes. The Tailenders assemble to try and work out what’s gone wrong Down Under. Plus a brand new Xmas Quiz from Mattchin, cooking tips from Jimmy and find out why Felix might never watch cricket ever again.

1h 6m
09/12/2025

Therapy

Come in, sit down, let’s talk about it together. We know it’s bad, we know England need a ‘cricketing miracle’, we know we’re all tired after staying up all night. We’re angry, frustrated and disappointed - but the Tailenders are here for you. Plus Mattchin has had three weeks to overprepare for a quiz which features a very special guest - Nathan Lyon (sort of) and we preview the 3rd Test in Adelaide... or is it Melbourne?

55 min
03/12/2025

So you’re saying there’s a chance?

On the eve of the second men's Ashes Test at The Gabba - a venue England have not win at since 1986 - we assess the tourists' chances, the potential impact of Will Jacks of all trades and why Mitchell Starc is so potent with the pink ball. Plus remembering the great Robin Smith.

34 min
26/11/2025

Doom and gloom / Hope and happiness

OK, so the 1st Mens Ashes Test did not go well. However it’s not over, there are still four Test matches to go, so time for some optimism. The Tailenders assemble to review the events in Perth and look ahead to the 2nd Test in Brisbane. Plus we meet Alex, an Aussie who flew from Germany to Perth to watch Day 3 of The Test, what is an ‘acceptable’ way to get out, Mattchin has some facts about The Gabba, and who are Jimmy’s favourite Aussies?

1h 1m
15/11/2025

The Definitive Ashes Preview

Tailenders News Alert: This podcast is available in audio AND vision - head to the BBC iPlayer to watch. The Ashes are nearly here and it’s time to officially get excited. Jimmy gives us the lowdown on the challenge England’s men will face in Australia and looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the Aussies. Plus need some ‘Ashes conversation starters’? Don’t panic, Mattchin is here with some Perth related facts - some of which might actually be true- to make sure all Tailenders are fully prepped for the biggest show in cricket.

37 min
10/11/2025

We can’t do Technology

After several weeks of delay Mattchin at last gets to debut his much hyped new quiz ’Send it up for Review’, complete with original music. Plus G Force gets to experience G Force, more Underrated Ashes Players and can someone call the I.T department please. From emails to Printers the Tailenders are having tech troubles.

42 min
31/10/2025

We’ll have a look, of course we’ll have a look.…it’s Steve Finn

Former England fast bowler Steve Finn is our special guest as he shares the high and lows of his Ashes career, including being part of the last England team to win in Australia and why his best spell was overlooked due to Stuart Broad. Plus Arise Sir Jimmy! It’s the first episode of Tailenders presented by a knight of the realm and we get the inside story of Jimmy’s trip to Windsor Castle - including which random footballer was at the afterparty?

52 min

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Greg James

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Felix White

Host
Jimmy Anderson

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4.9

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4,589 Ratings

Podcast perfection

19/11/2025

treens14

It really is - for old time cricket fans obviously but even only mildly interested ones - funny, endearing, informative.
What’s going on with the sound

22/09/2025

Right ear please

I’m left speaker only too. V tedious…
Now just self indulgence

19/10/2025

penzb

Having listened to every episode from the very beginning, and put up with the poor audio recently, it is now too self indulgent and not fun to listen too. I get all the in-jokes but they shouldn’t be the majority of the content. Last episode was the final straw. Felix is not interesting and Greg just continually ruining the story by saying count them was too much. Gutted.
AirPod sound

25/09/2025

7DucksInARow

Sort your sound out lads. 3 pods in a row it’s been just left AirPod sound. Haven’t been able to listen to latest because of it