Ahead of the Eight Ball

Dave and Mick Tickner
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Cricket is the best sport and has the best cliches. In Ahead of the Eight Ball, failed sports journalist Dave Tickner and failed comedian Mick Tickner dissect every single one of those clichés, from behind the eight ball to tracer bullets via heavy balls and big bats, in painstaking detail whether you like it or not.

  1. 01/23/2025

    Episode 17 - Yeah well, basically I've checked all other possibilities and it's come down to being rattled. I don't know, The Ashes? Sorry, who is this I'm talking to?

    We are back with another episode about the Ashes but because it is 10 months out and not a lot is going on, we mainly talk about our favourite jokes from Viz, proboscis monkeys and pitches.   Stuff we talk about; All run 7 from our friends at Wisden Darren Lehman on Joe Root

    49 min

  2. 09/05/2024

    Episode 16 - Lower Order Runs

    Some handy, useful, bonus, frustrating and irritating podcasting from Dave and Mick as they negotiate their way through the fascination with lower order runs. Follow us on X, the social media platform formaly known as Twitter and inform us of the daft commentary you hear. @Aheadofthe8 Dave - @tickerscricket Mick - @Tickersgrins

    34 min

  3. 05/03/2024

    Episode 15 - Cricket is Turning into Baseball

    Dave and Mick are joined by Peter Miller aka The Cricket Geek as we go deep into why cricket isn't turning into baseball because both sports have always been very similar. We talk fastball, pitch runners and bunts. Pete namedrops and Mick does an impression. Standard stuff.

    59 min

  4. 01/18/2024

    Episode 14 - Cricket Needs A Strong West Indies

    We do talk about the topic but also about Brian Lara being great, Ben Duckett's bat's axis of abscissa and Steve Smith (Dave is still rattled). Follow us on X, the social media platform formaly known as Twitter. @Aheadofthe8 Dave - @tickerscricket Mick - @Tickersgrins

    48 min

  5. 11/24/2023

    Episode 13 - Politics (not really)

    We sort of talk about cricket and how politicians use it for their lazy references. Loads of World Cup chat, stare out champinships and the new feature CBWP (Cricketers Bad Wikipedia Photos). CBWP #1 - Damien Martyn.

    1h 2m

  6. 09/28/2023

    Episode 12 - The Rattled Ashes Part 68

    Dave's rattled. #Ulon

    41 min

  7. 07/06/2023

    Episode 11 - Ashes Hypocrisy

    A slightly different episode in which Dave is let loose to rant for an extended period of time about why England and Australia are both just dreadful whinging hypocrites. Send your appeals to the Dave Review System to @aheadofthe8 on Twitter.

    55 min

  8. 06/14/2023

    Episode 10 - Test Cricket is/isn’t Dying

    We have nudged and nurdled our way slowly to double figures. In this episode we introduce the DRS (the Dave Review System) and we discuss how test cricket might actually be dying. Test cricket is dead, long live test cricket.

    32 min
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Cricket is the best sport and has the best cliches. In Ahead of the Eight Ball, failed sports journalist Dave Tickner and failed comedian Mick Tickner dissect every single one of those clichés, from behind the eight ball to tracer bullets via heavy balls and big bats, in painstaking detail whether you like it or not.

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  • Creator
    Dave and Mick Tickner
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2022 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Ahead of the Eight Ball