Ep 65: It’s Mel-in-da Bits&Pieces House!

Aussie cricket media allrounder, Melinda Farrell first puts the gang at ease on their own podcast and then proceeds to rock it with her inimitable brand of humour and her insights laced with empathy about the goings on in cricket across the men’s and the women’s games. She also traces the key events in her own career, reflects on how she started writing long form and explains how she’s such a natural in front of the camera too. There’s also her stellar performance at our carefully curated rapidfire questions and her recollection of the brilliant #PoliteEnquiries, a space on ESPNCricinfo she made her own.   Follow us on Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket Melinda: https://twitter.com/melindafarrell Sameer Mohan: https://twitter.com/sleepyhead148Chops: https://twitter.com/el_chopernosKrtgrphr: https://twitter.com/krtgrphr Tareque Laskar: https://twitter.com/tarequelaskar Chops - https://twitter.com/El_Chopernos   Show Notes Some of Mel’s best remembered pieces: On Eoin Morgan: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1182683/the-irishman-who-became-captain-of-england On Pat Cummins: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1206881/the-naive-and-fragile-boy-who-became-the-world-s-top-bowler On Aaron Finch: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1239729/aaron-finch-has-got-a-bloody-great-job On Alyssa Healy: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1222515/how-alyssa-healy-went-from-slugger-to-beast On Ellyse Perry: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/every-ball-has-its-own-possibility-the-reinvention-of-ellyse-perry-20230225-p5cnjl.html On touring Pak: https://www.sportingnews.com/au/cricket/news/what-its-tour-pakistan-australian-cricket-team/urvoqlb4hpkxdioify6q5ydi On WPL auctions in the middle of the T20 World Cup: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/elephant-in-the-room-wpl-auction-looms-large-over-t20-world-cup-20230210-p5cjlm.html On Headingley 2019: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/do-you-remember-how-it-started-1198765 Mel’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcwlv7uLZvkpP2HbaARKqA The awesomeness that was #PoliteEnquiries: https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-videos/genre/politeenquiries-119 Where is Orange?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange,_New_South_Wales