Episode 16 - Best Seat in the House with Melinda Farrell

Journalist and broadcaster Melinda Farrell joins the podcast to talk about her journey from journalism student to Cricinfo to freelance, joining the Associate movement, and the growth she's undergone to achieve some level of balance as a freelance writer. Plus a little bit about her involvement with Jomboy's Ball In Play league, including little ways on how to make the game and its coverage more like cricket. The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25 On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social Chapters: 01:23 Origin story 05:40 Australia vs UK cricket culture 08:30 Getting into journalism 18:39 Working at Cricinfo 31:44 Maintaining a career as a freelancer 41:41 Commentating Associate cricket 48:17 Jomboy's Ball In Play league 54:30 Final questions Music from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player