Episode 31 - The Paramilitary Wing of Associate Cricket with Andrew Nixon

Andrew Nixon, writer from Cricket Europe, joins the podcast to talk about discovering cricket beyond the Full Members before the internet, advocating militantly for the Associate game through his writing, and the many ways that cricket could be doing better to grow itself around the world.Andrew's writing on Cricket Europe: https://www.cricketeurope.com/index.shtmlAndrew and Russ Degnan's Associates and Affiliates Podcast: https://cricketeuropearchive.com/AUDIOVIDEO/IDLESUMMERS/index.shtmlFollow Andrew on Bluesky: @andrewnixon.bsky.socialThe Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=sharedRSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.socialChapters: 00:21 Cricket origin story02:47 Discovery of Associate cricket07:20 Writing about Associate cricket18:45 ICC membership tiers compared to other sports32:21 How well the ICC is growing the game46:28 Stories from Associate cricket that Andrew identifies withMusic from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player