Episode 33 - "It's Not Usually Like This" with Laura

Laura joins the podcast to talk about how she came to cricket, which spans 2000s cult classic cinema, the 2019 women's football World Cup, Jimmy Anderson telling her she had to start playing, and Glenn Maxwell being in awe of her story.Follow Laura's IG where she documents the various football stadia she's visited: https://www.instagram.com/la_tifosa/The 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:00:30 Laura before cricket03:28 Parts of Laura's personality that primed her for cricket04:50 Stumbling upon cricket08:04 Finding someone to explain how cricket worked18:25 Finding Test Match Special21:50 Learning about cricket during Covid24:23 Watching cricket in person27:30 Going on the Tailenders podcast33:47 Playing cricket in Scotland38:00 Playing cricket in Switzerland43:03 Needing cricket through a rough period45:10 Going to Australia for big cricket trip49:05 What Laura has discovered since finding cricketMusic from Sicko Mode by Travis Scott Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player