Episode 45 - Bowling to Confused Children with Gary of Carnival Cricket

Gary AKA Carnival Sorts joins the podcast to talk about the progression of Irish cricket before and during his lifetime, including his journey that started as a kid in rural Ireland teaching the game to confused neighbouring kids.Follow Gary's Substack at https://carnivalcricket.substack.com/Gary's piece on Ireland reinforcing the Associate glass ceiling: https://carnivalcricket.substack.com/p/ireland-smashed-crickets-glass-ceilingFollow Gary on Bluesky @carnivalsorts.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.socialChapters00:58 Cricket origin story07:45 Teaching cricket to confused neighbouring kids11:01 Starting cricket writing12:55 Going to Ireland games18:20 The progression of cricket in Ireland32:29 Ireland's transition to Full Membership44:01 Ireland reinforcing the Associate glass ceiling47:52 Cricket Ireland's refusal to take risks to grow the game52:17 Gary's outlook on Ireland's medium-term future58:02 Final questions