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Middlesex County Cricket League (MCCL) — 160 episodes

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Div 1 Seasonal Lowdown Incoming

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Drama to the end

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Once more unto the breach....

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Prem title race wide open

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Metro Bank Finals, League Drama and (checks notes) weddings....

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Crouch End ease away.....

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Weekend to remember for Shay Boo

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Teddington nudge back ahead

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Prem title race hots up

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Half-way there

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Hold your horses

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Through the pain barrier.

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Low scoring drama

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Rain-dodging season

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Lots of runs, lots of tight finishes. MCCL week 4

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Ealing and Teddington march on....

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A premier division full of surprises

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New season, same old drama

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Prediction Pod

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Out of the Ashes into the Middlesex Cup/Trophy

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Life as an umpire in the MCCL and beyond!

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Eastcote's Dan Travers talks all things Div 2

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How the league was won - Carlos Nunes talks Div 1

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Ealing offically rise from the dead

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Judgement day beckons in the MCCL

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Ealing, back from the dead?

27

The Prem that no one wants to win?

28

Prem relegation bunfight hotting up

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There's life in the Prem's old dog(s) yet

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Plenty of plots thicken

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Where to next in the 2025 season?

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Twists and turns incoming

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Title race blown wide open

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Is a big cheese on the way out of the Prem?

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The Bush win the clash of the titans in the Prem

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North Midd and Shay Boo start to move away

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Rain, rain go away.....

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The MCCL goes viral

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Ups and downs aplenty in Week 2 of the MCCL

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Runs, runs and even more runs

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The Preview Pod

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Ali Easton and all things Shay Boo

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The Art of Captaincy with Mike Brierley

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Light on the horizon

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Indian Gym's Kabir Parmar talks to Sal and Dan about IG's promotion campaign

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The way the league was won. Ealing's Kristian Martin explains

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The dust has settled. Who went where at the end of 2024?

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And then it was down to three....

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Looking forward rather than back. What's going to happen in Week 17?

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Still all to play for in the Prem

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Race for the Prem title gets ever close still

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Does anyone really want to win the Prem?

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Low scores, high entertainment in Week 12 of the MCCL

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Shocks wherever you look!

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Musical chairs - again - at the top of the Prem

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Shay Boo slip up, North Midd take advantage

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Wembley's Junayd Azar; he got 5 on it

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Rain does its worst, Crouch End take advantage

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Three sides left with 50 points as MCCL moves into timed cricket

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The Bush go four from four at the top of the MCCL

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Harrow and Highgate go through the gears

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Ealing and Shay Boo ease ahead

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MCCL 2024. Up and running

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Prediction Time

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Richard Johnson - Middlesex CCC; To 2024 and beyond!

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Directing Cricket with Alan Coleman

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Middlesex's head of athletic performance, James Fleming, joins Sal and Dan to talk shop.

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Cup draws, 2024 fixtures and AGM fallout

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To Enfield, Winchmore Hill and beyond. Jim Gatting joins Sal and Dan

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Sal and Dan talk shop with Eastcote's Harpal Sagoo

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Clinching the title; Sal and Dan talk to Stanmore's Grant Reingold

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Stanmore win the Premier Division title showdown

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Title showdown looming on Stanmore Common

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North Midd edge away

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Chris Wakefield joins Dan to talk about Teddington's quest for national glory

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Who's going where come September?

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North Midd and Bron begin to sneak away

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Title challenge incoming for Bron?

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Nunes, the Captain Marvel, stuns Teddington

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Tightest MCCL top flight in years? Discuss.....

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Bron and North Midd close in on Stanmore in the Prem

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Stanmore go clear in the Prem, Swamibapa and Northwick Park provide high drama in Div 5

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High scores, high drama and hayfever-gate

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Runs galore across the league as Ealing hit the top of the Prem

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Hampstead and Shay Boo hit the top

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Kenton chase the unchasable

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Finally, we're off and running....

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The season is upon us!

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MCCL 2003 Pre-season Prediction Pod

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Cup draws and a chat with Middlesex and England’s Gus Fraser take centre stage

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New teams, new challenges. Particularly for one podcast member….

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2022 in review

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Crouch End’s Joel Curtis on his fantastic season

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Shay Boo grab second spot as Richmond go down

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Teddington are champions!

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Teddington’s grip on the title gets a little stronger

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North Midd slip up, Harrow Town go up and two relegations are confirmed.

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Top three struggle as results in the Prem continue to surprise

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North Midd regain the top spot in a rollercoaster week of MCCL cricket

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Teddington back on top as chasing pack stutter

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Can the Bush keep up their title charge?

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New leaders in the Prem as North Midd go top

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103

The Barnsley Beast joins Sal and Dan to talk about Week 8 and breaking records

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The rain tried its best, but cricket still prevailed. Week 7 in the MCCL unpacked.

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Bush Bash the Midd, Bron and Harrow Town remain unbeaten

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106

Teddington trip up, Stanmore and North Midd take advantage

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107

Will the runs ever stop flowing? Week 4 Review

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The runs just keep on coming; week 3 of the 2022 unpacked

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Teddington and Stanmore set the pace in Week 2

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110

Runs and more runs in the MCCL in week 1

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2022 MCCL Preview

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Pre-season excitement in the MCCL

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113

Post-AGM chit-chat, news on a few cup draws and, erm, the Martians will soon be landing…..

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114

Out with 2021, into 2022 in the final MCCL pod of season 2.

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Crouch End are champions!

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10 games to watch out for in Week 18

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North Midd nudge ahead

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North Midd slip up as title races closes up. Plus, Dan and Sal pick their MCCL XI to play Middlesex on 25-26 August

119

Which way now? North Midd in charge, but Teddington and Crouch End far from out of it.

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North Middx, try to pull away, but chasing pack not giving up yet?

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North Midd hit the top as Crouch End stumble again

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Crouch End crash to defeat as title race comes back to life

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Crouch End relentlessly carry on

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Shay Boo’s Will Speer joins the team talk about Week 7 of the MCCL season.

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Sal and Dan joined by Old Isleworthians’ Alex Thamby

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126

Crouch End pull away on a busy day in the MCCL

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Dan and Sal are joined by Chris Goldie to talk through week 3

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Back to the future?

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129

Brondesbury; what happened ....?

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The Big MCCL Preview

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The season’s getting closer!

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Jim Carter - From Harrogate via Downton Abbey and the Oscars to Middlesex

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Cup draw and test match chitchat as the pod guys get back in the saddle

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England and SA run into bubble trouble, the politics of cricket teas and is the MCCL reincarnating as the WWE?!

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135

The 2020 season has been and gone, but what of 2021? Dan discusses the MCCL’s plans with Nick Brown and Keir Hopley

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In the end, your currency is runs or wickets - a fascinating chat with Stuart Law

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Teddington’s triumph and two cup finals to savour

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The fat lady’s sung. Sal, Southgate’s Tom Edrich and Dan sort out the winners, the losers, the over-achievers and the could-do-betteres...

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139

6 divisional titles decided, but still all to play in final week of MCCL season

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140

Arctic conditions (in August!) and sub-standard wickets

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Run rates, DLS and two clubs with five wins out of five

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Dead balls and (getting out to) wide balls... plus much more in week 4 of the MCCL !!!

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143

Dealing with Steve Finn...

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144

WET WET WET .. and no not the Scottish soft rock band

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League cricket is underway .. listen in to who did what and where !

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Bob Baxter joins the team to chat about the possibility of cricket later this year ..

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147

This week we are join by Mike Jadunath

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148

What does it take to climb the umpiring ranks?

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149

Mike Milton talks about facing Joel Garner..

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England, North Middlesex, playing cricket at aged four and the challenge of pilates.

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We are joined by The Beast ...

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152

We have someone from Somerset on this week ... any guesses ?

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153

We are back... we talk about events over the winter, the 2020 season and maggots, yes maggots

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Welcome to 2020 - we start off the year with Winchmore Hill !!

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155

Simon Mann swaps TMS for the MCCL podcast

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156

John Simpson aka Simmo talks about what club cricket meant to him growing up

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Kristian Martin joins us from Ealing CC

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Back-to-back promotions for Crouch End but what does 2020 hold for them ?

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159

We talk to North Middlesex on how they won the MCCL

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160

Welcome to the MCCL Podcast

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