Ahead of the Eight Ball
Cricket is the best sport and has the best cliches. In Ahead of the Eight Ball, failed sports journalist Dave Tickner and failed comedian Mick Tickner dissect every single one of those clichés, from behind the eight ball to tracer bullets via heavy balls and big bats, in painstaking detail whether you like it or not.
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Episode 6 - BAZBALL!
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
With the England men's Test team back in action this week, Dave and Mick discuss the word on everyone's lips apart from those of Dean Elgar who definitely hasn't given it a second thought, actually. It's time for more BAZBALL!
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Episode 5 - Loves their Cricket
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
A lot has happened in cricket over the last few weeks, much of it very on brand for previous episodes of Ahead of the Eight Ball which means it is itself ahead of the eight ball, in a way. Dave and Mick discuss all these matters as well as the phenomenon of famous people who aren't cricketers but nevertheless Love Their Cricket.
Thursday May 26, 2022
Episode 4 - Highest Successful Fourth Innings Run-Chases ft. Tom Evans
Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
Dave and Dave's brother Mick come dangerously close to actually fulfilling their promise of delivering a fortnightly podcast as they are joined by Cricket Twitter stalwart Tom Evans to finally answer the very biggest question in the sport - Highest Successful Fourth Innings Run-Chases: harmless, vaguely interesting stat or scourge on the game to be eradicated at all costs?
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Episode 3 - Deserved a Century ft. Dan Liebke
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Australian podcaster, humorist, author and doyen of Funny Cricket Dan Liebke joins Dave and Dave's brother Mick to discuss cricket's obsession with round numbers, the daft idea of deserving a century and pay their own small tribute to the great and ridiculous Shane Warne.
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Episode 2 - The Spirit of Cricket ft. Peter Miller
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
They said it would never happen but Dave and Mick are back with Episode 2 and this time they've dragged along author, twitter nuisance and Caribbean enjoyer Peter Miller to discuss the Spirit of Cricket and why, precisely, it doesn't actually exist.
You can find Peter on Twitter @TheCricketGeek.
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Episode 1 - Behind the Eight Ball
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Only one place to start, and that’s where every England captain finds themselves sooner or later. Behind the eight ball. An all-conquering titan of cricket clichedom that has spawned a nonsensical series of variations including the title of the podcast after we picked after realising someone had already done one called Behind The Eight Ball, which was annoying. We’ve decided “Ahead of the Eight Ball” is actually a better name, but are probably only fooling ourselves.
About Us
Dave is a sports journalist and Mick is not.