Reverse Swept Radio 197: Root's renewed captaincy, a 19th century cheating scandal, and the writing of David Foot

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Andy revisits his cricketing past in Zimbabwe, and we reflect on England's leadership changes

"The Zimbabwe Cricket Podcast kindly shared my longshot request to find someone who had played in the 1999 edition of Stragglers Week, and Joseph Madyembwa got in touch."

FROM THE ARCHIVES (12'00): William Lambert and the infamous fix of 1817

"It was an unusual game, in that both sides wanted to lose."

THE REVIEW (25'15): Footprints: David Foot's Life of Writing (2023, Fairfield Books, ed. Stephen Chalke)

"The horror of the trenches and the inevitably of missing a catch as an amateur are held in such perfect balance."

Recorded 4 August 2026