One Test Wonders
The history of cricket is full of great players, great teams, great matches, great series and great seasons and those stories have been told countless times. But what about the tales of players who did not scale the heights of the legends of the game, players who scaled their own personal Everest by being picked for Test cricket, only to never be selected again? That is the subject of One Test Wonders, a cricketing podcast that features episodes with players who played just one Test.
Episodes
8 episodes
Niall O'Brien
In this episode we speak with Ireland wicketkeeper-batsman Niall O’Brien - and it's an episode with a difference. All the other players we’ve spoken with were hopeful of long Test careers when they made their debuts but Niall is a bit different...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:15:16
Andy Lloyd
This episode sees us speaking with opening batsman Andy Lloyd.Andy had an excellent first-class career, latterly as Warwickshire captain, and scored more than 17,000 first-class runs, but perhaps he's best known for his one Test appeara...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:01:19
John Stephenson
In this episode we catch up with former Essex and Hampshire all-rounder John Stephenson. John’s career included over 22,000 runs and more than 600 wickets in professional cricket and he captained Hampshire for two seasons in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:10:22
Jon Lewis
This time we hear from former Gloucestershire, Surrey and Sussex seam bowler Jon Lewis, a player who took more than 1300 wickets in his professional career and someone who enjoyed enormous success in county cricket in limited-overs cricket.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:13:07
Tony Pigott
In this episode we speak with fast bowler Tony Pigott. Tony had a first-class career that spanned three decades, collecting 672 first-class wickets for Sussex, Surrey and New Zealand side Wellington along the way, and he made...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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56:59
Alan Butcher
In this episode we chat with opening batsman Alan Butcher. Alan had a decorated first-class career, with more than 22,000 runs for Surrey and Glamorgan, before going on to a successful coaching career, including with Zimbabwe...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:12:13
