The Mystery of Cricket

Guests: Tom Holland, Osman Samiuddin and Jarrod Kimber

Is cricket mysterious? Well its origins are. We sort of know where it comes from – trap ball and stick ball and other games of the middle ages. And people have been hitting things with sticks since time began. Jon and guests dig into the mysterious origins of the game and also discuss other topics such as:

Are numbers the way in which we will finally crack the mysteries of the game?

and...

The great batsman have mystique, but only the bowlers truly have mystery? 

 

The Nightwatchman Podcast

Written and hosted by Jon Hotten

Produced and edited by James Wallace

Sponsored by Rathbones

 

Osman's writing can be found here and his book about the history of Pakistani cricket 'The Unquiet Ones' is available here 

Tom Holland's latest book Dominion is OUT NOW

Keep up with Jarrod's many projects here