Alex and Dan wrap up the 1981 Ridiculous Ashes at The Oval, receiving annoying slaps on the back from small children, embracing odd number-centric scorecard revisions, and speculating about hypercolour headbands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Alex and Dan catch up at Manchester, where they are confronted by the tedium of Chris Tavaré's batting, Kim Hughes' precognitive insight into obscure Return of the Jedi quotes and shared regret about not being able to make Knott puns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

To Edgbaston for the fourth Test, where Alex and Dan revel in the absurdity of Australian amphibian-based shithousery, alphabetical batting orders and more preposterous Ian Botham antics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Alex and Dan are off to Headingley for the third Test, an unremarkable match that has mostly been forgotten by all but the most obsessive of cricket fans. Despite this, they uncover some moments of absurdity, including prototype Peter Siddles, England hair quotas and a tragic lack of Bane narration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

The Ridiculous Ashes podcast returns with the 1981 Ashes. First up, it’s Trent Bridge, where Alex and Dan discuss two-men bowling attacks, the sad decline of ferrets as a commentary descriptor, and Ian Botham being dreadful at everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

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Sneak bonus episode: The Ridiculous Border-Gavaskar Podcast. Same format, one different team/host. To subscribe on your podcast provider of choice, go to https://pod.link/1666458762 In this premiere episode of The Ridiculous Border-Gavaskar Podcast, Dan and Bharat revisit the 1st Test of the 2017 Border-Gavaskar series in Pune. That’s where they find an unimaginative Steve O’Keefe getting the same figures in both innings, slightly misleading pitch predictions and Matt Renshaw’s unhappy tummy. Follow The Ridiculous Border-Gavaskar Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ridicbg Follow Bharat on ..read more

The 2013 Ridiculous Ashes concludes with the final Test at The Oval, which gives Alex and Dan plenty of things to muse upon, including the one-Test wonderment of Simon Kerrigan and James Faulkner, the gruesome birth of Steve Smith as we now know him and Chekhov’s light meter. Special thanks to @LinuxLea on Twitter for helping us access DVDs of this series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Alex and Dan are off to Chester-le-Street for the fourth Test of the 2013 Ridiculous Ashes, which features discussions on the baggilessness of Australian helmets, Jonathan Trott’s sideways wicket celebration and the Summer of Bell. Special thanks to @LinuxLea on Twitter for helping us access DVDs of this series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Alex and Dan zoom up to Old Trafford for the third Test of the 2013 Ridiculous Ashes, where they celebrate the return of David Warner, Alastair Cook’s easy listening captaincy, belated time Snicko and Stuart Broad walking. Special thanks to @LinuxLea on Twitter for helping us access DVDs of this series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more