Hit Middle Halfway Up: Recent Episodes
Jake Staples
Some average cricketers speaking about a sport they love, sharing opinions and thoughts with plenty of banter but no abuse.
Hope everyone had a good weekend of cricket and the rain didn't impact it too much, here is some Monday Morning chat about the cricketing news this week
The hundred has started and we on the podcast are all for it. Been a very good start to the campaign and we look forward to see who wins the overall tournament.
Big shoutout to Glyn Clements for another superb not out knock to help win the 4s the game.
Thanks
With the news of a covid outbreak in the England team the whole squad had to change, giving opportunity to some youngsters to shine and showcase the depth in talent we possess.
Have a go at the quiz as well and play along at home and if you beat Jake's score you will win a grand prize
Another superb week of cricket for England with the ODI squad 2-0 win and Anderson 1000th wicket.
Alex Harper also showed that playing village cricket is fun and delved into his game and a special mention to Glyn Clements for his first fifty of the year.
Cricket is the winner
England Men showcase their skills with the white ball once again with a comprehensive series win over Sri Lanka in 20 over cricket and the England Women start off with a victory against India in their ODI series.
Let us know how you got on over the weekend on the Hit Middle Halfway Up instagram.
Play well
This week we discussed the one off test match with India with the hope for more games to be played and potentially longer games, and the WTC and the development of it.
T20 games on this week hopefully England can do well and showcase why we are number 1.
Enjoy
On the second episode of week we look at the t20 blast and what England players in the series against Sri Lanka have done well. The England Women are also playing a test match against India and performing well which we also look at how they are doing.
This was recorded on Thursday and the start of the bi-weekly episodes we hope you enjoy
After a week break we are back with an episode focusing on England's woeful performances. This is the start of the new project of two episodes weekly as the amount of cricket starts to ramp up with the blast starting an more and more international cricket being played.
Thanks for listening and don't miss straight ones
In this weeks episode we discuss the changes of the England squad due to Foakes' injury which may have opened the door for Billings or Bracey all was discussed. Also we go into the county champs looking at every game and the importance of having a performing overseas.
Thank you for listening and if you play well over the weekend send us what you've done and we can give you a little shoutout
10 episodes of the pod thanks all who listen, today we our joined by James Stevens again to discuss the England team selection and who we are looking forward to see playing in an England shirt.
Sorry for the connection issues we had with this episode it is a pain having uni wifi but hope you all enjoy.
Stay safe and don't miss straight ones
This week not much cricket was played mainly due to rain in May, however we discuss the key performers of the week with a few hundreds as well. We also look at BJ Waitlings recent retirement and how important the role of wicketkeeper-batsmen is in the modern era.
Thank you for listening and stay safe
Today we talk about the county championship, with the new format we are halfway through the group stage so we look back at the 5 games gone. Thanks again for the support, please follow and share it with your friends who may be interested in having a listen.
Stay safe, don't drop catches or miss straight ones
This week we thank you all for hitting 100 streams for our podcast. We will go through Alex's games of the week and have a look at some of the good English performances in this years IPL.
Thank you all for listening stay safe
This week we have another guest in James Stevens, a good friend discussing his team for the New Zealand series and the look ahead to the India series and Ashes. We also talk a bit about university cricket and what that is like.
Hope you all enjoy and if you are a Wokingham lad, cheers for the stream.
Play well and don't miss straight ones
On todays' episode we are delighted to announce our first guest Lewis Sharp and be able to talk to him about Australia, home counties prem debut and Point Cricket Coaching his own coaching brand. Alex also picks out 3 games from the county championship to discuss and all in all a very good episode.
Drop us a follow on Instagram @hitmiddlehalfwayup and drop Lewis a follow on his coaching page @pointcricketcoaching
Stay safe and don't miss straight ones
This week we discuss the start of the county championship, who has done well and maybe looking to get back into the England squad and what the England players had done... a clue, not much.
On today's episode we are discussing the best England team of the 2000s and the 2010s, we also discuss the future of test cricket and a few solutions. Please drop us a follow if you are new and enjoy the content we are new at this all and trying to improve each week and would love your support. Happy Easter and remember to not miss them in front of middle. J&A
First episode of the cricket podcast hosted by Jake Staples and Alex Harper, discussing the T20 and Test series against India and the summer of cricket ahead. We hope you enjoy and if you do give us a follow on Instagram, @jake__staples and @a.harper02
We will be uploading weekly, hope you enjoy.