The Ridiculous Ashes Podcast
Dan Liebke and Alex Bowden examining historical Ashes series to find out which nation is the more ridiculous at cricket, England or Australia
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December 14, 2025 • 44 mins
With the 2019 Ridiculous Ashes already decided, Alex and Dan head to The Oval, where they must deal with such absurdities as a Mitchell Marsh five-fer, tricksy Jonny Bairstow wicketkeeping, and, yes, you guessed it, yet more nonsense from Steve Smith.
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December 7, 2025 • 42 mins
To Old Trafford for the fourth Test, where Alex and Dan are blown away by the wind, bemused by Ben Stokes' celebrations and fed up with the relentless antics of Steve Smith. We are England Cricket.
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November 30, 2025 • 42 mins
As with the 1981 Ridiculous Ashes, Alex and Dan are once again 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 dreadful half-centuries, clumsy, pleading hands, and the many innings moods of Ben Stokes.
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November 23, 2025 • 35 mins
The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes heads to Lord's for Jofra Archer's helmet-clattering arrival in Test cricket. After shaking off the concussive symptoms of that, we also discuss a myriad of leave variations, as well as overly literal interpretations of like-for-like substitutions.
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November 16, 2025 • 38 mins
The Ridiculous Ashes podcast returns with the 2019 Ashes. First up, it’s Fortress Edgbaston, where Alex and Dan discuss nefarious handshake schemes, Moeen Ali's willingness to leave and the improbable rejection of a Steve Waugh game plan.
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September 25, 2025 • 57 mins
We're back!
Fresh off having written a book (The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments (of the past 50 years)), here's a glimpse of what we've learned in the process. It's the most ridiculous Ashes captains of the last half-century (alas, mostly the men. Ladies, lift your ridiculous game!)
In this one-off episode, we discuss asterisked ridiculousness density, our disdain for weak T, and the platonic ideal of Australian Ashes captainc...
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December 23, 2023 • 47 mins
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.
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December 19, 2023 • 46 mins
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.
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December 12, 2023 • 34 mins
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.
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December 5, 2023 • 42 mins
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.
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November 28, 2023 • 34 mins
Alex and Dan wander over to Lord's for the second Test of the 1981 Ridiculous Ashes, where they delight in the startling entrance to the series of Ray Bright. After recovering from that, they also muse upon inaccurate descriptions of inches and whether cricket players should be treated like toast.
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November 21, 2023 • 35 mins
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.
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March 12, 2023 • 3 mins
A desperate plea for your help so that we don't come last in the Sports Podcast Awards.
Vote for us in the Best Cricket Podcast category via liebcricket.com/votecricket
More plausibly, vote for us in the Best Sports Comedy Podcast category via liebcricket.com/votefunny
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January 19, 2023 • 55 mins
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...
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October 30, 2022 • 37 mins
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.
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October 23, 2022 • 34 mins
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.
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October 16, 2022 • 33 mins
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.
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October 9, 2022 • 40 mins
Alex and Dan head to Lord’s for the second Test of the 2013 Ridiculous Ashes. While there, they discuss the birth of Root Maths, Graeme Swann instigating the ‘worst piece of cricket in Test history’ and decisions that suck ass #bullshit.
Geoff Lemon’s ‘Hey Watson’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNDElnx3hus
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October 2, 2022 • 47 mins
The Ridiculous Ashes podcast returns with the 2013 Ashes. First up, it’s Trent Bridge, the showdown of two of the most ridiculous moments in Ashes history - Ashton Agar’s 98 and Stuart Broad not walking. A colossal match-up so absurd we need Pat Cummins to drop in and help us sort it out. Which he does.
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December 14, 2021 • 41 mins
Over to The Oval for the fifth and final Test of the 2009 Ridiculous Ashes. With the series locked 1-1, we are introduced to Jimmy Anderson’s first Test duck, Jonathan Trott’s first Test century and the enigmatic figure known only as Simon Katiche.
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