Published by The How's Statters
Hello and welcome to How's Stat, the nostalgic cricket trivia podcast. Join us each month to try your hand at the various cricketing quizzes focusing on stats, characters and a certain West Indian allrounder.
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The purest form of the game is back, as we head into game three of the test series. The series between Lee and Dave is tantalisingly poised at 1-1 as Gary poses the questions, with some textbook literary cricket puns. Rounds include: Grapes of Gough 1984-runs Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Ashwell Prince Slip Catcher in the Rye As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments, or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
40 min
After Lee's coaching exploits with the Brazil Cricket Women's team in Rwanda, we're back with a quick T20 to warm us up for some Test action. Hear from Lee as he talks through the tournament and what it's like to coach in a Super Over. Dave, with a gravelly/patch voice, is in the chair as Gary and Lee compete in the short form of the game. Dave would like to apologise to Lee publicly for getting a question completely wrong; see if you can spot which one. Rounds are: Gladstone Small Talk Different Stokes for different Foakes Morne Sporcle As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
42 min
For this pod we welcome another guest, this time it's social media star, club cricketer and Rob Key fan Liam Clarke (@liambeforewicket). He is up against Gary in this four-round How's Stat special with our usual focus on international cricket, despite Liam's love for county. Will the upstart Liam manage to unsettle the wily Gary? Rounds include: Hot to Jonathan Trot Who Aatif Na-Waz that? Will Jacks to the Future You can find Liam on all social media platforms on @liambeforewicket As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com. To find out more about the Clean Bowled Pod, head over to their Instagram page We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
42 min
We're back with a very special guest, as TMS Commentator, comedian and cricket nut Aatif Nawaz joins Lee and Dave on the pod. Lee is the question master as Dave tries to out-trivia one of the best in the game. Will Aatif's years of commentating on the beautiful game pay off? Listen to find out! Rounds include: You don't Rothesay: it's the County Championship That's a Laura, Laura wickets and runs. More reasons to shop at Danny Morrisons You can find Aatif on Instagram at @cricketwithAatif or @aatifnawaz. As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'.We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
46 min
We're back with a pod-off as Sab and Kieron from the Clean Bowled podcast join us. Fresh from South Africa beating India in the T20 World Cup, the boys test their cricket knowledge against regular How's Statter Gary, with Dave asking the questions (Lee was stuck coaching cricket in Brazil, of course). How will the new pod get on? The round names are: Round 1 - How's Stat Round 2 - Sach-In the ball park Round 3 - Revenge of the Smith Round 4 - The Everton Week-est Link As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . To find out more about the Clean Bowled Pod, head over to their Instagram page Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
21 min
Gary is back in the question chair, as we fire out another meaningless T20 encounter. Three rounds of mainly test-match trivia and some word play await our avid listeners. The round names are: Round 1 - Holding out for a hero Round 2 - No block-busters Round 3 - Scrambled Singles As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
54 min
Test cricket is back, baby! We return to the purest form of cricket in the second test between Lee and Dave. Gary has set a fiendish quiz with a culinary theme, but will Dave go two-up in the series, or will Lee level it up? Also, look out for our most ridiculous round name yet...talking of which. The round names are: Round 1 - How's Stat Round 2 - Chicken Aravinda-loo De Silva Round 3 - Buffet Bowling Round 4 - Curtly Ambrosia Devon Malcolm Clive Rice Pudding Round 5- Alistair Can't Cook Won't Cook As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
34 min
We're back in our PJ's again as Dave sets a frankly ridiculous T20 quiz. We plumb new depths with some absurd rounds, which will most likely be consigned to the annals of history. Will Lee or Gary come out on top in this spicy T20 encounter? The round names are: Round 1 - T20 Questions Round 2 - Quinton De Kock-Busters Round 3 - Spelling Brett Lee As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
52 min
We're back with some proper cricket quizzing this time, as the new test series starts in earnest. Gary has delivered five full days of questions (none of this two-day malarkey), as Lee and Dave face-off in this vital first test. This matchup has a music theme, with some of the most tenuous - and longest - round names we've had. We hope you enjoy. The round names are: Round 2 - Nick Knight's in white Satin Round 3 - We made our love at Newlands, through the Matthew Wade Round 4 - Itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot Ntini Round 5 - Hooper Freak, Hooper Freak, he's Hooper Freaky. As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
20 min
We kick off this year with our shorter quiz format, which revisits the most recent Ashes series. Whilst it might induce mild PTSD in English listeners, Dave and Gary take on Lee's twenty-point challenge, with the usual array of incompetence, punning and mirth. We hope you play along and let us know how you go! The round names are: Round 1 - They're still Gabbering on with the same old nonsense Round 2 - Head and Shoulders Round 3 - You Bet-hell As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
39 min
Ho, ho, ho! Welcome to the How's Stat Christmas special. As Lee and Gary are on the travels, Lee has put together a quiz themed around the twelve days of Christmas, but recorded purely via the medium of Whatsapp notes. Gary and Dave did not listen to each others answers...see how it turned out! The round names are: Twelve Daniel Bell-Drummonds Drumming Eleven Who Sponsors the Piping on International Cricket Shirts Ten Batters at Lords are Leaping Nine Ladies Dancing Eight Bowlers are bowing Maidens the Batters are Failing to Milk Any Runs Seven Graeme Swann’s are Quitting Six Geese are Laying Five Gold Rings Four Bad Calling Leads to Run Outs Some Probably Given by Dickie Birds Three Bruce French Hens Two Turtle Doves (The Tortoise of the Sea) And a Partridge in I’d Rather be a Bear Than a Pear Tree As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
1 hr 18 min
In a first for How's Stat, Dave and Gary take on two guests in a head-to-head format. As it's Ashes season, we welcome two ardent Ozzies and veterans of the European Cricket League commentary box Andrew Ryan and Vinny 'Mr Maximo' Sandhu. Each team has come armed with three rounds of 10. Who will win out in this, the real Ashes (Quiz)? Round names include: - Media-ocre - Waugh, huh! What are they good for? - Unskilled immigration - Outside sledge - David Gravy -train Tune in to this bumper pod to see takes home Ashes bragging rights! As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
12 min
In this mini-pod, we hear about Lee's cricketing adventures from Cyprus to Nepal (where he joins us from). We hear about how cricket is developing in Nepal, particularly with women and girls. No pod would be complete without a quiz, so Dave tries to name the top 10 from the Guardian's top 100 Ashes heroes. As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
1 hr 1 min
For this special podcast, we welcome Jonny, Ivan and Lawrie from the Pads and Pints podcast. They take on Lee in an every man for themself battle in the test arena. Will Lee keep his trivia crown or is there a new badger in the sett? The rounds are: 1) How's Stat (Name the player, with a link) 2) We need to talk about Kevin (Which first names have had multiple english test players in the 2000s) 3) I'm sorry I've gone for a few (Name the bowler from the expensive spell, sent in by listener Will Reynolds) 4) This quiz Khan't last forever (Name the sides when England hosted Pakistan at the Oval in 1996) As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . You can find more about Pads and Pints on their instagram and YouTube channels. Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
30 min
We're back with the finale of this mini T20 series, as Gary takes over the questions, with Lee and Dave battling out for victory. Please note that this was recorded before the passing of Dickie Bird. The rounds are: 1) Can't hit off the celebrity square (Name the batters with 9,000 test runs but less than 50 strike rate) 2) Done a stretch of Dickie Bird (Guess the cricketer from the clue and their crime) 3) Nothing in this game for two in a Bedser (Match the player with the most test wicket for their country from their stats) As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
24 min
The T20 quiz action keeps coming; this time, Dave poses the questions with an Oasis theme. Will Lee or Gary end up with the victors in this pun-heavy episode? The rounds are: 1) ShakerLaker (Guess the spinner from the rhyming clue) 2) Shiv Forever (Name the 2nd-highest male test run-scorer from each nation) 3) Don't look back in Upul Tharanga (Name non-English male ODI players who made their debut as close to 2005 as possible, but not before) 4) An impromptu Champagne Super-Over (How many ODI runs did Upul Tharanga get?) As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
23 min
After the tense fifth test, things are a little more relaxed as the pod returns to a T20 format. Lee is in the chair, as Gary takes on Dave with a frankly ridiculous opening encounter, followed by two excellent pun-based rounds. The rounds are: 1) Different Gravy (Can you name Antiguan legend Gravy's most used fancy dress outfits?) 2) Mock the Everton Weekes (Who has scored three or more consecutive test hundreds?) 3) I can't believe it's not Buttler (Name England's top T20i cap holders) In a first for the podcast, we're giving away a cricket prize! Listen to the pod to find out how you could get your hands on a signed copy of "Cricket Kidz and the Magic Cricket ball", signed by author Ben Rispin. You will need our email below. As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Instagram: @hows_stat_pod Bluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!
46 min
It's finally here! After weeks of anticipation, the thrilling climax of the test series between Dave and Gary has dropped. Question-master Lee sets some fiendish rounds from the 2020's with the usual high-quality puns. Who will win out and claim this historic test series? We don't want to reveal any spoilers, but let's just say, it goes down to the wire... After our regular How's Stat opener, the rounds are: 1) Strike rate it lucky (Who has the best strike rate for test bats with over 5,000 runs) 2) Through the Rob Key-hole (Name the cricketer from the description of their childhood) 3) Shivnarine Chander-RuPaul's Drag Race (Which test batters have more than 30 test 100s?) 4) First World Problems (Can you recall the XI's from the first World Test Championship final played between New Zealand and India?) As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Please follow up on our social channels: Instagram/Threads - @Hows_that_pod Blue Sky - @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please subscribe, rate, and review on your favourite podcast platform. Thanks for listening!
39 min
In this special episode, we welcome Theo Laycock-Van Spyk from football trivia podcast Career We Go to join us for a mix of cricketing questions. Lee is in the chair as question master as Theo takes on regular podders Gary and Dave. After our regular How's Stat opener, the rounds are: 1) Career We go (Guess the cricketer from their career path) 2) Crystal Maize-based snack (Guess the Hundred franchise from their sponsor) 3) Official Mast-not (Name the XI's from the 2015 ODI World Cup final) If you haven't already, please give Career We Go a listen and follow on social media (@CareerWeGo) As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello on howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Please follow up on our social channels: Instagram/Threads - @Hows_that_pod Blue Sky - @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please subscribe, rate and review on your favourite podcast platform. Thanks for listening!
25 min
As people can't get enough of T20, we've got another short-form episode for your listening pleasure. Dave is the question-master as Lee and Gary take on each other in this highly competitive bilateral white-ball encounter. The three rounds are: 1) Broad Game (Who can come up with the Test Match cricketer whose surname has the highest scrabble score) 2) A Stirling effort (Name the player with the most t20 appearances from given countries) 3) A word of Shane Warne-ing (Who can name the top 10 leading ODI wicket takers without dropping points). As always we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello on howsstatpod@gmail.com . Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here : the 10% discount code is 'stat'. We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game here Please follow up on our social channels: Instagram/Threads - @Hows_that_pod Blue Sky - @hows-stat-pod.bsky.social Please subscribe, rate and review on your favourite podcast platform. Thanks for listening!