Untenable
6/3/20261 hr 10 min
Is the IPL, the biggest franchise tournament in World Cricket, becoming boring, predictable, too batter friendly and in need of a shakeup?
Plus a lookahead to the 1st Mens Test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s - can England bounce back from their Ashes defeat?
The return of ‘General Cricketing Sadness’, A.I. Slop, a very ‘high concept’ quiz from Mattchin and why ‘Untenable’ might be word of the summer.
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First 90 secondsGreg James· Host0:00
Hello. My guests today are the esteemed cricketer, Jimmy Anderson; musician, Felix White; and shoe salesman, Matt Centeio. I'm Kirsty Young, and welcome to Young Again- [guitar strums] ... AKA Tailenders.
Felix White· Host0:14
Oh.
Jimmy Anderson· Host0:15
[guitar strums] Thank you for having us- Hey ... on Young Again, AKA Tailenders.
Greg James· Host0:17
Mm. Never not young, I'd say, this podcast. [guitar strums] Uh, this is G-Force Greg James, and we're live in the same room- That's quite nice, isn't it? ... together.
Felix White· Host0:26
[guitar strums] Reunited.
Jimmy Anderson· Host0:29
So weird seeing everyone.
Felix White· Host0:31
Is it? Are you finding it weird, Jim?
Jimmy Anderson· Host0:33
All the pixels involved.
Felix White· Host0:34
Yeah.
Greg James· Host0:34
Mm. It is nice to see everyone in HD. But it does feel weird, doesn't it?
Jimmy Anderson· Host0:39
Mm.
Greg James· Host0:40
Being reanimated.
Felix White· Host0:41
Like lockdown.
Greg James· Host0:41
Do you think we still get on in real life, or are we just online friends?
Felix White· Host0:45
Oh, I th- oh, God. But that's a big question about life. I think we do.
Jimmy Anderson· Host0:48
Mm.
Felix White· Host0:48
I have that all the time though. Don't you have that where, like, your real friends are just now digital typing?
Greg James· Host0:53
Yeah.
Jimmy Anderson· Host0:53
Mm.
Felix White· Host0:54
Do you have that?
Jimmy Anderson· Host0:54
Weird.
Felix White· Host0:55
When you think, oh, my God, you're just, you're just words on a screen now.
Jimmy Anderson· Host0:58
Matt's nose is smaller in real life.
Felix White· Host1:00
No, Matt's nose is looking quite good, I think.
Jimmy Anderson· Host1:02
Yeah, smaller in real life is what I was saying.
Felix White· Host1:03
Oh, okay. Yeah.
Jimmy Anderson· Host1:04
It was a compliment.
Greg James· Host1:04
Well, the camera is sort of fish eye, isn't it, on Zoom?
Jimmy Anderson· Host1:07
Yeah.
Greg James· Host1:08
So it is mainly- Oh, so it extends ... mainly nose. [laughs] [laughs] It's a nose gu- it's nose eye. So here we are. Look- Go, Oties ... we've got, it's- Go, Oties ... a couple of weeks away from the Women's T20 World Cup.
Felix White· Host1:21
Oh, is it?
Greg James· Host1:22
It is a few days away- Come on, NZ ... from the men's England, New Zealand series.
Felix White· Host1:27
Buzzing.
Greg James· Host1:27
We wanna talk about the IPL