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Ian Shepherd is joined by Somerset CCC Chair Sir Michael Barber to chat about the successful 2025 season on the field, the to-ing and fro-ing with the schedule proposals off the field, why he fell in love with the greatest cricket club on planet Earth...

Ian Shepherd, Dan Kingdom, Harry Everett & Matt Kingdom get together to give their nominations for the coveted 'Golden Apples'

Ian Shepherd, Peter Wanless, Steve Tancock & Anthony Gibson get together to give their nominations for the coveted 'Golden Apples'

Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom, Ben Warren & Anthony Gibson to chat about the final two County Championship games, the signing of Josh Shaw, and discover that playing with the Kookaburra ball might not be such a bad thing after all...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom, Peter Wanless and Anthony Gibson to chat about the recent Russian Incursions into Romanian airspace, The Labour Deputy Leadership Contest, and Great Britain's progress in the Davis Cup...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Harry Everett and Peter Wanless to reflect on the most extraordinary performance from Sean Dickson in the nail-biting 1/4 Final win over the Bears, sympathise with the visiting fans (not the ones who got lary and chucked out though) who miss out on a home finals day for the 5th year in a row, and speculate about the politics of sharing a hospitality box with the Lancashire committee...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Peter Wanless and Anthony Gibson to chat about a disappointing end to an otherwise excellent ALOTBCLMBODC campaign, look ahead to crunch games in the Vitality Blast and County Championship, and discuss the character of people who use phrases like "cross-pollination" in everyday life...

Ian Shepherd and Dan Kingdom chat about the latest batch of Metro Bank fixtures, try to make sense of the selection policy, and do this all while Shep struggles with a crippling bout of man-flu...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock and Anthony Gibson to chat about a positive start to the ALOTBCLMBODC for Somerset under James Rew, discuss brother Thomas's start to his 50 over career, and empathise with the many selection dilemmas faced by the powers that be...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Ben Warren & Anthony Gibson to look back at the thrill a minute Championship match at Trent Bridge, look ahead to James Rew taking the reins in the ALOTBCLMBODC, and do their best not to panic at the state of the seam bowling department following the imminent departures of Aldridge, Davey and Green...