
Always Look on the Bright Cider Life - The Somerset Cricket Podcast
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Ep 18Go Gloucester !
Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to mull over the loss to Gloucestershire, look ahead to the trip to Grace Road and discuss what can be done to get Tom Lammonby back into form

Ep 17It's Only a Fiver a Month
Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to celebrate the win over Middlesex, look ahead to the Gloucester game, and be thankful that the points deduction is now firmly in the rear view mirror

Ep 16I'm Sure He's A Very Good Cook As Well
Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to discuss who should open the batting with Tom Lammonby, who Tom Lammonby's opening partner should be, and who the best opener at the club is, apart from Tom Lammonby.

Ep 15Crack Cocaine Tofu Cricket
Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to chat about the recently released white-ball fixtures, Jack Leach's performance in Chennai and the guilty pleasures of the Abu Dhabi T10.

Ep 14Happy Birthday Tres
Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock and Dan Kingdom to chat about the County Championship fixtures for next year, how we can get more fans through the gate at Somerset than the Hundred, and the perils of taking small children into hospitality boxes.

Ep 13He's Too Nice To Be An Estate Agent
Ian Shepherd, Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom chat about the signing of Marchant De Lange, the format of next year's County Championship and Tom Abell's plans for life after cricket.

Ep 12The Golden Apples
Ian Shepherd, Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson look back at the season and reveal their nominations for the coveted 'Golden Apples 2020'

Ep 11Bitesize - Bob Willis Trophy Final - Day 5
Ian Shepherd, Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom take a look back at Day 5 of the Bob Willis Trophy Final, which saw Essex lift the trophy by virtue of showing no interest whatsoever in actually winning the game.

Ep 10Bitesize - Bob Willis Trophy Final - Day 4
Ian Shepherd, Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom take a look back at Day 4 of the Bob Willis Trophy Final, which saw Tom Lammonby score a majestic 116, before a fightback from the Essex bowlers reduced Somerset to 227/7 at stumps, a lead of 191 going into the final day.

Ep 9Bitesize - Bob Willis Trophy Final - Day 3
Ian Shepherd, Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom take a look back at Day 3 of the Bob Willis Trophy Final, which saw Alastair Cook score a sublime 172 before a final session fightback from the Somerset bowlers reduced Essex to 271/6 at stumps.

Ep 8Bitesize - Bob Willis Trophy Final - Day 2
Ian Shepherd, Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom take a look back at the second day's play in the Bob Willis Trophy Final, which saw Eddie Byrom score his maiden competitive hundred for Somerset.

Ep 7Bitesize - Bob Willis Trophy Final - Day 1
Ian Shepherd, Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom take a look back at the first day's play in the Bob Willis Trophy Final

Ep 6Coming Back Stronger
Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom to mull over the exit from the Vitality Blast at the hands of Gl***********re, the highs and lows of the campaign as a whole, and of course, preview the Bob Willis Trophy Final

Ep 5Steve Davies's Hypothetical Broken Finger
Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom to take a look back the past weeks T20 games, some calculations on what we need to do to qualify, and who on earth keeps wicket in the Bob Willis Trophy final if Steve Davies does himself a mischief ?

Ep 4The Lammonby Twins
Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock and Dan Kingdom to take a look back at the incredible Bob Willis Trophy win against Worcestershire, a look ahead to the next batch of Blast games, and discuss which players we'd like to see at Taunton in 2021.

Ep 3Roelof van der Merwe doing Roelof van der Merwe Things
Ian Shepherd & Anthony Gibson look back at the first batch of Vitality Blast games, preview the must-win Bob Willis Trophy match against Worcs and discuss their mutual love of Roelof van der Merwe.

Ep 2The Weather Gods Have Finally Smiled On Us
Ian Shepherd & Dan Kingdom breathe a collective sigh of relief as the weather finally allows us to win a game of cricket, preview the Vitality Blast, and discuss whether the Hundred is a bad idea or a catastrophically terrible one.

Ep 1Episode 1 - None of the Flats are on AirBNB
Ian Shepherd & Steve Tancock review the opening 3 games of the Bob Willis Trophy, the 2019 season and Ben Warren winding up that lot from Bristol on Twitter.
Preview - Marcus Trescothick Q&A
Our first proper episode will be out in April, but in the meantime, here's a Q&A with Marcus Trescothick that our very own Ian Shepherd hosted last season.