Always Look on the Bright Cider Life - The Somerset Cricket Podcast

Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom, Anthony Gibson & Chris Lintott to chat about the incredible T20 win over Lancashire, look ahead to the resumption of the County Championship, and say a collective "we told you so" to the England selectors about Craig Overton...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom, Anthony Gibson & Peter Wanless to look ahead to the Blast QF against Lancs, pick over the bones of the H*ndred, and what we'd do to minimise it's impact in the years to come...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to review the RLODC campaign, celebrate Tom Abell's return to fitness and react to the breaking news of Azhar Ali re-signing

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to chat about the wheels coming off in the RLODC, Lewis Goldsworthy's 2 incredible knocks, and who the 3rd member of the ALOTBCL Only Connect team could be...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to chat about Sunday's win over Yorkshire, the washout at Wellbeck Colliery and what Anthony's custom made commentary pod might look like...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom, Anthony Gibson & Ben Warren to chat about Somerset's perfect start to defending the RLODC, how we feel about the recently released Division 1 fixtures, and we find out just how many groupies a BBC County Cricket Commentator really gets...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to marvel over Tom Lammonby's incredible return to form, look ahead to the RLODC, and try to work out what colour Somerset's caps should be...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom and Anthony Gibson to chat about the draw at the Oval which secured our status in Division One of the County Championship, a look ahead to the final Blast group games, and why the old Natwest Trophy reached parts the H*ndred never will...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to chat about the bore draw against Leicestershire, finally beating Gloucester at Bristol in a T20, and what could have been done to avoid Craig and Lewis being kidnapped by England mid-way through a match

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Anthony Gibson and Peter Wanless to chat about the mixed performances in the latest batch of T20s, the current fixture pile-up and it's effect on how we manage the sides, and whether the Essex Committee room bears any resemblance to an episode of TOWIE...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to chat about the fantastic win over Surrey at the Oval, where Devon Conway will fit into the side, and what Marchant de Lange may or may not have been getting up to with a modified toothbrush

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom to chat about the first 3 matches in this years Vitality Blast, how we think the side should be rotated throughout the competition, and how much we're all looking forward to voting Tractor onto the Somerset CCC Board of Directors

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom and Anthony Gibson to look back at finally being able to get to Taunton to watch some live cricket, pick their teams for the T20 Blast, and settle the Wyvern v Dragon debate once and for all...

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to look forward to finally returning to the County Ground for the visit of Hampshire, a review of Western Storms opening games in the RHFT and whether Dominic Cummings is ideally suited for a job at the ECB

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock & Dan Kingdom to chat about another rain-ruined County Championship game, Tom Abell's first hundred of the season, and how nice it is to finally be back watching some live cricket.

Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to chat about the rain-ruined game against Surrey, look ahead to the Gloucestershire game (which we will all be attending !) and why Simon Harmer's 9fer is unlikely to draw the attention of the ECB

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to chat about the last-gasp win over Hampshire, look forward to Overton v Overton on Thursday, and how Steve Davies and Lewis Gregory love it when a plan comes together

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to discuss another nail-biting win over Middlesex, a brilliant debut performance from Lewis Goldsworthy, and look ahead to Thursday's game against Hampshire

Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Dan Kingdom & Anthony Gibson to discuss Tom Lammonby's return to form, possible squad rotations for the Middlesex game, and the bittersweet feeling of visiting an empty Cooper Associates County Ground.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 ?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.