{"podcast":{"title":"The Cricketer | Podcasts and Interviews","slug":"the-cricketer-podcasts-and-interviews-6937945","podcast_index_feed_id":6937945,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6666ceb9c368870012369f63","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-cricketer-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6666ceb9c368870012369f63/1775733305482-aba54e1c-bd84-41c9-bbcb-26b142835505.jpeg","author":"The Cricketer","episode_count":164,"summary":"The Cricketer Podcast channel is where you will find everything from the latest #AskGeorge to James Coyne's documentary on cricket in America and Huw Turbervill's 'Huw Meets...' series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T04:17:38.835282+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cricketer-podcasts-and-interviews-6937945"},"episode":{"title":"The state school Test cricketer factory","slug":"the-state-school-test-cricketer-factory","published_at":"2026-04-30T15:04:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cricketer-podcasts-and-interviews-6937945/the-state-school-test-cricketer-factory","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cricketer-podcasts-and-interviews-6937945","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-cricketer-podcast/episodes/the-state-school-test-cricketer-factory","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6666ceb9c368870012369f63/e/69f36f64e1fad0f98aec0433/media.mp3","summary":"Strabane Academy have produced four international cricketers for two different nations in recent times… but don't quite know why. They're also the first side through to the national rounds of the new Knight-Stokes Cup for state schools. Former first-class player Niall McDonnell, Strabane's head of PE, joins us to discuss their success and why cricket is \"in the blood\" in their part of Northern Ireland. The Cricketer's schools coverage is brought to you in association with our friends at Durant Sports. To find out more about Durant's design, production, and installation of cricket ground equipment and cricket netting systems for both indoor and outdoor use, visit DurantSports.co.uk Sign up here for just £1 to read the latest school cricket news and much, much more besides: https://shop.thecricketer.com/subscribe/the-cricketer-magazine/digital Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCricketerMag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecricketer/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecricketermag TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thecricketermag Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thecricketer Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thecricketer.com Music by https://www.bensound.com Artist: Marcus P. License code: EEQ0Z7AM6NGGKZJV Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Strabane Academy have produced four international cricketers for two different nations in recent times… but don't quite know why. They're also the first s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1401,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-cricketer-podcasts-and-interviews-6937945/episodes/the-state-school-test-cricketer-factory/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cricketer-podcasts-and-interviews-6937945/the-state-school-test-cricketer-factory.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}