Great to have you back with us in the Bishop and Bear. It’s raining outside our pub window which can only mean one thing. There’s an England Test Match starting next week AT LORDS against the West Indies in Jimmy’s farewell. We will look forward to that and also briefly back at the World T20. BUT first you may know that the first time the West Indi…

A huge welcome back to the Bishop and Bear. “As strange as it sounds, what I want to be doing right now is playing cricket. Sweating and getting tired at training sessions, the ball hitting my legs and body. But I have a sniper’s rifle in my hands instead of a bat and a grenade instead of a ball”. Those are the words of Ukraniain cricketer and now …

A huge welcome back to the Bishop and Bear. Having just staggered across the finishing line of the IPL marathon, don’t think for a second we have time to put our feet up in the Old B and B. Oh no! The WT20 looms. All 20 teams, 4 groups, 2 countries, nine venues and specially grown and flown drop in pitches of it. So much to talk about with our spec…

Hello and welcome back to the Bishop and Bear. Now who do you think of when you think about a hard man? Vinny Jones, Norman Hunter? Mike Tyson? Nigel Walker? Well, it’s none of those that we are discussing in the old B&B today. We want to focus on Cricket’s Hard Men – the Toughest Characters from the History of Cricket and our guest on the barstool…

Welcome back to the Bishop and Bear. If you fancy a cracking night out, plenty to eat and drink, plus the chance to play some cricket and even face some of the world’s best bowlers, there is a bar you can go to. It’s called Sixes. If you are in the UK, you probably already know it. If you are in the USA, you soon will as they are have already opene…

Welcome back to the Bishop and Bear and today we have a real treat. Many cricket supporters will have recently heard a resounding thud on their door mat (or more likely a tiny tap on the door followed by the rapidly retreating footsteps of an Amazon delivery driver) – because last week saw the launch of the 161st edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ A…

Welcome back to the Bishop and Bear. Most guests in this pub would probably agree that they want cricket to grow and be healthy. They want it to be more diverse, inclusive and attractive to new younger fans. They also, want to watch national teams to play entertaining winning Test cricket and be successful in other formats too. For many of us, that…

Welcome back to the warm embrace (and warm beer) of the Bishop and Bear. The chat this week is very much focused on the IPL as this year’s marathon begins. Who are the runners and riders? Where is the smart money going? Who are the stars and who is missing for each team? What makes the new smart replays smarter than the average replays? Why do Sunr…

A warm welcome once more to the Bishop and Bear. A fabulous if ultimately unsuccessful Test series for England is behind us, but there is plenty to reflect upon. The IPL stretches out before us. No less than 66 days of, well pretty much the same as last year, but it will be fun. As we look back to that enthralling Test series in India, we have two …

Sæll og velkominn til Biskups og Björn I’m not sure you can ever fully trust Google Translate, but that should be Icelandic for “Hello and welcome to the Bishop and Bear”. If you happen to speak fluent Icelandic and it accidentally says something else, I can only apologise. Blame the landlord not the barman. There is a reason we have gone full Icel…

Welcome back to the Bishop and Bear – the internet’s favourite virtual cricket pub (probably). Well, it was a right old battering for England in Rajkot. The young Jazz Whale played all the right notes in exactly the right order and there were way too many bum notes from England against Bumrah and co. The Yorkshire middle order of Root and Bairstow …

Once again, a very warm welcome to the Bishop and Bear. We’re enjoying a little bit of breathing space between the 2nd and 3rd India Tests and the England team are enjoying themselves too with golf and family time in Abu Dhabi. Not Rehan Ahmed though. The lad thinks golf is for old men and he’ll be catching up with a Turkish TV series about the Ott…

Get your Kicks in the Bishop and Bear 66! With due deference to Bobby Troupe who wrote Route 66 (and not a lot of people know that), perhaps not even Joe Root who wears 66 on the back of his shirt of course. What a week for Test Cricket, culminating in its own Super Sunday. Two incredible Tests, two extraordinary results. Three heroes in the form o…

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The Bishop and Bear this week is brought to you in association with Nord VPN - working for a safer and better internet. A Very Happy New Year! We have a great chat for you to start 2024. Let’s face it, you might have a bit of time, especially if you had been planning to watch days 3, 4 and 5 of the Cape Town Test! Special guests seated on our Barst…

Welcome to the Bishop and Bear at Christmas. The perfect time to look back at the year in cricket. Being the friendly sort of boozer that we are, a whole bunch of guests have popped in to toast the season with you and of course your ursine landlord and episcopal barman. As the drink flowed, everyone was more than happy to share their highs and lows…

Welcome once more into warm embrace of the Bishop and Bear. If its hot cricket conversation and convivial company you are after, you are in the right place. India are in South Africa, although Durban seemed a bit more like Durham or Dundee yesterday and the first T20I was rained off. But that does not deter our two guests from delving into the pros…

Bloodied, battered and bruised after the World Cup, to quote Watford’s Life President Elton John, “we’re still standing” and delighted to welcome you back to the old B&B for some relaxing drinking and chatting. And who better to do that with, than our own David (Babbling) Brook? David joining your Ursine Landlord and Episcopal Barman can only mean …

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Percy Fender Memorabilia Auction: Online now here: https://auctions.bhandl.co.uk/lots?term=percy%20fender&categoryCode=SME Live Auction to be held Dec 5th at 10am. Address details below At Guerilla Cricket, we are huge fans of Percy George Herbert Fender. He has a starring role in our theme tune after all. Often presented as a divisive, comical, Be…

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This is the The Guerilla Cricket Podcast and on this episode we have highlights from Game 48, The Final at the ICC Cricket World Cup in India. Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first, in doing so they were able to control the Indian top order, which kept losing wickets at the inopportune moments. Australia lost some early wicket, but thank…

This is the The Guerilla Cricket Podcast and on this episode we have highlights from 2nd semi final at the ICC Cricket World Cup in India. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first, Australia bowled like the champions they are and only Heinrich Klassen and a David Miller century allowed them to claw themselves to 212. Australia went off li…

This is the The Guerilla Cricket Podcast and on this episode we have highlights from the 1st Semi Final at the ICC Cricket World Cup in India. India won the toss and elected to bat first putting on an impressive 397/4, centuries again for Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer. New Zealand chased gamely for the best part of 40 overs before the weight of the …