Ashley Giles
speaker
1,055 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 22 May
Ashley Giles’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Can a man in his 40s, showbiz age 27, pick up a bat and learn village cricket from scratch?
I arrive at Sharky's, the shark tank, and I'm bundled into the car.
Four blokes and three comically oversized cricket bags somehow defy ergonomic science and are crammed into a Nissan Qashqai as we snake through the narrow country roads outside Bishop's Dorkford.
We pull into the car park and straight into a hallmark card vision of village cricket.
A thatched pavilion watches over the ground like a retired old pro.
This chocolate box outpost has hosted games since the 1880s.
Thick, towering oak trees, ancient by even village cricket standards, stand between the boundary rope and the players' cars.
These natural guardians of the windscreens have stood tall since before the First World War.
I glance at the parked cars on show and think they look dangerously close to the boundary.
I hope that Tesla is fully comped.
I know I'll be slogging absolutely everything in sight.
Our entire squad somehow squeezes into a changing room that resembles a converted airing cupboard.
The team talk lasts approximately nine seconds.
Oh my god, is that the death we've got talking about here?
My heart rate goes up.
This is it.
My first competitive village game.
It's time for this Tendulkar Nepo baby to finally prove his worth.
Low level panic sets in.
I feel like I'm eight years old again.
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