back to the pavilion by Huw Lloyd

Join me as I welcome former Lancashire, Surrey and Nottinghamshire slow left arm bowler Gary Keedy Back to the Pavilion.

Part of the Gloucestershire white ball dynasty, Jon Lewis won all there was to win in white ball cricket before moving to Surrey and finishing his career on the South coast with Sussex.

Tom played all his life for Derbyshire, before one fateful day when a car crash caused him to lose his career and the life of his father. Since then he has reinvented himself in business and has gone from strength to strength.

He played over 140 games for South Australia, Queensland and Lancashire, plus many more for Italy before retiring from the pro game in 2001. He has gone on to have a successful career in coaching plus playing to 1000s of people up and down the country in many bands. So join me as I welcome Joe Scuderi Back to the Pavilion.

Charlie made appearances for both Warwickshire and Worcestershire before being released and him finding a career in professional rugby, before moving onto recruitment and then finding his passion in career development and transition. He now works for the PCA as a Personal Development Manager, helping cricketers to progress in their lives and careers.

He represented Leicestershire and Northants as a fast bowler before a back injury ended his career. He made one T20 appearance at a rainy Trent Bridge in a match against Nottinghamshire, but is was the final of the Blast competition and he took a screamer of a catch in it too. Since then he has gone on to forge a successful career in media and marketing and has kept his love for the game. To find out about all this and more join me as we welcome Ryan Cummins Back to the Pavilion.

Join me as we welcome Essex and England left arm seam bowler Mark Ilott Back to the Pavilion. Hear about his transition from player to teacher and everything in between!

Join me as I welcome former Somerset, Unicorns and Derbyshire All Rounder Wes Durston Back to the Pavilion. His career spanned 350 matches, over 10,000 runs and over 230 wickets and trophies wherever he went. Since then he has coached at all levels from schools to elite level, has become an author and also created resources to engage children in sports.

He played for Leicestershire, Glamorgan and Somerset, before leaving the game in 2017, he has returned now to his native Australia where he has coached at many levels from school to elite and also has his own business interests and is involved in promoting community projects through sport. So join me as we welcome Jim Allenby Back to the Pavilion.

Tony Cottey played for two counties winning County Championships with both plus one day titles too. He batted with some of the greats of the game and and played in two amazing sides before he retired. Before he did that though he also had a career as a professional footballer. After that however he has lead a varied and successful life in everything he has done, written a book and is now moving into his own business with his partner. He is fascinating and brilliantly funny, I hope you enjoy hearing his story.

He played for Leicestershire and Scotland over 100 times in a career that spanned six years, before being released. Since then he has gone on to forge a successful career in coaching and now holds one of the top jobs in womans domestic cricket. To hear about all this and more join me as we welcome Rob Taylor Back to the Pavilion.

He played for Scotland, England, Yorkshire and Durham, a brilliant bowler and batter and even part time wicketkeeper too. Hear how Gavin Hamilton went from doing all this to working for a Brewing company, the PCA and currently an events company, plus so much more as we welcome him Back to the Pavilion.

We bring up our half century with a player who won four Ashes series, one 50 Over World Cup, one T20 World Cup and was one of the first women's cricketers to gain a central contract. Since then she has done so much to promote the women's game, cricket for girls and the game of cricket in general. listen to her story here as we welcome Lydia Greenway Back to the Pavilion.

He played over 500 game sin his 18 year career for Kent and England, scored over 26,000 runs in the process and lead to Kent to a domestic T20 crown too. Since then he has forged a successful career in the media with Sky Sports and is becoming one of the best around. Join me as I welcome Rob Key Back to the Pavilion to discuss this and so much more.

Kevin "Deaney" Dean played his entire career for Derbyshire, he played for 15 years taking 581 wickets across all formats but when he was released in 2008 he chose to start his own business, continue his love of horse racing and recently even appeared on an episode of ITV's The Chase.

Join me as former Warwickshire and Worestershire all rounder Shaaiq Choudrhy talks life, career and experiences since retiring from the game. See where his passion outside the game has taken him with his career and so much more.

A career than spanned 14 years for Middlesex and England U19s , a great batter and wicket keeper and even better bloke, no one has a bad word to say about Nashy, so join me as we welcome him Back to the Pavilion to talk about his life, career and experiences since hanging up his boots for the last time. Find out what he's been doing since in the business world and as he talks about his first book which comes out on March 22nd and is available to buy from www.bailsandboardrooms.com a brilliant read and wonderfully interesting.

Join me as I welcome former Northants allrounder David Paynter Back to the Pavilion, despite playing only nine professional games, he used the skills and knowledge he gained in those games and his second team games to develop an idea, an idea which has seen him found and develop the fastest growing cricket shoe brand in the world, Payntr shoes, a brand which has now broken into the Indian cricket market and diversified into golf  shoes too. His products are great and his story is even better. His products can be found here www.paynter.com and his story can be found on this podcast. 

He used to bowl fast for Durham, Somerset and Derbyshire before hanging up his boots and setting out in his career post cricket. Now he sells for one of the largest companies in the world to help the NHS treat us all better. Hear about that and so much more as we welcome Mark Turner Back to the Pavilion.

She is the only person to both play in and umpire in a Cricket World Cup, she has spent her life working to develop and enhance the women's game of cricket. Prior to that she played over twenty times for her country along with a distinguished county cricket career too. Join me to hear about this and so much more.

Join me as we welcome former Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and England Batter James Taylor Back to the Pavilion.

From Bowler to Bat Maker, join me as we welcome former Derbyshire bowler Paul Aldred Back to the Pavilion. Here how he started his own bat making business, plus his involvement in disability cricket in Derbyshire.

Join me as i welcome Ian Blackwell Back to the Pavilion, in his playing days he was a hard hitting batter and slow left arm bowler, who played for four counties and England in 24 ODIs and 1 Test Match. He is now climbing the umpiring ladder on his way to officiating international cricket. Listen to his story here.

Join me as I welcome former New Zealand international cricketer Iain O'Brien Back to the Pavilion, he played over 20 tests for the black caps along with several seasons in county cricket. Injury however cut short that career early though, however since then he has gone on to do so much and so many different things too. Join us to find out more.

Happy New Year everyone, join me as we welcome Jason De la Pena Back to the Pavilion. He played for four counties and with some of the biggest names in the game through the 90s, but when he was released by Worcestershire a career in the media beckoned. He is great to listen to and smooth as silk on camera, his stories are brilliant. I hope you enjoy listening. Please get in touch on twitter, tweet me @Lloydzilla, leave me a review or player suggestions to get on the show. 

Mike Selvey come Back to the Pavilion, hear him talk about his life after cricket, his work for the Guardian and media, life as a summariser for TMS, his presidency at Middlesex and so much more. A fascinating listen and and so enjoyable.

Join me as I welcome former Derbyshire, Durham, Nottinghamshire and England Batter John Morris Back to the Pavilion. Hear his life, career and experiences since he retired, his work as an agent and his wine bar amongst so much more. 

Join me as i welcome former Sussex seamer Lewis Hatchett Back to the Pavilion, hear as he talks about his retirement and transition to the real world, his life, career and experiences off the field and find out what he is doing now.

Join me as i talk to former Essex seamer, Don Topley as he talks about his life career and experiences since retiring.

From bowler to physio and so much more, join me as I welcome for Warwickshire and Northants seamer Lee Daggett Back to the Pavilion to discuss his life, career and experiences since hanging up his bowling boots for the last time.

Join me as I welcome Roland Butcher Back to the Pavilion, the first black player to represent England, a superb career with Middlesex, coming back from injury and then his career after cricket, both here and back in his native Caribbean. 

Join me as I welcome former Surrey and MIddlesex cricketer Scott Newman Back to the Pavilion to talk life, career and experiences since he hung up his boots. He shares his views on issues in cricket too and the lack of representation of different communities within cricket. It is well worth a listen and to hear what he has to say.

Join me as I welcome Michael Yardy Back to the Pavilion to talk about his life, career and experiences since retiring from the game of cricket. In the game he won everything there was to win domestically and also the World T20 Championship in 2010 with England, since then he has spoken out about helping players with poor mental health and written a fantastic book about his career. Hear about it all, as we welcome him Back to the Pavilion.

He won everything there was to win as a player in the 90s, part of the all conquering Warwickshire team that dominated domestic cricket, but after that his life changed.

Join me as I welcome 2005 Ashes winning wicketkeeper Geraint Jones Back to the Pavilion, he discusses his life, career and experiences since hanging up his gloves, his time working in a school and becoming a firefighter. We also take 2005 too.

Join former Kent and England captain Chris Cowdrey as we discuss his life career and experiences since retiring from playing cricket, his after dinner speaking, charity work and working with his son and former guest on the podcast Fabian Cowdrey for Cow Corner events.

Welcome to our quarter century century as for our 25th episode we welcome David Lloyd Back to the Pavilion as he talks about umpiring, coaching Lancashire and England and then his time with the BBC and Sky Sports commentating. An absolute joy to listen to and talk to.

Join me as we welcome former England and Surrey captain Adam Hollioake Back to the Pavilion, he was one of the most successful county captains ever, with more medals than Chris Hoy, but since he's finished playing his career has taken a different path. Listen and find out more.

Join me as I talk to a truly inspirational former player in Tatenda Taibu about the end of his playing career and his work since with the church, returning to Zimbabwe and coaching youngsters in the UK.

He's 6 foot 10, he bowled quick and yet despite a bowling average of just 25 in First Class cricket, he was released by Northants and Durham. He's since gone on to become involved in the administration of another sport and obtain his pilots license. Hear all this and more as we welcome Luke Evans back to the Pavilion.

Join me as I talk to England multi format player and global T20 superstar Owais Shah about his life since retiring from playing.

Join former Lancashire, MIddlesex and Northants allrounder Steven Crook as we talk about his career after playing and all the charity work he has completed among many other things.

Join me as i welcome Alan Butcher Back to the Pavilion, the former Surrey and Glamorgan player, Surrey, Essex and Zimbabwe coach talks about his life after playing cricket, his coaching career, his time in Zimbabwe, writing his boo, "The Good Murungu" and being Mark Butcher's dad. Plus a little about his playing career too.

Charlie Hartley played just 11 games for Kent, before being released despite doing well when fit, but injuries blighted him throughout his career. Since then he has forged a career in setting up two businesses himself and watching them flourish. Join me as we listen to his stories and welcome him Back to the Pavilion.

He represented Surrey, Essex and England as a fast bowler, took nearly 500 wickets in his career, but is probably most famous for being 99 not out as a night watchman. But what has Alex Tudor been doing since he retired? Find out as we welcome Alex Tudor Back to the Pavilion.

He started out his career at his home County Derbyshire, before moving to Sussex to become captain where he created a dynasty, winning trophies galore, since then he has coached both at county and national level and has since moved into a different aspect of cricket coaching. Welcome Chris "Grizzly" Adams Back to the Pavilion.

Episode 10 welcomes Worcestershire cult icon Jack Shantry back to the pavilion. He discusses the end of his career and the injury that lead to it, then his move into umpiring and his other interests. We even discuss the opportunity he had to bowl to George Dobell and good friend and journalist and get his own back on George for the fun George poked at him during his career.

Michael Bates, probably the best pure wicketkeeper of his era, won two white ball trophies in two seasons with Hampshire before being released as they felt his batting wasn't up to it, then the same happened to him at Somerset. He has gone on to become a highly regarded coach and coached the women's team to a world cup win and Western Storm to KSL wins too. Hear his stories and thoughts on coaching as we welcome him back to the pavillion.

In this episode we welcome Fabian Cowdrey back to the Pavilion, He talks about his decision to retire from Kent County Cricket club early in his playing career and embark upon a career in business Cow Corner Events, his BBC commentary and also his charity music single Frontline which he has released with his brother Julius. 

Join us for episode 7 of the Back to the Pavilion Podcast where I talk to Matt Machan formerly of Sussex and Scotland who was forced to retire due to a wrist injury at just 26, find out how that affected him and what he is doing now and has been doing since the day he hung up his boots for the last time.

The second part of our extended discussion with England cricket and broadcasting legend David Gower. Hear hi talk about his life in broadcasting, his passion for wildlife and nature and his plans for the future. A real insight into what makes a great broadcaster and cricketer.

England cricket and broadcasting legend David Gower talks about his life away from playing cricket and his start in broadcasting in part one fo this two part Back to the Pavilion Podcast special.

Division Two Championship winner with Derbyshire in 2012, later moved to Leicestershire and played over 150 times for both counties, but in 2015 he retired from playing cricket and forged a new career outside of cricket. Hear him discuss that championship winning moment, as well as what he is doing now and how he got there as we welcome Dan Redfern back to the Pavilion.

In Episode 3 we talk to Luke Sutton, the ex Somerset, Derbyshire and Lancashire wicketkeeper batsmen about his life after cricket, his move into agency for top cricketers and sports people in the country, his battle with mental health and addiction and the book that he wrote all about it after he hung up his gloves for the last time. We also take about his playing career and how that and his own battles with mental health have affected how he works with his talent now he has retired. Luke's book "Back from the Edge" is available from all good book shops and online in the usual places and is in a brilliantly brutal and honest read, I cannot recommend it enough.

In episode 2 we talk to ex Glamorgan batsman Gareth Rees about his life after cricket and his move into the world of insurance and the big differences he encountered transitioning from cricket. We find out how he got into his post cricket career and who his one first class wicket was. 

Episode 1, we talk to England cricket legend Jack Russell about his career after cricket, we chat art and painting Dickie Bird, football and Forest Green Rovers and his advice for current players about their life after cricket.