
S1E30 - 30. Facing Shoaib Akhtar at 150kph, Cricket Gear, and Change-Room Filth
Published: January 24, 2026
Duration: 45:43
This episode of All Over Bar the Cricket is driven by your questions and nothing is off limits.
James Brayshaw, Greg Blewitt and Matthew Hayden take questions from fans and turn them on each other, covering everything from what it really feels like to face 150–160kph fast bowling, to the most confronting change-room hygiene stories of their careers.
Hayden and Blewitt break down facing Shoaib Akhtar at full speed, why the jump from 140 to 150 isn’t incremental and what happens when technique disappears and survival takes over.
The boys also lift...