With new ball in hand, The Duckworth Lewis Method release their eponymous maiden album on Monday, July 6, exquisitely timed to coincide with this summer’s Ashes tour. For the next seven days Times Online readers can listen to the album here exclusively.

Written by Duckworth (Thomas Walsh) and Lewis (Neil Hannon) the album was recorded and mixed in Dublin and mastered just down the road from Lord’s in Abbey Road Studios.

All the songs are either loosely or tightly connected to the beautiful game of cricket, there are no covers, extra covers or cover drives for that matter. These are all wonderfully crafted pop songs for cricket lovers and non-lovers equally to enjoy.

Above is an animated version of Jiggery Pokery, which tells the tale of the ball of the century bowled to Mike Gatting and features guest vocal cameos from Phill Jupitus, Alexander Armstrong and Matt Berry.

"The Duckworth Lewis Method is an album steeped in the love of cricket and pop. The resultant twelve songs are a cacophony of leather and willow turning through a cosmos of searing melodies and all round tunes,” says Duckworth in his post match interview.

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