Opening Pair podcast series branding

A short while ago I was approached about some branding for a podcast series. The series is hosted by 2 cricketers who, as the name suggests, used to open the batting together. This is some of the branding which was chosen. Using the initials “O” and “P” I tried to allude to the idea of a cricket bat and ball, while still maintaining the recognisability of the initials. The base typeface used for this was open sans, as it lined up with the brand aesthetic, although I did make some tweaks here and there to make it flow together as a wordmark that bit better. More information on the podcast itself can be found here