England v South Africa 2ndTest Review as we recap all that went down in the test match between the countries. England bounced back from the first test with an outstanding performance to beat South Africa by an innings. Ben Stokes scored his 2nd test match century with the team in trouble and put 180 with Ben Foakes. Ollie Robinson "The Gym Rat" was outstanding with ball after coming in for Matty Potts and Jimmy and Broady did Jimmy and Broady type things. ********** You can now buy us a coffee -...
Aug 30, 2022•40 min
England v South Africa 1st Test Review as we recap all that went down in the test match between the countries. England suffered their first loss of the "BAZBALL" era and did so in emphatic style with South Africa looking much the better team It's the first podcast in a long time with Rob back from hospital and Rich fresh off scoring 50 and taking 5 wickets. ********** You can now buy us a coffee - if you wish to support the podcast :) Any coffees will be shouted out on the podcast. https://www.b...
Aug 22, 2022•42 min
County Championship & Vitality T20 Blast (as well as the introduction of our new ‘Quick Singles’ segment 😅) Rich is flying solo again today as he digs into the latest round of County Championship action with an eye on potential England test players that saw a 1st 100 for England’s Sam Curran as well as a 100 for Dom Sibley and Chris Dent. The Vitality T20 Blast has reached the 1/4 finals after an epic group stage that saw controversy on the last round of games. Rich takes a look at the 1/4 ...
Jul 08, 2022•28 min
England v India 5th Test review A Rob-less Rich runs through the record breaking 5th test win for England over India at Edgbaston where we saw England chase down an incredible 348 for their 4th victory on the bounce. Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root were both there at the end to get England across the line with magnificent 100s against the Jasprit Bumrah led Indians. What next for the Virat Kohli? Is it time he had a break from Test cricket? We also have a quick look at the England and India squads f...
Jul 07, 2022•38 min
Welcome to The Leading Edge Cricket Podcast today we review England v New Zealand 3rd Test at Trent Bridge and what a test it has been. England were reduced to 55/6 by the Blackcaps in the first innings before Jonny Bairstow struck 162 supported beautifully on debut by Jamie Overton who made 97. The pair shared a record 200+ 8th wicket stand for England. England ended up chasing down over 250 for the 3rd test running as they have whitewashed the Blackcaps. It feels a long time since we were 1 wi...
Jun 29, 2022•43 min
Welcome to the English County Championship 2022 round 8 review on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast. Today we review all 8 County cricket matches from round 7, the highs, the lows, the winner, the losers as well as the star performers. Ben Compton scored more runs as Kent earnt their first victory of the season. Luke Well played a career defining 175* to lead Lancashire to victory over Warwickshire. Nottingham continue to lead division 2 after bowling Leicestershire out for 99 You can now buy us ...
Jun 17, 2022•41 min
Welcome to the England Cricket Podcast where today we preview the upcoming ODI series between England and the Netherlands. 3 ODI's kick off on Friday in Amsterdam and Rich is making the trip to soak in the culture and the cricket. England have a 14 man squad and will be looking to build nicely to next years World Cup without some key players due to test duties Matthew Mott will also take charge of his first game as England coach. You can now buy us a coffee - if you wish to support the podcast :...
Jun 16, 2022•55 min
Welcome to The Leading Edge Cricket Podcast today we review England v New Zealand 2nd Test at Trent Bridge and what a test it has been. Jonny Bairstow has given us one of the greatest innings we have seen. England managed to chase down 300 with 21 overs to spare as Bairstow went to 100 from 79 balls, the second fastest for an England player ever. Ben Stokes was there at the end 75*. The Blackcaps scored 553 in the first innings thanks to back to back hundred from Daryl Mitchell. England responde...
Jun 15, 2022•59 min
England V New Zealand 1st test review as England got the new red ball era under Brendon McCullum & Ben Stokes underway with a win. Both England and New Zealand got rolled in the first innings with Jimmy Anderson staring with the ball - he was superbly supported by debutant Matty Potts. Daryl Mitchell hit a century as well as 96 from Tom Blundell as they set England 277 to win. Joe Root topped 10000 test runs and scored his 26th century as he took England home to their first victory in over 2...
Jun 06, 2022•50 min
Today on the England Cricket Podcast we breakdown the the top 8 Spinners for this England Cricket team. Will it be Jack Leach or Matt Parkinson bowling for England this summer? Jack Leach has performed well in periods for England but has a liited ceiling, Matt Parkinson offers you a genuine wicket taking threat and has the best strike rate of any bowler on this list. Who are the top 8 in the country for England playing in the County Championship? You can now buy us a coffee - if you wish to supp...
May 25, 2022•43 min
Welcome to the English County Championship 2022 round 7 review on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast. Today we review all 7 County cricket matches from round 7, the highs, the lows, the winner, the losers as well as the star performers. Ben Compton finished the 1st 7 rounds of action as the leading run scorer in the country closely followed by new England player Harry Brook. Ben Stokes found some form with the ball taking 4 wickets. Notts and Middlesex continue to pull away at the top of division ...
May 23, 2022•56 min
England have announced their test squad to face New Zealand this summer with our "red ball reset" in full operation. A conservative approach has been taken with many of the regulars keeping their place in the team that has only won 1 in it's last 17 games. Ollie Pope will move to 3 and Jonny Bairstow will bat at 5. The 13-man squad was selected by Key, McCullum, Stokes, Mo Bobat (Performance Director), James Taylor (Head Scout) and David Court (Player ID Lead). Test Team Ben Stokes (Durham) capt...
May 19, 2022•43 min
Today on the England Cricket Podcast we breakdown the the top 10 allrounder for this England Cricket team after Ben Stokes. Ben Stokes is a generational talent for this England Cricket Team and we have been very lucky over the years with the likes of Andrew Flintoff, Ian Botham and now Ben Stokes. What would happen if he got injured in the series or before the series against New Zealand? Today we answer that question by ranking the top 10 all rounders in English County cricket. You can now buy u...
May 18, 2022•49 min
Welcome to the English County Championship 2022 round 5 review on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast. Today we review all 8 County cricket matches from round 5, the highs, the lows, the winner, the losers as well as the star performers. Matty Potts is the leading light in county cricket this year with 35 wickets and after 11 wickets this week should surely get a call up for England when the squad is announced this week. Ben Stokes & Joe Root had fine weeks both scoring big runs once again and ...
May 17, 2022•46 min
Brendon McCullum has been announced as the NEW England Cricket red ball Head Coach today. Rich and Rob analyze the hiring on this version of #englandwatch the England cricket podcast. This is a "bold" move by Rob Key who 2 weeks ago assigned Ben Stokes into the captaincy role. Stokes and Brendon McCullum feel like a perfect match with both of them being leaders by example, positive in all facets of cricket and have the ability to take ENgland from their worst ICC test ranking since 1996. The fut...
May 13, 2022•32 min
Today on the England Cricket Podcast we breakdown the the top 10 wicketkeeper for this England Cricket team. Foakes, Bairstow, Butler, Pope and others have all had the gloves in the past few years but who are the best keepers in the country and who should be taken into consideration? The landscape has changed slightly with the news that Ben Stokes will bat at 6 for England and Joe Root will bat at 4. Will the Wicketkeeper this summer be batting at 5 or will they drop down to 7? You can now buy u...
May 11, 2022•52 min
Welcome to the English County Championship 2022 round 5 review on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast. Today we review all 7 County cricket matches from round 5, the highs, the lows, the winner, the losers as well as the star performers. We are very lucky to have Daren Mootoo from the 98 not out radio / podcase show. You can catch his excellent show as well as a backlog of his interviews with cricketing greats below. 98 Not Out Website - https://www.phoenixfm.com/category/98notout/?msclkid=f12fb973...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Today on the England Cricket Podcast we breakdown the middle order of English cricket and who are the top 10 players that could come in and bat at 4 or 6 for England. So, far we have created a depth chart around the England openers, the number 3 and will continue to build out our all rounders, wicket keepers, pace bowlers and spinners. Dan Lawrence and Jonny Bairstow currently own the 4 and 6 slot but who should be the next player in? Harry Brook, Ollie Pope, Dawid Malan and Ben Duckett have all...
May 04, 2022•44 min
Welcome the the English County Championship 2022 round 4 review on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast. Today we review all 9 County cricket matches from round 2, the highs, the lows, the winner, the losers as well as the star performers. Harry Brook continues his red hot start to the season for Yorkshire and has passed at least 50 in all 5 of his innings Dawid Malan continues to show great form Brooke Guest became the 18th Derbyshire player to hit centuries in both innings Nick Gubbins played the ...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Ben Stokes has been announced as the new England men's cricket captain following a Joe Root's resignation a few weeks ago. Rob Key is the new men's director of cricket and has wasted no time making a play for Ben Stokes and hiring him as captain despite not having a new red ball head coach in place. Today on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast we will breakdown Ben Stokes career, his journey to being captain and what to expect from him going forward. ********** Leading Edge Cricket Links **********...
Apr 29, 2022•26 min
England have had a problem batting at number 3 since the retirement of Trott. Today on the England Cricket Podcast we create a top 8 depth chart of who could bat at number 3 for England in test match cricket. #englandwatch started as a tweet and is now a fully fledged series on the podcast...subscribe as we work our way through all positions in future episodes. Joe Root is the man at three at long last some might say, but will be be at three at the start of the summer? ********** Leading Edge Cr...
Apr 26, 2022•31 min
Welcome the the English County Championship 2022 round 23 review on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast. Today we review all 8 County cricket matches from round 2, the highs, the lows, the winner, the losers as well as the star performers. Shan Masood continues to shine and has now hit back to back double centuries. Josh Bohannon added to his England credentials with a perfectly timed 200. Notts rolled over Durham thanks for 200 from Ben Slater. Shaheen Shah Afridi got Marnus out twice! and much, m...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 6 min
England test match cricket openers, they're wonderful and we have been blessed with so many over the years. The barrel has ran dry since the retirement of Sir Alastair Cook and today on #englandwatch our England Cricket Podcast we are going to rank the top 10 best current English openers in County Cricket. Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dom Sibley have all had time in the opener slot for England in test match cricket over the last couple of years but who is next...... ********** Leading...
Apr 20, 2022•52 min
Rob Key has been appointed as the new Director of Cricket for the England cricket team after Ashley Giles was relived of his duties after a poor Ashes campaign. We take a look into which England caliber players have performed well during week 2 of the county championship. We have pushed back our ranking the top 10 openers in English cricket to later in the week. ********** Leading Edge Cricket Links ********** 🏏Listen To Our Cricket Podcast Everywhere🏏 🎙YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/TheLe...
Apr 19, 2022•48 min
Welcome the the English County Championship 2022 round 2 review on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast. Today we review all 8 County cricket matches from round 2, the highs, the lows, the winner, the losers as well as the star performers. Craig Overton made a massive statement with a welcome return to form. Shan Masood continues to be the overseas signing of the season scoring 239. Tom Haines is firmly on England watch after a career best 243 Pujara did Pujara type thing scoring 200 on debut for Su...
Apr 18, 2022•52 min
Joe Root STEPS DOWN as England Captain team and today on the England watch England cricket podcast we review Joe Root as England captain, what is his legacy is and what the future holds of England now we need a new director of cricket, head coach and captain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 15, 2022•37 min
Welcome to a new series on the podcast as we start #Englandwatch. The Leading Edge Cricket Podcast is predominantly an England cricket podcast but today we create this mini series where we establish what we think of each current England pay and what their future may hold before opening up County Cricket next episode and create a prospect list of all players for all positions. ********** Leading Edge Cricket Links ********** 🏏Listen To Our Cricket Podcast Everywhere🏏 🎙YouTube https://www.youtu...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 10 min
The English County Championship 2022 season is under with round 1 in the books and today Rich and Rob get stuck in and review all the matches that took place. The County Championship is under great scrutiny at the moment but stood up well at the start of April to provide some batter friendly conditions. We review all the games, the big performances, the big moments and great escapes in the first week of red ball cricket in England. As well as taking a deep dive in to England cricket players on t...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 8 min
#ipl #ipl2022 #cricket The IPL is up and running and today we're 19 games deep into the season and giving our updated IPL power rankings. IPL POWER RANKINGS 2022 | IPL REVIEW | #ipl #ipl2022 | RRvLSG Each week we will rank the teams from worst to best and everything in between. TEAMMWLPTNRR RR 43160.951 KKR 53260.446 GT 33060.349 RCB 43160.294 LSG 53260.174 DC 42240.476 PBKS 42240.152 SRH 3122-0.889 MI 4040-1.181 CSK 4040-1.211 ********** Leading Edge Cricket Links ********** 🏏Listen To Our Cri...
Apr 11, 2022•39 min
Averages in cricket have been around since the days of W.G.Grace how many runs you score by how many times you're out. In 2021 Zak Crawley noted his averages of 10 wasn't a true reflection of how he was doing., this got me thinking... Do the grounds you play at make a big difference your average. So today I breakdown ground factor factors for all 18 county grounds, the best innings that made 60 that we're worth 100 on another grounds and is Ollie Pope really as good as averaging 79 in the last 3...
Apr 08, 2022•18 min
