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Wisden Cricket Weekly

Wisden Cricket Weeklywww.wisden.com
Join Mark Butcher, Yas Rana and the rest of the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast team for a weekly digest of the biggest stories from both English cricket and the wider world game.
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Episodes

Pakistan blown away by brilliant West Indies

Jo Harman, Phil Walker and the editor of PakPassion, Saj Sadiq, discuss West Indies' emphatic victory over Pakistan on the second day of the World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 201922 min

World Cup special: Felix White and Lizzy Ammon on 1999, legacy and 2019's likely winners

The first episode of the Wisden Cricket Daily Podcast. Felix White and Lizzy Ammon join Yas Rana, Jo Harman and Phil Walker for a live show at the Bira 91 World Cup lounge in the Royal Garden Hotel. They weigh up England's chances, discuss the likely legacy of the tournament, look back at past England failures at the tournament and predict their semi-finalists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 201949 min

Club Cricket Special: The volunteer conundrum & key debates for the new season

In a wide-ranging discussion to launch the new Wisden Club Cricket Podcast, Rich Evans, club cricket editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly, speaks to Simon Prodger, the managing director of the national cricket conference, on grassroots cricket’s volunteer problem, the joy of a new season and the key debates facing grassroots cricket in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 201945 min

Jos Buttler, epic IPL finals and Matt Renshaw on Pune, Kent, Newcastle and much more

Kent and Australia opening batsman Matt Renshaw joins Ben Gardner and Yas Rana on the panel to discuss Jos Buttler's sensational hundred at the Ageas Bowl, two epic IPL finals and Matt's own experiences playing Test cricket after the Cape Town Test last year, his incident at Pune, his English roots and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 15, 201947 min

Episode 29 – Wasim Khan on the PCB, the future of smaller counties and British Asian role models

Managing director of the PCB and former Leicestershire Chief Executive Wasim Khan joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman in a special episode looking at politics within the PCB, what the future holds for smaller counties and his role as a trailblazer for British Asians in English cricket. The panel also look back at England's wins in Dublin and Cardiff as well as the latest IPL and RLODC action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

May 08, 201941 min

Episode 28 – Alex Hales, raw pace and IPL numbers

CricViz's Freddie Wilde joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman to discuss Alex Hales' World Cup omission, the last week's county cricket action and the fastest bowlers of all-time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 05, 201942 min

Episode 27 – Ollie Rayner on Eoin Morgan, colourful characters, being a spinner and Germany

Ollie Rayner joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to discuss the last week in the world of cricket, what Eoin Morgan is like in the dressing room, how cricket can often stifle colourful characters, the trials of being an English spinner and how he wants to put German cricket on the world map. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 25, 201944 min

Episode 26 – The philosophy of DRS, World Cup squads and cricket's sliding doors moments

Alison Mitchell and Daisy Christodoulou join Yas Rana and Phil Walker on this week's panel as they discuss how technology has affected the game before debating the more contentious World Cup selection discussions of the last week. As ever, they reflect on the past week's county cricket action as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 19, 20191 hr

Episode 25 – Almanack special with Lawrence Booth

Editor of the Wisden Almanack Lawrence Booth joins Jo Harman and Yas Rana for a special episode which looks at not only the start of the County Championship season, but also this year's Wisden Almanack, which was released last week. Lawrence talks through the process of putting the Almanack together as well as the reasons behind his picks for the five Cricketers of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Apr 13, 201944 min

Episode 24: Clarke and Duckett on The Hundred, the 2005 Ashes, Moores, Moeen and Social Media

In a special episode, Nottinghamshire duo Ben Duckett and Joe Clarke join Yas Rana and Ben Gardner to discuss the latest week in cricket but also the reasons why they both decided to join Notts, The Hundred, their memories of the 2005 Ashes, Moeen Ali and how social media can affect the current generation of England cricketers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 03, 201947 min

Episode 23 – County season predictions, Haseeb Hameed and yes, Mankads

Lizzy Ammon joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to look ahead to the new county season. They preview the teams, pick out players to watch and stick their necks on the line with a collection of predictions for the year ahead. Phil tries to unpick the curious tale of Haseeb Hameed while they all get their teeth into the tedious Mankad debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 28, 201950 min

Episode 21 – Pointless T20s, meaningful T20s, Pat Pocock and the county season

In arguably the most fun episode yet, Mr Surrey himself Mark Church joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to discuss England's T20I series whitewashes in the Caribbean and India, Australia's ODI resurgence, the upcoming county season and THAT Johnny Baran video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 201951 min

Episode 20 - Kane or Kohli, brilliant catches, and the corridors of power

Felix White joins Phil Walker and Ben Gardner to discuss England's final-ODI capitulation against West Indies, Chris Jordan's ridiculous catch, Ireland's tour of Afghanistan, and wonder just who on earth Felix could be writing a book with... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 07, 201936 min

Episode 19 – Six education, unlikely wins and the Kolpak dilemma

Vithushan Ehantharajah joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to discuss another immensely busy week in cricket. They look back on six-hitting exhibitions from around the globe, a tense win for the England Women's team, Sri Lanka's unlikely trumph over South Africa and Duanne Olivier's decision to join Yorkshire on a Kolpak deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 201941 min

Episode 16: Stuart Law on a winning West Indies team and a bright future for Middlesex

The former West Indies coach and current Middlesex coach Stuart Law joins the panel to give a unique insight on the West Indies side that's dominating England in the Caribbean and looks ahead to his new job at Middlesex. Stuart also has some words of advice for batsmen snubbed by Aussie selectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 07, 201949 min

Episode 14 – KP, Dhoni's World Cup hopes and football vs cricket

Yas Rana, Jo Harman and esteemed football writer and cricket enthusiast Jonathan Wilson talk about the last week in cricket, from Dhoni's World Cup hopes to a controversial KP Tweet, as well as comparisons between the coverage of cricket and football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 201943 min

Episode 13 – Caribbean special with Derek Pringle and Graham Gooch

In a special episode looking forward to England's Test series against the West Indies, Wisden Cricket Monthly's Phil Walker and Jo Harman look back at previous encounters between the two sides with former England all-rounder Derek Pringle. The episode also features a pre-recorded segment with Graham Gooch on Viv Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 201953 min

Episode 12 - Giles, the Hundred and Will Pucovski

Yas Rana, Jo Harman and for the first time, Lizzy Ammon of the Times, digest the last week in cricket and discuss whether or not they think the Hundred will be a success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 201939 min

Episode 10 – Good blokes, bad blokes and the IPL Auction

In our final episode of the year, Test Match Special's Daniel Norcross makes his first appearance on the podcast alongside Jo Harman and Yas Rana as they discuss the IPL auction, Australia's win in Perth and argue over who should be in the Test team of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 201854 min

Episode 9 - 2018 in review, English players in the IPL and Niroshan Dickwella

In the first of two end of year review specials, Yas Rana, Jo Harman and Vithushan Ehantharajah talk first about the last week in cricket, including an open letter to the ECB from a Worcestershire fan and the amazing story of New Zealand's Will Somerville, before they pick out their favourite stories and breakthrough players of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 201847 min

Episode 8 - Kohli's netting, The Hundred and England's squad for the West Indies

Yas Rana is joined by the magazine editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly, Jo Harman, and the Evening Standard's rugby and cricket correspondent, Will Macpherson. The trio talk about the first day of the Australia vs India series, the future of the shorter forms of the game, England's likely squads for the Caribbean and beyond as well as the potential verdict of the Stokes/Hales hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Dec 06, 201836 min

Episode 7 - Garnishes, Archer, leg-spin and Kohli's quest to conquer Australia

Phil Walker is joined by regular guest Jo Harman and CricViz's Patrick Noone as they talk about England's series win in Sri Lanka, what England's XI will look like in the first Test in the Caribbean and Yasir Shah's brilliance. Adam Collins joins them on the phone from Australia to preview the upcoming Test series between India and Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 201844 min
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