Our cricketing hopes for 2026, final Ashes reflections and will the Hundred rebrands work?

Wisden Cricket Weekly

Jan 16, 2026•1 hr 3 min

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Episode description

Yas, Katya and Jim start by putting the 2025/26 Ashes to bed once and for all, before chatting about the rebranding of teams in The Hundred, Shoaib Bashir's new club, our hopes and dreams for 2026 and much more.

To finish the show, Tawhid Qureshi runs us through an eventful week in Bangladesh cricket. For Butch's take on the developing situation around Bangladesh and the T20 World Cup, check out Wednesday's episode.

0:00 Intro / 0:39 Ashes / 12:06 The Hundred / 21:14 2026's 'retired out' craze / 23:28 County news / 31:34 Daryl Mitchell / 33:32 2026 hopes and dreams / 42:19 Bangladesh / 58:48 Outro

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