The panel of regular guests Jo Harman, Phil Walker, Yas Rana and Ben Gardner look back at England's impressive 3-0 series win over South Africa, with particular focus on Dawid Malan's continued brilliance in T20I cricket. Phil reflects on his recent conversation with Joe Root and there are discussions on Australia's win over India, New Zealand's comfortable series victory over West Indies and changes in US cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 03, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast The panel of Taha Hashim, Phil Walker, Yas Rana and Jo Harman preview the three sets of international series that get underway this week. They also try to make sense of the BBL's new rules and talk about what it takes to be a genuinely fast bowler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 26, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Graham Thorpe joins Phil Walker, John Stern and Yas Rana to pick Wisden's Test Team of the 1990s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast CricViz analyst Ben Jones joins regulars Jo Harman, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana to preview the T20 World Cup a year out from the tournament, assessing the likely contenders' strengths and weaknesses. They also look back at a busy week in cricket which included the IPL final, a Pakistani captaincy change and drama in the Sheffield Shield. Matt Parkinson joins the show from the 1:07:00 mark to talk about how he's become one of the best fantasy footballers in the world. Learn more about your ad choice...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The panel of Jo Harman, Taha Hashim, Jim Wallace and Yas Rana preview the IPL play-offs, analyse England's squads for their tour of South Africa, get exciting about a pair of young quicks in the women's game and much more. An eight minute segment of Jo's recent interview with Joe Denly is played from 9:46. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 06, 2020•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Yas Rana returns to hosting duties with Ben Gardner and Phil Walker joining him to discuss the week in cricket. Ebony Rainford-Brent and Dan Gallan guest to discuss the launch of the ACE Programme charity and the turmoil in South African cricket respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast In addition to discussing the super over madness in the IPL, the County Championship reshuffle, and England's confirmed tour to South Africa, the panel pick a 'Season in the sun' XI of players who came from nowhere to shine brightly for a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jo Harman and Phil Walker join fill-in host Ben Gardner to discuss the IPL, Australia Women's winning streak, and the tricky question of how to manage a talented young batsman. Includes an interview with Zak Crawley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 16, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sanderstead CC's Dan Allen joins the show to explain how he made the Surrey club social media stars almost by accident, with viral clips of the on-field action being shared by, among plenty of others, Sachin Tendulkar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 12, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast, in conjunction with Chance to Shine, marks Black History Month in the UK by celebrating the careers of some of England's most loved black cricketers. There are contributions from Roland Butcher, Alex Tudor, Devon Malcolm, Michael Holding and Ebony Rainford-Brent on their careers, experiences of racism in the game and questions around diversity in the here and now. Interviews conducted by Phil Walker, Yas Rana and John Stern. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Oct 09, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sam Perry from The Grade Cricketer joins the show to pay tribute to the life of Dean Jones, who passed away this week at the age of 59. Regular panelists Ben Gardner, Phil Walker, Jim Wallace and Yas Rana look back at the Bob Willis Trophy final at Lord's, the latest batch of central contracts, England's series win over West Indies and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast With the season now drawn to a close, Phil Walker and Yas Rana talk about their newfound love of netting, the ends of their summers, match teas and the record-breaking young quick at Phil's club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 24, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast The panel of Phil Walker, Jo Harman, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana talk about an incredible finish to the T20 Blast group stages and whether the tournament deserves more TV coverage, preview the final of the Bob Willis Trophy – the captains of both finalists, Tom Westley and Tom Abell, both join the show – and look back at the opening T20I of the England-West Indies series, as well as the first three games of IPL 13. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the final Wisden CricketForce podcast with Natwest, we hear from members at Toft CC, Uffington CC, Welton CC about their efforts to raise funds and engage with their local community in 2020 through new and at times unconventional ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 18, 2020•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jo Harman, Taha Hashim and Yas Rana reflect on England's first home ODI series defeat in five years, discuss what England's ODI team might look like at the 2023 World Cup, look back at the latest T20 Blast action, preview the IPL and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 17, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Greatest T20 series is back, and this time Yas Rana and CricViz analyst Freddie Wilde are joined by two-time World T20 winner with the West Indies Samuel Badree, as the panel debate who the format's greatest ever spin bowler is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 14, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the first of three Wisden CricketForce podcasts with Natwest, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Finchley CC chairman Julian Powe and the GMA's Jason Booth join the show to talk about CricketForce, club cricket's reliance on volunteering and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 11, 2020•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast The panel of Jim Wallace, Jo Harman, Yas Rana and Taha Hashim look back at the careers of Ian Bell and Graham Onions, both of whom announced their retirements from the game over the past seven days, and reflect on England's 2-1 T20I series win over Australia, the final round of the group stage in the Bob Willis Trophy and much more. The show ends with a pre-recorded interview between Jo and Dean Headley, where Headley describes two of the three hat-tricks he took in 1996. Learn more about your a...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the 12th and final episode of The Greatest Rivalry, Nikesh Rughani and Aatif Nawaz put together an all-time combined, India and Pakistan Test XI. Be prepared for one or two surprises, a few familiar names and a couple of major omissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the first of three Wisden CricketForce podcasts with Natwest, Ebony Rainford-Brent talks about the African-Caribbean Engagement programme she helped set up at Surrey, Taha Hashim explores British Asian participation in Yorkshire, and Nigel Muirhead of Toft CC explains how CricketForce has benefitted his club in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 03, 2020•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast A show with a focus on T20 cricket. Regulars Ben Gardner, Yas Rana and Jo Harman are joined by CricViz analyst Ben Jones as the panel reflects on England's T20I series against Pakistan. They also discuss the start of the Vitality Blast, the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the CPL. Birmingham Bears spinner Jake Lintott also joins the show to talk about his unusual route to first team county cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast The regular panel of Ben Gardner, Phil Walker, Jo Harman and Yas Rana look back at the last Test of the summer, revel in Zak Crawley's 267, discuss Colin Graves' tenure as ECB chairman and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 26, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 11 of The Greatest Rivalry, Nikesh Rughani and Aatif Nawaz put together an all time combined India-Pakistan ODI XI. They’ve got so many greats to choose from, who will they pick? And who will they choose to captain the side? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast After a Test with very little cricket, the panel discuss possible changes that could be made to the game's bad light protocols, Zak Crawley's start to his Test career, England's spin options, another round of the Willis and the extraordinary life of Azeem Rafiq. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 18, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast With club cricket up and running again in England, Phil Walker and Yas Rana reflect on how the opening stages of their respective seasons have gone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 17, 2020•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the 10th episode of The Greatest Rivalry, Nikesh Rughani and Aatif Nawaz look at the India-Pakistan rivalry in the women’s game. They’re joined by Pakistan star Javeria Khan and former India bowler Snehal Pradhan to look at the increased backing being given to the women’s game in both countries, the difficult journey it was to get there, and of course the rivalry….which in the women’s game, is very one-sided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 14, 2020•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Phil Walker, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana look back at England's epic three-wicket win at Manchester and how both teams will likely up for the second Test of the series. They also discuss some record-breaking performances in the Bob Willis Trophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 11, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the ninth episode of The Greatest Rivalry, Nikesh Rughani and Aatif Nawaz look at the period from 2012 onwards, where India and Pakistan hardly played against each other. There was a short limited overs series in India in 2012/13, and after that, they only encountered each other in major tournaments. There were Asia Cups, World Cups – which India dominated in, and of course the ICC Champions Trophy Final in 2017 – one of Pakistan cricket's finest ever moments. Learn more about your ad choices...
Aug 09, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Phil Walker, Yas Rana and Ben Gardner look back at Ireland's brilliant win over England in the final ODI of their three-match series, discuss which of the Pakistan quicks they're most excited by and revel in the brilliance of the first round of the Bob Willis Trophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 05, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast In episode eight of The Greatest Rivalry, Nikesh Rughani and Aatif Nawaz are joined again by Azhar Mahmood and Ashish Nehra, to look at the years between 2007 and 2011. Both India and Pakistan both won World T20 titles, but under MS Dhoni’s captaincy, India had more success, winning the World Cup in 2011 and becoming the number one ranked Test side in the world. Pakistan, though, saw Shahid Afridi in prime form, and there were some absolute classic games between the two sides. Learn more about y...
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