Ashes Daily 12: Joe Root gives England the faintest of glimmers
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Wisden Cricket Weekly
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.
Episodes
Ashes Daily 11: England collapse in style to leave Ashes hopes in tatters
After England's third sub-100 score this year, Ben Gardner and Jarrod Kimber try to make sense of another mind-boggling day of Ashes cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 10: Archer's first five-for of many, Labuschagne's promise, and getting hit amidships
Ashes Daily 10: Archer's first five-for of many, Labuschagne's promise, and getting hit amidships by Wisden Cricket Weekly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Headingley preview, Notts' Sunderland impression, KSL and Karunaratne's boys
With Steve Smith ruled out of the third Ashes Test in Leeds, the panel assess England's chances of levelling the series as well as looking back at the recent KSL and County Championship action. That plus a whole lot more in this week's Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 9: Australia will be tiptoeing to Leeds, England will be skipping
Taha Hashim and Phil Walker reflect on the final day of the Lord's Test and look ahead to what might happen in Leeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 8: One of the all-time great Ashes duels
Yas Rana and Taha Hashim reflect on the fourth day at Lord's where a sickly blow to Steve Smith's neck overshadowed one of the all-time great Ashes duels between himself and Jofra Archer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 7: England fail to make the most of conditions and Bancroft in the spotlight
Jo Harman and Yas Rana talk about a shortened day three at Lord's that leaves the prospect of a result in the balance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 6: Cummins, Hazlewood put Australia on top
Yas Rana and Phil Walker look back at the action from day two at Lord's where England were bowled out for 258 on a slow wicket as Cummins and Hazlewood starred for Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 5: Lyon spins Australia to victory as England crumble
Nathan Lyon spins Australia to victory on day five as England barely make the halfway point in the day. Yas Rana, Jo Harman and Ben Gardner look back at the day and look ahead to potential changes each side (mainly England) could make for the second Test at Lord's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 4: Smith brilliant again and another tough day for Moeen
Steve Smith continued his quite frankly ridiculous recent Ashes form with his 10th Test hundred against England to set Australia in a position where they need 10 wickets to win the first Test of the series. Jo Harman and Yas Rana look back at the day's play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 3: A Test in the balance
An ebbing and flowing third day ended with England with their noses in front. Yas Rana, Ben Gardner, and Taha Hashim look back on an undulating day in which Chris Woakes saved England with the bat before Steve Smith brought Australia back into the contest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 2: It's Rory Burns Day
A week is an aeon in cricket. Rory Burns scores a maiden hundred that he'll remember for the rest of his life as England move into a dominant position after the second day at Edgbaston. Phil Walker, Yas Rana and Jo Harman look back at another memorable day of Ashes cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes Daily 1: A brilliant start to the Ashes ft. a Steve Smith special
Well, well, well. After all the chat and pre-Ashes hype, day one of the first Test at Edgbaston certainly delivered. A Steve Smith masterclass helped Australia come back from 122-8 to 284 all out, leaving them arguably ahead of the game after the first day of the 2019 Ashes. Yas Rana and Taha Hashim look back at a brilliant day of cricket, while Phil Walker waxes lyrical about a special Steve Smith century from the ground at Edgbaston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...
Blockbuster Ashes Preview with Glenn McGrath and Tim Murtagh
The Wisden trio of Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Jo Harman come together for a blockbuster Ashes preview featuring interviews with Glenn McGrath and Ireland hero Tim Murtagh. They look back at the Ireland Test, the Women's Ashes, county cricket and Mohammad Amir's retirement and look ahead to the men's Ashes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lots and lots of cricket and the art of wicketkeeping
Yas Rana and Jo Harman are joined by Tom Huelin and former Hampshire wicketkeeper Michael Bates as they discuss the Women's Ashes, the Ireland Test, the Zimbabwe situation, the Hundred, the T20 Blast, the Euro T20 Blast, the art of wicketkeeping and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ashes special with Mark Butcher and John Altman
Mark Butcher and John Altman join Yas Rana in an Ashes special. They look back to the World Cup final and exchange stories about their time in and around the England and Australia sides of the 90s and early 2000s. Taha Hashim speaks to Yas about England's squad for the Ireland Test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
England crowned World Cup champions after the match to end all matches
After a fantastic, outrageous, extraordinary conclusion to the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup, Jo Harman is joined by Phil Walker and Felix White to try and make some sense of it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
World Cup final preview special: England and New Zealand bid for first title
On Sunday, England will play their first Men’s Cricket World Cup final for 27 years, and their first live match on free-to-air television since 2005, taking on New Zealand at Lord’s. Jo Harman is joined by Jonathan Liew of The Independent, New Zealand Herald reporter Andrew Alderson and Test Match Special commentator Daniel Norcross to preview the final and discuss the key match-ups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
England hammer Australia to set up final with New Zealand
Five countries have lifted the trophy in the history of the Men’s Cricket World Cup. On Sunday we will have our sixth. It will be England v New Zealand in the showpiece final at Lord’s, after Eoin Morgan’s side produced a near-perfect performance to brush aside Australia by eight wickets at Edgbaston. Jo Harman is joined by Phil Walker and Wisden Almanack editor Lawrence Booth to discuss England’s victory, including the rejuvenation of Adil Rashid, the genius of Jofra Archer and the Test future ...
The Kiwis take flight to knock out India
A semi-final that looked to be drifting towards a rain-sodden anti-climax was transformed into one of the most memorable in World Cup history, New Zealand defending 239 to turn over India and take their place in Sunday’s final at Lord’s. Jo Harman is joined by Wisden’s Phil Walker and Indian writer Chetan Narula to discuss the Kiwis’ magnificent victory, Ravindra Jadeja’s extraordinary innings in a losing cause and MS Dhoni’s future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...
Wisden Extra Podcast: Adam Hollioake special
With the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup in its final stretch, Jo Harman is joined by ex-England captain Adam Hollioake, Test Match Special commentator Daniel Norcross and Wisden’s Phil Walker to discuss the final four, Australia’s old-school approach and consider for which team did the tournament go most wrong. Hollioake, the only England skipper to ever win a 50-over global trophy, picks out Jason Roy as the key man ahead of the hosts’ semi-final and believes their attacking-style should prove to...
Australia surrender top spot to India and set up semi-final clash with England
After 38 days and 45 matches, the group stage of the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup is now complete, India finishing top of the tree after Australia lost to South Africa by 10 runs in a thriller at Old Trafford. Jo Harman is joined by Sam Perry, Aussie journalist and co-host of the Grade Cricketer podcast, to discuss Australia’s mounting injury crisis, David Warner’s latest hundred and the rapid rise of Alex Carey. The pair also discuss India’s win over Sri Lanka – in which Rohit Sharma scored his...
Pakistan finish on a high and Sky open up the final
There was to be no miracle at Lord’s, Pakistan missing out on a place in the semi-finals to New Zealand on net run-rate. But they did at least finish with a rousing victory over Bangladesh at Lord’s, Imam-ul-Haq hitting his first hundred of the tournament and the teenage left-arm quick Shaheen Shah Afridi taking record-breaking figures of 6-35. Jo Harman is joined by Elizabeth Ammon of The Times to analyse Pakistan and Bangladesh’s contrasting campaigns, and react to the news that the World Cup ...
Non-World Cup special: Women's Ashes, county cricket and Scouse cricketers
Editor of the Wisden Almanack Lawrence Booth joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman for an episode that barely mentions the World Cup. The panel talk Women's Ashes, county cricket, Bradman and Scouse cricketers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
More Bairstow brilliance leaves England two wins from World Cup glory
England will play in their first World Cup semi-final for 27 years, taking on either Australia or India at Edgbaston next Thursday, after a Jonny Bairstow century helped sweep aside New Zealand by 119 runs to confirm their place in the last four. Jo Harman is joined by Ben Jones of CricViz to discuss an emphatic English victory that takes them one step closer to a first-ever World Cup title, while Kiwi journalist Andrew Alderson is concerned by the Black Caps’ form after three successive defeats...
Wisden Extra Podcast: And then there were five
India beat Bangladesh by 28 runs at Edgbaston to seal their place in the semi-finals and end the Tigers' chances of a top-four finish, leaving England, Pakistan and New Zealand to fight it out for the two remaining spots. Jo Harman is joined by South African writer Daniel Gallan and Rob Johnston of Cricbuzz to discuss how India are shaping up ahead of the semis, the crunch encounter between England and New Zealand, and a surprise appearance at Glastonbury from Chris Woakes. Please gamble respons...
Stars of the future, the Women's Ashes and net run-rates
The Wisden duo of Yas Rana and Ben Gardner discuss Sri Lanka's win over West Indies, the cons of using net run-rates, the Women's Ashes and Adil Rashid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
England keep World Cup dream alive
Yas Rana and CricViz's Ben Jones discuss a vital win for England over India at Edgbaston that keeps their World Cup dream alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Crowd trouble, captaincy struggles, and Pakistan being Pakistan
Ben Gardner is joined by Wisden writer Taha Hashim for his podcast debut to discuss Australia's comfortable win over New Zealand and Pakistan's thriller against Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
South Africa's old guard perform and a look ahead to England's must win game on Sunday
Phil Walker and Vithushan Ehantharajah look back at South Africa's win over Sri Lanka and look forward to England's titanic, must win game against India on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices