The Murali End

Karan Mehta, Harrison Burridge and Rob Rush join Tommy Stewart for a tasty dissection of the 2nd men's Ashes Test and a controversial final day at Lord's. Plus Tommy delves into his dating life to reveal how an Australian victory wasn't the only thing Ben Stokes was delaying.

Super Joshi, Ben Henley-Washford and Sam Hartford assemble to preview the next men's Ashes test at Lord's. Will Josh get tongues wagging? What more can Pat Cummins do to win over Aussie pundits? And the signed shirt that awaits Nathan Lyon

Tommy Stewart, Harrison Burridge and Rob Rush summarise one of The Great Test matches and speculate on second Test selection at Lord's.

Mark Machado, Tommy Stewart, Sam Hartford and Azeem Rafiq look ahead to the 2023 Ashes series. They discuss which side has had the better preparation, the bowling attacks and make series predictions.

Muraliology is a series that digs into the daft and delightful DNA of cricket. This episode Sam, Mark and Tommy discuss what makes a great international cricket stadium. Grass banks, fabled atmospheres, old pavilions and mismatched seats. Plus there's an ode to Old Trafford and a dubious representation of Eden Gardens via Booking.com

Mark has a very brief chat with author Nick Brookes on his recent trip to Sri Lanka and India, winning the MCC and Wisden book of the year and they discuss the live event they have coming up on Tuesday 16th May at Burley Fisher Book Shop in East LondonTickets:https://burleyfisherbooks.com/products/launch-ticket-an-islands-xi-by-nicholas-brookes-in-conversation-with-mark-machado

Muraliology is a series that digs into the daft and delightful DNA of cricket. In this episode Sam Hartford, Tommy Stewart and Mark Machado build their ultimate team of men's Test cricketers that best represent each position. Up for debate in part 2 is weird spinners, big dog all-rounders and the perfect line and length merchants.

Muraliology is a series that digs into the daft and delightful DNA of cricket. In this episode Sam Hartford, Tommy Stewart and Mark Machado build their ultimate team of men's Test cricketers that best represent each position. Part 1 features plucky openers, fearsome number 3s and the destiny complex of a number 4.

Mark Machado chats to Sports Marketing Expert Amar Singh about how the Indian Premier League became one of the most financially successful leagues in the world. Read Amar's Substack here: https://thesportsmarketeer.substack.com/p/masala-coke-marketing-how-the-iplFollow Amar on twitter here: https://twitter.com/amarjournoFollow the Murali End here: https://twitter.com/MuraliPod

Harrison Burridge & Rhiannon Blake discuss the Women's Premier League and look ahead to the Hundred Draft.

Mark Machado and The Papare's Estelle Vasudevan review Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand, look ahead to the white ball games and discuss Kusal Mendis' batting.

Tommy and Mark discuss the weeks cricket and the Tailenders live show

Mark and Tommy discuss England in New Zealand, Australia in India and discuss if Chandimal is the best test batter in the world

Tommy and Mark discuss Australia's tour of India and England's our of New Zealand. They discuss if Australia miss Justin Langer, the second series of The Test and Tommy's upcoming gig.

Rob Rush is joined by Rhiannon Blake and Harrison Burridge to review the SA v England ODI series, where it leaves England in preparation for the World Cup later this year and if send offs are disrespectful…

Tommy and Mark discuss England's ODI series in South Africa, the Sciver-Brunt's and women's IPL taking over.

Something a little different as Sam Hartford, Ben Henley-Washford and The Athletic's Nick Miller run through the unique things about cricket that delight, infuriate and downright baffle us. Crowd catches, stump mics, Mark Nicholas, signature celebrations and the games most tedious rules all get some treatment.

Tommy & Mark discuss the big stories in Cricket from the last week, including the Australia V South Africa test series, Winter nets & Rohit Sharma's power play over Sri Lanka.

Mark and Tommy discuss Mark's trip to the MCG, cricket culture in Australia and what teams Mark supports in franchise cricket

Tommy is joined by Rob Rush and Sam Hartford to bask in the glory of England's comprehensive and historic Test series win in Pakistan. They look ahead to what England can take into an Ashes summer, ask where it went wrong for Babar Azam and dish out some alternative player of the series awards.

Mark and Nakul Pande discuss the second select hearing in December 2022 and if England is getting to grips with racism issues within the game, we also hear from former Scotland international Qasim Sheikh about his experiences and thoughts on the hearing.

Sam Hartford is joined by Nakul Pande and Rob Rush to discuss England's sensational and bold victory over Pakistan. They talk up Ben Stokes hatred of draws, tactical innovations and a Baz-ball tattoo for one Murali Ender.

A historic tour of Pakistan for the England men's test side is previewed by Rob Rush, Georgie Heath, Harrison Burridge and Ben Henley-Washford. Squad selection, viral predicaments and series predictins are all on the agenda.

Tommy Stewart & Mark Machado chew over some of the biggest cricket stories of the week. Including Australia's ODI series with England, the Festival of Cricket and look ahead to England's tour of Pakistan

Sam Hartford is joined by Mark Machado, Rob Rush and Karan Mehta to discuss England's T20 World Cup triump and why there's little time for it to be enjoyed. Also on the pod's agenda is IPL drop-outs, fan allegiances and the case for podiums being drenched in apple juice.

The gang are back as Tommy Stewart, Nakul Pande, Rhiannon Blake and Sam Hartford review the T20 semi-finals plus look ahead to a mouth-watering (and potentially rainy) final between Pakistan and England

Sam Hartford, Nakul Pande, Rob Rush and Mark Machado review the action of the T20 Super 12 and look ahead to the semi-final

Sam Hartford, James Sarek, SuperJoshi and Harrison Burridge bring you the latest takes from the T20 World Cup including a Murali End derby preview, the Virat Kohli break-in and how the competition might expand in the future

Tommy and Mark review the first bit of Super 12 action in the Men's T20 World Cup, Boxing Day test tickets and Virat Kohli dragging India over the line in one of the greatest games of Cricket ever played.

Harrison Burridge is with Rob Rush, Rhiannon Blake and Karan Mehta to preview the T20 World Cup, discuss India and Pakisatan's relations and the England Lions squad.@MuraliPod on Twitter.

Tommy and Mark discuss Crickets calender, the freelance nature of being a professional cricketer and the T20 World Cup

Sam, Harrison, Abbie, Rob and Rhi bring you a debrief on relegations and championship heartbreak. Plus there's chat on Issy Wong, Jonny Bairstow's comics, T20 World Cup and the future of Jofra Archer

Mark and Tommy discuss England in Pakistan, English Domestic Cricket, Andrew Strauss's plan to reform the game and run-out's at the non-strikers end (Mankad's)

Call it Baz-ball or whatever you like, it's working. Ben Henley-Washford, Nakul Pande and Harrison Burridge bring you a round-up of England's summer of test match cricket along with the biggest talking points ahead of the Pakistan tour.

Sam Hartford is joined by Harrison Burridge and Rob Rush to discuss how The Hundred 2.0 has fared as a competition, a spectacle, and it's impact on both England and the game as a whole.

Tommy Stewart and Rob Rush chat to former England and Yorkshire bowler Ryan Sidebottom. They his England career, Manchester United and Yorkshire and England's current talents such as Root, Bairstow and Harry Brook

Mark Machado speaks to Aatif Nawaz about Pakistan's chances at the Asia Cup, TMS and Achari Chicken

Super Joshi, Karan Mehta & Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay preview India's chances at the Asia Cup and discuss how to get Virat Kohli back into some sort of form

Mark Machado is joined by Sri Lankan Cricket journalist Estelle Vasudevan to preview Sri Lanka's chances at the Asia Cup in the UAE

Harrison Burridge, Rob Rush and Mark Machado bring you the action from Lord's as London Spirit take on the Welsh Fire

Sam Hartford is with Abbie Rhodes and Tommy Stewart to preview England Men's second Test against South Africa. Talk turns to England's odd obsession with Crawley, South Africa's perfect pace attack and Ben Stokes being a bastion for men's mental health.Read Abbie's article that's mentioned in the pod here:https://parmavioletlambrini.wordpress.com/2022/08/21/creepy-defence-squad/

Harrison Burridge brings you all the action from Cardiff as Welsh Fire take on Southern Brave. Hear from Tammy Beaumont, George Garton and Leus du Plooy

Rhiannon Blake brings you all the action and post match reaction as the men and women of the Manchester Originals ventured to Leeds to play the Northern Superchargers

Ben Henley-Washford is joned by Rob Rush, Sam Hartford and Karan Mehta to look back on day 2 as South Africa take a charge of the test match.

Mark Machado. Harrison Burridge and Karan Mehta look back on day 1 of the first test between England and South Africa at Lords

Manchester duo Tommy Stewart and Sam Hartford team up and head to Old Trafford for a double header as the Men’s and Women’s Originals sides both pick up much needed wins over Welsh Fire.There is interviews with Hayley Matthews, Sean Abbot, Jake Ball plus the victorious captain and winner of the No Balls derby Kate Cross. There’s also insight from inside the press box, around the ground and of course Tommy in a lift.

Ahead of the first test at Lord's which starts on Wednesday, Mark Machado, Rob Rush, Harrison Burridge and Sam Hartford take a look at what we can expect from the test series

Rob Rush and Ben Henley-Washford bring you a round up of the action from yesterday's game between the Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave, hear from Sophia Smale, Smriti Mandhana Will Jacks and Mahela Jayawardena

Tommy Stewart is back at Old Trafford to witness Manchester Originals Men lose comfortably to Trent Rockets Men.He was gutted to have to miss the women's match between the two, but he had to meet his best mate's two day old baby (Big Love to Faris Marshall Twigg).Tommy was on the pitch post-match and spoke to Dawid Malan (who scored a huge 98*), Laurie Evans and one of his colleagues from the press box (whose name he'll find out next time) spoke to losing captain, Jos Buttler.