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What to expect from the pink ball Test, Jofra Archer, Heather Knight and The Unforgiven

The panel of Phil Walker, Ben Gardner, Yas Rana and Jo Harman preview the third Test of the India-England series, look back at the IPL auction, England's win over New Zealand, David Gower's return to the commentary box, Devon Conway's form and much more. There is also an interview with Ashley Gray, the author of The Unforgiven: Missionaries or Mercenaries?: The Untold Story of the Rebel West Indian Cricketers Who Toured Apartheid South Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 20211h 14m

India level the series, Moeen Ali and England's rotation policy

The panel of Jo Harman, Taha Hashim, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to England's defeat in the second Chennai Test and discuss Moeen Ali's return to the UK, England's rotation policy, West Indies' win in Bangladesh and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 20211h 2m

An all-time great England win and Matthew Hayden joins the show

The panel of Taha Hashim, Phil Walker, Jo Harman and Yas Rana react to England's brilliant win in Chennai, only the second away Test win in India in the last eight years. Matthew Hayden is interviewed by Ben Gardner from the 38-minute mark, in a wide-ranging conversation on the Australian side, the culture of Australian cricket, Justin Langer and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 20211h 19m

An India-England preview, cricket's return to Channel 4 and Eoin Morgan joins the show

The panel of Jo Harman, Phil Walker, Yas Rana and Jim Wallace preview the first Test between India and England at Chennai and revel in English Test cricket's return to free-to-air television in the UK. They also discuss Pakistan's home Test win over South Africa, Justin Langer, James Vince and much more. There is also a 15-minute chat between Jo and Eoin Morgan from 37:05 about his journey to becoming England's white-ball captain, England's World Cup win and the early days of the IPL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, 20211h 20m

An Anderson masterclass, Root tons up again, England's rotation policy and the Alex Hales question

The panel react to England's series-clinching win at Galle and how it affects their plans for the upcoming series against India, discuss England's rotation policy and look back at a busy week of international cricket in both the men's and women's games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 202159 min

India's remarkable Brisbane triumph, Joe Root back to his best and England's only fan in Sri Lanka

The panel of CricViz analyst Ben Jones, Yas Rana, Jo Harman and Phil Walker react to India's remarkable final day win over Australia at Brisbane, ending the hosts' 33 year unbeaten streak at the venue to secure an unlikely series win Down Under. They also discuss England's nervy but encouraging first Test victory in Sri Lanka and Yas speaks to Rob Lewis, the only England fan who managed to get to Galle for the Test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 20211h 24m

The good, the bad and the ugly of India's miraculous Sydney draw and an Eng-SL Test preview?

The regular panel of Phil Walker, Ben Gardner, Jo Harman and Yas Rana discuss India's thrilling, controversial and at times, quite sad, draw at Sydney that sets the series up perfectly going into the final at Brisbane. They also preview England's series against Sri Lanka which starts later this week; podcast favourite Dan Lawrence is expected to make his long-awaited Test debut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 20211h 0m

Marcus Trescothick joins the show, NZ go top and English Covid-19 concerns

Marcus Trescothick joins the show from the 36-minute mark to reflect on England's fascinating 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka that began nearly exactly 20 years ago. Before that, Phil Walker, Jo Harman and Yas Rana discuss the news of Moeen Ali's unfortunate positive Covid-19 test and its implications, New Zealand reaching the top of the ICC Test team rankings for the first time in their history, the start of the SCG Test between Australia and India and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 7, 202157 min

India produce a Boxing Day special and our 2021 wishlist

In the final episode of 2020, the panel of Taha Hashim, Phil Walker, Yas Rana and Ben Gardner discuss the action from the three Boxing Day Tests with particular focus on India's brilliant win at the MCG. They also talk about what they're most looking forward to next year and what they hope will change within the game in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 30, 20201h 10m

36 all out and 2020 in review

The regular panel of Yas Rana, Jo Harman, Ben Gardner and Phil Walker discuss how India will respond to being bowled out for just 36 at Adelaide. They also share memories of Boxing Day Tests from years gone by and look back at the year in cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 202058 min

Analysing England's squad for Sri Lanka, NZ almost topping the rankings and Kohli's runout

The regular panel of Jo Harman, Phil Walker, Yas Rana and Ben Gardner talk about England's squad for their tour of Sri Lanka, the start of the Australia-India series, New Zealand nearly topping the world rankings and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 17, 202057 min

A cancelled tour, Kane Williamson and the game's concussion protocols

PA's Rory Dollard joins the show from South Africa to give the inside track on the postponement of England's ODI series against the Proteas. Sam Peters scrutinises the ICC's concussion protocols while the regular panel of Jo Harman, Ben Gardner, Yas Rana and Phil Walker, talk about England's upcoming tour of Sri Lanka and make bold predictions about the XI England might put out in next year's Sydney Test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 10, 20201h 7m

Malan silences his doubters, Bairstow's Test return and Root's future

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 3, 202055 min

International cricket returns, the BBL's new rules and express quicks

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, 202058 min

The Wisden Test Team of the 1990s

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, 20201h 0m

An early T20 World Cup preview, Mumbai dominance and fantasy football

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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 12, 20201h 13m

IPL fireworks, Watson retires, rapid young quicks and Denly joins the show

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 6, 202042 min

Ben Stokes' IPL hundred, India squad news, the ACE Programme charity, and a South African mess

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, 20201h 5m

The panel pick a 'Season in the sun' XI

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, 20201h 10m

Jofra's Xbox, Australia Women's dominance, and the best young batsmen in England

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, 202051 min

How Sanderstead CC are hoping to inspire a club cricket highlights revolution

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, 202021 min

A Black History Month special

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. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 9, 202051 min

Remembering Dean Jones, Alastair Cook's Lord's hundred and a chaotic week in the IPL

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, 20201h 3m

Gun young quicks, netting for the sake of netting and the future of match teas

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, 202023 min

An epic last round of the Blast, the final of the Willis, the IPL and taking a knee

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, 20201h 0m

CricketForce Special Part 3: Creative fundraising

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, 202022 min

Maxwell's magic, epic comebacks and John Cleese

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, 202052 min

Wisden and CricViz present...The Greatest T20: Who is the greatest T20 spinner?

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, 202047 min

CricketForce Special Part 2: What club cricket can learn from its most testing summer

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, 202020 min

A celebration of Bell's career, Dawid Malan, the Willis and Headley's hat-tricks

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 ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 20201h 4m

The Greatest Rivalry: An all-time combined Pakistan-India Test XI

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 7, 20201h 24m

CricketForce Special Part 1: The ACE programme and British Asian integration

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 3, 202022 min

The arrival of Tom Banton, Moeen's return to form and left-arm wrist-spin

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 2, 20201h 2m

Crawley passes Sachin, Buttler's series and Anderson joins the 600 Club

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, 20201h 13m

The Greatest Rivalry: A combined ODI XI

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, 20201h 12m

Why Crawley deserves a chance, England's spin options and experiences of racism in county cricket

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, 202053 min

Managing rain delays and captaincy conundrums

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, 202030 min

The Greatest Rivalry – The women's teams, a whole new rivalry

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, 202043 min

Woakes and Buttler save the day, how England replace Stokes and records broken in the Willis

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, 202058 min

The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan – A rare occurrence

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. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 20201h 3m

England's 2023 World Cup plans, Pakistan's quicks and thrillers in the Willis

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 5, 202046 min

The Greatest Rivalry: The dawn of the IPL and India become world champions again

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 your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 31, 202048 min

Stuart Broad joins The 500 Club and a look at the Pakistan and Ireland series

The panel look back at England's final day victory at Manchester to seal the Wisden Trophy, discuss Stuart Broad's recent form and look ahead to the Ireland and Pakistan series as well as the upcoming Bob Willis Trophy. Sam Lockyer joins the show to talk about his new film on Brian Lara, 501 Not Out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 30, 20201h 10m

Club cricket is back!

Club cricket is finally back! Yas Rana and Phil Walker talk about its return, the game's new regulations and the hurdles clubs had to jump over to get club cricket up and running again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 202020 min

The Greatest Rivalry: The 21st century - a power shift…

In episode seven of The Greatest Rivalry, Nikesh Rughani and Aatif Nawaz speak to former India seamer Ashish Nehra and former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood about the rivalry between the two teams in the late-1990s and into the mid-2000s. Some of Pakistan’s greats were coming to the end of their careers, and under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, India reached new heights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 23, 202053 min

A celebration of Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad's comeback show

The Wisden quartet of Jo Harman, Phil Walker, Yas Rana and Ben Gardner look back at England's series-levelling win in Manchester. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 21, 20201h 10m

The Greatest Rivalry: A superb Pakistan side fall on the biggest stage

In the sixth episode of The Greatest Rivalry, Nikesh Rughani and Aatif Nawaz are once again joined by Waqar Younis and Vinod Kambli, as they look at the 1990s. There were tours to Canada, more classic games in Sharjah, THAT test series in 1999 and Pakistan built arguably their strongest side of all time for the 1999 World Cup, but still couldn’t beat India on the biggest stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 15, 202039 min

A look at a classy West Indies win and is it finally the end of the road for Denly?

The quartet of Ben Gardner, Taha Hashim, Yas Rana and Phil Walker look back at West Indies' victory over England at the Ageas Bowl as cricket made its long awaited return with a thrilling Test that ebbed and flowed throughout. The panel discuss the potential selection dilemmas facing England ahead of the second Test of the series in Manchester. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 13, 202050 min

The Greatest Rivalry: Green vs Blue – the iconic 1990s

In the fifth episode of The Greatest Rivalry, Nikesh Rughani and Aatif Nawaz head into the 1990s. It was the era of coloured clothing, Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup win, ODIs galore and lots of trips to Sharjah. Legends Waqar Younis and Vinod Kambli share their stories up until the 1996 World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 8, 202044 min

Wisden and CricViz present...The Greatest T20: Who is the greatest T20 influencer?

In the fourth episode of Wisden and Cricviz's series, The Greatest T20, Ben Gardner and Freddie Wilde are joined by Mark Butcher to discuss who they think the format's greatest influencer is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 6, 20201h 3m