Wisden Cricket Weekly

Robin Smith, one of the greatest England batsmen of his era, a Hampshire institution and, in the words of Mark Nicholas, “A dashingly handsome player in every respect”, joins the author Jon Hotten and our host Phil Walker to discuss the World Cup so far, the unassuming genius of Joe Root, what it was like to face Warne and Marshall, and why he felt compelled to commit his astonishing life story to paper in his new autobiography, The Judge. Plus, hear some expert advice from Betfair’s cricket correspondent, Ed Hawkins, about the tournament’s upcoming matches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The match to end all matches, a rivalry to shake and shape the world as we know it, the biggest game in the history of big games – at least since the last one – and a comprehensive cakewalk for this seriously good Indian juggernaut. Phil Walker is joined by the Indian journalist and broadcaster Chetan Narula, and Ben Jones from CricViz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is it time we started taking this Australian side seriously? Played five, won four, eight points, sitting pretty at the top of the table. And yet still the Australian sporting cognoscenti seem intent on telling us there’s nothing to see here. What ’ s afoot? Sam Perry of the Grade Cricketer tells all to Phil Walker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan Norcross joins Jo Harman and Phil Walker after a third dominant England win of the tournament. Dan also gives his opinion on the recent controversy regarding the freedom afforded to (or lack thereof) the World Cup broadcast commentators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tymal Mills joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker for a special episode looking at not only the World Cup but Tymal's career so far, fast bowling and the future of T20 competitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia pick up a crucial win at Taunton over Pakistan to put themselves into a strong position to qualify for the semi-finals. Jo Harman, Phil Walker and Sam Landsberger look back at one of the games of the tournament so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman and Phil Walker are back at the end of another washout. They talk about the ramifications of yet another 'no result' as well as how the numerous injury concerns may affect various teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil Walker and Jo Harman are joined by the Evening Standard's Will Macpherson as they look back at the last seven days of World Cup action. They also share their tips for the week ahead. Phil also had a chat with Betfair cricket analyst Paul Krishnamurty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chetan Narula joins Phil Walker to discuss India's impressive victory over Australia at The Oval. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roy's emphatic return to form and New Zealand's return to the top of the table by Wisden Cricket Weekly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the absence of any play in Bristol, Jo Harman and Phil Walker discuss their 'Best and Worsts' of the World Cup so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Aussies win a thriller, the Women's Ashes and the World Cup honeymoon by Wisden Cricket Weekly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman, Phil Walker and Dan Gallan look back on day seven of this year's Cricket World Cup. India got off to a winning start against a South Africa side on the brink of an early exit while New Zealand scraped past Bangladesh to put themselves top of the table after the first week of the tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman is joined by Lizzy Ammon and Ben Jones to look back at Sri Lanka's first win of the tournament as well as assessing the biggest surprises of the World Cup so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neil Manthorp joins Phil Walker and Jo Harman, to discuss the last 5 days of the World Cup, while looking forward to what is ahead of us this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman and Phil Walker look back at Pakistan's surprise win over England Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman and Phil Walker are joined by South African cricket writer Dan Gallan after South Africa's defeat against Bangladesh – their second in as many games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Grade Cricketer's Sam Perry reflects on two more one-sided World Cup matches with Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine editor Jo Harman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman, Phil Walker and the editor of PakPassion, Saj Sadiq, discuss West Indies' emphatic victory over Pakistan on the second day of the World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Niall O'Brien joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to dissect England's opening win over South Africa. Niall also reflects on his own World Cup memories as well as how he sees the next few years of Irish cricket going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wisden Extra Podcast: the World Cup fever edition by Wisden Cricket Weekly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first episode of the Wisden Cricket Daily Podcast. Felix White and Lizzy Ammon join Yas Rana, Jo Harman and Phil Walker for a live show at the Bira 91 World Cup lounge in the Royal Garden Hotel. They weigh up England's chances, discuss the likely legacy of the tournament, look back at past England failures at the tournament and predict their semi-finalists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a wide-ranging discussion to launch the new Wisden Club Cricket Podcast, Rich Evans, club cricket editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly, speaks to Simon Prodger, the managing director of the national cricket conference, on grassroots cricket’s volunteer problem, the joy of a new season and the key debates facing grassroots cricket in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kent and Australia opening batsman Matt Renshaw joins Ben Gardner and Yas Rana on the panel to discuss Jos Buttler's sensational hundred at the Ageas Bowl, two epic IPL finals and Matt's own experiences playing Test cricket after the Cape Town Test last year, his incident at Pune, his English roots and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Managing director of the PCB and former Leicestershire Chief Executive Wasim Khan joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman in a special episode looking at politics within the PCB, what the future holds for smaller counties and his role as a trailblazer for British Asians in English cricket. The panel also look back at England's wins in Dublin and Cardiff as well as the latest IPL and RLODC action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CricViz's Freddie Wilde joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman to discuss Alex Hales' World Cup omission, the last week's county cricket action and the fastest bowlers of all-time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ollie Rayner joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to discuss the last week in the world of cricket, what Eoin Morgan is like in the dressing room, how cricket can often stifle colourful characters, the trials of being an English spinner and how he wants to put German cricket on the world map. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alison Mitchell and Daisy Christodoulou join Yas Rana and Phil Walker on this week's panel as they discuss how technology has affected the game before debating the more contentious World Cup selection discussions of the last week. As ever, they reflect on the past week's county cricket action as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Editor of the Wisden Almanack Lawrence Booth joins Jo Harman and Yas Rana for a special episode which looks at not only the start of the County Championship season, but also this year's Wisden Almanack, which was released last week. Lawrence talks through the process of putting the Almanack together as well as the reasons behind his picks for the five Cricketers of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a special episode, Nottinghamshire duo Ben Duckett and Joe Clarke join Yas Rana and Ben Gardner to discuss the latest week in cricket but also the reasons why they both decided to join Notts, The Hundred, their memories of the 2005 Ashes, Moeen Ali and how social media can affect the current generation of England cricketers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lizzy Ammon joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to look ahead to the new county season. They preview the teams, pick out players to watch and stick their necks on the line with a collection of predictions for the year ahead. Phil tries to unpick the curious tale of Haseeb Hameed while they all get their teeth into the tedious Mankad debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Izzy Westbury joins Ben Gardner and Yas Rana to discuss England's recent tour to India, Afghanistan's first Test win, another exciting Pakistani fast bowler, the IPL and, of course, the Leeward Islands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In arguably the most fun episode yet, Mr Surrey himself Mark Church joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to discuss England's T20I series whitewashes in the Caribbean and India, Australia's ODI resurgence, the upcoming county season and THAT Johnny Baran video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Felix White joins Phil Walker and Ben Gardner to discuss England's final-ODI capitulation against West Indies, Chris Jordan's ridiculous catch, Ireland's tour of Afghanistan, and wonder just who on earth Felix could be writing a book with... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vithushan Ehantharajah joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to discuss another immensely busy week in cricket. They look back on six-hitting exhibitions from around the globe, a tense win for the England Women's team, Sri Lanka's unlikely trumph over South Africa and Duanne Olivier's decision to join Yorkshire on a Kolpak deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil Walker, Yas Rana and CricViz's Ben Jones discuss a week of remarkable comebacks, a glut of sixes in the Caribbean, the greatest individual series of all-time and much, more more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shortly after his return from Australia, Adam Collins joins the panel to discuss England's win in St Lucia, a big month for women's cricket, distasteful banners and Australia's Ashes chances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The former West Indies coach and current Middlesex coach Stuart Law joins the panel to give a unique insight on the West Indies side that's dominating England in the Caribbean and looks ahead to his new job at Middlesex. Stuart also has some words of advice for batsmen snubbed by Aussie selectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Andy Zaltzman talk about, via a Wally Hammond-inspired tangent, England's disastrous Test in Barbados and discuss what England could do differently in Antigua. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana, Jo Harman and esteemed football writer and cricket enthusiast Jonathan Wilson talk about the last week in cricket, from Dhoni's World Cup hopes to a controversial KP Tweet, as well as comparisons between the coverage of cricket and football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a special episode looking forward to England's Test series against the West Indies, Wisden Cricket Monthly's Phil Walker and Jo Harman look back at previous encounters between the two sides with former England all-rounder Derek Pringle. The episode also features a pre-recorded segment with Graham Gooch on Viv Richards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana, Jo Harman and for the first time, Lizzy Ammon of the Times, digest the last week in cricket and discuss whether or not they think the Hundred will be a success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The panel of Jo Harman, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana discuss the three Boxing Day Test matches, the chaotic restructuring of the Australian middle-order, another series win for New Zealand, Dale Steyn and an entertaining conversation with Jack Russell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our final episode of the year, Test Match Special's Daniel Norcross makes his first appearance on the podcast alongside Jo Harman and Yas Rana as they discuss the IPL auction, Australia's win in Perth and argue over who should be in the Test team of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the first of two end of year review specials, Yas Rana, Jo Harman and Vithushan Ehantharajah talk first about the last week in cricket, including an open letter to the ECB from a Worcestershire fan and the amazing story of New Zealand's Will Somerville, before they pick out their favourite stories and breakthrough players of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana is joined by the magazine editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly, Jo Harman, and the Evening Standard's rugby and cricket correspondent, Will Macpherson. The trio talk about the first day of the Australia vs India series, the future of the shorter forms of the game, England's likely squads for the Caribbean and beyond as well as the potential verdict of the Stokes/Hales hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil Walker is joined by regular guest Jo Harman and CricViz's Patrick Noone as they talk about England's series win in Sri Lanka, what England's XI will look like in the first Test in the Caribbean and Yasir Shah's brilliance. Adam Collins joins them on the phone from Australia to preview the upcoming Test series between India and Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil Walker is joined by Wisden's Ben Gardner and CricViz's Ben Jones and they discuss England's WT20 final hopes, Jonny Bairstow's brilliant comeback knock and a statistical study on the new golden age of fasts bowling. They are also joined by Adam Collins and the BBC's Henry Moeran who are both out in Antigua. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil Walker is joined by regular guest Jo Harman and the departing Ed Kemp as they discuss Sam Curran's brilliance, the challenges coming up for England in the ongoing World T20 in the Caribbean and, interestingly, what the future holds for Zimbabwean cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

England secured their first overseas win in more than two years this week, but it has left them with an almighty selection conundrum. The Wisden trio of Yas Rana, Jo Harman and Ben Gardner disect England's brilliant win and talk about the ramifications of Katherine Brunt's injury, funky run-ups and much more from the world of cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices