England retain Bashir and Crawley, and what Test cricket's history can tell us about its future

Tim Wigmore and Cameron Ponsonby join Yas Rana to talk about Vaibhav Suryavanshi's record-breaking innings, the latest from the County Championship, Tim's new book on the history of Test cricket, potential IPL expansion and more.

Mark Butcher also joins the show to discuss England's Test squad to face Zimbabwe, released on Friday. 0:00 Remitly / 0:48 Intro / 1:28 Patreon / 2:05 Mark Butcher on England's Test squad / 16:46 Gullivers Sports Travel / 17:08 Vaibhav Suryavanshi / 24:37 England / 31:54 Josh Tongue / 34:36 Farhan Ahmed / 38:50 County Championship / 48:11 Test Cricket: A History, by Tim Wigmore / 1:10:02 Total Play Ltd / 1:22:22 Sam Curran / 1:23:45 IPL expansion / 1:31:46 Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe / 1:33:37 Outro ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💸 REMITLY Download the Remitly app today and enjoy a special offer on your first transfer: https://bit.ly/WisdenRemitly2025 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📒 Test Cricket: A HistoryAvailable online or in all good book shops: https://geni.us/TestCricket

✈️ GULLIVERS SPORTS TRAVEL Experience England's tour of Ireland later this year: https://bit.ly/WisdenGulliversIREvENG

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