

Wisden Cricket Weekly
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.
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Jan 3, 2022 • 1h 7min
An SCG Test preview, Quinton de Kock's Test retirement and a chat with the Parkinson twins
The panel of Ben Gardner, Jo Harman and Yas Rana preview the fourth Ashes Test at the SCG, react to Quinton de Kock's unexpected retirement from Test cricket, India's win at Centurion and much more.
From the 54-minute mark, a section of Jo's interview with the Parkinson twins is played. You can read the full interview in the next issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly.
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Dec 28, 2021 • 1h 19min
Australia retain the urn: What's behind England's longstanding batting woes?
Australia retain the Ashes after a pair of calamitous batting performances from England at the MCG. Hometown hero Scott Boland took 6-7 on debut to brutally end England's Ashes hopes by bowling the tourists out for 68.
The panel of Mark Butcher, Phil Walker and Yas Rana try to make sense of England's longstanding batting woes and look at what the short term future may hold for the England men's Test side.
We apologise for the sound quality on this episode. A combination of a technical fault and our need to record the podcast remotely owing to a positive Covid-19 test in the team means that the sound quality is not quite at our usual level. We hope to be back to normal for next week's episode.
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Dec 23, 2021 • 1h 10min
Christmas special: Standout cricketing memories, controversial opinions and much more
In a bonus Christmas episode, Jo Harman, Ben Gardner, Phil Walker and Yas Rana briefly look back at the latest news from the world game before spending around 40 minutes answering your questions on everything from their favourite county players of the 1990s, their standout cricketing memories, their most controversial opinions, what they're looking forward to in 2022 and so much more.
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Dec 20, 2021 • 1h 15min
England go 2-0 down after another feeble few days Down Under
The panel of Jo Harman, Taha Hashim, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to England's 11th defeat in 12 Tests on Australian soil. They analyse England's team selections, ponder why so many of England's players aren't developing under the coaching set-up and discuss what they can do differently at Melbourne.
Skip to 45:25 to hear Mark Butcher's take on the Test and to 57:25 for the panel's discussion on Australia's performance.
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Dec 14, 2021 • 1h 17min
Pink-ball Test preview, Kohli removed as ODI captain and cricket's relationship with concussion
Ben Gardner, Jo Harman, Phil Walker and Yas Rana look ahead to the second Test of the 2021/22 Ashes, discuss the likely make-up of the two bowling attacks as well as the possible impact of the pink ball and how it will behave under the lights at Adelaide.
There's also discussion on Virat Kohli's removal from the India ODI captaincy, Babar Azam's first international wicket, Kamran Akmal and much more.
The panel also preview the upcoming issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly which is available at wisden.com/shop.
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Dec 11, 2021 • 1h 14min
Australia blow England away at Brisbane
Mark Butcher, Jo Harman, Taha Hashim and Yas Rana react to Australia's dominant first Test victory.
They discuss what went wrong for England, give English supporters a few reasons to remain hopeful and marvel at a string of excellent Australia individual performances.
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Dec 6, 2021 • 1h 13min
Previewing the 2021/22 men's Ashes and Ajaz Patel takes all 10
The panel of Mark Butcher, Jo Harman, Phil Walker and Yas Rana preview the 2021/22 men's Ashes which gets under way later this week, talk about Ajaz Patel's historic 10-for in Mumbai, Darren Gough's appointment at Yorkshire, the best and worst kits of all time and much, much more.
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Dec 2, 2021 • 1h 11min
Why England will definitely win the Ashes
The panel of Ben Gardner, Jo Harman, Phil Walker and Yas Rana react to a busy week in Test cricket with Tests played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
They also provide tentative hope for England fans ahead of the men's Ashes series while Mark Butcher joins over the phone to give his views on the limited warm-up action England have managed to get under their belt.
Ben updates us on the ICC's poor handling of the cancelled women's World Cup Qualifier and the panel answer your questions.
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Nov 23, 2021 • 1h 22min
The latest in English cricket's racism scandal and Tim Paine's resignation
Mark Butcher, Taha Hashim, Jo Harman and Ben Gardner respond to the latest troubling developments in English cricket's racism scandal, including the news stories regarding Azeem Rafiq himself. They also discuss Tim Paine's resignation, why he had to go, and who takes over both as Australia Test captain and wicketkeeper.
There's also a tribute to AB de Villiers, who retired from all cricket this week, and a round-up of the week's on-field action, with India beating New Zealand and Pakistan beating Bangladesh in a pair of T20I series, and the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier getting underway.
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Nov 17, 2021 • 1h 9min
Making sense of a deeply troubling day for the English game
Our panel of Ben Gardner, Jo Harman, Phil Walker and Yas Rana react to Azeem Rafiq's remarkable account of his experiences of racism within cricket at yesterday's DCMS hearing. They try to make sense of a troubling day for the English game and attempt to work out where we can go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


