

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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Sep 7, 2020 • 1h 25min
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 3, 2020 • 23min
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 2, 2020 • 1h 2min
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

Aug 26, 2020 • 1h 13min
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 21, 2020 • 1h 13min
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 18, 2020 • 53min
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 17, 2020 • 31min
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 14, 2020 • 43min
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 11, 2020 • 58min
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 9, 2020 • 1h 3min
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


