

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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Jun 8, 2020 • 1h 37min
Wisden and CricViz present...The Greatest T20: Who are the greatest T20 side?
In the second episode of Wisden and CricViz's 10-part series, The Greatest T20, former West Indies captain Daren Ganga joins Yas Rana and CricViz analyst Freddie Wilde to discuss who the greatest T20 side of all time is. Paul Nixon and Hassan Cheema also join the show to talk about the best English and Pakistani domestic sides in the format's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2020 • 50min
England's era-defining win over West Indies in 2000
The panel of Jo Harman, Yas Rana and Phil Walker look back at England's 3-1 win over West Indies in 2000, a series that marked a shift in the fortunes of the England team under the leadership of Duncan Fletcher and Nasser Hussain. Michael Atherton and Dominic Cork feature on the show with some of their memories of that series.
Jo, Yas and Phil also discuss the West Indies squad that's been named for their upcoming tour of England and look at how the England side might change if Joe Root misses the first Test of that series to attend the birth of his second child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 2, 2020 • 30min
How Guernsey brought cricket back to the British Isles
Mark Latter, the CEO of the Guernsey Cricket Board, joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to explain how Guernsey, with the help of a range of social distancing measures, brought cricket back to the British Isles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 30, 2020 • 59min
The omission of Hales and the County Championship team of the 2000s
Dan Norcross joins Jo Harman and Yas Rana to pick Wisden's County Championship team of the 2000s. The panel also discuss the announcement of England's 55-man training group ahead of the proposed start of the international summer in July. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 25, 2020 • 1h 14min
Wisden and CricViz present...The Greatest T20: Who is the greatest T20 batsman?
In the first episode of The Greatest T20, a new fortnightly 10-part collaboration between Wisden and CricViz on T20 cricket, England World T20 winner Luke Wright joins CricViz analyst and award-winning author Freddie Wilde and regular Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast host Yas Rana to discuss who the greatest T20 batsman of all time is. Wright also explains how T20 cricket has changed since it first featured in county cricket in 2003. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 2020 • 59min
The England Test and ODI teams of the 2000s
The Wisden trio of Jo Harman, Phil Walker and Yas Rana pick an England Test team of the 2000s and an England ODI team of the 2000s. They also briefly discuss the ECB's progress towards bringing international cricket back this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 18, 2020 • 46min
Netting again, a doctor's view on the safety of club cricket and running marathons
Lots packed into this episode. Phil Walker and Yas Rana discuss being allowed to net again, Scott Oliver discusses the likelihood of amateur cricket returning this summer, Johnno Gordon gives a perspective of the challenges facing club captains at the moment and Rob Cross explains why he and two other soldiers decided to run marathons to raise money for the NHS and Chance to Shine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 15, 2020 • 1h 2min
The Wisden Test Team of the 2000s
John Stern, Phil Walker, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana select the Wisden Test Team of the 2000s, taking into consideration performances from January 2000 to December 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 7, 2020 • 32min
What the 2020 summer might look like and a look back at the 2017 World Cup final
England World Cup winner Alex Hartley joins the Jo Harman and Yas Rana to talk about what the 2020 cricketing summer might look like in both the men's and the women's game. Hartley also talks openly about the loss of her central contract and looks back at a magical day at Lord's in 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 30, 2020 • 50min
The postponement of The Hundred, the future of Test cricket and Matt Parkinson on leg-spin
Lancashire and England leg-spinner Matt Parkinson joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to discuss the postponement of The Hundred, Parkinson's career so far and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


