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This Week in Cricket #210: Stephen Fleming & Joe Root combine for England, plus a Black Caps news round-up
In this episode of the show, Baldy, Raj and Stu discuss Stephen Fleming's appointment as England's Test coach, plus Joe Root's return to captaincy, a bit of Black Caps news and the West Indies taking a 1-0 lead against Pakistan.
We start the show with the news that Stephen Fleming will succeed Brendon McCullum as England's Test coach - although not until the end of their upcoming series against Pakistan. We give our initial reactions, then dive into what changes that might lead to both on and off the field.
As the conversation continues, we talk about how much pressure Fleming will face to…
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