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Wisden Cricket Weekly
Join Mark Butcher, Cameron Ponsonby and our rotating cast of brilliant journalists for a weekly digest of the biggest stories from both English cricket and the wider world game.
Episodes
Wisden Cricket WeeklyChristmas special: SA v ENG preview and Pakistan's triumph return home
In a bumper show, Phil Walker, Taha Hashim and Dan Gallan join Ben Gardner to discuss all the big news from the past few weeks and look ahead to England's…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyDecade in Review Special 3: Test Team of the Decade
Lawrence Booth, Phil Walker, Jo Harman, and John Stern make up the panel to pick Wisden's men's Test Team of the Decade, as the final part of our Decade in…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyDecade in Review Special 2: ODI Team of the Decade
Amla or Warner? Buttler or Dhoni? Or both? And can you really only pick five bowlers? Phil Walker, Dan Norcross, Adam Collins, and Yas Rana make up the…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyDecade in Review Special 1: Women's Team of the Decade
In the first of three Decade in Review special episodes, Raf Nicholson, Izzy Westbury, Adam Collins and Yas Rana choose the Wisden Women's Team of the Decade…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ v ENG review, Yasir Shah the Test centurion, Simon Kerrigan and Rahkeem Cornwall
Recorded hours before the news of Bob Willis' passing was made public, the panel of Jo Harman, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana talk about all the action from the last…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 10 – A look ahead to SA and the worst drop of all time?
After a draw in Hamilton sealed a series victory for New Zealand, Yas Rana, Lawrence Booth and Taha Hashim discuss how both sides fared across the series and…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 9 – Root doubles up, Pope impresses but Kiwis resist
Joe Root hit his highest score as captain as England put in their most encouraging performance with the bat in some time. It may end up not being enough for…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 8 – Root, Burns centuries lay solid base for England
Joe Root batted the entirety of day three in Hamilton to help put England in a strong position to at least avoid defeat and maybe even seal a series levelling…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 7 – England facing yet another uphill battle
After an attritional first two sessions, day two of the second Test in Hamilton came to life in the late afternoon as England took five quick wickets and lost…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 6 – Latham tons up, England labour in the field
After winning the toss and opting to insert New Zealand in on day one in Hamilton, England were on the receiving end of a Tom Latham masterclass as he carried…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWhat next for Joe Root, Manjrekar v Bhogle, and Qais Ahmad's bouncer
Wisden Cricket Monthly editor-in-chief Phil Walker and Wisden writer Aadya Sharma join Ben Gardner to discuss what England's innings defeat to New Zealand…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 5 – Kiwis win by an innings, where do England go from here?
New Zealand seal a deserved innings victory at the Bay Oval after a string of rash shots condemn England to another overseas defeat. Yas Rana talks to Lawrence…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 4 – Watling, Santner set up potential final day thriller
Another excellent day for New Zealand at the Bay Oval. BJ Watling and Mitch Santner put on the highest seventh wicket partnership in New Zealand's history as…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 3 – Kiwis show why they're second in the world
New Zealand grind England into the dirt on day three at the Bay Oval as BJ Watling bats out the entirety of the day to leave the Black Caps in a strong…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 2 – Late Curran intervention swings day in England's favour
England recover from an early morning collapse to end day two in a strong position. Lawrence Booth, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to another topsy turvy day…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Test series: Day 1 – Stokes counters after top three lay solid platform
Fifties from Ben Stokes, Rory Burns and Joe Denly leave England in a strong position at the end of an attritional first day of their series in New Zealand. Yas…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyNZ Tests preview, Somerset's points deduction, India's dominance, Livingstone and Shropshire
The BBC's Elly Oldroyd joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman to discuss England's upcoming Test series in New Zealand, Somerset's points deduction, another home India…
Wisden Cricket WeeklySir Alastair Cook joins the show, Taha explains Space Jam, and Morgan maligns Malan
Sir Alastair Cook joins the show to discuss England's chances in New Zealand and the growing challenge of opening the batting on home turf, and Jo Harman, Ben…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyViv Richards joins the show, T20 selection philosophy, air pollution and the ECL
Viv Richards joins the show for a condensed conversation about his career while Yas Rana, CricViz's Ben Jones and Michael McCann talk about all things cricket…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyShakib's ban, England Women's new head coach, and England men's new era
Wisden Cricket Monthly editor-in-chief Phil Walker, magazine editor Jo Harman, and staff writer Ben Gardner discuss Shakib Al Hasan's ban for corruption…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyThe Hundred special with Kevin Hand, Middlesex's muddle and Sarfaraz's sacking
BBC Radio London's Middlesex commentator Kevin Hand joins Ben Gardner and Taha Hashim to discuss the rights and wrongs of The Hundred's first 18 months, where…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyThe mock Hundred draft, and Sangakkara on cricket's return to Pakistan
Kumar Sangakkara talks cricket's return to Pakistan, Sri Lanka's international resurgence, and his plans as the first non-British president of the MCC, while…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyBig ECB announcements, Jamie Porter on Silverwood, Aussie records and Bhanuka Rajapaksa
The Wisden trio of Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and Phil Walker chat about a week that saw the ECB announce a new head coach and a new structure to the women's…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyThe launch of The Hundred, Rohit Sharma the Test opener, and crisps
CricViz analyst Freddie Wilde and Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine editor Jo Harman join Ben Gardner to discuss the launch of The Hundred, Rohit Sharma the Test…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyThe End: Sir Alastair Cook and Simon Harmer on Essex's title win after a dramatic day at Taunton
We hear from Sir Alastair Cook and Simon Harmer after Essex claim the title after Somerset briefly threatened to spoil the party. Learn more about your ad…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAn interview with Jack Leach on batting, Somerset and spin bowling
Jack Leach joins the podcast for an interview that is interrupted twice by the cheeky Essex duo of Sir Alastair Cook and Tom Westley. Leach talks about his…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAn interview with England's Matt Parkinson and another game-changing knock from Leach
Yas Rana and Harry Josephs react to day two from Taunton, Roelof van der Merwe talks through his rapid 59 and Harry talks to England's newest spinner, Matt…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyBairstow dropped, six newbies and Sam Cook
Yas Rana, Harry Josephs and Cricbuzz's Vithushan Ehantharajah react to the England squad news that saw Jonny Bairstow dropped from the England Test squad and…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyCentral contracts, a break for Moeen and a County Championship title showdown
Lizzy Ammon joins Yas Rana to look back at a bonkers week of County Championship action. They also preview next week's title showdown at Taunton and chat about…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 22: End of series awards show
As the series ends at The Oval, Taha Hashim and Phil Walker look back at the highs and lows of the last six weeks in this end of series awards show special…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 21: Joe Denly's day out, England's blueprint for success and Aussie farewells
Yas Rana and Phil Walker react to the third day at The Oval. A day's play that saw Joe Denly fall agonisingly short of a maiden Test century. Learn more about…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 20: What is Sam Curran? Archer and Smith shine (again)
Taha Hashim and Phil Walker look back at the second day's play at The Oval, one that saw England emerge as unlikely favourites to level the series. Learn more…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 19: Buttler shows class after Marsh derails England's good start
Yas Rana speaks to Jo Harman on the phone at The Oval as England squander their solid start on a good wicket at 'the People's Ground' before a Jos Buttler…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyGraeme Swann on where it went wrong for England, spin bowling and captaincy
Graeme Swann joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to discuss what's gone wrong for England in the Ashes, what happens next, what's gone right for Australia, spin…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 18: After Australia retain the Ashes, what next for England?
Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine editor and editor-in-chief Jo Harman and Phil Walker look back on a fascinating final day's play at Old Trafford, work out…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 17: Can England summon yet another miracle?
Taha Hashim is joined by CricBuzz's Australia correspondent Bharat Sundaresan to discuss Steve Smith's unyielding excellence, Mitchell Starc's return to form…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 16: Hazlewood impeccable as England's Jason Roy conundrum comes to a head
Rich Evans and Taha Hashim discuss a day which started with much promise for England, but was punctured by the brilliance of Josh Hazlewood. Learn more about…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 15: The imperious Steve Smith, the nuggety Tim Paine, and the mishandled Joe Denly
Taha Hashim is joined by Rich Evans and Ben Gardner to discuss day two of the Old Trafford Ashes Test Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 14: Steve Smith sublime, Archer off-colour
Digital editor Rich Evans joins Taha Hashim and Ben Gardner from Old Trafford to discuss a weird first day of the fourth Ashes Test. Learn more about your ad…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyReaction to Headingley, an Alex Carey interview, Bumrah magic and the County Championship
A bumper episode featuring Ben Gardner in conversation with Phil Walker and Jo Harman about the Headingley Test, Mark Robinson's England departure, the County…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 13: The Second Headingley Ashes Miracle
Ben Gardner and the Cricbuzz's Australia correspondent Bharat Sundaresan look back at one of the most bonkers days in cricket's history. Learn more about your…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 12: Joe Root gives England the faintest of glimmers
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Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 11: England collapse in style to leave Ashes hopes in tatters
After England's third sub-100 score this year, Ben Gardner and Jarrod Kimber try to make sense of another mind-boggling day of Ashes cricket. Learn more about…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 10: Archer's first five-for of many, Labuschagne's promise, and getting hit amidships
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Wisden Cricket WeeklyHeadingley preview, Notts' Sunderland impression, KSL and Karunaratne's boys
With Steve Smith ruled out of the third Ashes Test in Leeds, the panel assess England's chances of levelling the series as well as looking back at the recent…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 9: Australia will be tiptoeing to Leeds, England will be skipping
Taha Hashim and Phil Walker reflect on the final day of the Lord's Test and look ahead to what might happen in Leeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 8: One of the all-time great Ashes duels
Yas Rana and Taha Hashim reflect on the fourth day at Lord's where a sickly blow to Steve Smith's neck overshadowed one of the all-time great Ashes duels…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 7: England fail to make the most of conditions and Bancroft in the spotlight
Jo Harman and Yas Rana talk about a shortened day three at Lord's that leaves the prospect of a result in the balance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 6: Cummins, Hazlewood put Australia on top
Yas Rana and Phil Walker look back at the action from day two at Lord's where England were bowled out for 258 on a slow wicket as Cummins and Hazlewood starred…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 5: Lyon spins Australia to victory as England crumble
Nathan Lyon spins Australia to victory on day five as England barely make the halfway point in the day. Yas Rana, Jo Harman and Ben Gardner look back at the…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 4: Smith brilliant again and another tough day for Moeen
Steve Smith continued his quite frankly ridiculous recent Ashes form with his 10th Test hundred against England to set Australia in a position where they need…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 3: A Test in the balance
An ebbing and flowing third day ended with England with their noses in front. Yas Rana, Ben Gardner, and Taha Hashim look back on an undulating day in which…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 2: It's Rory Burns Day
A week is an aeon in cricket. Rory Burns scores a maiden hundred that he'll remember for the rest of his life as England move into a dominant position after…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily 1: A brilliant start to the Ashes ft. a Steve Smith special
Well, well, well. After all the chat and pre-Ashes hype, day one of the first Test at Edgbaston certainly delivered. A Steve Smith masterclass helped Australia…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyBlockbuster Ashes Preview with Glenn McGrath and Tim Murtagh
The Wisden trio of Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Jo Harman come together for a blockbuster Ashes preview featuring interviews with Glenn McGrath and Ireland hero…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyLots and lots of cricket and the art of wicketkeeping
Yas Rana and Jo Harman are joined by Tom Huelin and former Hampshire wicketkeeper Michael Bates as they discuss the Women's Ashes, the Ireland Test, the…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes special with Mark Butcher and John Altman
Mark Butcher and John Altman join Yas Rana in an Ashes special. They look back to the World Cup final and exchange stories about their time in and around the…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyEngland crowned World Cup champions after the match to end all matches
After a fantastic, outrageous, extraordinary conclusion to the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup, Jo Harman is joined by Phil Walker and Felix White to try and make…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWorld Cup final preview special: England and New Zealand bid for first title
On Sunday, England will play their first Men’s Cricket World Cup final for 27 years, and their first live match on free-to-air television since 2005, taking on…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyEngland hammer Australia to set up final with New Zealand
Five countries have lifted the trophy in the history of the Men’s Cricket World Cup. On Sunday we will have our sixth. It will be England v New Zealand in the…