Shows / Wisden Cricket Weekly
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
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A chat with Mo Bobat: Inside the mind of an IPL winner
Phil Walker sits down with Mo Bobat, the Director of Cricket at London Spirit and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. They chat about talent ID, auction strategy…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Cricket Weekly: Alyssa Healy retires and Heather Knight’s new non-playing role in The Hundred
Yas and Lauren discuss Alyssa Healy's retirement before Katya chats to former England captain Heather Knight on her new non-playing role at London Spirit. 0:00…
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Our cricketing hopes for 2026, final Ashes reflections and will the Hundred rebrands work?
Yas, Katya and Jim start by putting the 2025/26 Ashes to bed once and for all, before chatting about the rebranding of teams in The Hundred, Shoaib Bashir's…
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Butch reacts: The Bangladesh T20 World Cup scheduling farce & South Africa's strange squad
Yas and Butch discuss why deteriorating relations between Bangladesh and India are causing complications for the scheduling of the T20 World Cup, a couple of…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Weekly: Dramatic WPL finishes and a chat with England legend Anya Shrubsole
Yas and Lauren discuss a crazy opening weekend of the 2026 WPL before Katya chats to England legend Anya Shrubsole. 0:00 Intro / 0:37 Lauren on WPL 2026 /…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Weekly: WPL 2026 preview! Power rankings, predictions and players to watch
Katya Witney, Rahul Iyer and Aadya Sharma look ahead to the start of the 2026 Women's Premier League. The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration…
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"COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE" – Butch reviews the Ashes and suggests what England need to change
Butch is off his long run to review England's 4-1 defeat in Australia. 👀 PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: Australia win in Sydney but still time for more drama on final day of the series
Yas and Ben on the final day of the 2025/26 Ashes. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for extended episodes: http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 🏠 RIVERSTONE LIVING We are…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: Bethell breakthrough hundred lights up the SCG
Yas and Cam on day four of the fifth and final 2025/26 Ashes Test at the SCG. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for extended episodes: http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: Passive England put to the sword by Head and Smith centuries
Yas and Matt on day two of the fifth and final 2025/26 Ashes Test at the SCG. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for extended episodes: http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: Sloppy England fail to make the most of Joe Root's 160
Yas and Lawrence on day two of the fifth and final 2025/26 Ashes Test at the SCG. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for extended episodes…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: Why no spinner? Brook and Root put England in command after surprising Australia selection call
Ben and Yas on day one of the fifth and final 2025/26 Ashes Test at the SCG. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for extended episodes: http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 🏠…
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Reaction: England announce their T20 World Cup squad as Ashes seamer wins surprise call-up
Yas is joined by Matt Roller to discuss England's T20 World Cup squad. 👀 PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Cricket Weekly: Our favourite moments and players of the year from a crazy 2025
As another year comes to an end, the panel pick their favourite women's cricket moments of 2025. The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the…
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Give Bethell the next 10 Tests & build an attack around Tongue?
Phil & Yas discuss England's win at Melbourne, covering whether Jacob Bethell is now a lock at three for England, how Josh Tongue has emerged as one of…
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Butch reacts to England's MCG win: Does it make early series errors more frustrating?
Butch and Yas reflect on England's victory at the MCG, their first in Australia for nearly 15 years. 🍻 TIMOTHY TAYLOR'S We’re incredibly excited to be working…
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Ashes Daily: England FINALLY win a Test in Australia
After 14 years, England finally got over the line in an away Ashes Test. Cameron Ponsonby and Yas on the second day at the MCG. RIVERSTONE LIVING We are proud…
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Ashes Daily: Too much in the pitch? 20 wickets fall on chaotic first day in Melbourne
20 wickets fell on the opening day of a chaotic Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. Matt Roller and Yas on the first day at the MCG. RIVERSTONE LIVING We are proud…
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Women's Weekly: Phoebe Litchfield On Growing Up Fast In Australian Cricket
Australia batter Phoebe Litchfield joins Lauren and Yas to talk about her journey from playing cricket in her back garden to becoming an all-format regular for…
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Bonus Ashes Daily: Archer injured, Pope out, Bethell in and Duckett retained for the MCG
A bonus daily episode from Matt and Yas reacting to the England team news for the fourth Ashes Test at the MCG. 🏠 RIVERSTONE LIVING We are proud to have…
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Will McCullum stay on as coach? And the structural problems holding English cricket back
We're Yas and Phil dissect England's latest Ashes defeat, discuss Brendon McCullum's position, the structural problems with English cricket and more. 0:00…
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Butch reacts to Australia retaining the Ashes in Adelaide – why do England always fail Down Under?
Mark Butcher joins Yas Rana to discuss Australia's victory at Adelaide - one that ensured their retention of the Ashes. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon…
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Ashes Daily: Australia retain the Ashes after 11 days of cricket
Cam and Yas on the day that Australia retained the urn despite resistance from Will Jacks and Jamie Smith on the final day in Adelaide. 🏠 RIVERSTONE LIVING We…
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Ashes Daily: Head piles on the misery as Stokes doesn't bowl on crunch day for England
Ben and Yas on the third day's play in Adelaide. 🏠 RIVERSTONE LIVING We are proud to have partnered with Riverstone Living for our Ashes Daily podcast! From…
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Ashes Daily: Ashes all but retained after Cummins and Lyon star on day four
Lawrence joins Yas to digest the fourth day at Adelaide, one that ends with Australia four wickets away from retaining the urn. 🏠 RIVERSTONE LIVING We are…
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Ashes Daily: Clinical Australia school England as visitors' Ashes hopes disappear before their eyes
It's not quite done yet but it's not far off. Phil and Yas on the second day at the Adelaide Oval. 🏠 RIVERSTONE LIVING We are proud to have partnered with…
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Ashes Daily: Honours even after Carey hundred and Archer three-for
Jo and Yas on the first day at Adelaide where Alex Carey's hundred was the standout performance of the day. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for extended episodes…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen’s Weekly: Katey Martin on her transition from player to pundit, commentating on former teammates and calling New Zealand’s T20 World Cup win
Katya chats to former New Zealand star Katey Martin about her playing career, life as a pundit, commentating on former teammates, calling New Zealand's T20…
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England make one change and leave out Shoaib Bashir for must-win Adelaide Test
It's Christmas season, so everyone's in different places! Yas, Butch, Ben and ESPN Cricinfo's Matt Roller look ahead to the third Test at Adelaide, reacting to…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen’s Weekly: Why haven't England produced a world class batter in the last decade?
A slightly different episode this week, with Katya and Yas asking one big question: Why haven't England haven't produced a world class batter in the last…
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Will England make any surprise changes for Adelaide & West Indies’ heroic draw in New Zealand
Phil, Jo and Yas reflect on England's poor performance in the pink-ball Test in Brisbane and West Indies' incredible draw in New Zealand. 0:00 Timothy Taylor's…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: What changes can we expect after Stokes' honest post-game reflections?
Yas and Cam review the fourth and final day of the Brisbane Test. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for extended episodes: http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 🏠 RIVERSTONE…
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"AN ABSOLUTE SHAMBLES" – Butch reacts to England’s humiliating defeat in Brisbane
Yas and Butch on Australia's comprehensive victory against England in the Brisbane pink-ball Test. 👀 Sign up the Patreon: http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 🍻…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: 'That was galling' – one of England's very worst days in Australia
Yas and Matt on a particularly bad third day of the pink-ball Test for England. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for extended episodes…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: England hanging on in Brisbane after sloppy day in the field
Yas and Lawrence review day two of the pink-ball Test in Brisbane. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for extended episodes: http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 🏠…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: Root's landmark century rescues England on captivating first day in Brisbane
Yas and Phil on a captivating first day of the pink-ball Test in Brisbane. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon for the extended version: http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: Why England have picked Will Jacks and Australia's potentially curveball way of replacing Usman Khawaja
Yas is joined by Matt Roller to discuss England's XI for the Brisbane Test and Usman Khawaja's injury. 🏠 RIVERSTONE LIVING We are proud to have partnered with…
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What actually happens in pink-ball Tests and South Africa’s famous series win in India
Butch, Phil, Ben and Yas look ahead to the pink-ball Test in Brisbane, react to South Africa's series win in India and more. 0:00 Timothy Taylor's / 0:40 Intro…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: Has the reaction to England's pink-ball warm-up snub been overblown?
A bonus pod from Yas and Jim now the dust has settled from Perth's two-day Test and a look ahead to Brisbane. 👀 Sign up to the Patreon…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen’s Cricket Weekly: WPL auction preview, Meg Lanning's incredible hundred & England players in the WBBL
Lauren Winfield-Hill and Yas Rana chat about the latest from the WBBL before Katya Witney, Aadya Sharma and Rahul Iyer preview the WPL 2026 auction. 0:00 Metro…
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England’s worst defeat of the Bazball era? Starc and Head dominate Perth Test
Butch, Jo, Ben and Yas try to make sense of one of the maddest Tests in Ashes history, one which Australia won in two days thanks to the brilliance of Mitchell…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen’s Cricket Weekly: Cricket with Crohn's, World Cup wins, commentary & more | Lauren's Reddit AMA
A slightly different episode today as Lauren Winfield-Hill takes on a Reddit Ask Me Anything Q&A. The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: England humiliated in Perth after another collapse and Head's heroics
Ben and Lawrence on a disastrous second day for England, Travis Head's stunning century and one of the shortest Ashes Tests in history. 👀 Listen to the…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyAshes Daily: Sensational fast-bowling display puts England on top as 19 wickets fall on opening day in Perth
Yas and Phil dissect a crazy start to the 2025/26 Ashes which saw 19 wickets fall on day one in Perth! 👀 Listen to the extended 50-minute version on our…
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South Africa stun India and how much does Josh Hazlewood’s injury change things?
It's Ashes week! Butch, Jo, Phil and Yas discuss South Africa's thrilling victory against India, the news that Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the first…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen’s Cricket Weekly: Former England head coach on his toughest calls, and how to win a World Cup
Katya Witney chats to former England head coach Mark Robinson about winning the World Cup in 2017, his toughest selection calls, how coaching a women’s side…
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Who will open for Australia and why did England move on from Ollie Robinson?
Yas and Lawrence are joined by broadcaster and friend of the show Adam Collins for yet more Ashes build-up chat after Australia announced their squad for the…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Cricket Weekly: What does India's historic World Cup win mean for the future of women's cricket?
Lauren, Butch, Katya, Ben and Yas review India's victory in the World Cup final against South Africa and wonder what their historic win means for the future of…
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India become world champions and do England’s ODI struggles have any bearing on the Ashes?
India have won the Women's Cricket World Cup, England are still bad at ODI cricket and the Ashes preview chat continues with Lawrence Booth, Phil Walker and…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Cricket Weekly: Rodrigues special takes India to final and what next for England?
Lauren, Katya, Ben and Yas review the two Women's World Cup semi-finals, including an iconic innings from Jemimah Rodrigues to knock out Australia, Laura…
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Two dramatic England collapses in a week: do they really need to 'go harder' in ODIs?
Do Harry Brook's side really need to 'go harder' in ODIs? Butch, Phil, Ben Yas try to make sense of two England collapses against New Zealand and what – if…
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Women's Cricket Weekly: Is England's more cautious approach working?
Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to the last week of World Cup action, including Australia's statement victory against…
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What's made Phil Salt a world class T20 opener, what is England's best side and an out-of-the-box Ashes option
Ben and Yas are joined by Matt Roller to discuss the start of England's white-ball tour of New Zealand. They chat about Phil Salt and Harry Brook's fireworks…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Cricket Weekly: England unbeaten but fail to convince after rain spares their blushes against Pakistan
Lauren, Katya, Ben and Yas round up another week of action from the Women's World Cup, and there's a chat with Bangladesh expert Tawhid Qureshi about their…
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How much does Cummins' injury change things, a chat with Mark Wood & is the pre-Ashes war of words getting too much?
A bumper show for you today! Butch, Lawrence, Phil and Yas discuss what impact Pat Cummins' reported setback could have on the Ashes, the war of words is…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Cricket Weekly: England thrash South Africa but sneak past impressive Bangladesh
Lauren, Katya, Ben and Yas round up the first week of action from the Women's World Cup, including two very contrasting victories for England, a brief scare…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyChris Woakes retires, the race to partner Khawaja and what does the future hold for West Indian Test cricket?
Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana discuss Chris Woakes' England legacy, the race to open for Australia in the Ashes, West Indies' heavy Test defeat in…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Cricket Weekly: A quietly good week for England and how South Africa punch above their weight
Yas and Lauren discuss the first two games of the World Cup and a quietly good week for England before getting into a deep dive on South African cricket. Yas…
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Joe Root joins the show, end of season review and could county cricketers really go on strike?
Lawrence Booth, Phil Walker and Yas Rana review the 2025 summer including Nottinghamshire's title triumph and Durham's dramatic relegation before picking their…
Wisden Cricket WeeklyWomen's Cricket Weekly: World Cup preview, Kate Cross loses her central contract and a chat with Mithali Raj
The World Cup is nearly here! Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana preview the tournament with power rankings, players to watch and more. We've also got…