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The Top Order Cricket Podcast
A Pom, an Aussie and two Kiwis walk into a bar ... it’s not a joke, it’s The Top Order, a cricketing podcast where good friends mix their own banter and opinion with extended interviews with some of cricket's most interesting characters from the past and present day.
Episodes
The Top Order Cricket PodcastRachin Ravindra, Black Caps all-rounder - debuts, history and learning from every experience
On this episode of the show we're joined by one of the newest members of the Black Caps - someone who has had quite a 12 months. There’s been injuries…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #78 - The Ashes first Test review
The Ashes takes centre stage this week as we discuss Australia's win in the first Test at the Gabba. Should England have bowled first? Did they pick the right…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Test Cricket Hall of Fame - 65 to 61: The face, the voice and a whole lot of wickets
In this episode of the Men's Test Cricket Hall of Fame, we continue our countdown by discussing players 65 to 61 (scroll to the bottom of the description if…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #77 - Ajaz Patel's perfect 10 and bold Ashes predictions
It's an excitement overload this week as we're together to record in the same room for the first time since August! We start the show by celebrating Ajaz…
The Top Order Cricket Podcast2021/22 Ashes Preview with Melinda Farrell, all-round cricket personality
A little series called The Ashes is on the horizon, there's drama everywhere and Melinda Farrell joins the show to chat through the storylines before the…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastIsh Sodhi - Black Caps' T20 World Cup campaign, the art of leg-spin, Test ambitions and the magic of the IPL
On this episode, we're joined by Black Caps' leg-spinner Ish Sodhi. As well as re-living the final few moments of the first Test between NZ and India, we talk…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #76 - When a draw feels like a win: Black Caps v India first Test
This week's show is dominated by our reaction to the Black Caps' gritty draw against India in the first Test at Kanpur. The Kiwis among us are celebrating a…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #75 - The Tim Paine saga and the India v NZ T20 series
What a rollercoaster few months it has been for the Australian men's team! Justin Langer reportedly lost the dressing room, their World Cup build up was awful…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastIndia v New Zealand Test Series Preview - the World Test Championship defence begins
Test cricket is back (almost)! After a heavy diet of T20 cricket over the past couple of months, the Black Caps are in India to begin their defence of the…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Evolution of T20 Cricket - Part 2: What does the future hold?
Is T20 the most important format in the game today? Recorded just prior to the semi-finals of the 2021 T20 World Cup, this two-part episode charts the…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Evolution of T20 Cricket - Part 1: Is T20 the most important format in the game today?
Is T20 the most important format in the game today? Recorded just prior to the semi-finals of the 2021 T20 World Cup, this two-part episode charts the…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #74: Australia win the T20 World Cup
The T20 World Cup ended with Australia being crowned the champions of the world as New Zealand were heartbroken again in another white-ball tournament. We…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastT20 World Cup - New Zealand v Australia: The final showdown
Keen listeners of the show might be looking for our discussion about the evolution of T20 cricket, but two brilliant semi-finals had us buzzing with excitement…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #73 - Finals time at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup
The T20 World Cup is the focus again this week with the semi-finalists now confirmed after New Zealand's win against Afghanistan booked them a date against…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Test Cricket Hall of Fame - 70 to 66: Finally a Kiwi on the list!
Baldy has birds on the mind during this edition of the Test Cricket Hall of Fame, as we count down from 70 to 66. There's pigeons, peacocks, ducks and geese…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #72 - T20 World Cup: Black Caps beat India, Pakistan and England are on fire and Ben Stokes is back
It's another case of World Cup fever this week and there's plenty to talk about, despite Pakistan and England having a jump on the field so far. We start the…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Test Cricket Hall of Fame - 75 to 71: A slow one, a fast one, a nice one, a fancy one and England's greatest ever batter?
There's some outrageous claims on this episode of the Men's Test Cricket Hall of Fame as we explore the careers of five fantastic batters ranked from 75 to 71…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #71 - The T20 World Cup is fizzing like a sherbet dip dab
The T20 World Cup has reached the Super 12 stage and there's been some cracking games already. We start with a shout out to Namibia and Scotland for their…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Ashes: a check-in
The Ashes are still six weeks away, but the boys, particularly Baldy and Binksy, couldn't resist taking a brief detour away from the T20 World Cup to discuss…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastKatey Martin - White Ferns tour to England and the 2022 World Cup
Katey Martin has represented the White Ferns nearly 200 times across an almost 18-year international career, including a rare Test match in 2003. We’ve heard…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #70 - CSK win the IPL and Day 1 of the T20 World Cup
Eighteen months ago it was hard to imagine we'd have the final of the IPL and the opening games of a T20 World Cup within the same week, but in this new-normal…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 Preview
It's World Cup time, which also means it's preview time! The show starts with an epic Baldwin explainer, before we each select a team to discuss in more detail…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastNiall O'Brien - World Cup wins, throwdowns in the carpark and growing up in a family of Ireland Cricket legends
Niall O'Brien's international career spanned well past a decade, and included more than 100 ODIs, 30 T20Is and Ireland's first Test match in 2018. He's now a…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #69 - The Ashes are on and Kiwi Knight Riders on the charge
It's the same old Top Order, but a new episode structure, with more regular programming heading your way. And it all starts with an old favourite, This Week in…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Test Cricket Hall of Fame - 80 to 76: Contrasting spinners, uncomfortable seamers and Zimbabwe's finest
The Hall of Fame is back, and in this episode we discuss two spinners with very different styles, a pair of seamers that made life very uncomfortable for…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastDaniel Beswick, Emerging Cricket - Associate Cricket outlook and the T20 World Cup
We said in one of our recent podcasts that it was a buzz to discover we’ve got listeners in places as diverse as Spain, Singapore, Nepal and El Salvador, and…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Test Cricket Hall of Fame - 85 to 81: The art of wicketkeeping and why leadership matters
It's another instalment of the Men's Test Cricket Hall of Fame, and in this episode wicketkeeping and captaincy take centre stage. You'll hear Binksy more…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week In Cricket #68 - Black Caps and England abandon tours to Pakistan, White Ferns drama and Virat Kohli steps down as captain
We were planning to take a pause of our This Week in Cricket episodes to dive into our Men's Test Cricket Hall of Fame, until the Black Caps tour of Pakistan…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #67 - the England v India fall out, plus Ajaz Patel and Tom Latham are very good at cricket
This week on the show we start by trying to make sense of the cancellation/forfeiture/postponement (??) of the 5th England v India Test. What was the result of…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #66 - Black Caps learning on the job, Sophie Devine's century and India win the 4th Test
The New Zealand teams are back in action, there's drama in Pakistan and Shardul Thakur has become the world's greatest allrounder - it's been a busy week! We…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Test Cricket Hall of Fame - 90 to 86: Record-breakers, post-war heroes and a mustachioed man
The Top Order Podcast Hall of Fame returns! We get the time machine out this week to discuss four of the best from the post-war era, plus an Aussie speedster…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #65 - Joe Root goes back to the well, Shaheen Shah Afridi is on track for greatness and the White Ferns and Black Caps are almost back in action
It's another jam-packed lockdown episode with plenty going on as we cast our eyes around the world to discuss the week that was and look ahead with excitement…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #64 - Virat Kohli on the line, Justin Langer on the brink and a thrilling win for the West Indies
It's back to lockdown here in New Zealand, but Raj returns as we gather on Zoom to review the cricketing week that was and the second Test between England and…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #63 - Black Caps and White Ferns squads, England v India recap and Australia's struggles continue
We're a man down on this episode, with Raj unavailable, but we soldier on to review the cricketing week that was. We start with a solo performance by Stu, as…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Test Cricket Hall of Fame - 95 to 91: Leaders, artists and a hitman
The doors to the Hall of Fame are open once more and players 95 to 91 enter The Club. It's a group of five that could send you down a YouTube rabbit hole for…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Test Cricket Hall of Fame - 100 to 96: The countdown begins
The doors to the Hall of Fame are finally open, and in this episode Baldy walks three Englishmen, a West Indian and an Aussie past Nathan Lyon, Mark Waugh and…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #62 - The Hundred begins, West Indies v Australia is confusing and an England v India Test preview
This week on the show we talk about the start of The Hundred, try to figure out what's real and what's not from the West Indies v Australia matches and look…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThe Test Cricket Hall of Fame - How it works and the notable omissions
It's here! We've been teasing this for a while, and Baldy's been putting in hours and hours of work behind the scenes to get us ready to begin. Now here it is…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #61 - Strength in depth, backroom struggles and posters of Joe Root on the wall
After a hat-trick of quality guests, normal service resumes as we discuss recent events across the cricketing world. We talk about the raft of Black Caps…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastJarrod Kimber - How the Black Caps won the World Test Championship
In this episode we speak with one of the best in the business. Jarrod Kimber has written for Wisden, Cricinfo and many many more cricket sites and publications…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastTim Southee - World Test Champion
Tim Southee, Blackcaps seamer and recent member of New Zealand's elite 300 Test wicket club, joins the show to re-live the glory of the World Test Championship…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastIain O'Brien - New role with Cricket Wellington and the ups and downs of his international career
Iain O'Brien's career is one that has taken many turns along the way. From forcing his way into the New Zealand side, to being dropped after two games, and…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #60 - Black Caps win the World Test Championship Final!
You beauty! Absolute scenes at Top Order HQ as New Zealand defeats India to become the inaugural winners of the World Test Championship. Is this New Zealand…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #59 - NZ beats England in a Test series, English batting woes, Black Caps selection dilemmas and a World Test Championship Final preview with the Edges and Sledges podcast
With the World Test Championship Final on the horizon this week, it's a feature-length episode as we break down New Zealand's historic Test series win against…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #58 - Devon Conway's stunning debut, Tim Southee wickets, Rory Burns runs, Ross Taylor's form, Ollie Robinson and should England have pushed for a win?
Test match cricket is back and we break down all the highlights and lowlights from the Black Caps v England Test at Lord's. Devon Conway's incredible debut Tim…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastKen Rutherford, former Black Caps captain - Debut against one of the great West Indian sides, 1992 World Cup, acting skills and scoring 300 in a day
In this episode of the show, Lippy and Baldy chat with former Black Caps captain Ken Rutherford. From struggling in his international debut against one of the…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #57 - The one with the slippery socks
We've been busy recording interviews over the past couple of weeks, but we couldn't resist some banter about the week that was. A reserve day has been added to…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #56 - Retirements, contracts, schedules, bamboo bats and England/NZ Test preview
The boys are back together again to round up the cricketing week that was. There's high praise for BJ Watling after he announces he'll retire after the World…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastMatt Henry - Black Caps, Canterbury, World Test Championship Final, ICC rankings and semi-final nerves
On this bonus episode of the show we're joined by Black Caps and Canterbury seamer Matt Henry. We talk ICC rankings, the Black Caps environment and what it's…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #55 - How wrong we were . . . IPL postponed, India's squad for the World Test Championship Final and Baldy's exciting new project
We ended our previous episode predicting the IPL would continue on - how wrong we were. Less than 24 hours after the episode was recorded, more positive cases…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #54 - BREAKING! KKR players test positive for COVID-19
Just before our recording started, the news broke that Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier from the Kolkata Knight Riders have tested positive for Covid-19…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #53 - the IPL after 20 games
We're one third of the way through the IPL, and unfortunately the cricketing headlines are being overshadowed by the tragic Covid-19 situation in India. We do…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastPeter Fulton, Canterbury Coach - Canterbury Cricket's incredible season, Chappell-Hadlee wins, Test hundreds, DRS blunders and nicking off Ross Taylor
In this episode of the Top Order Podcast, we're joined by Canterbury coach and legend of the province, Peter Fulton. We start the show by looking back at…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastGeorgia Wareham - Breaking records, winning World Cups and her pathway to the Australian national side
During the record-breaking Australian women's side's tour to New Zealand to take on the White Ferns, Baldy was lucky enough to catch up with star leg-spinner…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastNew Zealand Summer in Review - Black Caps, White Ferns and Canterbury's domestic dominance
In this episode of the Top Order Podcast we take a look back at the New Zealand summer of cricket. It's been almost all red and black on the domestic circuit…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week in Cricket #52 - Fake fielding, world records, sunglasses, bails and Washington Sundar's new dog
There's podcasts a plenty this week at the Top Order and in this episode we round up everything that caught our eye around the cricketing world. We start the…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastIPL 2021 Preview - Part 2 (Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad)
IPL 14 is almost here and the boys are back to preview the tournament. In Part 2 of our preview, we run through the ins and outs, key players and predictions…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastIPL 2021 Preview - Part 1 (Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings)
IPL 14 is almost here and the boys are back to preview the tournament. In this episode we set the scene for the latest edition of the Indian Premier League…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastThis Week In Cricket #51 - Things only Chris Gayle can do
In this episode of the show, we span the globe to chat through the cricketing week that was. We start in India to discuss their excellent white-ball series…
The Top Order Cricket PodcastFinn Allen - the move to Wellington, starring in the Super Smash and Black Caps and IPL dreams coming true
Finn Allen has been the breakout star of the New Zealand summer, topping the Super Smash run charts and putting himself in the minds of selectors around the…