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.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 444
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Niall 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 player agent and commentator working all …
01:02:26 |
Fri 15 Oct 2021
This 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 Cricket, where we go around the cricket…
00:25:27 |
Tue 12 Oct 2021
The 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 batters and one of the best sweepers the game…
00:39:32 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
Daniel 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 although the Test playing nations - somet…
00:59:53 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
The 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 animated than ever before, while we discuss …
00:38:29 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
This 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 was abandoned just hours before the first…
00:44:44 |
Tue 21 Sep 2021
This 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 series?
Does that matter?
Was th…
01:02:49 |
Fri 17 Sep 2021
This 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 start the show by discussing the news tha…
00:52:53 |
Wed 08 Sep 2021
The 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 from the 2000s who fans from other count…
00:38:08 |
Sun 05 Sep 2021
This 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.
Are we in a special era of fast bowli…
00:59:55 |
Wed 01 Sep 2021
This 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 India.
We start the show with another th…
01:01:31 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
This 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 Black Caps squads and New Zealand Cri…
00:59:06 |
Wed 11 Aug 2021
The 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 days - there's two of India's greatest le…
00:38:02 |
Sun 08 Aug 2021
The 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 Shakib al Hasan - our benchmark players …
00:36:30 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
This 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 ahead to an intriguing Test series between…
00:33:24 |
Thu 29 Jul 2021
The 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 Podcast Men's Test Cricke…
01:08:58 |
Wed 21 Jul 2021
This 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 performing on the English county circuit, inc…
00:53:41 |
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Jarrod 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 around the world. He’s authored books, …
01:05:49 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Tim 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 Final and the tour to England.
We talk …
00:31:44 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
Iain 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 then battling back to become a fixture in t…
01:08:45 |
Thu 01 Jul 2021
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