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
This 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 Cricket's greatest moment?
Is this the …
01:03:53 |
Sat 26 Jun 2021
This 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 England and look forward to the big danc…
01:29:11 |
Wed 16 Jun 2021
This 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 Southee's 6-for
Ross Taylor's form
…
01:12:13 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
Ken 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 all-time great West Indian Test sides, t…
01:08:59 |
Sat 05 Jun 2021
This 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 World Test Championship Final, the…
00:32:45 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
This 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 Test Championship Final, Daryl Mitchell a…
01:02:29 |
Tue 25 May 2021
Matt 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 like to bowl with the Dukes ball, before …
00:38:09 |
Thu 13 May 2021
This 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 emerged and the tournament was officiall…
00:45:38 |
Mon 10 May 2021
This 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. We speculate on the implications for th…
00:52:44 |
Sun 02 May 2021
This 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 our best to provide some distraction, to…
01:04:59 |
Sun 25 Apr 2021
Peter 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 what's been an incredible season for both the…
00:57:49 |
Mon 19 Apr 2021
Georgia 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 and World Cup winner Georgia Wareham.
The…
00:17:55 |
Fri 16 Apr 2021
New 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, with Canterbury winning 4 out of the 5 t…
01:07:44 |
Sun 11 Apr 2021
This 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 show by discussing whether Quinton de Koc…
00:32:59 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
IPL 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 for the Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals…
00:47:12 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
IPL 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, then run through the ins and outs, key pl…
00:44:13 |
Sun 04 Apr 2021
This 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 against England. Did India keep a few trick…
00:30:00 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Finn 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 world.
We spoke to Finn about the move fr…
00:23:13 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
This Week in Cricket #50 - Beauty is in the eye of the J Holder
After a busy week commentating for Auckland Cricket, the boys are back to round up all the news from around the cricketing world.
We talk Rashid Khan's marathon spell, World Test Championship conspir…
00:47:49 |
Fri 19 Mar 2021
This Week in Cricket #49 - Black Caps v Australia, India v England and Axar Patel is the left-arm Bradman
There's plenty to talk about this week and we start the show with a bang, reliving Kieron Pollard's six sixes off an Akila Dananjaya over. South Africa named new captains, Cameron Green scored some r…
01:14:26 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
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