Wisden Cricket Weekly
Join Mark Butcher, Yas Rana and the rest of the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast team for a weekly digest of the biggest stories from both English cricket and the wider world game.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 686
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: India dominate England – what's gone wrong for the hosts?
Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to India's comprehensive victories against England in the first two T20Is.
Later in the show Katya chats to Ella McCaughan who's en…
01:01:53 |
Fri 04 Jul 2025
Archer's possible return, Australia's fragile top order and what changes should India make?
Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, Cameron Ponsonby and Yas Rana look ahead to the second England-India Test at Edgbaston and discuss Jofra Archer's return to the Test squad.
There's also loads of other Tes…
01:19:28 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: England take on India in their first serious test of the new regime
Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana look ahead to the T20I leg of the England-India series which gets underway on Saturday.
Later in the show Katya chats to Davina Perrin, t…
00:43:20 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
World class Duckett stars as England pull off another improbable heist
Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, Phil Walker and Yas Rana react to England's incredible victory in the first Test against India at Headingley.
0:00 Kia UK / 0:46 Intro / 1:13 Perfect Draft / 2:48 Mark B…
01:34:40 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: Ecclestone's England return and we revisit the trans ban in recreational women's cricket
Following the ECB’s decision in May to ban trans women from competing in all levels of women’s cricket with immediate effect, Katya Witney unpicks a complex and controversial subject, and speaks to t…
00:48:06 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Ravi Shastri on the future of Test cricket, India's place in the game and the art of commentary
A very, very special bonus episode of the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast.
Phil Walker sits down with the great Ravi Shastri to talk about Indian cricket, how it's changed over the decades, the curren…
00:32:37 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
England-India series preview, and South Africa's barren home Test summer
Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, Yas Rana and the returning Phil Walker preview the England-India Test series which gets underway on Friday. There's team news from England, predictions about how India migh…
01:22:34 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
South Africa shock Australia to win the World Test Championship final
On this special bonus episode, Yas Rana, Ben Gardner, Daniel Gallan and Mark Butcher react to South Africa's stunning World Test Championship final victory against Australia at Lord's.
We'll also ha…
01:11:01 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: A chat with Linsey Smith and is the new schedule endangering players?
Katya Witney chats to Linsey Smith about her journey back to the England side, while Lauren Winfield-Hill joins Yas Rana to discuss player safety and the latest from the T20 Blast.
0:00 Intro / 1:…
00:43:07 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
WTC final preview, a surprise England Test recall and Brook's blueprint for success
It's World Test Championship final time! Yas Rana and Ben Gardner are joined by South African journalist Daniel Gallan to preview the showpiece event, as the Proteas take on Australia at Lord's.
The…
01:14:01 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: England thrash West Indies to complete another 3-0 series clean sweep
Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana reflect on another comprehensive series win for England, this time in the ODIs.
0:00 Intro / 0:55 England vs West Indies / 13:38 Lauren W…
00:35:43 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
A perfect start for Brook’s England and the underdog story of the year
Absolutely loads to get through on today's show.
There's Mark Butcher on England's 3-0 win in Harry Brook's first series as captain, a deep dive into Leicestershire's stunning start to 2025, RCB fin…
01:22:41 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: England overcome Matthews' individual brilliance, but how do they replace injured Knight?
Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana reflect on England's comfortable 3-0 series victory against the West Indies, despite Hayley Matthews' individual brilliance.
The Charlott…
00:48:13 |
Fri 30 May 2025
England beat Zimbabwe in three days at Trent Bridge – what did we learn?
Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, Yas Rana and The Telegraph's Will Macpherson reflect on the first Test of the English summer, which saw Ben Stokes' side beat Zimbabwe inside three days at Trent Bridge.
T…
01:08:35 |
Tue 27 May 2025
England-Zimbabwe preview, what to expect from Sam Cook, and why Zimbabwe are playing 11 Tests in 2025
The start of the men's international summer is here!
Mark Butcher, Phil Walker, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana preview the historic one-off Test against Zimbabwe, chat about the latest round of County Cha…
01:12:57 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: England's international summer begins, a preview for the start of a new era for English cricket
Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana look ahead to the start of the English international summer, which gets underway with a T20I series against West Indies.
Also on the sho…
01:03:01 |
Tue 20 May 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: Ecclestone misses out, county form rewarded in the first England squads of a new era
Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to the first England squads of the Nat Sciver-Brunt and Charlotte Edwards era.
There's also Katya's fascinating chat with Emily Arl…
01:06:32 |
Fri 16 May 2025
Virat Kohli retires – how should his Test career be remembered?
Isa Guha joins Phil Walker and Yas Rana to talk about Virat Kohli’s glittering Test career after the India great announced his immediate retirement from the format.
Later in the show, Mark Butcher …
01:50:16 |
Thu 15 May 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: Why have trans women been banned from women's club cricket, and could the ban be reversed?
Following the the ECB’s ban on trans women participating in competitive recreational cricket, the panel get into why the decision was made and what the future holds for trans women in cricket. Later …
01:03:53 |
Fri 09 May 2025
James Rew’s first England call-up, Rohit Sharma’s Test legacy and 20 years of Chance to Shine
Loads to get through this week. There's Yas Rana and Phil Walker on James Rew's England call-up and Rohit Sharma's Test retirement, a special feature celebrating 20 years of Chance to Shine and Ben G…
01:27:17 |
Fri 09 May 2025
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