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
NZ Test series: Day 9 – Root doubles up, Pope impresses but Kiwis resist
Joe Root hit his highest score as captain as England put in their most encouraging performance with the bat in some time. It may end up not being enough for victory, but the performances of Root and …
00:12:47 |
Mon 02 Dec 2019
NZ Test series: Day 8 – Root, Burns centuries lay solid base for England
Joe Root batted the entirety of day three in Hamilton to help put England in a strong position to at least avoid defeat and maybe even seal a series levelling victory. He combined with fellow centuri…
00:13:34 |
Sun 01 Dec 2019
NZ Test series: Day 7 – England facing yet another uphill battle
After an attritional first two sessions, day two of the second Test in Hamilton came to life in the late afternoon as England took five quick wickets and lost two of their own to leave them facing an…
00:15:38 |
Sat 30 Nov 2019
NZ Test series: Day 6 – Latham tons up, England labour in the field
After winning the toss and opting to insert New Zealand in on day one in Hamilton, England were on the receiving end of a Tom Latham masterclass as he carried his bat and ended a rain-affected day on…
00:15:10 |
Fri 29 Nov 2019
What next for Joe Root, Manjrekar v Bhogle, and Qais Ahmad's bouncer
Wisden Cricket Monthly editor-in-chief Phil Walker and Wisden writer Aadya Sharma join Ben Gardner to discuss what England's innings defeat to New Zealand means for Joe Root going forward, a mesmeric…
00:55:30 |
Wed 27 Nov 2019
NZ Test series: Day 5 – Kiwis win by an innings, where do England go from here?
New Zealand seal a deserved innings victory at the Bay Oval after a string of rash shots condemn England to another overseas defeat. Yas Rana talks to Lawrence Booth on the ground in New Zealand and …
00:21:26 |
Mon 25 Nov 2019
NZ Test series: Day 4 – Watling, Santner set up potential final day thriller
Another excellent day for New Zealand at the Bay Oval. BJ Watling and Mitch Santner put on the highest seventh wicket partnership in New Zealand's history as Watling became the first Kiwi designated …
00:17:23 |
Sun 24 Nov 2019
NZ Test series: Day 3 – Kiwis show why they're second in the world
New Zealand grind England into the dirt on day three at the Bay Oval as BJ Watling bats out the entirety of the day to leave the Black Caps in a strong position with two days to go. Lawrence Booth, B…
00:15:38 |
Sat 23 Nov 2019
NZ Test series: Day 2 – Late Curran intervention swings day in England's favour
England recover from an early morning collapse to end day two in a strong position. Lawrence Booth, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to another topsy turvy day of Test cricket that ended with Sam Curra…
00:20:11 |
Fri 22 Nov 2019
NZ Test series: Day 1 – Stokes counters after top three lay solid platform
Fifties from Ben Stokes, Rory Burns and Joe Denly leave England in a strong position at the end of an attritional first day of their series in New Zealand. Yas Rana talks to Wisden Almanack editor La…
00:17:56 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
NZ Tests preview, Somerset's points deduction, India's dominance, Livingstone and Shropshire
The BBC's Elly Oldroyd joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman to discuss England's upcoming Test series in New Zealand, Somerset's points deduction, another home India innings victory, Liam Livingstone's decis…
00:44:08 |
Tue 19 Nov 2019
Sir Alastair Cook joins the show, Taha explains Space Jam, and Morgan maligns Malan
Sir Alastair Cook joins the show to discuss England's chances in New Zealand and the growing challenge of opening the batting on home turf, and Jo Harman, Ben Gardner, and Taha Hashim discuss England…
01:01:17 |
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Viv Richards joins the show, T20 selection philosophy, air pollution and the ECL
Viv Richards joins the show for a condensed conversation about his career while Yas Rana, CricViz's Ben Jones and Michael McCann talk about all things cricket, from England's T20I series in New Zeala…
01:05:38 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
Shakib's ban, England Women's new head coach, and England men's new era
Wisden Cricket Monthly editor-in-chief Phil Walker, magazine editor Jo Harman, and staff writer Ben Gardner discuss Shakib Al Hasan's ban for corruption breaches, Lisa Keightley's appointment as the …
00:48:45 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
The Hundred special with Kevin Hand, Middlesex's muddle and Sarfaraz's sacking
BBC Radio London's Middlesex commentator Kevin Hand joins Ben Gardner and Taha Hashim to discuss the rights and wrongs of The Hundred's first 18 months, where the competition goes next, and the winne…
01:06:49 |
Fri 25 Oct 2019
The mock Hundred draft, and Sangakkara on cricket's return to Pakistan
Kumar Sangakkara talks cricket's return to Pakistan, Sri Lanka's international resurgence, and his plans as the first non-British president of the MCC, while Taha Hashim and Ben Gardner discuss the r…
00:38:44 |
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Big ECB announcements, Jamie Porter on Silverwood, Aussie records and Bhanuka Rajapaksa
The Wisden trio of Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and Phil Walker chat about a week that saw the ECB announce a new head coach and a new structure to the women's domestic game. Essex's Jamie Porter also joins…
00:49:45 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
The launch of The Hundred, Rohit Sharma the Test opener, and crisps
CricViz analyst Freddie Wilde and Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine editor Jo Harman join Ben Gardner to discuss the launch of The Hundred, Rohit Sharma the Test opener, and crisps.
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00:39:22 |
Fri 04 Oct 2019
The End: Sir Alastair Cook and Simon Harmer on Essex's title win after a dramatic day at Taunton
We hear from Sir Alastair Cook and Simon Harmer after Essex claim the title after Somerset briefly threatened to spoil the party.
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00:13:09 |
Fri 27 Sep 2019
An interview with Jack Leach on batting, Somerset and spin bowling
Jack Leach joins the podcast for an interview that is interrupted twice by the cheeky Essex duo of Sir Alastair Cook and Tom Westley. Leach talks about his improvement as a batsman, Somerset's bright…
00:16:13 |
Wed 25 Sep 2019
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