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
Has England's extreme pace policy backfired?
Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Irish freelance journalist Nathan Johns discuss all the action from the opening round of Champions Trophy action, including England's defeat to Australia and a comfortable v…
01:37:35 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: Week one of the WPL & the future of England's pace bowling
Yas Rana and Lauren Winfield-Hill reflect on the start of the 2025 Women's Premier League, before Katya Witney does a deep dive into England's new pace bowling development programme.
She chats to Rya…
01:07:50 |
Sat 22 Feb 2025
The current culture around English cricket and a Champions Trophy preview
After a tricky start to 2025, Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Kate Mason discuss the culture in English cricket before previewing the Champions Trophy, which gets underway this week.
Mark Butcher speaks to…
01:25:30 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: WPL 2025 preview, Afghanistan & what does The Hundred sale actually mean?
Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and Katya Witney preview the 2025 Women's Premier League, discuss the progress being made for Afghanistan's women and ponder what the sale of The Hundred actually means.
0:00 I…
00:33:20 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Why are England struggling so much in white-ball cricket?
Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Mark Butcher discuss England's worsening white-ball struggles.
In what was Brendon McCullum's first assignment as full-time white-ball head coach, Jos Buttler's side claimed…
01:04:03 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: It's finally over... Australia thrash England 16-0 & India win U19 World Cup
It's finally over. England's Ashes nightmare ended with an absolute thrashing in the MCG Test as Australia secured a comprehensive 16-0 whitewash.
Yas Rana, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Ben Gardner and Katy…
00:51:37 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
Concussion sub controversy, two-tier Test cricket & is The Hundred sale good for the English game? With Tom Banton
Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and Phil Walker reflect on India's 4-1 T20I series victory, including a controversial concussion sub, Abhishek Sharma's stunning century and some very ordinary England batting.
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01:38:14 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Ashes Daily: King and Gardner seal the whitewash for the Aussies, what next for England?
Katya and Yas on day three at the MCG and what might come next for England.
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00:21:11 |
Sat 01 Feb 2025
Ashes Daily: England drop seven catches as Australia reassert their dominance
Katya, Yas and Ben on a miserable second day for England as Annabel Sutherland and Beth Mooney punish a sloppy fielding display.
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00:18:53 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
Ashes Daily: Australia on course to take the series 16-0
Katya and Yas on the opening day of the MCG Test where Australia carried over their dominance from the white-ball leg of the tour.
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00:16:33 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
Adil Rashid helps England bounce back in India & Dan Lawrence joins the show
Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and ESPNCricinfo's Matt Roller discuss England's T20I series against India so far, picking their best XIs and reviewing some of the standout performers from both sides.
Elsewher…
01:30:16 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: How big is the gap between England and Australia?
It's gone from bad to worse over in Australia for England, who find themselves 12-0 down and on the verge of a humiliating clean sweep heading into this week's Test at the MCG.
Yas Rana, Lauren Winfi…
00:45:01 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Ashes Daily: Charlotte Edwards joins the show as England are heavily beaten in Adelaide
A dominant performance from Australia as they clean sweep the T20I leg of the Ashes.
England great Charlotte Edwards joins the show and answers questions from our live audience at East Molesey CC in…
00:20:03 |
Sat 25 Jan 2025
India hammer England, responding to critics & Will Smeed joins the show
Yas Rana and Phil Walker discuss India's convincing victory against England in the first T20I, an England Lions century for Rocky Flintoff and Phil responds to Fox Sports, who took exception to WCM's…
01:12:20 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Ashes Daily: England fall agonisingly short in rain-affected contest
England's winless run in the Women's Ashes continued, losing the second T20I by six runs on DLS. Katya and Yas discuss an entertaining but ultimately frustrating game for the tourists – one that saw …
00:20:55 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: Australia retain the Women's Ashes – what next for England?
Australia have officially retained the Women's Ashes at the earliest possible opportunity, winning all three ODIs and the first T20I.
Yas Rana and Lauren Winfield-Hill chat about another dominant Aus…
00:35:59 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Ashes Daily: England's Ashes dream officially over after Australia win 1st T20I
England's Ashes dream is officially over after Australia won the first T20I in Sydney by 57 runs and took an unassailable 8-0 lead. Katya and Yas react to the result.
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00:17:13 |
Mon 20 Jan 2025
Ashes Daily: England outplayed again as Australia clean sweep the ODIs
Australia are just one win away from retaining the Ashes after an 86-run win in Hobart helped them clean sweep the ODIs. Ben and Yas react to another disappointing defeat for England.
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00:19:43 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
Picking the best Test innings and spells of 2024, James Vince's Championship snub and a chat with Dan Worrall
Three weeks into January 2025, it’s awards time! Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Ben Gardner reveal Wisden’s best Test innings and spells of 2024, as well as the magazine’s Test XI of the year.
Mark Butche…
02:07:31 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
Women's Cricket Weekly: England fluff their lines twice – is there any way back?
Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and Katya Witney reflect on England's disappointing start to the 2025 Women's Ashes, losing the first two ODIs.
0:00 Intro / 1:01 England's approach / 12:13 Conditions / 16:13 …
00:37:09 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
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