Sky Sports Cricket Podcast

Daggers and Lyds are joined by Beth Barrett-Wild, Director of the Women’s Game at the ECB, to discuss the state of women's cricket, the thrilling Women's Ashes and her hopes for the third season of The Hundred.

Mel Jones is joined by Nasser Hussain and Dinesh Karthik as they discuss the fourth day of the five Ashes Test between England and Australia. Stuart Broad's guard of honour in his final ever match was a major talking point as he hit his final ball for six, while Australia made a strong start to their chase of 384, reaching 135-0 before rain brought about an early end to play.

Mel Jones is joined by Mark Butcher and Ricky Ponting as they discuss the breaking news that England legend Stuart Broad has announced that he'll retire from all forms of cricket following this summer's Ashes series. The panel also reflect on England's dominant display as they build a 377-run lead over Australia with a wicket still remaining heading into day four of the fifth Test at The Oval.

Mel Jones, Dinesh Karthik and Mark Butcher discuss England and Australia's dramatic second day match at The Oval where the visitors were bowled out for 295, leading by 12 runs going into day three.

Ricky Ponting and Mark Butcher join Mel Jones to discuss day one of the fifth Ashes Test.England were bowled out for 283 on another eventful day of Ashes cricket, with Australia closing day one on 61-1 in reply.

Ian Ward, Ricky Ponting and Nasser Hussain discuss all the drama from the 2023 Ashes series so far as Australia retain The Ashes after a day of no play at Old Trafford on day five in the fourth Test.

Ian Ward, Kumar Sangakkara and Dinesh Karthik discuss the effect England's 'Bazball' style has had on attracting new fans to Test cricket as well as their fears about how strong the red-ball game will remain worldwide.

Mark Butcher, Michael Atherton and Dinesh Karthik discuss the 3rd day's play from the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford.Jonny Bairstow's knock of 99 not out put England firmly in command of the match, but should Ben Stokes have declared before his side were bowled out to give themselves more time to take the ten wickets they need?Later in the day, Mark Wood impressed with the ball, taking three wickets in the evening session. England are closing in on victory, but could the weather stop them from levelling the series?

Mark Butcher is joined by Michael Atherton and Kumar Sangakkara to take a look back at the second day of the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford.Zak Crawley's magnificent innings gave England a first innings lead and the guys discuss how technical changes and Australia's fields to him helped him post a big score.There's also discussion about how England can force a positive result with the weather forecast not looking great for the weekend, and whether, as well as injuries, Australia are also suffering from a defensive team selection.

Mark Butcher is joined by Kumar Sangakkara and Dinesh Karthik as they discuss the opening day of the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia. Stuart Broad's 600th Test wicket was a major talking point as Australia finished on 299-8, while wicketkeeper Karthik gave his thoughts on Alex Carey's controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow at Lord's.

Daggers and Lyds are joined by Australia legend Alex Blackwell to look ahead to the three-match ODI series, with England trailing Australia 6-4 in the multi-format Women's Ashes. They talk selection dilemmas, Australia's strength in depth and reaction to the series down under. Plus Daggers reveals how he'll be celebrating his birthday!

Ian Ward is joined by Eoin Morgan, Mel Jones and Mark Butcher to discuss the action on Day Four of the Third Ashes Test, as England win by three wickets to narrow Australia's current series lead to 2-1. Harry Brook, Mark Wood and Chris Woakes emerged as England's heroes in Headingley, to score a combined total of 123 runs to seal the victory for the home side.

Mel Jones is joined by Nasser Hussain and Kumar Sangakkara as they discuss a more positive day for England after Ben Stokes and his side put themself to within 26 runs of Australia before the second innings. Bowler Moeen Ali then took two wickets, including an angry Steve Smith's as Australia finished the day 116-4, leading by 142.

Mel Jones is joined by Eoin Morgan and Kumar Sangakkara as they discuss the opening day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia. Mark Wood's incredible first appearance was a major talking point as he took five wickets to help get Australia out for 263.

Michael Atheron, Kumar Sangakkara and Mark Taylor join Ian Ward as they look back at Jonny Bairstow's controversial dismissal during the second Ashes Test and discuss if it breach the spirit of cricket.

Ahead of the second T20 in the Women's Ashes, Daggers and Lyds look back at the two matches so far and ask if England can claw back the 6-0 deficit. We discuss whether Lauren Filer should've been included in the T20s, what England's top order could do differently and ponder whether the series format should be tweaked.

Michael Atherton and an array of guests discuss Australia's second Test victory over England in the Ashes. Ben Stokes' hit a spectacular 155 but couldn't help England draw level as further drama followed with Jonny Bairstow's controversial dismissal and an incident involving the Australian team in the Lords' Long Room.

Michael Atherton is joined by Eoin Morgan and Kevin Pietersen to run through day four of the second Ashes Test at Lord's. They discuss England's chances of victory, the impact of Nathan Lyon's injury on the Australia team and Pat Cummins' sizzling spell with the ball.

Michael Atherton is joined by Mel Jones, East London cricket operations manager Arfan Akram and PA Media cricket correspondent Rory Dollard to discuss the report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket.

Mel Jones is joined by Kevin Pietersen and Ricky Ponting as they run through day three of the second Ashes Test. On the agenda today we discuss a chaotic start to the day, why England need to sort their tactics and Usman Khawaja's continued impressive form.