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Five countries have lifted the trophy in the history of the Men’s Cricket World Cup. On Sunday we will have our sixth. It will be England v New Zealand in the showpiece final at Lord’s, after Eoin Morgan’s side produced a near-perfect performance to brush aside Australia by eight wickets at Edgbaston. Jo Harman is joined by Phil Walker and Wisden Almanack editor Lawrence Booth to discuss England’s victory, including the rejuvenation of Adil Rashid, the genius of Jofra Archer and the Test future of Jason Roy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A semi-final that looked to be drifting towards a rain-sodden anti-climax was transformed into one of the most memorable in World Cup history, New Zealand defending 239 to turn over India and take their place in Sunday’s final at Lord’s. Jo Harman is joined by Wisden’s Phil Walker and Indian writer Chetan Narula to discuss the Kiwis’ magnificent victory, Ravindra Jadeja’s extraordinary innings in a losing cause and MS Dhoni’s future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup in its final stretch, Jo Harman is joined by ex-England captain Adam Hollioake, Test Match Special commentator Daniel Norcross and Wisden’s Phil Walker to discuss the final four, Australia’s old-school approach and consider for which team did the tournament go most wrong. Hollioake, the only England skipper to ever win a 50-over global trophy, picks out Jason Roy as the key man ahead of the hosts’ semi-final and believes their attacking-style should prove too much for the Aussies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After 38 days and 45 matches, the group stage of the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup is now complete, India finishing top of the tree after Australia lost to South Africa by 10 runs in a thriller at Old Trafford. Jo Harman is joined by Sam Perry, Aussie journalist and co-host of the Grade Cricketer podcast, to discuss Australia’s mounting injury crisis, David Warner’s latest hundred and the rapid rise of Alex Carey. The pair also discuss India’s win over Sri Lanka – in which Rohit Sharma scored his fifth century of the tournament, a new record – and bid a fond World Cup farewell to the one and only Lasith Malinga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There was to be no miracle at Lord’s, Pakistan missing out on a place in the semi-finals to New Zealand on net run-rate. But they did at least finish with a rousing victory over Bangladesh at Lord’s, Imam-ul-Haq hitting his first hundred of the tournament and the teenage left-arm quick Shaheen Shah Afridi taking record-breaking figures of 6-35. Jo Harman is joined by Elizabeth Ammon of The Times to analyse Pakistan and Bangladesh’s contrasting campaigns, and react to the news that the World Cup final will be shown live on a free-to-air platform, on the proviso that England qualify for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Editor of the Wisden Almanack Lawrence Booth joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman for an episode that barely mentions the World Cup. The panel talk Women's Ashes, county cricket, Bradman and Scouse cricketers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

England will play in their first World Cup semi-final for 27 years, taking on either Australia or India at Edgbaston next Thursday, after a Jonny Bairstow century helped sweep aside New Zealand by 119 runs to confirm their place in the last four. Jo Harman is joined by Ben Jones of CricViz to discuss an emphatic English victory that takes them one step closer to a first-ever World Cup title, while Kiwi journalist Andrew Alderson is concerned by the Black Caps’ form after three successive defeats have seen them limp towards the semi-finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India beat Bangladesh by 28 runs at Edgbaston to seal their place in the semi-finals and end the Tigers' chances of a top-four finish, leaving England, Pakistan and New Zealand to fight it out for the two remaining spots. Jo Harman is joined by South African writer Daniel Gallan and Rob Johnston of Cricbuzz to discuss how India are shaping up ahead of the semis, the crunch encounter between England and New Zealand, and a surprise appearance at Glastonbury from Chris Woakes. Please gamble responsibly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Wisden duo of Yas Rana and Ben Gardner discuss Sri Lanka's win over West Indies, the cons of using net run-rates, the Women's Ashes and Adil Rashid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana and CricViz's Ben Jones discuss a vital win for England over India at Edgbaston that keeps their World Cup dream alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Gardner is joined by Wisden writer Taha Hashim for his podcast debut to discuss Australia's comfortable win over New Zealand and Pakistan's thriller against Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil Walker and Vithushan Ehantharajah look back at South Africa's win over Sri Lanka and look forward to England's titanic, must win game against India on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a special episode of the Wisden Cricket Daily Podcast, Zafar Ansari joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to talk about his reasons for quitting the sport at 25, the ongoing World Cup, Marcus Trescothick's career, cricketers' pay, diversity within cricket and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s getting to the business end of the tournament, and on the back of a Babar Azam masterpiece that puts Pakistan right back in the heart of it, Phil Walker gets suitably carried away with the right-hander's celestial genius. Thankfully Andrew Alderson of the NZ Herald is on hand to provide some rather more sober analysis about New Zealand’s chances, and we also hear from John Stern, Wisden Cricket Monthly’s editor-at-large, who tries vainly to keep the pessimism at bay while picking through the debris of England’s latest defeat against Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Glastonbury-bound Jo Harman joins Phil Walker from Lord’s to unpick England’s latest botched run chase - make that three in four now - as Australia gave their hosts a lesson in how to play hard-boiled tournament cricket. Are we on the cusp of the most exquisitely English of failures? Or is the No.1-ranked side in the world toying with us? We’ve been here before... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman is joined by Daniel Norcross of Test Match Special and CricViz analyst Ben Jones to reflect on the last week of World Cup action and preview the key matches ahead. With Bangladesh beating Afghanistan, thanks to another inspired performance from Shakib Al Hasan, they joined Sri Lanka and Pakistan in cranking up the pressure on the top four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the 1992 World Cup, Pakistan won just one of their first five matches and went on to lift the trophy. Could history be about to repeat itself? Jo Harman is joined by Daniel Gallan to look back at Pakistan’s 49-run victory over the Proteas at Lord’s, as they discuss the potent threat of Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz, some strong words from coach Mickey Arthur for the Pakistani press, and the futures of Faf du Plessis and Ottis Gibson. They also consider the wider impact this miserable campaign could have on South African cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Day 24 of the Men’s Cricket World Cup was Super Saturday – two games packed full of drama reaching nail-biting climaxes. Jo Harman is joined by Chetan Narula to reflect on India’s 11-run win over Afghanistan, as they debate whether MS Dhoni’s curious innings almost cost his side the match. And we also have Kiwi reporter Andrew Alderson on the show, dissecting an extraordinary match between New Zealand and West Indies at Old Trafford in which Carlos Brathwaite almost pulled off one of the all-time great World Cup heists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman is joined by Phil Walker and Indian journalist Manoj Narayan as they probe England's shocking loss to Sri Lanka, how that has thrown this World Cup wide open and its effect on the tournament standings. The boys further discuss the upcoming games and India's options in absence of Shikhar Dhawan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Butcher joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman on a special episode of the Wisden Cricket Daily Podcast. He talks about the World Cup so far, the disparity in athleticism between the top teams and the rest, James Vince, Mark Wood, county cricket, Surrey's season so far, Dom Sibley, Jimi Hendrix and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices