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Katya Witney chats to former England head coach Mark Robinson about winning the World Cup in 2017, his toughest selection calls, how coaching a women’s side changed his perspective on the game and much more. 0:00 Metro Bank / 0:37 Intro / 1:05 Mark Robinson interview / 57:22 Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket.

Yas and Lawrence are joined by broadcaster and friend of the show Adam Collins for yet more Ashes build-up chat after Australia announced their squad for the first Test. Also on the show, Butch on the squad and England's latest list of central contracts, and Adam tells us all about his brand new book, available to purchase via the link in the description below. 0:00 Naked Wines / 1:07 Intro / 2:39 Ashes discourse / 10:32 Mark Butcher / 22:01 Australia's squad / 40:53 Will Bazball work? / 47:41 Favourite Ashes kit / 50:19 Patreon / 51:01 Cricket 26 / 51:30 Ollie Robinson / 59:34 Adam's new book / 1:05:38 Outro

Lauren, Butch, Katya, Ben and Yas review India's victory in the World Cup final against South Africa and wonder what their historic win means for the future of women's cricket. Also on the show, Katya chats to former ICC Elite Panel Umpire Ian Gould about the standard of umpiring across the tournament and what it takes to be a television umpire. 0:00 Metro Bank / 0:48 Intro / 1:21 World Cup final / 13:50 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 34:49 Mark Butcher / 47:41 Liam Plunkett Cricket / 48:07 World Cup reflections / 57:57 Ian Gould / 1:08:42 Team of the Tournament / 1:16:01 Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket.

India have won the Women's Cricket World Cup, England are still bad at ODI cricket and the Ashes preview chat continues with Lawrence Booth, Phil Walker and Ben Gardner, as well as Yas Rana's chat with Michael Vaughan. For more reaction to India's World Cup triumph, the Women's Weekly show with Lauren and Butch should be out tomorrow (Tuesday). 0:00 Intro / 1:15 World Cup / 17:18 Cricket 26 / 17:44 New Zealand vs England / 34:19 Ashes / 37:44 Australia / 41:24 Michael Vaughan / 52:29 Steven Finn / 1:01:07 Visit Melbourne / 1:01:42 The Hundred / 1:05:21 Pakistan / 1:06:12 Wisden Cricket Monthly / 1:17:48 Outro

Lauren, Katya, Ben and Yas review the two Women's World Cup semi-finals, including an iconic innings from Jemimah Rodrigues to knock out Australia, Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp's stunning performances against England. 0:00 Metro Bank / 0:47 Intro / 1:17 India vs Australia / 12:26 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 38:38 England vs South Africa / 54:03 Predicting the final / 56:06 Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket.

Do Harry Brook's side really need to 'go harder' in ODIs? Butch, Phil, Ben Yas try to make sense of two England collapses against New Zealand and what – if anything – it all means for the Ashes. Also on the show, New Zealand's bowling brilliance, who's winning the race to open for Australia, runs for Rohit and Kohli, a very special listener question and more. 0:00 WPA Health Insurance / 0:38 Intro / 2:32 Mark Butcher / 20:56 Liam Plunkett Coaching / 21:25 England / 34:57 New Zealand / 40:38 A very special listener question / 42:33 Patreon / 45:15 Australia / 48:18 Rohit and Kohli / 51:23 Pakistan vs South Africa / 56:49 Bangladesh vs West Indies / 57:41 Comments / 59:21 Outro

Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to the last week of World Cup action, including Australia's statement victory against England. Wisden India's Rahul Iyer joins the show to assess India's World Cup campaign so far. The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket to champion the future of girls’ cricket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ben and Yas are joined by Matt Roller to discuss the start of England's white-ball tour of New Zealand. They chat about Phil Salt and Harry Brook's fireworks in Christchurch and England's best XI before moving on to some more Ashes preview content, one of the most wholesome letters we've ever received and much, much more. Also on the show, a snippet of Jo Harman McGowan's hour-long chat with Damien Fleming, available to listen to in full on the Wisden Cricket Patreon channel. 0:00 Intro / 1:00 Timothy Taylor's / 1:52 Live show / 2:14 New Zealand vs England / 24:16 WPA Health Insurance / 24:40 Damien Fleming / 39:06 Liam Plunkett Coaching / 39:34 Ashes / 53:29 A very special letter / 56:32 Pakistan vs South Africa / 57:54 Canada Super 60 / 59:14 Auctions / 1:07:19 Outro

Lauren, Katya, Ben and Yas round up another week of action from the Women's World Cup, and there's a chat with Bangladesh expert Tawhid Qureshi about their promising performances. 0:00 Metro Bank / 0:50 Intro / 1:28 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 22:00 Seat Unique / 22:32 Win a signed bat! / 23:32 World Cup / 46:49 Bangladesh / 58:12 Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket.

A bumper show for you today! Butch, Lawrence, Phil and Yas discuss what impact Pat Cummins' reported setback could have on the Ashes, the war of words is already underway and everyone seems to have forgotten what moral means. Also on the pod, a look ahead to England's white-ball tour of New Zealand, the panel's favourite commentators, India vs West Indies, Pakistan vs South Africa, a chat with Sonny Baker, and Phil spends half an hour with the one and only Mark Wood. 0:00 WPA Health Insurance / 0:37 Intro / 1:19 Mark Butcher / 13:35 Pat Cummins / 28:44 Brydon Carse / 30:14 Morals / 46:05 Mark Wood / 46:50 Dineticq / 47:30 Mark Wood interview / 1:17:09 New Zealand vs England / 1:19:39 TNT Sports / 1:23:23 Favourite commentators / 1:28:58 India vs West Indies / 1:30:23 Pakistan vs South Africa / 1:34:16 Sonny Baker / 1:42:35 Outro

Lauren, Katya, Ben and Yas round up the first week of action from the Women's World Cup, including two very contrasting victories for England, a brief scare for Australia and an important win for South Africa. Also on the show, Estelle Vasudevan chats to Katya about all things Sri Lanka ahead of their clash against England. 0:00 Intro / 1:18 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 20:38 Seat Unique / 21:13 World Cup / 52:58 Estelle Vasudevan / 1:11:45 Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket.

Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana discuss Chris Woakes' England legacy, the race to open for Australia in the Ashes, West Indies' heavy Test defeat in India and more. 0:00 Intro / 0:38 WPA Health Insurance / 1:13 Patreon / 1:33 Chris Woakes / 18:38 England Lions / 25:41 Who will open for Australia? / 30:11 What's England's best attack? / 35:25 Mad Squirrel / 36:22 India vs West Indies / 45:01 ILT20 auction / 48:23 Cam Steel's blog / 49:24 New Zealand vs Australia / 50:37 Women's World Cup / 55:24 Outro

Yas and Lauren discuss the first two games of the World Cup and a quietly good week for England before getting into a deep dive on South African cricket. Yas is joined by ESPN Cricinfo's Firdose Moonda to chat about the domestic set-up in South Africa and how they continue to punch above their weight, before Katya speaks to one of their brightest young stars, Annerie Dercksen. 0:00 Intro / 1:22 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 12:46 Seat Unique / 13:36 Firdose Moonda / 43:04 Annerie Dercksen / 1:03:33 Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket.

Lawrence Booth, Phil Walker and Yas Rana review the 2025 summer including Nottinghamshire's title triumph and Durham's dramatic relegation before picking their County Championship teams of the season. Also on the show, Yas chats to Joe Root about technique, the influence of Brendon McCullum and this winter's Ashes, and PCA Chair Oliver Hannon-Dalby addresses player concerns over the 2026 domestic schedule. 0:00 Intro / 0:51 Patreon / 1:58 County Championship / 22:08 Mad Squirrel / 22:59 Why players are unhappy with the 2026 schedule / 38:31 Potential strike action / 46:04 Championship Team of the Season / 51:10 Joe Root interview / 1:04:14 The impact of Bazball on Joe Root / 1:10:15 Dineticq / 1:10:46 Moments of the summer / 1:18:58 Outro

The World Cup is nearly here! Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana preview the tournament with power rankings, players to watch and more. We've also got Lauren on the end of the English summer and the news that Kate Cross has lost her central contract, as well as a snippet of Aadya Sharma's interview with the great Mithali Raj. 0:00 Intro / 1:29 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 17:16 World Cup Power Rankings / 33:57 Kate Cross / 38:18 World Cup Power Rankings Pt.2 / 54:32 Mithali Raj interview / 1:07:07 Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket.

Mark Butcher, Phil Walker, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to the announcement of England's Ashes squad to tour Australia, the somehow surprise inclusion of Will Jacks and Harry Brook replacing Ollie Pope as vice-captain. Also on the show, the panel remember Dickie Bird, Worcestershire win the One Day Cup, there's some Asia Cup controversy and a new issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly. 0:00 Intro / 0:44 Mark Butcher / 25:17 England's Ashes squad / 37:27 Vice captaincy / 43:55 Will Jacks / 53:43 Mad Squirrel / 54:34 Ireland vs England / 1:00:05 Dickie Bird / 1:08:50 County Championship / 1:11:20 One Day Cup / 1:14:54 Asia Cup / 1:20:03 Wisden Cricket Monthly / 1:30:09 Outro

Yas Rana and Ben Gardner react to the announcement of England's squad for the 2025/26 Ashes. We'll have more reaction on the full weekly show later in the week.

Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana wrap up the English domestic summer, selecting their One Day Cup Team of the Tournament and 2025 breakout stars. Also on the show, Lauren Winfield-Hill on winning the tier two ODC with Yorkshire, England's planned intra squad series and the ongoing Australia vs India series, before Katya's interview with umpire Anna Harris about juggling life as a match official with her full time job as a doctor. 0:00 Intro / 1:28 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 17:22 One Day Cup / 42:23 Breakout stars / 47:03 Tammy Beaumont / 54:08 Anna Harris interview / 1:16:35 Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket.

Mark Butcher, Katya Witney, Lawrence Booth and Yas Rana discuss England's record-breaking display of hitting at Old Trafford, a thrilling T20 Blast Finals Day, England's looming Ashes selection calls and more. Elsewhere in the show, Yas chats to Jersey and Glamorgan batter Asa Tribe about his incredible recent run of form. 0:00 Intro / 1:18 Mark Butcher / 15:40 England vs South Africa / 27:45 England's tour of Ireland / 32:01 Ashes chat / 39:06 Dineticq / 39:54 Blast Finals Day / 49:30 County Championship / 52:14 Patreon / 53:10 Asa Tribe interview / 1:13:10 Cricket and the environment / 1:17:54 Outro

On today's episode there's a deep dive into the ticketing issues facing fans just a few weeks out from the World Cup, how some of the big teams are shaping up and a chat with Australian superstar Grace Harris. 0:00 Intro / 1:25 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 11:05 Ticketing issues / 20:59 Ticketing issues part two / 35:17 Grace Harris / 52:28 Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket.