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    The state of English men’s cricket

    2026-03-23 | 55 mins.
    Mark Chapman, cricket correspondent Stefan Shemilt and former England captains Michael Vaughan and Sir Alistair Cook react to the news that England have announced that Brendon McCullum will remain as head coach of their test side. That’s despite the 4-1 Ashes series defeat this winter.
    Managing director Rob Key will also join the panel to explain the reasons behind the decision.
    The panel discuss what will actually change for English cricket going forward and, reaction from captain Ben Stokes. What is England’s image and culture following this year’s Ashes? Does there need to be better relations with the County game?
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    00:00 Intro
    00:30 The review into English Cricket
    02:00 Key management stay
    06:00 Managing director Rob Key
    08:00 What changes?
    13:40 Lessons learnt from the Ashes
    16:40 Style of play
    22:30 What will look different this summer?
    25:52 The connection with County Cricket
    30:08 Have management been swayed by the coach?
    33:14 Is the setup a clique or cult?
    38:40 Opinions on the review
    44:27 Should have everyone kept their jobs?
    48:23 County Cricket
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    History made at Hundred Auction

    2026-03-12 | 41 mins.
    We report on a historic two days with the first major sporting auction taking place in the UK as teams were selected for the women’s and men’s Hundred competition.
    We hear from former New Zealand spinner Daniel Vetorri who’s coaching the newly named Sunrisers Leeds, World Cup winning bowler Anya Shrubsole who is part of the Southern Brave coaching set-up and Australian legend Meg Lanning who is leading another rebranded team the Manchester Superchargers.
    And there’s analysis by Stephan Shemilt, Aatif Nawaz and two former Hundred players Steven Finn and Alex Hartley.
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    The 2026 T20 World Cup Debrief

    2026-03-09 | 44 mins.
    As the dust settles on India’s back-to-back T20 World Cup victories, Henry Moeran is alongside Matt Henry and Prakash Wakankar to discuss everything we can take away from the tournament.
    How did India triumph? How can we assess England’s performance? Plus, who dropped the worst catch of the tournament
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    India thrash New Zealand for World Cup glory

    2026-03-08 | 35 mins.
    Henry Moeran is alongside former Ashes winner Steven Finn, former IPL star Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, and commentator Prakash Wakankar for all the reaction from Ahmedabad as India win the Men's T20 World Cup.

    Hear from player of the match Jasprit Bumrah, as well as Varun Chakravarthy, Abhishek Sharma. Plus, both captains - Suryakumar Yadav and Mitch Santner.
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    England fall just short in high scoring semi-final thriller

    2026-03-05 | 49 mins.
    India won an incredible match in Mumbai by 7 runs to knock England out of the T20 World Cup and set up a date with New Zealand in the final on Sunday. Jacob Bethell scored a brilliant hundred, but England narrowly failed in what would have been a record run chase.

    We hear from England captain Harry Brook, coach Brendon McCullum, India captain Suryakumar Yadav and player of the match Sanju Samson

    Plus, there’s analysis from Henry Moeran, former England bowler Steven Finn and former IPL player Abhishek Jhunjhunwala.

    And with the Women’s T20 World Cup now fewer than 100 days away we hear from England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt.

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The Test Match Special team bring you the very best cricket reaction, insight & analysis.Plus the No Balls podcast with Kate Cross and Alex Hartley brings a fine balance of nonsense and cricket as they welcome some of the biggest names in the sport.
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