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Is it time for Australia to rebuild after South Africa’s stunning comeback series victory? And England’s ODI XI conundrum
04/11/2026 | 1h 19 mins.Cameron Ponsonby and Ben Gardner are joined by Ben Jones to review South Africa's 2-1 Test series victory, including Simon Harmer’s rise, Temba Bavuma’s leadership and what should come next for Australia. Fresh off the plane from Pakistan, Butch also joins the show to discuss Australia’s regeneration conundrum, England’s ODI tri-series experience and his love for sponsorship ad reads during live broadcasts.
0:00 Intro / 1:03 Australia / 19:45 South Africa / 29:14 Butch on SAvAUS and England / 49:43 Roasting Party / 50:15 England's ODI side / 53:48 Glenn Maxwell / 56:35 Asa Tribe / 57:41 India A / 58:41 James Anderson / 1:02:11 Napoli Knights Italia T10 / 1:07:58 Afghanistan Premier League T20 update / 1:09:25 Other cricket / 1:14:32 Wisden Patreon Pub Quiz / 1:16:04 Outro
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02/11/2026 | 38 mins.In the second episode of the Wisden Cricket Business Report, Katya and Mike Fordham are joined by Paul Marsh, CEO of the Australian Cricketers’ Association, to discuss the shortcomings of the international cricket schedule, making bilaterals more attractive, the possibility of international windows and much more.
0:00 Intro / 0:52 Mike & Katya catch up and Paul Marsh preamble / 5:35 Report from WCA into growth of the game & International window proposal / 13:30 Pooling broadcast rights to create a fund to grow the game / 14:57 How do you make bilaterals attractive? / 19:35 How do you make pooled funding effectively used? / 23:40 Differing player interests / 30:40 Cricket's lack of governance structure: how do you reform it? / 34:45 What happens next? / 36:06 Katya & Mike's concluding thoughts
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesWPL auction reaction: Sophie Molineux strikes gold, the youngest-ever pick and does the league need to expand?
31/10/2026 | 34 mins.With Lauren unavailable this week, Katya sits down with freelance journalist and broadcaster Annesha Ghosh, to pick apart the WPL auction that took place earlier this week.
0:00 Intro / 0:35 Metro Bank / 0:52 WPL Auction rundown / 1:56 Sophie Molineux & UP Warriorz options / 7:12 Biggest winners from the auction / 10:52 Power hitters in WPL auction / 13:42 Uma Kashvi / 17:22 Associate players / 23:26 The future of the WPL / 31:00 Roasting Party / 31:40 Metro Bank Outro
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesLancashire refuse Anderson contract, England lose two all-timer ODIs & why Bavuma is a great
27/10/2026 | 1h 11 mins.Lawrence Booth & The Guardian's Daniel Gallan join the show to dissect Lancashire's refusal to offer James Anderson a contract extension, England's two unbelievable losses in the ongoing tri-series against Sri Lanka & Pakistan, as well as looking ahead to the decider between Australia and South Africa at Cape Town.
Butch also offers his immediate reaction to England's recent ODI results.
0:00 Carib Intro // 0:40 South Africa vs Australia predictions // 2:03 Butch // 22:57 Seat Unique Beat The Ballot // 23:39 James Anderson Lancashire contract situation // 28:55 Ben Stokes // 32:10 Sam Curran & Ben Duckett // 39:45 Ollie Robinson // 42:20 South African cricket // 51:10 Temba Bavuma // 56:28 Simon Harmer // 57:30 Australia // 1:02:35 India vs New Zealand // 1:07:10 International round-up // 1:09:27 Carib Beer Outro
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23/10/2026 | 52 mins.Katya and Lauren review the WPL player auction list released this week, and the ramifications it could have for England's T20I games against Sri Lanka next year.
Katya is then joined by the founders of Maiden Cricket, Honor and Cat Black, to speak about founding their women's and girls' cricket kit business while still at school, their future plans for Maiden and what it was like going on Dragons Den.
0:00 Intro
0:38 Metro Bank
1:19 WPL player auction list announcement
10:28 Franchise vs international ramifications
18:30 Megan Schutt suspension &
25:23 England A squad announcement & Davina Perrin
33:00 Maiden: Wisden’s official women’s and girls’ cricket kit partner
33:57 Founders Honor and Cat Black on the story of Maiden
49:54 Metro Bank outro
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