Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana preview the 2025 women's county season and discuss the latest from the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan.

0:00 Intro / 1:09 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 17:54 County season preview / 29:56 World Cup Qualifier / 47:27 Outro

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Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Ben Gardner reflect on another round of County Championship action, including a statement knock from Durham's Ben McKinney. There's chat around Zak Crawley's England place, gripes with the points system and bad light, Phil's charter for 2026 and more.

Mark Butcher also joins the show to chat with Yas about the pros and cons for tall batters and why genuine quicks struggle in the County Championship.

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A bit of a different episode today as Katya Witney conducts a deep dive into what makes Australia the best side in the world.

She speaks to Shawn Flegler, Head of Performance for Women's Cricket in Australia, about investment in the WNCL and WBBL, pathways for young players, leadership programmes and much more.

As someone who's experienced both the Australian and English domestic systems, Lauren Winfield-Hill joins Katya to look at how the two setups compare.

Elsewhere in the show, Georgia Elwiss chats to us about playing under Charlotte Edwards' leadership, both as captain and coach, and there's an update from the Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.

0:00 Intro / 1:36 Pathways, selection and WBBL investment / 12:00 Developing young players / 24:30 Leadership and succession planning / 31:50 Georgia Elwiss on Charlotte Edwards / 46:49 World Cup Qualifiers / 1:02:58 Outro

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Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, Nathan Johns and Katya Witney discuss Harry Brook's

appointment as England's new white-ball captain and the opening round of County Championship fixtures.

Later in the show there's chat about the scheduling of county cricket and the WCA report, as well as an interview with Rod Lyall about his new book on the governance of cricket.

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England legend Charlotte Edwards is the new national team head coach. On this week's show, our panel discuss what she'll bring to the role and why it's great news for English cricket.

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The season is here! Can anyone stop Surrey? Yas Rana, Mark Butcher and Phil Walker preview the 2025 County Championship season, while Jack Leach talks to Katya Witney about his last 12 months and ambitions for 2025.

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Yas Rana, Ben Gardner, Katya Witney and Lauren Winfield-Hill react to Heather Knight's sacking as England captain, reflect on her legacy and discuss the candidates for taking over.

0:00 Intro / 1:07 Lauren Winfield-Hill on Heather Knight / 19:29 The right decision? / 25:59 Knight's legacy / 29:43 Who should be the next captain? / 46:57 Outro

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Yas Rana is joined by Cam Ponsonby to discuss Shoaib Bashir's loan move, why England need to give Sam Cook a chance, the IPL as a spectacle and more.

Elsewhere in the show there's Mark butcher on the start of the IPL and Jo Harman's interview with Derbyshire legend Wayne Madsen.

0:00 Remitly / 0:53 Intro / 2:08 Mark Butcher / 14:43 Covering England tours / 21:12 Shoaib Bashir / 32:53 Dan Worrall and Sam Cook / 43:21 IPL / 56:15 New Zealand vs Pakistan / 1:01:16 Usman Khawaja / 1:04:40 Lhuan-dre Pretorius / 1:06:10 County cricket / 1:13:41 Wayne Madsen interview / 1:41:47 Outro

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Yas Rana, Katya Witney and Lauren Winfield-Hill are in the studio this week to react to Jon Lewis' sacking following England's disappointing winter.

There's reflection on his tenure and chat about potential replacements, before moving on to the WPL final and Nat Sciver-Brunt's incredible tournament.

0:00 Intro / 1:15 Jon Lewis / 16:35 Who should replace him? / 22:29 Women's Premier League / 24:34 Nat Sciver-Brunt / 30:47 New Zealand / 31:20 County season / 35:40 Outro

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Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and CricViz's Ben Jones preview the 2025 IPL, discuss the tools England need to win in Australia, reflect on The Hundred draft and more.

Elsewhere in the show there's Mark Butcher on Mark Wood's injury and some comments from David Warner, before Yas' fascinating interview with exciting young Hampshire and England Lions seamer Sonny Baker.

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We've got loads in store for you on this week's episode.

Yas Rana, Ben Gardner, Katya Witney and Lauren Winfield-Hill discuss The Hundred draft, England's squads for their 'A' tour of Australia and the latest from the WPL.

Elsewhere in the show we hear from West Indies superstar Chinelle Henry, and Yas is joined by Kate Cross to chat about the rapid rise in pay in the women's game as well as the Ashes.

0:00 Intro / 1:20 Lauren Winfield-Hill / 24:26 Women's Premier League / 28:24 Chinelle Henry / 44:05 The Hundred / 59:37 England A squads / 1:05:25 Kate Cross / 1:17:03 Outro

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