England's Ashes dream is officially over after Australia won the first T20I in Sydney by 57 runs and took an unassailable 8-0 lead. Katya and Yas react to the result.

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Australia are just one win away from retaining the Ashes after an 86-run win in Hobart helped them clean sweep the ODIs. Ben and Yas react to another disappointing defeat for England.

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Three weeks into January 2025, it’s awards time! Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Ben Gardner reveal Wisden’s best Test innings and spells of 2024, as well as the magazine’s Test XI of the year.

Mark Butcher joins to chat about James Vince’s decision to quit first-class cricket for the PSL, there’s an exclusive interview with Dan Worrall, a round-up of all the franchise T20 leagues going on at the moment and much more.

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29:43 Best spells

44:35 Best Test XI

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1:50:31 T20 leagues

1:58:18 Wisden Cricket Monthly

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Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and Katya Witney reflect on England's disappointing start to the 2025 Women's Ashes, losing the first two ODIs.

0:00 Intro / 1:01 England's approach / 12:13 Conditions / 16:13 Reasons for optimism / 27:00 Heather Knight & Jon Lewis / 30:47 Ireland vs India / 33:30 Outro

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Australia are 4-0 up in the Ashes after successfully defending 180 in Melbourne as England fail to get over the line in a chaotic run chase. Katya and Yas react to an extremely entertaining game.

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Ben and Yas react to the first ODI of the 2025 Ashes. Australia go 1-0 up in Sydney. You can listen to the full episode on the Wisden Patreon channel.

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Yas Rana and Lauren Winfield-Hill preview the 2025 Women's Ashes – which gets underway this weekend – before Katya Witney is joined by a very special guest in Nat Sciver-Brunt, England's all-format superstar.

0:00 Intro / 1:11 Women's Ashes preview / 27:28 Nat Sciver-Brunt interview / 44:12 Outro

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Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and Phil Walker reflect on the conclusion of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which saw Australia win the SCG Test and take the series 3-1.

There's chat about both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's struggles, Jasprit Bumrah's workload and what the triumph means for this generation of Australian players.

Elsewhere in the show there's discussion about the ICC's reported plans to introduce a two-tier system for Test cricket and calls for England to boycott their Champions Trophy fixture against Afghanistan.

Mark Butcher also joins Yas to chat about the role of the spinner in Australian Tests and the start of the SA20.

0:00 Intro / 2:58 Rohit Sharma / 12:31 Virat Kohli / 17:17 India / 20:46 Scott Boland / 25:23 Mark Butcher / 37:03 Two-tier Test cricket? / 52:33 Graeme Smith / 55:48 Should England boycott Afghanistan? / 1:14:37 Outro

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Yas Rana and Lauren Winfield-Hill discuss the auction dynamics of the WPL compared to other franchise competitions, before Katya Witney is joined by Karunya Keshav to conduct a deep dive into the state of Indian cricket.

0:00 Intro / 1:17 WPL dynamics / 19:44 The state of Indian cricket / 50:00 Outro

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Our final podcast of 2024, and two Boxing Day classics to review.

Yas Rana, Ben Gardner and Mark Butcher react to Australia's thrilling win against India at the MCG, as well as South Africa's victory against Pakistan which saw them secure World Test Championship final qualification.

There's also chat about whether the WTC is actually good, there's finally an update on the 2025 Champions Trophy and England have announced a squad for that tournament.

0:00 Intro / 1:05 Australia vs India / 7:54 Sam Konstas / 15:18 Steve Smith / 20:33 Virat Kohli / 24:52 Nitish Kumar Reddy / 30:32 Jasprit Bumrah / 38:49 South Africa vs Pakistan / 42:39 World Test Championship / 50:39 Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan / 52:53 Champions Trophy / 1:00:18 England's squad / 1:07:27 Outro

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Yas Rana, Ben Gardner, Katya Witney and Lauren Winfield-Hill react to the announcement of England and Australia's Ashes squads.

There's also discussion about the tour's relentless schedule, the Test being played last and whether it's time for the format of the women's Ashes to change.

0:00 Intro / 1:13 Scheduling / 12:06 Warm-up matches / 16:35 Time for a change? / 20:37 Australia / 27:57 England / 33:45 Format / 40:39 Future of women's Tests / 46:38 Outro

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