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   Should English players be part of the Afghanistan T20 league? Plus Australia’s return to South Africa and India-Windies run-fests

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   3 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

   Alice Capsey on keeping wicket for England, and is the WBBL the best T20 league in the world?

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   29 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

   Summer finale! Warwickshire win the County Championship, Banton's first hundred & England's ODI improvements

   Cameron, Butch, Lawrence and The Cricketer’s Nick Friend review the end of the cricketing summer, including England’s impressive ODI series victory, Tom Banton’s first international hundred, Warwickshire’s County Championship title and more. We apologise if you can hear any building work in the background during the main studio recording. 0:00 Carib Beer / 0:16 Intro / 0:55 Mark Butcher / 20:28 WPA Health Insurance / 20:47 Kevin Pietersen & Ben Stokes / 23:47 Warwickshire win the County Championship / 35:45 Kent & Northamptonshire / 47:56 Leicestershire's relegation / 56:34 Visit South…

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   26 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

   Blaze complete domestic treble, county transfers & Katie George on her batting transformation

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   22 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

   England hammer Sri Lanka, Fleming's first press conference & the state of bilateral T20 cricket

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   16 Sep 2026 · 55 min

   Kate Cross' last professional game, Surrey's extraordinary win and Glamorgan’s transition to Tier 1

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   15 Sep 2026 · 1 hr

   Reviewing England's wild Test summer, the race to South Africa & is the keeper up ruining Test cricket?

   Cameron, Lawrence and Butch reflect on the Test summer, which finished with victory for England by eight wickets at Edgbaston. Also on the show, the race to South Africa, Root's captaincy under the microscope, keepers standing up, the County Championship run-in and more. 0:00 Carib Beer / 0:32 Intro / 0:52 Are England better than they were in June? / 5:22 Top six for South Africa / 9:37 Ben Duckett / 14:46 Joe Root / 16:52 Picking a spinner for South Africa / 22:42 Gullivers Sports Travel / 22:59 The keeper-up debate / 29:28 Pakistan / 33:59 Roasting Party giveaway / 34:38 Knight-Stokes Cup…

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   11 Sep 2026 · 42 min

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   10 Sep 2026 · 29 min

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    8 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

    Expensive Ashes tickets, third Test preview & Kevin Pietersen to mentor England’s white-ball teams

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