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BBC World Service
The weekly cricket show from BBC Sport in association with ABC and Akashvani.
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Nov 19, 2020 • 43min
Boult on World Cup heartache and IPL glory
From a Super Over at Lord's to the opening ball of the IPL final, Trent Boult is a man who thrives on pressure. The New Zealand fast bowler talks about success, failure and plenty in between. Plus, which cricketers have got the X-factor? The ones you leave on the bench apparently! We'll take a look at some controversial new rules designed to make the Big Bash even bigger. Photo: Trent Boult (Getty Images)

Nov 12, 2020 • 38min
Inside the Mumbai machine
We hear from Mumbai Indians batting coach Robin Singh after the franchise won a fifth Indian Premier League title in eight seasons. Plus, has Covid-19 spoilt the Afghanistan story, or can natural talent and determination help them keep climbing cricket's ladder? And the parallels between the US election race and Test cricket.Photo: Mumbai Indians logo

Nov 5, 2020 • 40min
Waugh on photography, India and cricket's future
Australia's former captain Steve Waugh tells us about his photographic journey through India in search of the spirit of cricket.Waugh also looks ahead to the titanic Test series between Australia and India and gives his views on the future of Test cricket.
Plus, how women's cricketers at the Big Bash in Australia are using barefoot circles to raise awareness about the country's sometimes troubled relationship with its indigenous past.(Photo: Steve Waugh. Credit: Getty Images)

Oct 29, 2020 • 41min
Can cricket be a leading sport in the USA?
We discuss the latest in the Men’s IPL and also preview the Women’s IPL challenge with former India bowler, Snehal Pradhan, and look at the clash in scheduling with the Women’s Big Bash. Plus, we speak to the Chief Executive of US Cricket, Iain Higgins, on their bid for ICC full member status by 2030. And with the whole of the South African cricket board resigning, we speak to Mo Allie live from Cape Town about what is next for South Africa cricket.Photo: USA team photo (Credit: Getty images)

Oct 22, 2020 • 43min
Will split international teams benefit cricket?
Has cricket lost touch with the Black Lives Matter movement? West Indies captain Jason Holder tells me the game has gone quiet on racism. Plus, could England and Australia playing different formats in different countries at the same time provide a financial lifeline to smaller nations? And Nigeria women's captain Samantha Agazuma on the cricketing journey she hopes will take her all the way to the Big Bash in Australia.Photo: Glenn Maxwell & Jos Buttler (Getty Images)

Oct 15, 2020 • 39min
Mickey Arthur & how Miandad's six shook cricket
With Sri Lanka's strict quarantine rules thwarting their return to the cricket field, we ask head coach Mickey Arthur if he can see a solution. And the power of a six - we look back at Javed Miandad's era-defining six for Pakistan against India in 1986 - and other key moments that changed the course of cricketing history.Plus, tributes to former New Zealand captain John Reid.Photo: Mickey Arthur (Getty Images)

Oct 8, 2020 • 51min
Secrets of the world's best umpire
Reaction to a record-equalling 21st consecutive one-day victory by Australia's remarkable women's team. Plus, Courtney Walsh on how he plans to turn West Indies women back into world beaters themselves. And the unexpected star of the English cricketing summer - umpire Michael Gough on how he gave up playing cricket at the age of 23 and went on to become statistically the best Test umpire in the world.Photo: Umpire Michael Gough (Getty Images)

Oct 1, 2020 • 40min
Flintoff, bulimia and the strain of success
Reaction to an astonishing week in the Indian Premier League, including a record run chase, a Super Over and a gravity-defying boundary save. Plus, as England legend Andrew Flintoff reveals his battle with bulimia, we'll hear the story of Sarah Coyte, the World Cup-winning Australia bowler who took a break from the game to deal with an eating disorder - and returned to win the Big Bash. Some listeners may find this content upsetting.West Indies head coach Phil Simmons talks about the challenges facing cricket's poorer nations during the Covid-19 pandemic.Photo: Andrew Flintoff in 2005 (Getty Images)

Sep 24, 2020 • 43min
Dean Jones - a 'shocking loss' to cricket
Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma pay tribute to Dean Jones, the great Australia batsman who has died at the age of 59.Plus, we're joined by Dhiraj Malhotra, CEO of Delhi Capitals, to discuss a controversial week in the Indian Premier League.Australia vice-captain Rachael Haynes looks welcomes the return of women's international cricket - with fans.And a dispute over Don Bradman's childhood cricket pitch prompts a debate over how we remember our sporting heroes.Photo: Dean Jones (Getty Images)

Sep 17, 2020 • 48min
Rhodes on cricket's fielding revolution
Reaction to Australia's thrilling victory over England in the one-day series at Old Trafford. Former South Africa star Jonty Rhodes on the incredible advances in fielding in the Indian Premier League, which starts in Dubai this weekend. And as women's international cricket returns, West Indies batter Hayley Matthews relives the day when she toppled Australia to win the T20 World Cup at the age of 18. Photo: Jonty Rhodes (Getty Images)


