About this episode

Menners discusses the turmoil in the England cricket team and the latest Australian cricket news, including the Big Bash League's privatisation issues.

Menners is back from his US tour and digs straight into the chaos engulfing England's cricket team after Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson broke a team curfew following the first Test win over New Zealand, costing them their spots for the second Test (with Joe Root stepping in as captain) and putting Stokes's leadership under serious pressure. From there it's a tour of Australian cricket news: Cooper Connolly's breakout ODI century against Bangladesh, debut performances from Joel Davies and Nikhil Chowdhury, a strong start for the Australian women's team at the T20 World Cup, and a deep dive into the messy, stalled privatisation of the Big Bash League, including Cricket Victoria's botched (and reversed) axing of the Stars and Renegades. He wraps up with two "can't let it go" moments: RCB's IPL title and Kane Williamson's retirement from international cricket. Suggested timecodes: (0:54) England in crisis: Stokes and Atkinson's curfew breach and the fallout (10:31) Australia's ODI and T20 series in Pakistan and Bangladesh, plus Cooper Connolly's breakout century (16:08) Australian women cruise past Bangladesh at the T20 World Cup (19:30) Big Bash privatisation chaos and the…

People in this episode

Host: Menners

Topics covered

• England cricket team crisis
• Big Bash League privatisation
• Australian cricket news
• ODI and T20 performances
• Women's cricket
• Kane Williamson retirement

Keywords

• Ben Stokes
• Gus Atkinson
• Joe Root
• Big Bash League
• Cooper Connolly
• Kane Williamson
• Australian women's team
• ODI
• T20 World Cup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cricket Victoria, RCB, Big Bash League, Australian women's team

Places: New Zealand, Bangladesh, Pakistan

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