The Cartel - with Steven Finn & Mark Wood

About this episode

Isa Guha discusses pace bowling with Mark Wood and Steven Finn, featuring insights on captaincy and statistics.

Isa Guha talks pace bowling with two of England’s most successful fast men: multiple Ashes winners Mark Wood and Steven Finn. Plus Sir Alastair Cook discusses how best to captain fast bowlers, and TMS statistician Andy Zaltzman provides the numbers.

People in this episode

Host: Isa Guha

Guests: Mark Wood, Steven Finn

Topics covered

• pace bowling
• fast bowlers
• cricket
• captaincy
• statistics

Keywords

• pace bowling
• Mark Wood
• Steven Finn
• Sir Alastair Cook
• Andy Zaltzman
• cricket
• fast bowlers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 5 Live

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