The County Conversation: Championship preview

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming cricket season, focusing on various challenges faced by county teams.

The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast returns, with Mel Farrell and Nick Friend. Ahead of the new season, they discuss the disruptions to pre-season caused by the Middle East crisis, the perennial lottery around the pursuit of overseas players and Sussex's winter turmoil. The County Conversation podcast is sponsored by Dafabet, the world’s leading online betting site. To find out more, visit: http://dafa.io/TheCricketer 18+ | Gamble Responsibly | BeGambleAware.org 0:00 Intro 00:08 We're back! 03:21 Middle East crisis and county cricket 14:16 Matt Nicholson interview 28:22 Australia players' availability 40:30 Sussex implosion 44:09 John Simpson interview 1:00:10 Outro Award-winning, exclusive content and more at your fingertips - every day - from The Cricketer with an introductory offer of £1 for the first month! Just click the link below! 🤝 Subscribe here: https://tinyurl.com/5n6vmwud 📲 Join The Cricketer's new WhatsApp channel: https://tinyurl.com/5e3n9j4d Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCricketerMag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecricketer/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecricketermag TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thecricketermag Threads…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mel Farrell, Nick Friend

Guests: Matt Nicholson, John Simpson

Topics covered

• Championship preview
• Middle East crisis
• overseas players
• Sussex turmoil
• county cricket

Keywords

• cricket
• county cricket
• Middle East crisis
• overseas players
• Sussex

Sponsors

Dafabet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sussex

Places: Middle East

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