The Bishop and The Bear Ep108

The Bishop and The Bear Ep108

From The Guerilla Cricket Podcast by guerillacricket

May 31, 2026 · 1h 18m

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming New Zealand series, Women's T20, County season, and IPL viewing figures with guest Grubby.

Welcome to the Bishop and Bear! Our first time back in the old B&B for a while. We honestly set out to do a weekly show during the IPL, but somehow ran out of steam after the first one. Some might argue during the first one. But here we are back and we couldn’t be more excited with the English Test Summer just around the corner. Our guest on the Barstool of Bravado is the inimitable Grubby, who starts as he means to go on by lining up a five different drinks rather than the usual small courtesy glass of sweet sherry we offer our guests. We take an in depth look at the forthcoming New Zealand series and end up with quite different views on the potential result. The Women’s T20 gets dissected too with the Bear demonstrating his deep, encyclopedic knowledge of the Women’s game, before we delve into the County season (Championship and Blast) so far and whether Rob Key and BMac’s commitment to align closer to the counties can be seen in action, based upon selections. And finally, with the IPL marathon nearing its end we discuss its viewing figures and ask whether lower TV numbers mean lower numbers overall, or is it just people watching it in different ways? That’s what happens when…

People in this episode

Guest: Grubby

Topics covered

  • cricket
  • New Zealand series
  • Women's T20
  • County season
  • IPL viewing figures

Keywords

  • cricket
  • New Zealand series
  • Women's T20
  • County Championship
  • IPL
  • viewing figures

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Organizations: Guerilla Cricket

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