Wisden Cricket Weekly

In a bumper episode of the Wisden Women's Cricket Weekly podcast Katya & The Scoop's Regina Suddahazai break down the twists and turns of the women's T20 World Cup as it enters its third week and the tables take shape. 0:15 Intro//1:00 Metro Bank: This Feels Different //1:22 England remain unbeaten & Dunkley impresses//7:35 England Test squad for India//16:30 Frankie Mackay on New Zealand's iffy World Cup and future prospects//46:45 Scotland coach Craig Wallace on their impressive World Cup showing and future touring schedule//01:05:58 Regina's thoughts after Pakistan's World Cup exit//01:10:18 South Africa's win vs India//01:17:00 The Caribbean Cricket Podcast's Machel Hewitt on the West Indies' tournament thus far//01:37:05 Permutations England is about to experience women's cricket like never before: bigger, bolder and better than ever. This is what Metro Bank have been working for, championing women’s and girls’ cricket on the biggest stage to inspire the teams of the future. The new era's here, and Metro Bank are right at the heart of it. This team. This chance. This moment. This Feels Different. https://bit.ly/4o7i2Qu Lord's tickets: https://tickets.lords.org/ 👀 PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 📔 WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY: Print: https://bit.ly/WCMPrint Digital: https://bit.ly/WCMDigital #Cricket #EnglandCricket #countycricket #englandwomen#T20WorldCup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katya and Lauren Winfield-Hill cover the latest goings on at the 2026 T20 Women's World Cup. 0:15 Intro 0:57 Metro Bank: This Feels Different 1:19 Nat Sciver-Brunt injury & Dunkley to come in? 17:23 New Zealand’s poor World Cup 22:16 Pressures of fielding 24:56 Susie Bates 26:07 Sri Lanka & West Indies 30:08 South Africa 32:55 Metro Bank Outro England is about to experience women's cricket like never before: bigger, bolder and better than ever. This is what Metro Bank have been working for, championing women’s and girls’ cricket on the biggest stage to inspire the teams of the future. The new era's here, and Metro Bank are right at the heart of it. This team. This chance. This moment. This Feels Different. https://bit.ly/4o7i2Qu Lord's tickets: https://tickets.lords.org/ 👀 PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 📔 WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY: Print: https://bit.ly/WCMPrint Digital: https://bit.ly/WCMDigital #Cricket #EnglandCricket #countycricket #englandwomen#T20WorldCup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katya is joined by Ben Gardner & The Scoop's Anjali Doshi to round up what was an action packed opening weekend at the women's T20 World Cup that saw England impress against Sri Lanka, Australia dominate against South Africa & India sweep Pakistan aside. 0:15 Intro//0:57 Metro Bank: This Feels Different //1:17 England’s impressive opening performance //5:17 Danni Wyatt-Hodge //9:30 Freya Kemp //11:52 West Indies vs New Zealand //19:55 Why did NZ leave out Susie Bates?//22:45 Dropped catches across the tournament //24:30 Scotland vs Ireland //27:15 Roasting Party //27:54 Australia vs South Africa //32:40 Lisa Sthalekar on Australia’s strong start //51:37 India vs Pakistan //01:02:29 Final reflections //01:04:00 Metro Bank Outro England is about to experience women's cricket like never before: bigger, bolder and better than ever. This is what Metro Bank have been working for, championing women’s and girls’ cricket on the biggest stage to inspire the teams of the future. The new era's here, and Metro Bank are right at the heart of it. This team. This chance. This moment. This Feels Different. https://bit.ly/4o7i2Qu Lord's tickets: https://tickets.lords.org/ 👀 PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket AROUND THE WICKETS https://atwickets.com ROASTING PARTY https://roastingparty.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=wisden_roastingparty_2026 📔 WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY: Print: https://bit.ly/WCMPrint Digital: https://bit.ly/WCMDigital #Cricket #EnglandCricket #countycricket #englandwomen#T20WorldCup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sad episode today as we officially say goodbye to Yas ahead of his departure from Wisden Towers on Friday. He's joined in the studio one last time by Ben and Butch to tackle the future of Tests, an England Lions squad and a busy week of County Championship action, before signing off with a couple of listener questions. What a ride it's been! ❤️ 0:00 Intro / 1:21 KIA UK / 1:50 Test cricket / 15:53 English summers / 19:21 Win T20 Blast tickets / 19:47 England Lions squad / 26:14 County Championship / 40:46 T20 Blast / 42:36 Dimension Sport / 48:51 Listener questions / 1:00:29 Outro KIA UK 🚗 Find out more about KIA’s range of EVs: https://www.kia.com/uk/electric-hybrid-cars/electric-cars/ Win T20 Blast tickets: https://www.kia.com/uk/about/sport-sponsorship/kia-oval-t20/ DIMENSION SPORT 🏏 Explore Dimension Sport's range of equipment: https://www.dimensionsport.com 📒 WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY OFFERS Digital: https://pktmags.com/wisdensummer26 Print: https://forwardpress.imbmsubscriptions.com/WCMBEDTIME26 👀 PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 👉 SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@WisdenCricket?sub_confirmation=1 #Cricket #EnglandCricket #CountyCricket #TestCricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a bumper episode of this week's Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast, Katya & Lauren review the 1st Women's Metro Bank ODI between England and New Zealand with the second being washed out yesterday. Katya then speaks to Paul Dennett to cover off the announcement of Australia's World Cup squad, and Kirstie Gordon on switching her allegiances back to Scotland. 0:15 Intro//0:52 MetroBank Champion of Women’s and Girls’ Cricket//1:05 First Metro Bank ODI vs NZ//4:55 England's fielding//12:02 England's run chase//17:41 Analysing Australia WC squad announcement with Paul Dennett//30:04 Shabnim Ismail Ismail retirement reversal//36:59 Kirstie Gordon on switching international allegiance//53:15 Metro Bank Outro The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cricket/ to champion the future of girls’ cricket. Lord's tickets: https://tickets.lords.org/ 👀 PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 📔 WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY: Print: https://bit.ly/WCMPrint Digital: https://bit.ly/WCMDigital #Cricket #EnglandCricket #countycricket #englandwomen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices