I asked county cricket fans to give me their thoughts on how their teams would fare in 2026 and I got a great response! Here we have Evan Gallagher on Kent, Dan Haggar on Essex, Barrie Funnell & David Wright on Surrey, Oliver Hawke on Leicestershire, David Griffin on Derbyshire, Harry Everett on Somerset and a certain "David from York" on Lancashire and Yorkshire.

With the ICC T20 World Cup already being overshadowed by boycotts and political interference, Ed Warner joins me to talk about the damaging influence that politics - and money - have on sport. Have boycotts ever been successful and does the arrival of big money in the English game warp the attitudes of players and management and will non-host counties pay the ultimate price?

Subscribe to Ed's excellent weekly blog "Sport Inc" here:

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With the ICC T20 World Cup already being overshadowed by boycotts and political interference, Ed Warner joins me to talk about the damaging influence that politics - and money - have on sport. Have boycotts ever been successful and does the arrival of big money in the English game warp the attitudes of players and management and will non-host counties pay the ultimate price?

Subscribe to Ed's excellent weekly blog "Sport Inc" here:

https://sportinc.substack.com

Writer and broadcaster Simon Hughes is probably best known for being part of the excellent team that covered The Ashes in 2005 for Channel 4. In this chat, we contrast that series with the one just finished, both on and off the pitch and query that attitude and preparation of the current England team and what what needs to happen now?

Subscribe to Simon's excellent analysis and insight on Substack:

⁠https://cricverse.substack.com⁠

Writer and broadcaster Simon Hughes is probably best known for being part of the excellent team that covered The Ashes in 2005 for Channel 4. In this chat, we contrast that series with the one just finished, both on and off the pitch and query that attitude and preparation of the current England team and what what needs to happen now?

Subscribe to Simon's excellent analysis and insight on Substack:

https://cricverse.substack.com

A catch up with Don Topley as he prepares to jet off to Sri Lanka to take in England's white ball series ahead of next month's T20 World Cup. We get his thoughts on England's chances as well as taking a look at the fall out from The Ashes, where Don was there with the Barmy Army and met up with Robin Smith, just days before he passed away.

A catch up with Don Topley as he prepares to jet off to Sri Lanka to take in England's white ball series ahead of next month's T20 World Cup. We get his thoughts on England's chances as well as taking a look at the fall out from The Ashes, where Don was there with the Barmy Army and met up with Robin Smith, just days before he passed away.

Essex County Cricket Club is 150 years old! To mark the occasion, ceremonies were held at Chelmsford Cathedral and at Shire Hall in the city centre, the very spot where the club was born following a public meeting back in 1876.

Richard Clarke aka "The Grumbler" was there to observe proceedings and in this chat, he gives us his thoughts.

Essex County Cricket Cub is 150 years old. To mark the occasion, ceremonies were held at Chelmsford Cathedral and at Shire Hall in the city centre, the very spot where the club was born following a public meeting back in 1876.

Richard Clarke aka "The Grumbler" was there to observe proceedings and in this chat, he gives us his thoughts.

It's January. It's cold. It's wet. There might be snow. ..Australia has won the 5th Test and wrapped up the series 4-1 to retain The Ashes. And just when you thought it could not get more depressing, reports have emerged of Harry Brook being involved in an altercation with a nightclub bouncer the night before an ODI against New Zealand in November.

After all the hype and expectation, could this tour have gone any worse? I'm joined by cricket correspondent Evan Gallagher to pick over a disastrous tour.