Cricket Badger Podcast

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July 16, 2025 605: England win a thrilling Lord's Test and Australia triumph in the Caribbean
James is joined by Lucas to go back over five thrilling days of Test cricket at Lord's as England won the third Test match by 22 runs to take a 2-1 series lead.
James is joined by Lucas to go back over five thrilling days of Test cricket at Lord's as England won the third Test match by 22 runs to take a 2-1 series lead.
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58 min
June 26, 2025 604 England triumph at Headingley in stunning final day chase against India
England went 1-0 up in the five-match series with a stunning final innings chase at Headingley. James Buttler is joined by Aussie Badger Lucas to pick the bones out of a fantastic match of Test cricket.
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44 min
June 09, 2025 603 Jarrod Kimber - The Art of Batting: The Craft of Cricket's Greatest Run Scorers
Jarrod Kimber comes back to the Cricket Badger Podcast to talk to James Buttler about his new book 'The Art of Batting: The Craft of Cricket’s Greatest Run Scorers'.
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1 hr 1 min
May 26, 2025 602 The Cricket Badger Meets - DAVID WIESE - South Africa, Namibia and T20 franchise air miles!
Namibia and South Africa international and a veteran of the T20 franchise world, David Wiese joins James Buttler to take on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions about his career in cricket.
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54 min
May 22, 2025 601 TOBY RADFORD - GETTING TO GRIPS - A Unique Breakdown of Batting in Cricket for Coaches & Players
Batting coach for the stars, Toby Radford returns to the Cricket Badger Podcast to chat to James Buttler about his new book, a second expanded edition. Toby has drawn from his 25 years of coaching players from beginner to international level to put together a comprehensive and accessible guide to batting.
The chat centres around the art of batting coaching and Toby draws on his work with Shiv Chanderpaul, Sir Andrew Strauss, Jason Holder, Eoin Morgan, Dawid Malan and many more to chat about all things that go to making a successful batter.
The Cricket Badger Podcast is sponsored by SeatFrog.com. SeatFrog is the app that helps you upgrade your standard class train tickets to first class for up to 60% off. So you can enjoy complimentary food & drink, free wi-fi and a lot more leg room - all for considerably less money. Use the discount code CricketFrog to claim £5.00 OFF!

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1 hr 4 min
May 15, 2025 600: Daniel Norcross meets... James Buttler, the Cricket Badger in a milestone edition
It's the 600th Episode of the Cricket Badger Podcast and BBC Test Match Special's Dan Norcross takes the hosting / interview role and takes James Buttler down a cricket memory and podcasting lane.

A huge thank you to everyone that has supported the podcast over the years, whether it's as a listener, viewer, fan badger, sponsor or guest. Thanks!

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1 hr 12 min
May 07, 2025 599: The next 12 months will decide whether BazBall works, wont it?
James Buttler is joined by Fan Badgers Mark Hilton (briefly), Neil Virani and Anand Bhika to look ahead to England's Test summer. It starts with a one-off Test against Zimbabwe and then a five-match series against India. Then the squad heads Down Under to take on Australia for the Ashes. These are career defining series.
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55 min
May 05, 2025 598: The Cricket Badger Meets... ANNIE CHAVE 'CRICKET CHANGED MY LIFE - Eleven Personal Journeys'
Annie Chave returns to the Cricket Badger Podcast to chat about her new book.
'Cricket Changed My Life: Eleven Personal Journeys' by Annie Chave is out now and available to buy in hardback and ebook formats.
Buy the hardback for £19.99 including UK p&p: https://www.thenightwatchman.net/buy/cricket-changed-my-life
Buy the ebook for £4.99: https://www.thenightwatchman.net/buy/cricket-changed-my-life-ebook
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42 min
April 30, 2025 597:The Cricket Badger meets... TIM WIGMORE - 'TEST CRICKET - A HISTORY'
James Buttler chats to author & journalist Tim Wigmore who has taken on and conquered the mammoth task of writing a history of Test cricket. We chat about the book, Test cricket past, present & future, and discuss why it's such an engaging format, indeed many cricket lovers' favourite.
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1 hr 1 min
March 27, 2025 596: Cricket Badger Meets... JAMIE PORTER - Recruitment consultant to 500+ Essex wickets
Essex seamer Jamie Porter chats to James Buttler on the Cricket Badger Podcast. About to embark on another summer of county cricket, Jamie will be reunited with Chris Silverwood at Essex.

He takes on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions and also chats about his county colleague Sam Cook's England credentials.

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35 min

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The Cricket Badger chats cricket with top players, coaches, media people and some of the biggest names in the game. With daily podcasts through some of the world's biggest tournaments & series.…