Cricket Badger Podcast

The Badger is in the UAE for the Abu Dhabi T20 tournament to bring you all the action, news and interviews from the event.   

This day one review looks at Boost Defenders win against Auckland Aces and how Lahore Qalandars beat Yorkshire Vikings. We talk to Sussex batsman **Phil Salt** on his time with the Lahore franchise and his hopes to taste more T20 action around the world. 

And we catch up with a thrilled **Aaqib Javed**, the Qalandars Director of Cricket. Aaqib is delighted with Abu Dhabi T20 success and the progress the Lahore franchises Talent Identification Initiative is making.

The Abu Dhabi T20 competition at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium involves England's Yorkshire Vikings, Australia's Hobart Hurricanes, the Lahore Qalandars from the Pakistan Super League, the Boost Defenders from Afghanistan, South Africa's Multiply Titans and the Kiwi entry Auckland Aces.   

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The Badger is in the UAE for the Abu Dhabi T20 tournament to bring you all the action, news and interviews from the event.  

Today was the captain's press event. James Buttler speaks to **Steve Patterson** (Yorkshire Vikings), **Albie Morkel** (Multiply Titans), **Craig Cachopa** (Auckland Aces) and **Charlie Wakim** (Hobart Hurricanes) and still can't pick a winner!

In this edition we chat about what each team is looking to get from the Abdu Dhabi T20, who are the players to watch and how playing on foreign soil against different opposition provides all concerned with a great opportunity. 

On other Podcasts you can hear my chats Lahore Qalandars skipper Abdul Razzaq and the Boost Defender's skipper Colin Ingram. 

The Abu Dhabi T20 competition at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium involves England's Yorkshire Vikings, Australia's Hobart Hurricanes, the Lahore Qalandars from the Pakistan Super League, the Boost Defenders from Afghanistan, South Africa's Multiply Titans and the Kiwi entry Auckland Aces.  

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The Badger is in the UAE for the Abu Dhabi T20 tournament to bring you all the action, news and interviews from the event. 

Today we catch up with Lahore Qalandars comeback king Abdul Razzaq. Abdul tells James Buttler about why he is back in the game and how far this comeback can take him second time around.

Abdul also talks about his Lahoire teammates Imran Nazir who is himself making a return to the game after a four-year absence.

The Abu Dhabi T20 competition at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium involves England's Yorkshire Vikings, Australia's Hobart Hurricanes, the Lahore Qalandars from the Pakistan Super League, the Boost Defenders from Afghanistan, South Africa's Multiply Titans and the Kiwi entry Auckland Aces. 

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The Badger is in the UAE for the Abu Dhabi T20 tournament to bring you all the action, news and interviews from the event.

Today we catch up with Boost Defenders **Colin Ingram** for a fascinating chat about being a modern white ball cricketer. What does it take to be a successful batsman in white ball cricket? And how exciting is the changing nature of the world game?

And we speak to **Josh Poysden** of Yorkshire Vikings about the trip to the UAE and his move to Headingley from Warwickshire. The leg-spinner is ready to move to the next level in all formats.

The Abu Dhabi T20 competition at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium involves England's Yorkshire Vikings, Australia's Hobart Hurricanes, the Lahore Qalandars from the Pakistan Super League, the Boost Defenders from Afghanistan, South Africa's Multiply Titans and the Kiwi entry Auckland Aces.

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As the English county season draws to a close for another year James Buttler is joined by cricket journalist **Graham Hardcastle** to look back at the 2018 summer.

**Matthew Jackson**, of the Sporta Group, is the tournament organiser for the Abi Dhabi T20\. He joins James to look ahead to the competition at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium which involved England's **Yorkshire Vikings**, Australia's **Hobart Hurricanes**, the **Lahore Qalandars** from the Pakistan Super League, the **Boost Defenders** from Afghanistan, South Africa's **Multiply Titans** and the Kiwi entry **Auckland Aces**.

The Cricket Badger is heading to Abu Dhabi to cover the event and if you'd like to **sponsor our daily podcast** from the UAE, and get your name and business on the pod throughout October, get in touch - 07799964812 or email [email protected].

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We join forces this week with the [Edges and Sledges Podcast](https://itunes.apple.com/za/podcast/edges-sledges-a-cricket-podcast-by-1-tip-1-hand/id1355526144) to look back at a wonderful Test series between England and India. DJ joins James Buttler to review the summer, pick out some stars of the series and look ahead to each teams' winter ahead.

We chat Alastair Cook, Jimmy Anderson, the performance of the skippers, Virat Kohli and much more besides.

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The Abu Dhabi T20 sees Yorkshire representing England and teams from Afghanistan, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and the UAE providing their opposition between 4 and 6 October at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Chris Gayle will be everyone's prized scalp.

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It's a special Supporters' Panel edition of the Cricket Badger Radio Show Podcast this week as James Buttler is joined by Matthew Oliver and Huw Lloyd to get the fans' view on the game. 

There's plenty to talk about. We chat Alastair Cook and England's top order post his exit. Huw brings up an issue important to him as a Derbyshire supporter - the inequality between the counties based at Test grounds and the rest. Surrey fan Matthew bemoans slower international overrates.

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The Cricket Badger, James Buttler, gives his Blueprint for English Domestic Cricket in this special edition of the Cricket Badger Radio Show Podcast. 

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We welcome back BBC TMS commentator Dan Norcross to the Podcast this week. Dan has been watching the pink ball Championship match at The Oval and has written that it could well be the last ever floodlit Championship match.

If the experiment to play pink ball four-day county matches has failed, what needs to be done to reinvigorate the County Championship?

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