For The Love Of Cricket

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October 06 RANKED: Top 10 Test Batters This Century
Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler debate and name their top 10 men’s Test batters since the turn of the century.
How do you split Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara? Where do they put their team-mate Joe Root? And should Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid make the cut?
Broad draws on the batters he found hardest to bowl at, while Jos picks the players he idolised as he came through the ranks.
It’s a fierce debate and they have to get ruthless to nail down the final 10.

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1 hr 1 min
September 29 Jos Buttler’s Injury Woe, Chris Woakes Joins & Best Mark Wood Stories
Jos opens up to Broady about the hamstring injury he suffered while batting for England against Sri Lanka last week.
Chris Woakes, their former England team-mate, joins the pod fresh from Warwickshire’s county championship celebrations.
All three share memories of eccentric England fast bowler Mark Wood following his retirement from international cricket.
Plus, reaction to David Warner’s viral AI dance video.
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51 min
September 22 RANKED: Who Are The Top 10 Men's Cricketers In The World Right Now?
Stuart Broad and Steven Finn rank the 10 best men's cricketers in the world right now - and unsurprisingly, it's no easy challenge.
Fresh off the end of the English Test summer, the former England fast bowlers use all-formats to pick their ultimate list.
Do legends like Steve Smith and Joe Root make the cut? Or does 15 year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sneak in after a record-breaking IPL?
Let us know who you think is the BEST in our comments 👇🏻
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0:00 Intro, runners and riders
7:00 Counting down from 10 to 6
23:30 Naming Nos 5-2
29:00 No.1 Reveal
33:00 Honorable mentions
38:40 Your views

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46 min
September 15 Jordan Cox: England’s New Star on Nerveless Batting, Kohli’s Influence and Coach KP
England batter Jordan Cox hooks up with Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler to discuss his breakthrough summer as a Test cricketer.
Cox takes us inside his match-winning partnership with Joe Root and his first training session with England batting mentor Kevin Pietersen.
He explains why he feels no nerves when walking out to bat, how Virat Kohli helped him at the IPL and why England is his No.1 priority.
Jos and Broady then give their verdicts on England’s rollercoaster summer on and off the field.

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51 min
September 08 Kevin Pietersen’s England Return: Masterstroke or Madness?
Jos and Broady give their views on Kevin Pietersen’s appointment as a specialist mentor to the England men’s white-ball teams.
With unique insight into Pietersen the player and person, they assess whether he has the qualities to inspire England to World Cup glory in 2027.
They also look ahead to the third England-Pakistan Test at Edgbaston and discuss Henry Crocombe’s twin hat-tricks, Yuzvendra Chahal’s incredible delivery to Ben Stokes and some comedy and controversy from Jonny Bairstow.

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47 min
September 02 Pakistan Meltdown, Root’s Sticky Patch & Stokes Heads Down Under
Broady and Jos are joined by BBC commentator Aatif Nawaz to analyse Pakistan’s turbulent tour of England after the tourists dropped seven players and released their head coach.
Plus, is England’s bowling attack worthy of comparisons with the 2005 Ashes quartet? And how can Joe Root overcome his lbw malaise?
They also discuss Ben Stokes’s Big Bash move, the rise of Jordan Cox and why some observers have been drawn to the lower half of Broady’s Lord’s portrait!
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1 hr 4 min
August 27 Stuart Broad and Sir Jimmy Anderson: The Secrets Behind The Greatest Test Bowling Partnership
1,308 Test wickets later, Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad discuss their legendary bowling partnership at the unveiling of their portrait inside the Lord’s pavilion.
The duo share what it means to be permanently inducted into the Home of Cricket and how the painting was produced.
They also reveal the secrets that made them so effective as a pair, pick each other’s best spells and discuss dropping catches off the other’s bowling.
Plus, Jimmy explains how he keeps on playing aged 44 and who has the best podcast.

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27 min
August 24 England's Wicket Machines & Broad on ‘Pretty Daft’ Carse
Jos dials in from his post-Hundred winning holiday in Greece to catch up with Broady after England dismantled Pakistan in Leeds.
The lads admire England’s bowling cartel whilst reacting to the latest nightclub saga involving Brydon Carse.
Plus, Jos on his viral Hundred dance and a village cricket mankad disaster.

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43 min
August 17 Jos Wins The Hundred, New-Look England vs Pakistan & Worst Aussie Team Since 2010?
For the Love of Cricket co-host Jos Buttler has another trophy to his name!
The two-time ICC World Cup winner captained Manchester Super Giants to the 2026 men’s Hundred title, watched by his former England team-mates Stuart Broad and Steve Finn at Lord’s.
Elsewhere, with the Aussies suffering a shock defeat at home against Bangladesh, Broady takes the chance to revisit his now infamous claim.
And Pakistan have arrived on English soil ahead of a three Test series. The lads delve into a new-look England squad and coaching setup and tell you who to look out for from the visitors.

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42 min
August 12 RANKED: Top 10 Greatest Ever All-Rounders
Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler rank the 10 best all-rounders ever - and it's unsurprisingly a huge challenge.
Fresh off speaking to England captain Ben Stokes, the debate turns to other Test cricketers in the history of the game who could do it with both bat and ball.
Expect disagreement, indecision and cricketing icons.
Let us know who your BEST ALL-ROUNDER EVER is in the comments 👇🏻

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47 min

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Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler are two of England's greatest ever cricketers. They've played together all over the world, won the Ashes, World Cups and scored seven IPL hundreds between them. But they…