After the news that Jack Leach has been ruled out of the Ashes, the panel of Phil Walker, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana try to work out how England could go about replacing one of the few ever-presents in the Ben Stokes era so close to the start of the series.

Mark Butcher dials in to offer his two cents on the Leach replacement question, before the panelists review the recent England-Ireland Test at Lord’s and wonder what Ireland’s Test future might look like. Kumar Sangakkara also joins the show to give a neutral’s take on the Ashes and the World Test Championship final.

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