On The Front Foot

A fairy-tale end to the test career of Ross Taylor, finished in Hadlee style, England celebrations for a drawn match at the SCG better than a loss, and as The White Ferns ramp up their World Cup preparations coach Bob Carter says he’s encouraged by the form of his leading players.

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This week Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney review the surprise test result against Bangladesh at Bay Oval, they pay tribute to the test career of Ross Taylor and question groundsman Jared Carter about preparing pitches and the challenge set by Ajaz Patel to make them spin friendly.

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This week we farewell 2021 by recognising a few of the years highlights, Ajaz Patel gives an honest assessment of his feelings after being omitted from the Bangladesh test series, Gary Stead details the selectors thinking, harsh social media comment directed at the England team in the Ashes and we toast the TV career of David (Bumble) Lloyd who has retired from commentary after 22 years.

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This week former International, Peter McGlashan, joins the team again and we debate whether at 2–0 down England are already out of the Ashes decision, is the Blackcap test selection as straightforward as imagined after the Indian series? 
Also, an important debate; what is the Blackcaps side likely to look like in 5–10 years, and are we developing the talent?

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On the Front Foot this week we discuss the likely changes to the Blackcaps test lineup for the Bangladesh series.
England’s capitulation in the first Ashes test at the Gabba and what you'll see in the new Cricket Museum at the Basin Reserve, due to open shortly.

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This week we celebrate the brilliance of Ajaz Patel and the exceptional effort with the ball at Wankhede Stadium and question whether he’ll now get more chances to take wickets at home.
We preview the Ashes and consider the suggestion of Englishman Chris Woakes that the controversy surrounding both teams in the build up won’t be used for infield sledging.

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A nail-biting draw features this week On The Front Foot as we post our half century, we review the Blackcaps performance hear from Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson, Pat Cummins says why he deserves to be the Aussie skipper and Warren Lees further reflects on tests in Kanpur and Mumbai, on the tour of 1976.

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A record breaking week for White Fern Amy Satterthwaite, Blackcap Hamish Bennett joins us and gives the T20 side a pass mark despite the whitewash in India and Warren Lees recalls his part in the drawn test, the first played by New Zealand at Green Park Kanpur.

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This week Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney are joined by former Blackcap Peter McGlashan to review the WT20 tournament and analyse some the areas where changes could be made, as well a preview of the upcoming international home season.

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This week the Blackcaps book a semi final berth at WT20, we analyse their progress to the semi, Bob Carter reacts to the encouraging start to the women’s Hallyburton Johnson competition and Jim Maxwell joins us to pay tribute to the Aussie cricket legends who passed away last week
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