Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, Katya Witney and Yas Rana react to the first week of the County Championship, one that saw Sam Northeast break an all-time record at Lord’s and Sam Cook remind everyone of his England credentials, impressing with the Kookaburra ball.

Maia Bouchier talks to Katya about her breakout tour of New Zealand and there is also chat on Shoaib Bashir, Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri.

0:00 Intro / 2:53 Mark Butcher / 14:02 Sam Cook / 21:39 Sam Northeast / 25:35 Shoaib Bashir / 32:13 Kashif Ali / 37:19 Other county news / 41:02 NZvENG / 49:10 Maia Bouchier interview / 57:41 IPL / 1:02:39 Ravi Shastri & Kevin Pietersen / 1:05:17 Outro

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