Stumped

We're joined by the man at the middle of one of the biggest scandals in cricket history.

Photo: Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft with umpires in Cape Town (Getty Images)

Australia's Pat Cummins, the top-ranked Test bowler in the world, talks to Stumped after being named one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year.

He talks about doubts over the Indian Premier League during coronavirus, life in lockdown and his reflections on the 2019 Ashes.

Plus, sports psychologist Steve Sylvester on how players can cope mentally with the cricketing standstill.

(Photo: Pat Cummins. Credit: Getty Images)

As the Indian Premier League looks set to be cancelled or postponed, we speak to the chief executive of the Delhi Capitals Dhiraj Malhotra.

Plus should international cricketers take pay cuts to help out with the financial impact of coronavirus on the game?

And England women's star Tammy Beaumont on volunteering for the National Health Service and keeping fit in lockdown.

Photo: Virat Kohli and Joe Root (Getty Images)

On this week's Stumped with Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell we discuss how the world is coping with the coronavirus pandemic.

We hear from cricketer Iain O'Brien who is frantically trying to get from New Zealand back to England to be reunited with his family.

We also look at the Hundred and how domestic cricket in England will have to adapt.

Plus we take a look at the new TV series taking us behind the scenes of one of cricket’s most famous tales of redemption. We are joined by Andre Mauger who directed 'The Test'.

Photo: Iain O'Brien of the Blackcaps walks back after an unsuccessful appeal against Sachin Tendulkar of India during the second one day international match between the New Zealand Black Caps and India at Westpac Stadium on March 6, 2009 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Marty Melville/Getty Images)

This week we discuss how coronavirus is affecting cricket domestically, globally and financially. Doctor Daniel Plumley is a sports finance expert and gives us the latest.

We speak to bowler Tymal Mills on what it was like to play in Pakistan before the League was cancelled and what the feeling is among his fellow teammates. He also tells us what it was like to have cricket back in Pakistan.

Plus we hear stories of cricketing kindness from across the world where players and communities are coming together.

Photo: Credit: A health official wearing a facemask amid concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus checks the body temperature of a cricket fan ahead of a Pakistan Super League fixture (Photo: AFP)

Australia lit up the MCG in front of a record crowd to seal a fifth Twenty20World Cup title in style - Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma discuss how they can build on this success.

In contrast, we figure out why India's cricketers failed to deliver on the big stage and how long before we see the first women's Indian Premier League.

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Can the hosts and defending champions Australia make it 5 World Cup wins when they face India on home soil in Sunday's final of the women's Twenty20 World Cup final at the MCG?

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It's been billed as the biggest women's Twenty20 World Cup to date - we've already seen quite a few surprises with Pakistan beating former champions West Indies and South Africa beating England in dramatic fashion - we speak to South Africa spinner Sune Luus about whether they can actually pull off one of the greatest shocks to go on and win the tournament for the first time.

Plus South African cricketer and Hampshire fast bowler Kyle Abbott tells us how Brexit affects his Kolpak contract.

Picture - Sune Luus (Credit - Getty Images)

New Zealand's leading Test run scorer Ross Taylor will become the first player to reach 100 international appearances in all three formats of the game as the Blackcaps begin their Test series against India.

Taylor will also be the fourth New Zealander to reach the landmark in Test cricket. He tells Stumped he never expected to reach this iconic landmark in the game.

We'll also speak to England fast bowler Katherine Brunt with the Women's T20 World Cup underway this week. Brunt hopes England can repeat their heroics of 2009 when they won the tournament and she believes it will be difficult for the hosts, four-time champions Australia, to continue their dominance in the competition.

Photo: Ross Taylor celebrates a Test century (Getty Images)

Pakistan's 16 year old teenage sensation Naseem Shah took a historic hat-trick during the first Test against Bangladesh - we go back to the start of his journey and speak to a coach who spotted his talent.

We'll also reflect on Bangladesh causing an upset by beating India in the final to win their maiden under 19 World Cup title.

Alison Mitchell, Clint Wheeldon and Charu Sharma present this week's programme.

Picture - Naseem Shah delivers the ball during the third day of the first cricket Test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh (Photo: AFP)