Brendon McCullum has been fired as England test head coach, a podcast in review of 'Bazball' and a look to the future of English test cricket. What will English cricket do following the dramatic era of Bazball? What direction will England Cricket take in terms of his replacement but also the future of the test team more broadly?

Chapters

McCullum fired - initial thoughts 00:00-1:45

Should McCullum and Key gone post Ashes? Will Baz's successor play 'aggressive' cricket 1:45-11:20

Richard Gould's interview and the strange timing of it 11:20-18:20

How will Bazball be remembered? And what were its strengths & weaknesses? 18:20-23:39

Why Baz keeping the white ball job makes sense 23:39-27:06

Richard Gould and Rob Key a lucky pair to keep their jobs? 27:06-31:55

Who will replace McCullum? And what that will mean for the captaincy and where Bethell might bat 31:55-36:46

Outro and go check out The Sports Badger's video series about England test cricket! 36:46-37:42

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The County Chat talks all things about the seismic England cricket news, that Ben Stokes has just retired. The circumstance and drama surrounding it, leaves plenty to discuss and further where does it leave England's test cricket team at present.

Chapters

Intro 00:00-04:02

The strange timings to Stokes' retirement and the consequences of it 04:02-07:56

Clear evidence of a total fall out between Stokes, Key and McCullum? And who's to blame? 07:56-11:38

How Stokes' retirement has distracted from how poor this England team has been 11:38-16:52

The future of England test match captaincy and the clear lack of options 16:52-28:23

What will be the makeup of England's test match team post Stokes? 28:23-34:55

Final thoughts and outro 34:55-37:17

The county cricket update show returns, for weeks 7&8 catch up on all the latest in the county championship division 1! With news, match round ups, standout teams and players and the County Chat XII!

Chapters

Intro 00:00-00:44

General News 00:44-05:32

Results Roundup 05:32-12:27

Standout team in Division 1 12:27-14:26

Standout players inn Division 1 14:26-19:52

The County Chat XII 19:52-32:45

Final thoughts and outro 32:45-33:22

A full review of the 1st test of the England summer, and all the drama that has surrounded the days following it. As Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson, despite a 12pm curfew imposed, were involved in an incident in the early hours of the morning including a Saracens rugby player. This pod is a full discussion into everything this represents for the English cricket team, following a poor 18 months prior.

Chapters

Intro and updates 00:00-02:31

1st test recap 02:31-07:27

Does England cricket have a drinking culture? 07:27-17:40

England's test match captaincy future 17:40-23:31

How this all is indicative of England cricket's laissez faire approach 23:31-27:04

Total round up of the situation 27:04-30:09

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The county cricket update show returns, for weeks 5&6 catch up on all the latest in the county championship division 2! With news, match round ups, standout teams and players and the County Chat XII!

Chapters

Intro 00:00-00:49

County Championship news 00:49-03:55

Results roundup 03:55-08:58

Standout team for Division 2 in recent weeks 08:58-12:07

Standout players for Division 2 in recent weeks 12:07-18:01

County Chat XII 18:01-27:09

Final Thoughts and Outro 27:09-28:12

The county cricket update show returns, for weeks 5&6 catch up on all the latest in the county championship division 1! With news, match round ups, standout teams and players and the County Chat XII!

Chapters

Intro 00:00-00:51

County Championship news 00:51-09:20

Standout team in division 1 09:20-11:51

Results roundup 11:51-17:15

Standout players in division 1 17:15-23:26

The County Chat XII 23:26-33:40

Final thoughts and outro 33:40-34:33

With Marcus North confirmed in his head selector role, the England test match squad has been announced for the 1st test against New Zealand this summer. We discuss if this is a change in the right direction? Or if it is just more of the same from the Bazball brigade? Key talking points of players who have come and gone and what this means for this summer.

Chapters Intro and squad list 00:00-01:04

Initial thoughts and the big changes 01:04-04:05

What this squad signifies in relation to the 'new bazball' 04:05-11:50

What I'd change in the squad 11:50-14:59

This test match squads - 2026 county champ stats 14:59-28:57

Final thoughts and outro 28:57-32:03

A look into the major talking points from the last two week of County Championship division 2 action.

Chapters

Intro 00:00-00:46

County Championship news 00:46-10:01

Results Roundup 10:01-16:45

Standout team for game week 3 and 4 16:45-19:34

Standout players for game week 3 and 4 19:34-23:57

The County Chat XII 23:57-32:05

Final Thoughts and outro 32:05-33:09

The County Chat update show returns, talking about all the major talking points from the last two weeks of action! News from the past few weeks, standout teams and players and much more!

Chapters

Intro 00:00-00:31

County Championship news 00:31-09:10

Results roundup 09:10-12:50

Standout team in game week 3 and 4 12:50-14:33

Standout players for game week 3 and 4 14:33-18:27

The County Chat XII 18:27-28:38

Final thoughts and outro 28:38-29:28

The first two weeks of the County Championship are in the books, we discuss all that happened and the standout players from Division 2 in that time. The County Chat dissects the first two weeks play, to see if any trends have appeared and picking out the best players from the start of the season.Chapters

Intro 00:00-01:8

Results round up 01:18-09:30

Standout team in game week 1 and 2 09:30-11:55

County championship news 11:55-17:25

Standout players for game week 1 and 2 17:25-23:07

The County Chat XII(I) 23:07-32:02

Final thoughts and outro 32:02-33:15