Episode seven of The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast features discussions around Marcus North's arrival as national selector and Beth Barrett-Wild's departure as the ECB's head of women's professional cricket.

Melinda Farrell and The Cricketer's features writer Nick Friend analyse the squad named by England for the Test series against New Zealand and county cricket's role in it, while Nick speaks to Glamorgan director of cricket Mark Wallace about Tom Norton, who made history with a hat-trick on first-class debut against Somerset, and how the club's restructured pathway has begun to bear fruit.

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Episode six of The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast features discussions around the veterans leading the way with the ball in this season's Championship and the counties who picked up vital wins last week to get their summers moving in the right direction.

Melinda Farrell and The Cricketer's features writer Nick Friend analyse the enduring success of Ben Raine, Ben Sanderson and, of course, James Anderson, while Nick also speaks to Ash Thorpe, head of the Park View Cricket Academy, the state school in Chester-le-Street that has played a key part in the young careers of England hopeful Ben McKinney and Luke Robinson, who debuted for Durham at Lord's last week. 

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0:00 Intro

00:17 Teeing up the show

2:30 Ash Thorpe interview

15:43 Golden Oldies

29:43 Never judge a pitch until a tailender has batted on it

39:25 A big win for Glamorgan

41:51 Kent inflict heavy defeat on Derbyshire

46:44 Outro

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Melinda Farrell and Nick Friend discuss injury subs and Jess Jonassen's Yorkshire arrival, while Nick speaks to injury replacement, Luke Hollman, and Nottinghamshire's Dillon Pennington.

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0:00 Intro

00:16 Teeing up the show

2:29 Luke Hollman interview

11:53 Injury subs strike again

17:14 Jess Jonassen arrives in Tier One

31:44 Dillon Pennington interview

44:17 Outro

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Nick Friend and Oscar Ress get stuck into the debate around injury replacements and how they have been utilised in the County Championship so far.

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0:00 Intro

00:18 Injury replacements

29:52 Women's One Day Cup

51:49 Outro

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Mel Farrell and Nick Friend look back on the first weekend of County Championship action.

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0:00 Intro

00:16 The County Championship returns

27:56 Division Two roundup

35:53 Tier One preview

51:34 Outro

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The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast returns, with Mel Farrell and Nick Friend. Ahead of the new season, they discuss the disruptions to pre-season caused by the Middle East crisis, the perennial lottery around the pursuit of overseas players and Sussex's winter turmoil.

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0:00 Intro

00:08 We're back!

03:21 Middle East crisis and county cricket

14:16 Matt Nicholson interview

28:22 Australia players' availability

40:30 Sussex implosion

44:09 John Simpson interview

1:00:10 Outro

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0:00 Intro

02:00 Player of the year

11:00 Match of the season

16:30 Individual performance of the season

22:40 Moment of the season

28:11 Dumbest moment of the season

39:24 Funniest moment of the season

44:22 Disappointment of the season

49:57 Team of the season

54:23 Outro

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0:00 Intro

00:17 Notts win the County Championship

17:02 Durham's disaster

46:11 Outro

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0:00 Intro

00:17 Men's Metro Bank final review

23:47 Women's Metro Bank final review

46:53 Outro

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