The Drinks Break cricket podcast

James Wickham and Matt Lines are joined by Afghan cricket writer and journalist Matiullah Abid, of The Voice of America, to look at cricket in Afghanistan.

Matiullah talks about the country's hero Rashid Khan, how cricket is providing a path out of war for the country's youth and how their international cricket journey is progressing.

This is the seventh in our country specials - you can hear the one on Bangladesh here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7185558-the-drinks-break-bangladesh-special-feb-19

and the Pakistan one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7229922-pakistan-special-april-2019

and the India one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7247851-india-special-may-2019

and the Australia one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7270652-australia-special-may-2019

and the Nepal one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7803337-cricket-in-nepal-with-rajan-shah

and the West Indies one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7810542-cricket-in-the-west-indies-with-carib-cricket-co-host-machel-st-patrick-hewitt

Get in touch:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @thedrinksbreak

James Wickham is joined by Seth Bennett, Matt Lines and Rahul Tandon to bring you reaction to the final Test of the India v England series - and a look ahead to what England should do in 2021.

Topics:

00.00 - India Test series reaction & general worries

24.58 - England’s future

Talk to us anytime - and send one-liners for the start of the show:

email: [email protected]

Twitter: @thedrinksbreak

James Wickham and Matt Lines are joined by Machel St Patrick Hewitt from The Caribbean Cricket Podcast (@Caribcricket) to look at cricket in the West Indies.

Machel talks about Jason Holder's captaincy, the administration of the sport in the region and why constantly referring to the Windies team of the 70s and 80s is not all that helpful.

This is the sixth in our country specials - you can hear the one on Bangladesh here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7185558-the-drinks-break-bangladesh-special-feb-19

and the Pakistan one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7229922-pakistan-special-april-2019

and the India one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7247851-india-special-may-2019

and the Australia one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7270652-australia-special-may-2019

and the Nepal one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7803337-cricket-in-nepal-with-rajan-shah

Get in touch:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @thedrinksbreak

James Wickham is joined by Matt Lines & Rahul Tandon to the quickest Test match since 1935... and another England defeat, this time by 10 wickets on day 2 in Ahmedabad.

Topics:

0000 - Welcome & India celebrations

22.14 - England (if you dare)

Talk to us anytime - and send one-liners for the start of the show:

email: [email protected]

Twitter: @thedrinksbreak

James Wickham is joined by Rajan Shah from Momo Cricket (@momocricket) to look at cricket in Nepal.

Rajan talks about the country's love of cricket, the challenges the sport faces and how they're looking to develop over the next few years.

This is the fifth in our country specials - you can hear the one on Bangladesh here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7185558-the-drinks-break-bangladesh-special-feb-19

and the Pakistan one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7229922-pakistan-special-april-2019

and the India one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7247851-india-special-may-2019

and the Australia one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7270652-australia-special-may-2019

Get in touch:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @thedrinksbreak

James Wickham is joined by Seth Bennett, Justin Parkinson and Rahul Tandon to bring you reaction to India's 317-run victory in the second Test in Chennai.

Topics:

0000 - Review of the Test

34.28 - A look ahead to the next Test in Ahmedabad.

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email: [email protected]

Twitter: @thedrinksbreak

James Wickham and Matt Lines are joined by Aatif Nawaz (@aatifnawaz), comedian and most importantly Test Match Special commentator, to talk about his life in lockdown and his love of cricket, both Middlesex and Pakistan.

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James Wickham, Seth Bennett, Matt Lines and Rahul Tandon bring you reaction to England's 277 run victory in the First Test in Chennai. 3/4 of them are very happy about this, and a quarter...isn't.

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James Wickham and Seth Bennett bring you reaction to Day4 of the First Test at Chennai between India and England, which leaves India needing 381 more to win - and England needing nine wickets.

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James Wickham and Seth Bennett bring you reaction to Day 3 of the First Test at Chennai between India and England, which saw another great day from England, including four wickets for Dom Bess.

Please send your thoughts on the series and other cricketing matters - plus of course any one-liners for the wonderful Jill to read at the start of the show to:

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Twitter: @thedrinksbreak