The Last Wicket

Former Sussex player Lewis Hatchett drops in to chat about his professional career, his Poland Syndrome diagnosis, the physical and mental challenges he had to face after an early retirement, and the current work he does with athletes in the areas of mindfulness and discovering inner purpose.

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Lewis Hatchett website

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Sport Yogi

Host of the Sticky Wicket podcast and Trent Rockets content creator Toby Reynolds joins The Last Wicket to talk about the England-India test series and the immediate impact of the new Hundred competition. 

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Toby Reynolds on Twitter

Sticky Wicket on Twitter

Sticky Wicket on Instagram

Live cricket director and producer extraordinaire Hemant Buch joins The Last Wicket to talk about the recently concluded tour of Sri Lanka by India, his career in television broadcasting, and the challenges faced by behind-the-scenes personnel in a post-COVID world. 

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Hemant Buch on Twitter

Clive (_vanillawallah) is back to talk Pakistan cricket and T20....specifically Pakistan in T20 cricket. We talk about batting approaches, assigned roles in the playing XI, Misbah's impact on the team's performances, Pakistan's chances in the upcoming World T20 championship, and much more.

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Clive on Twitter

Clive's article on Pakistan's T20 side

Special guest Ananya Upendran returns to break down the recent Indian Women's tour of England. We revisit the talking points from across the formats, as well as explore the fairness of critiquing the Indian Women, the value a players association could add to the game, the impact of domestic cricket experience on performances abroad, and much more. 

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Ananya Upendran on Twitter

Women's CricZone

Dutch writer/journalist Bertus de Jong dishes about the state of Associate cricket, what the World Cup Super League is all about, ideal World Cup formats, the growth of cricket in emerging cricketing nations and much more.

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Follow Bertus de Jong on Twitter

14 team World Cup format ideas

"Whatever happened to the Intercontinental Cup?" - Peter Della Penna

ECB Level 2 umpire Amit Sangekar joins us for a chat about his journey in the umpiring circuit, the preparation and challenges behind his job, his experiences in umpiring different age groups in men's and women's cricket, his thoughts on technology and it's impact on the state of umpiring in international cricket, and much more. Listen in for some fascinating insights shared with him by the likes of Aleem Dar and Kumar Dharmasena.

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Follow Amit on Twitter

ECB umpiring courses

Special guest Subash Jeyaraman (@cricketcouch) joins The Last Wicket gang for a therapy session as we talk about the horror tours of England and Australia by the Indian test side in 2011. We break down each of the eight games and dissect what went wrong, and in the process we talk about Dhoni's captaincy and test batting, Sachin and Dravid's battles against the fading light of their careers, the lack of bench strength, emergence of Kohli the test batsman and much more. Listen in as we revisit some forgotten gems like Eoin Morgan scoring a test ton, and RP Singh taking a break from a vacation in Miami to appear for a solitary game.

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Stuart Broad's hattrick 

Ian Bell run-out incident

Virat Kohli's maiden test ton

The Cricket Guys are joined by special guest Michael Wagener (@Mykuhl) to discuss the upcoming World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand. We also talk reasons for New Zealand's recent successes, expectations from the public, memorable games from this championship cycle, thoughts on the structuring of the WTC, and some fascinating statistical insights.

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Follow Michael on Twitter

Bowling SR for right-arm pacers in England in last five years 

New Zealand vs Pakistan - dramatic finish at Mt Maunganui

Australia vs India - history made at Gabba

Former Indian international Murali Kartik joins The Last Wicket to chat about spin-friendly pitches, evolution of spinners in T20s, transition to television career, the "Mankad" debate and much more.

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Murali Kartik on Twitter

Circle of Cricket