Mark Butcher, Phil Walker and Yas Rana try to make sense of an incredible Test and remarkable day five finish at Lord's.

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Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to the third and fourth England-India T20Is.

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Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, and Yas Rana react to India's annihilation of England in the second Test at Edgbaston.

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Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana react to India's comprehensive victories against England in the first two T20Is.

Later in the show Katya chats to Ella McCaughan who's enjoyed a brilliant 2025 so far, particularly in the T20 Blast.

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Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, Cameron Ponsonby and Yas Rana look ahead to the second England-India Test at Edgbaston and discuss Jofra Archer's return to the Test squad.

There's also loads of other Test cricket to chat about including Australia's win in the Caribbean, a new South African wonderkid and Pathum Nissanka's incredible form, as well as the latest from the County Championship.

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Lauren Winfield-Hill, Katya Witney, Ben Gardner and Yas Rana look ahead to the T20I leg of the England-India series which gets underway on Saturday.

Later in the show Katya chats to Davina Perrin, the highly-rated 18-year-old batter already involved in England A squads.

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Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, Phil Walker and Yas Rana react to England's incredible victory in the first Test against India at Headingley.

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Following the ECB’s decision in May to ban trans women from competing in all levels of women’s cricket with immediate effect, Katya Witney unpicks a complex and controversial subject, and speaks to those who are feeling the impact.

Elsewhere in the show there's Lauren Winfield-Hill on all the latest action in the T20 Blast and England's squad to take on India, which includes a return for Sophie Ecclestone.

Read Katya's full piece: https://www.wisden.com/cricket-news/how-can-we-ever-trust-them-again-the-far-reaching-effects-of-the-ecbs-transgender-ban

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A very, very special bonus episode of the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast.

Phil Walker sits down with the great Ravi Shastri to talk about Indian cricket, how it's changed over the decades, the current landscape of international cricket, how India are shaping up for the England Tests and much more.

It comes in a big week for Shastri in London. Last week, ICC Chair Jay Shah officially opened the Ravi Shastri Suite at Lord's, continuing Shastri's four decade-long association with the ground as a player, commentator and head coach.

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Mark Butcher, Ben Gardner, Yas Rana and the returning Phil Walker preview the England-India Test series which gets underway on Friday. There's team news from England, predictions about how India might balance their XI and some key battles to look out for over the course of the summer.

Also on the show, more reaction to South Africa's World Test Championship final win, a snippet of Yas' interview with Gary Kirsten, rule changes, tri-series nonsense and more.

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