The boys have had to get out of bed early and are so a bit grumpy as they record this week's episode.

Finny (a.k.a. The Grim Reaper) has been on the television again as England get battered in India.

The podcast has a new favourite cricketer, Finny finally gives us an exclusive and two of the team share what they are up to on Valentine's Day.

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It's not a great time to be an England fan at the minute with the men and women struggling. The ZDG team dissect in a frank and honest discussion.

Finny discusses the best ball he has ever faced and Daniel argues that The Hundred might just save us all (well, Derbyshire).

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200 up for Zero Ducks Given and yes we don't know how we've made it this far!

To celebrate, Jason Gillespie joins Toby, Finny and Dan to discuss that unbeaten double century against Bangladesh as well as his thoughts on the Men's Ashes series later this year.

And if that wasn't enough, Dan has a quiz and we find out live during the episode record how we fared in the Sports Podcast Awards...

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Toby, Finny and Dan discuss the disappointment of following both the England Men and Women's team this week as well as a net session between two members of the ZDG team...

Pakistan continue to win at home and we look at Finny's top "victims" in international cricket.

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The Women's Ashes are underway but it's been a bad start for England. Is there any way back?

In other news, Jimmy Anderson is playing on for another year and we've come across some unofficial merch!

Finny discusses his first ball in Test cricket and you could be spending Valentine's Day with the Love God himself!

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Welcome to the first episode of 2025 as Toby, Dan and Finny regroup after a mini-break.

The boys look back at the recent Australia v India series and gush over Jasprit Bumrah. They also discuss the proposed two tier system for international men's cricket and there's a preview of the Women's Ashes and we are joined by a special guest...

Also, don't forget to vote for Zero Ducks Given in the Sport Podcast Awards for best cricket podcast. Use your vote - Best Cricket Podcast Archives | Sports Podcast Awards

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Ho ho ho and welcome to the Christmas episode of Zero Ducks Given. It's just any other episode, but we wish you festive greetings at the end.

Toby, Dan and Finny talk about the surprise announcement of Ravichandran Ashwin's retirement. The boys also look back at England tour of New Zealand, the on going Australia v India Test series and England Women's comprehensive Test win in South Africa.

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The opening salvos have been fired ahead of next year's mens Ashes series and the boys respond accordingly...

Toby, Dan and Finny also look back at the the Test series so far against New Zealand that has seen Harry Brook and Joe Root excel as well as the women's white ball series away in South Africa.

Dan is a question in a crossword (yes really!) and we find out what the ZDG team's favouite Christmas songs are.

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The ZDG boys met up at the pub and recorded the new episode before it all got out of hand.

The topics discussed included Finny's analyst role on TNT Sports' coverage of the New Zealand v England series, Brydon Carse, Jacob Bethell's magnificent score of 10 and Don Bradman being over rated.

And Producer Sal was delighted to report he didn't get farted upon at any point.

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England are in New Zealand for a three Test series and we've only gone and got Sir Alastair Cook to join us on the podcast! Along with his thoughts on cricket matters and Christmas, he also tells us about Finny's missing headphones (remember that saga?).

The boys also eulogise about Jasprit Bumrah and discuss the recent IPL auction.

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