Alex and Vivek discuss the frailties of the English cricket structure following England's defeat to Australia in the 3rd Ashes test in Adelaide. Changes have to be made.
Episode timestamps:
0:58 - Fixing England's cricket structure
15:54 - Bazball's rejection of the county pathway
20:09 - 3rd Test Adelaide in focus
27:55 - Defending Stuart Broad
32:27 - What Alex wants to see in Melbourne
36:06 - What we would do if we were in charge
48:51 - Records broken in New Zealand
Alex and Vivek debrief the 2nd Ashes Test at Brisbane. England suffer another defeat under the lights as Australia show them how to play old-school, gritty test cricket. In other news, West Indies save a remarkable test match in Christchurch vs NZ, and Kohli's back with a bang in Indian colors.
0:50 - Ashes 2nd test review
34:45 - Nathan Lyon to retire?
38:28 - West Indies save test vs NZ
44:33 - Kohli vs SA
The 1st Ashes test has come and gone with Australia rocking England in a flash. Meanwhile, India get whitewashed at home for the second season running. India are done, but England have Starc under lights looming large.
Alex and Vivek need a therapy session.
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - India back, South Africa good
18:45 - Ashes England rant (toss)
22:08 - Crawley
27:24 - England bowling and cult
35:07 - Australia
41:34 - England batting collapse
51:42 - Ashes picking nits
57:52 - Question 1v1
This is it. This is the big one.
Alex and Vivek enlist resident Aussie Aryan Jain for a mega Ashes preview - spicy decks, fragile batting orders, arthritic quicks, and series predictions that we already regret.
0:00 - Intro
2:50 - Favourite Ashes moments
6:11 - Recent form
13:33 - Selections, Aryan on conditions in Australia
21:08 - Australian openers
30:31 - Shoaib Bashir
34:02 - England central contracts and Joe Root
40:45 - Nathan Lyon
45:05 - Mitchell Starc
48:31 - Contemporary bodyline tactics
50:53 - Zak Crawley
56:30 - Trigger movements
59:28 - Steve Smith
1:06:07 - Biggest antagonist
1:08:63 - First injury
1:13:51 - First player dropped
1:19:19 - Player of the series
1:20:56 - Listener questions
1:32:18 - Outro
Alex and Vivek cover India Women’s first World Cup win, Rohit and Kohli’s swansong down under, England’s ongoing identity crisis, the enigma of Babar Azam, and the shifting fault lines of world cricket.
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Women’s WC
5:15 - Pak vs SA, Babar Azam
13:13 - Virat-Rohit
18:15 - Eng vs NZ
27:12 - Ashes - England
38:48 - Ashes - Australia
42:41 - Chris Woakes Retirement
43:43 - Global Cricket Structure
54:42 - USA Cricket
56:15 - Listener Questions
Alex and Vivek cover pitches, selection, individual brilliance, and everything else India- England before looking ahead to whose strengths are pointier and whose weaknesses more acute in this winter’s Ashes.
0:00 - Intro
1:27 - Ind vs Eng series context
3:52 - English pitches
13:56 - Dropped catches
18:01 - Siraj
27:37 - Indian selection
39:10 - Bazball
51:31 - Ashes
1:11:32 - Awards & Categories
1:17:42 - Outro