Wisden Cricket Weekly

Join Mark Butcher, Yas Rana and the rest of the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast team for a weekly digest of the biggest stories from both English cricket and the wider world game.

Recent Episodes

Women's Cricket Weekly: Why have trans women been banned from women's club cricket, and could the ban be reversed?
May 9, 2025 – 01:05:53
James Rew’s first England call-up, Rohit Sharma’s Test legacy and 20 years of Chance to Shine
May 9, 2025 – 01:33:17
England retain Bashir and Crawley, and what Test cricket's history can tell us about its future
May 2, 2025 – 01:44:07
Women's Cricket Weekly: What to expect from Nat Sciver-Brunt, England captain
May 1, 2025 – 53:27
Women's Cricket Weekly: Tier 1 thrillers, heartbreak for Scotland & World Cup Qualifier drama
Apr 25, 2025 – 55:50
The 2025 Wisden award winners are revealed and why 2024 was a turning point in cricket's history
Apr 22, 2025 – 01:44:18
Women's Cricket Weekly: A new era begins! 2025 women's county season preview
Apr 17, 2025 – 56:07
Cricket's bad light problem and is change imminent in the England Test team?
Apr 15, 2025 – 01:23:27
Women's Cricket Weekly: What makes Australia the best side in the world & dramatic World Cup Qualifiers
Apr 11, 2025 – 01:11:28
Brook appointed England captain, Banton's stunning 371 & County Championship thrillers
Apr 8, 2025 – 01:35:16
Women's Cricket Weekly: Why Charlotte Edwards' appointment is great news for English cricket
Apr 4, 2025 – 38:18
2025 County Championship preview & an interview with Jack Leach
Apr 2, 2025 – 01:40:33
Women's Cricket Weekly: Heather Knight sacked as England captain – who should take over?
Mar 27, 2025 – 52:27
Bashir's loan move, the case for Sam Cook and the IPL as a spectacle
Mar 25, 2025 – 01:53:42
Women's Cricket Weekly: Jon Lewis sacked as England head coach & Nat Sciver-Brunt's incredible WPL
Mar 21, 2025 – 41:10
What England need in Australia, an IPL 2025 preview & introducing Sonny Baker
Mar 18, 2025 – 02:01:31
Women's Cricket Weekly: The Hundred draft & a chat with West Indies superstar Chinelle Henry
Mar 14, 2025 – 01:25:34
An episode from Patreon: 100 hundreds that changed the game
Mar 13, 2025 – 37:25
India win the Champions Trophy & Harry Brook pulls out of the IPL
Mar 10, 2025 – 01:13:20
Women's Cricket Weekly: Gujarat's surprise WPL title challenge & a chat with Lydia Greenway about England's 2005 Ashes heroes
Mar 7, 2025 – 43:46
Jos Buttler resigns and England crash out of another major tournament – what next?
Mar 3, 2025 – 01:13:10
Women's Cricket Weekly: How The Hundred retentions really work, and a chat with an Australian superstar
Feb 28, 2025 – 43:32
Has England's extreme pace policy backfired?
Feb 24, 2025 – 01:41:35
Women's Cricket Weekly: Week one of the WPL & the future of England's pace bowling
Feb 22, 2025 – 01:11:50
The current culture around English cricket and a Champions Trophy preview
Feb 18, 2025 – 01:29:30
Women's Cricket Weekly: WPL 2025 preview, Afghanistan & what does The Hundred sale actually mean?
Feb 14, 2025 – 33:20
Why are England struggling so much in white-ball cricket?
Feb 13, 2025 – 01:06:03
Women's Cricket Weekly: It's finally over... Australia thrash England 16-0 & India win U19 World Cup
Feb 6, 2025 – 53:37
Concussion sub controversy, two-tier Test cricket & is The Hundred sale good for the English game? With Tom Banton
Feb 5, 2025 – 01:44:14
Ashes Daily: King and Gardner seal the whitewash for the Aussies, what next for England?
Feb 1, 2025 – 21:11
Ashes Daily: England drop seven catches as Australia reassert their dominance
Jan 31, 2025 – 18:53
Ashes Daily: Australia on course to take the series 16-0
Jan 30, 2025 – 16:33
Adil Rashid helps England bounce back in India & Dan Lawrence joins the show
Jan 30, 2025 – 01:36:16
Women's Cricket Weekly: How big is the gap between England and Australia?
Jan 29, 2025 – 47:01
Ashes Daily: Charlotte Edwards joins the show as England are heavily beaten in Adelaide
Jan 25, 2025 – 20:03
India hammer England, responding to critics & Will Smeed joins the show
Jan 23, 2025 – 01:16:20
Ashes Daily: England fall agonisingly short in rain-affected contest
Jan 23, 2025 – 20:55
Women's Cricket Weekly: Australia retain the Women's Ashes – what next for England?
Jan 22, 2025 – 37:59
Ashes Daily: England's Ashes dream officially over after Australia win 1st T20I
Jan 20, 2025 – 17:13
Ashes Daily: England outplayed again as Australia clean sweep the ODIs
Jan 17, 2025 – 19:43
Picking the best Test innings and spells of 2024, James Vince's Championship snub and a chat with Dan Worrall
Jan 16, 2025 – 02:15:31
Women's Cricket Weekly: England fluff their lines twice – is there any way back?
Jan 15, 2025 – 39:09
Ashes daily: England fail to chase 181 as familiar problems resurface
Jan 14, 2025 – 20:49
Ashes daily: Australia go 1-0 up - a missed opportunity for England?
Jan 12, 2025 – 13:19
Women's Cricket Weekly: Previewing the 2025 Women's Ashes, with Nat Sciver-Brunt
Jan 10, 2025 – 50:00
Australia win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, two-tier Test cricket & should England boycott Afghanistan?
Jan 9, 2025 – 01:23:08
Women's Cricket Weekly: The state of women's cricket in India
Jan 4, 2025 – 55:45
Australia win MCG thriller and South Africa are WTC finalists
Dec 30, 2024 – 01:15:58
Women's Cricket Weekly: Ashes squads announced, schedule concerns and does the format need changing?
Dec 29, 2024 – 52:50
Xmas special – End of year awards and best moments of 2024, with Kate Mason
Dec 23, 2024 – 01:23:20

Recent Reviews

JanayRehmat

Why aren't you already listening to this?

If you love cricket, then yeah you should. The best cricket podcast there is. There's a few good ones but this one has just the right mix of wit, intelligence and alertness to the game. I've been listening since the first episode. Would be nice if they spent a bit more time with cricket that isn't England and IPL. We understand that it's Wisden but we're all cricket lovers, and the fraternity extends past national sides. You don't have to be English to enjoy this, So if you're a genuine cricket lover (I am one) you're very likely to appreciate the conversations. And I certainly hope that this has more listeners than say, Tailenders. Another good podcast but not for the minimal cricket chat.
Another idiot abroad

Amazing

My go-to pod for cricket chat. Intelligent, funny, and entertaining, these guys know what they’re on about. Oh, and I used to teach Yas - legend!!
AngryPatsFan

Good, but...

Excellent content from intelligent hosts and contributors. Only drawback are some truly, horrible production values - sounds like they record remote comnentary off the speaker on their mobiles.
Ochtapas

Love the pod, small suggestion.

This is one of my 3 favorite cricket podcasts. Very insightful, like the random bits of info, good fun overall. One small suggestion is that you could devote a couple of minutes each podcast or perhaps every other podcast providing some explanations for us that are new-ish to the game. Cricket is a game that has such a steep learning curve, and beautifully odd terminology, that I think this would help to grow the fan base for the game, particularly here in the US. Specially useful would be information on the state of the pitch, and why it matters, as well as bowling lengths and lines. For instance, a mini-lesson on the state of the pitch could have been sneaked in during the discussion of whether Australia should have batted first on the first day of the fifth test at the Oval. Obviously you don’t want to spend too much time and bore the knowledgeable listeners, but just a couple of minutes would do.
Prof FluteSnoot

Very middling

They discuss arcane and esoteric topics in a very typical British fashion where insults are couched as self deprecation