Cricket Badger Podcast

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam. The trio look back on a fantastic Ashes series after England's victory in the Fifth Test at The Oval. The trio ponder whether Steve Smith was the difference between the two sides, wonder whether 2-2 was a fair result, review the series and pick their England winter touring party....

Dan Norcross joins James Buttler to turn the tables on the Cricket Badger in this 100th edition of the Cricket Badger Podcast. The Cricket Badger 20 Questions, that James has asked so many guests, are put to him, and Dan joins in to answer too. The chat went on for a while so there will be a part two coming very soon. Thanks to all the guests throughout the 100 episodes, your time has been hugely...

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam. The trio reflect on Australia's win at Old Traffiord and give their praise to Australia and conduct a post mortem on England's failure to regain the Ashes urn.  Selection, a priority given to white ball cricket, Joe Root's captaincy and who should replace Trevor Bayliss as Englan...

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam. The trio have had sine time to reflect on Headingley as, with the series tantalisingly poised at 1-1, they look ahead to the Fourth Test at Old Trafford. And the charity competition continues as the trio make their Old Trafford predictions and put up their bets to find the best v...

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam to look at arguably the greatest Test of all time at Headingley over the last week. Ben Stokes heroics have taken the world's breath away and the trio try to piece it all together. They are also quick to assert that Stokes' magnificence should not paper over the cracks and that th...

The Cricket Badger Ashes Podcast. In week four it's James and Aakash with Oli chipping in briefly from Scarbardos where he is watching Yorkshire play Notts. It's time to look ahead to the 3rd Ashes Test at Headingley. James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam to assess England's chances of levelling the series at Headingl...

Former England opener Michael Carberry is the Badger's guest on this week's Cricket Badger Podcast. James Buttler gets Carbs to answer the Badger 20 Questions. Along the way they have an in-depth chat about whether England's Test openers are given long enough, worry that youngsters are swerving the role as opener as it looks so riddled with problems and why he relished the task of facing the new b...

The Cricket Badger Ashes Podcast. In week three James, Oli and Aakash preview the 2nd Ashes Test at Lord's. James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam to assess England's chances of bouncing back at the Home of Cricket, can Australia perform again at Lord's and what difference will Jofra Archer make to the biggest contest...

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, has a rant about Roy. "It's a specialist position" to open in Tests and Jason Roy simply doesn't have the mindset or technique. He needs to drop to four in the order where he could become a force like Kevin Pietersen. LISTEN to the full Cricket Badger Ashes 2019 Weekly Podcast - Episode Two Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam to look back at the 1st test at Edgbaston, ponder how to get Steve Smith out, England's batting order and whether changes should be made for the 2nd Test at Lord's. There is a lot to discuss! The trio will be back every week throughout the Ashes series to assess the action just go...

The Cricket Badger Ashes Podcast. In week one James. Olie and Aakash preview the 2019 Ashes series and make their predictions on the series to come and the 1st Test at Edgbaston. James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both sides and excitedly look forward to the biggest contest c...

Yorkshire CCC's Academy director Ian Dews joins the Badger, James Buttler, to chat about whether England's Cricket World Cup success will bring new young players into the game. They also chat about the most famous Yorkshire Academy in the country. With a production line that includes plenty of England players, including Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Adil Rashid, it keeps on delivering quality. What...

The Ashes is almost upon us and the Cricket Badger, James Buttler, is joined by Dave Edwards of the Aussie podcast The Grade Cricketer to have a sideways glance at what lays ahead for both countries. The Grade Cricketer lads are also coming to England to watch their team struggle and have a number of live shows, with tickets still available for Birmingham on 4 August (with guest Merv Hughes) and f...

There cannot have been anyone to play one Test for England and one for a different country (Ireland) before playing his third at Lord's against his former side. Boyd Rankin, the Irish paceman, joins the Cricket Badger to look ahead to the four-day Test at the Home of Cricket. Boyd also reflects on his frustration that Ireland were not able to compete at the 2019 Cricket World Cup, during which thi...

Gary Barwell, the Head Groundsman at Edgbaston, joins the Cricket Badger this week to fight back against criticism of pitches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The barb that stung the most was from Mark Butcher on Twitter which read "Sorry, but pitches have been garbage this tournament" On this podcast Gary fights back.. We also chat the job, the pride at turning out a belting wicket and the hard...

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam to look back at a wonderful final, an England win and to pick out their favourite moments from the Cricket World Cup 2019. The trio also find out the final results of the charity prediction competition after staking units on the matches and having pre-tournament selections. The wi...

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is watching the World Cup Final on TV at home. Cricket 365's Oli Fisher is at Lord's. Here is how England took the trophy as James and Oli react throughout a dramatic day. This is a bonus. The final World Cup Weekly Podcast for this Cricket World Cup will be out on Tuesday where there will be a full review of the tournament and we unveil the final results on the...

An extract from the Cricket Badger World Cup Weekly as James, Oli and Aakash preview the first semi-final between England and Australia. Listen to the full Cricket Badger World Cup 2019 Weekly Podcast - Episode Seven Podcast here. Fancy a bet on the #CWC19, #Wimbledon or any of this summer's great sporting events? Deposit £10 and get a £30 bonus courtesy of Cricket Badger. CLICK HERE: http://bit.l...

An extract from the Cricket Badger World Cup Weekly as James, Oli and Aakash preview the first semi-final between India and New Zealand. Listen to the full Cricket Badger World Cup 2019 Weekly Podcast - Episode Seven Podcast here. Gamble responsibly and we will see you next week! Enjoy the cricket! This Podcast is brought to you in association with Cricket365.com and Paddy Power. Thank you very mu...

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam to pick out their favourite moments from the final group games at the Cricket World Cup 2019. In this seventh episode they say goodbye to South Africa, West Indies, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and assess the impact those sides made before they flew home. Then t...

Jason Gillespie joins the Cricket Badger this week to take on the Cricket Badger 20 Questions on his life in sport and a few more thrown in around the edges. From loving the great Aussie and West Indies pace bowlers as a kid, to his determination to emulate them before playing for that truly great Australian side. He picks out his best and worst moments as an international player and chats about h...

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, is joined by Cricket 365's Oli Fisher and cricket journalist Aakash Sivasubramaniam to pick out their favourite moments from the fifth week of the Cricket World Cup 2019. In this sixth episode they pick their top batsman, top bowler and Champagne moment from week four. They discuss England's successful and eventful march to the semi-finals, Bairstow's batting and...

Charles Dagnall is the Badger's guest on this week's Podcast as he chats Cricket World Cup 2019 and answers the Cricket Badger 20 Questions on his life in the sport. From hero worshipping Michael Holding and David Gower as a kid, to limping out of the game at 28 and into our ears as a BBC Test Match Special commentator. The man that suggests he was a "very, very, very, very, very poor man's James...

James Buttler, the Cricket Badger, was delighted to make a guest appearance on the Let's Talk Cricket Indian podcast. In this clip the host Anish Patel asks about the future of the Cricket World Cup and then asks whether James can see a time when franchise cricket like the IPL and The Hundred will be seen as more important than international matches.  This Podcast is brought to you in association...

Ireland paceman Boyd Rankin is a guest on an upcoming Cricket Badger Podcast. Here is a sneak preview of his discussion with James Buttler on Ireland's absence from the current World Cup. The format debate continues as many people are missing the smaller nations at the ICC's major showpiece event and Boyd is no different.  Stay tuned for the full Boyd Rankin Cricket Badger Podcast coming very soon...