The Cricket Podcast

The Cricket Podcast get together to cover the last three IPL matches. The IPL is beginning to settle down a little now, and we are starting to get a feeling for who is good and who is bad.    Delhi Capitals took an excellent win over Mumbai Indians, despite  picking Steve Smith. Punjab Kings melted down (again) versus Sunrisers, both teams now have one win! And Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Su...

Jack, Ross and Max discuss Monday's IPL fixture between CSK and RR. CSK's batting order (mostly) all chipped in to put on a decent score of 188 from their 20 overs. In reply Buttler started well, but once he fell under the pressure of carrying a sub-par Royals side, the middle order disintegrated at the hands of Jadeja and Moeen Ali, giving CSK another comfortable win.  Just how bad are Rajasthan...

On this episode The Cricket Podcast catch up on the last four IPL Games. Including: Chennai Super Kings v Punjab Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings v Delhi Capitals.  Our Twitter and Instagram: @thecricketpod  Our sponsore: https://woodstockcricket.co.uk/​​  Our Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/thecricketpod​ Intro 0:0...

On IPL match day seven, Rajasthan Royals beat the Delhi Capitals in another thrilling fixture. Chris Morris was the hero for RR as they came from nowhere to steal victory at the death from the Capitals. Tom Curran was the fall guy for DC, why was he there and will he play again? Has Chris Morris paid off his enormous price tag, probably a fair bit of it? And was Tom Curran adopted? Before this mat...

Jack, Ross and Max discuss the day's play between SRH and RCB, with RCB taking the points to make it two wins from their first two. A first IPL 50 in 5 years for Glenn Maxwell set RCB on their way, and some questionable shot selection and wearing pitch combined to thwart SRH in their chase after they looked comfortable. Where do SRH go from here, and are RCB looking like contenders? Follow us on T...

On IPL match day five, Kolkata Knight Riders took on Mumbai Indians. KKR won their first match of the season, easily brushing aside SRH, thanks to great knocks from Rahul Tripathi and Nitish rana. Mumbai, meanwhile, lost their first match of the season (as usual), so will be looking to fight back hard in game 2. Today though, Mumbai were able to come back, both in terms of the IPL, but also miracu...

On IPL match day three, Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Kolkata Knight Riders. Last year SRH made the play-offs before losing to Delhi in the semi-final, meanwhile Kolkata Knight Riders were knocked out on net run rate for the second year in a row. With Bhuveneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan leading the line for SRH, many people have tipped them as one of the favourites for this year's IPL. On the other h...

Jack, Ross and Max are joined by Daniel Norcross (@norcrosscricket) to discuss the second game of the 2021 IPL (and our third attempt at a livestream) between CSK and Delhi Capitals. There was much to look at going into this game with the spotlight on Pant's captaincy, the return of Suresh Raina and two Curran brothers facing off. Sam got the better of the individual battle, but team Tom came out...

Jack, Ross and Max are joined once again by Dan Weston to discuss the opening game of the 2021 IPL. The game between MI and RCB went down to the wire, with Harshal Patel's five-wicket haul and AB de Villier's late 48 swinging the game in RCB's favour. Are there causes for concern for Mumbai? Have RCB answered their death bowling issues? Or was it just a one-off? Follow us on YouTube, Twitter and I...

In a first for The Cricket Podcast, we streamed the show live. We made our predictions for the 2021 IPL season. Including who we think will win, who will be top wicket taker, and who will svore the most runs. Then moved on to the questions contributed by our audience, first those from Twitter, then any comments made in the video's livechat.  Finally we chose which franchises we follow in the 2021...

The 2020 Champions, Mumbai Indians, are the last team we preview in our eight part 2021 IPL preview. They were so dominant in 2020 that the discussion about their side has transcended commentary on last year, and the great debate is now whether they are the best T20 team ever. With a team that includs: Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya- they certainly have some of the...

Our IPL Preview series continues with Delhi Capitals. Last year the Capitals finished as runners-up, although, in reality, they were a very distant second to Mumbai Indians. What appeared to let them down was a lack of firepower with the bat, which made their decision to pick up Steve Smith at the auction extremely puzzling. Overall though, their team is still decent, with players like Rabada, Nor...

Our IPL Preview series continues with Sunrisers Hyderabad. Last year SRH  made it to the play-offs, as they found form towards the end of the  tournament. Eventually they were knocked out by Delhi in the Qualifier. They have kept a similar squad for 2021, opting against mixing things up, which is understandable when your team includes Bhuvi, Natarajan, Warner, and Rashid Khan. The big news is the...

Our IPL Preview series continues with the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Last year RCB reached the play-offs but were knocked out immediately. Following that, they decided to detonate their squad and have made some significant changes to their team. Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Chris Morris  are all out, with Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell and Dan Christian coming in as replacements. On paper that reshuffl...

Our IPL Preview series continues with the Kolkata Knight Riders. Last year KKR missed out on the play-offs despite having one of the most explosive teams at the tournament. Injuries, poor form and a dodgy action conspired to foil them, as their season never got going, and eventually fizzled out. It looks like the cast of players is there to support a good run in the tournament, but questions still...

Our IPL Preview series continues with the Punjab Kings. Last year the artists formerly known as Kings XI fell at the last hurdle, as their amazing comeback surge wilted in the final games. This season they will be looking to go one better, with the additions of Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith providing the bowling they lacked during 2020. This means that the Punjab Kings actually look quite goo...

Our IPL Preview series continues with the Chennai Super Kings. Last year CSK failed to make it to the play-offs for the first time in their history, and they will be looking to bounce back in 2021, in what could be MS Dhoni's last season in professional cricket. For this preview The Cricket Podcast (Jack, Ross and Max) are, once again, joined by cricket analyst Dan Weston.   With an average age of...

The Cricket Podcast (Jack, Ross and Max) are joined by cricket analyst  Dan Weston to preview the upcoming 2021 IPL season.    In Part 1 we cover the Rajasthan Royals, who splashed the cash at this  year's auction. How will their marquee signing Chris Morris help them  this season, how big of a miss is Jofra Archer, and do they have any  chance of improving on last year's 8th placed finish?  Follo...

India won the third ODI against England, to clinch the series 2-1, and conclude England’s tour of India. In a thrilling match England came up just short, despite an awesome performance from Sam Curran. The Indian bowling, led by Bhuveneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur kept pegging England back with key wickets throughout the innings, and the away team was unable to score as freely as they had in the...

India lost to England in the second of three ODIs between the teams. Ben Stokes' awesome display of hitting was too much for India’s bowlers, with England eventually winning easily. Despite this there were positives for India, as Rishabh Pant put on a display himself in the first innings, and Hardik Pandya showed off his own ball striking ability. Why were England able to win so comfortably? How g...

India and England move on to the ODI portion of the tour. In the first match England blew a fantastic opportunity to go 1-0 up, as India's bowlers roared back into the match, lead by Prasidh Krishna and the star of the white ball series- Bhuveneshwar Kumar. The Cricket Podcast boys (Jack, Ross and Max) go over the details of the game, and analyse how exactly this happened. How exactly did England...

India came from behind to take down the 5 match T20 international series, versus England. In part one the boys from The Cricket Podcast, Jack, Ross and Max, discuss how this happened. What did India learn across the series? Why are they now better set up for success? And who is winning the white ball arms race between the two nations? Later, they pick a combined India/England XI. This ends up bein...

India beat England in the fifth and final T20 international between the two sides securing a huge 3-2 series win. The Indian batters put on an exhibition as they posted a mammoth total of 224. Rohit Sharma went ballistic from ball one, SKY played another blinder and Kohli held it all together. Buttler and Malan kept England in the game, until Bhuvneshwar Kumar came back and ended England’s chances...

India took on, and beat, England in the fourth T20 between the two teams to level the rollercoaster of a series 2-2! In a game that swung both ways Shardul Thakur and Hardik Pandya finally managed to wrestle the game their way, despite an onslaught from England’s Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow. Jack and Ross recap this game, India appear to have turned a corner with their strategy, and today’s perf...

India took on England in the third T20 of their five-match series. The Cricket Podcast discuss how England went 2-1 up and where it went wrong for India. Jack and Ross are joined by cricket analyst Dan Weston for this show, who stands in for Max.  How good was Kohli? What happened to the rest of the India batting line up? Where did England go wrong with the ball? Where did both teams go wrong with...