The Cricket Podcast

In the third match of the IPL play-offs we talk about Qualifier 2. Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans face off against a Mumbai Indians side lead by Rohit Sharma. Mumbai Indians are causing carnage with the bat, can Rohit take them a step closer to another IPL title. Or will Hardik Pandya rally his men for a defacto home game, and take them to a second consecutive IPL trophy.  Qualifier 2 awaits, as w...

In the second match of this season's play-offs Mumbai Indians take on Lucknow Super Giants. In a loser goes home match the stakes are high, as the third and fourth teams play-off in the eliminator. We bring our reaction to the eliminator as Madwhal's was fantastic as mad performance destroyed Lucknow Super Giants' hopes. Find us on Twitter @thecricketpod to send us your questions! Find us here: ht...

In our first IPL play-off show we talk about Chennai Super Kings v Gujarat Titans. Will Dhoni and the boys make it through to the final at the first time of asking?  Or will hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan and co. get in their way? We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the contest.  Find us on Twitter @thecricketpod to send us your questions! Use the code CRICKETPOD...

Our Sunday show features all four of the IPL's weekend games, plus the action from Friday. It was a tale of back-to-back centuries in the game between RCB and Gujarat Titans. We react to a weekend of high drama as the IPL group stage concludes. Who qualified for the play-offs? We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the contest. Find us on Twitter @thecricketpod t...

We debate the last round of games as the IPL Play-off race gets real. Who will make it to the knock-outs? Kohli was on fire as he moved RCB into pole position, but there is still a game to play, and Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings all have a chance! Jack's substack: https://thecricketpod.substack.com/p/player-development-in-the-ipl-the We bring our reaction...

Our Sunday show features all four of the IPL's weekend games, plus a couple of bonus games from Thursday and Friday. Royal Challengers Bangalore kept their hopes alive, as they all but eliminated the Rajasthan Royals. Meanwhile Prabhsimran Singh blasted a crucial century for Punjab Kings, Suryakumar Yadav did the same for Mumbai Indians, and Lucknow Super Giants moved into a strong position to mak...

This Wednesday we cover three more matches in the IPL. On Monday KKR edged past PBKS on the final ball despite Arshdeep's best efforts. Then Mumbai cruised to a 6 wicket win leaving RCB in trouble, and CSK condemned the capitals to an almost certain exit! In part 3 we review our picks for biggest flop and MVP, and talk ICC funding! Jack's substack: https://thecricketpod.substack.com/p/player-devel...

Our Sunday show features all four of the IPL's weekend games, plus a bonus game from Friday! We look back at the classico as Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians, laugh at RCB as they blew it v Delhi Capitals, admire the Gujarat Titans and go mental about Jos Buttler and the Rajasthan Royals.  Who really needs a win to keep their play-off hopes alive? We bring our reaction, as we shall every Su...

In our one-off Thursday show we take a look at the week's action, starting with the big news - Kohli's face off with Naveen and Gambhir. But are we team Virat or team Naveen? Plus reaction from the other games as the play-off race heats up. We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the contest.  Find us on Twitter @thecricketpod to send us your questions! Get 10% of...

Halfway through the IPL we have decided to mix things up for a show. We will be going through all 10 teams in the IPL and giving them a score out of 10, to let you know who has impressed us the most. As well as chatting about the biggest disappointment.  Jack's substack: https://thecricketpod.substack.com/p/player-development-in-the-ipl-the We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesda...

This Wednesday we cover three matches in the IPL. Sunrisers Hyderabad crashed and burned against Delhi Capitals, in a performance which will surely be terminal. Gujarat Titans then crushed Mumbai Indians, inflicting more pain on their bowlers. And finally Kolkata Knight Riders travel to Royal Challengers Bangalore absolutely desperate for a win. Jack's substack: https://thecricketpod.substack.com/...

Our Sunday show features all four of the IPL's weekend games. This weekend saw Mumbai Indians play the Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants versus Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bangalore against Rajasthan Royals and finally Kolkata Knight Riders playing Chennai Super Kings. Is KL Rahul serious? That's the main topic of the episode, as he turns in a masterpiece to help his side lose. With some ex...

It's Friday, which means another IPL episode of The Cricket Podcast! After a week for 200+ scores and final over hijinks, things have settled down as we cover 3 lower scoring affairs with RCB v Punjab, KKR v Delhi, and CSK v SRH. How are things shaping up? Who is out of the hunt? We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the contest. Find us on Twitter @thecricketpo...

Max, Jack and Ross discuss this week's IPL action as CSK win the derby against RCB in a high scoring thriller, Mumbai Indians win three in a row as Sunrisers Hyderabad sink without trace and Lucknow Super Giants play to their strengths as Jos Buttler's sixy pink boys come upstuck in Jaipur. The guys also bring you analytics corner, going through the IPL data trends we are interested in this season...

Our Sunday show features all four of the IPL's weekend games. This weekend saw Punjab Kings win a thriller against Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians comfortably dispatch Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Capitals. With the final game between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals ongoing. We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the cont...

This Friday Ross is joined by Dan Weston to talk Punjab Kings v Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad. What's going on with Punjab, why are they bad now? Can KKR keep up their momentum? And we check out Harry Brook, who has arrived at the IPL! We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the contest. Find us on Twitter @thecricketpod to send us...

Our Sunday show features all four of the IPL's weekend games, with the Royals teaching Delhi a lesson, CSK cruise by Mumbai no bowling line up, KKR stun GT even after a Rashid Khan hat-trick and Punjab face off against Sunrisers! We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the contest. Find us on Twitter @thecricketpod to send us your questions! Use the code CRICKETPO...

Our Friday show features two big games from Thursday and Friday in the IPL. First of all we talk about today as Sunrisers look to bounce back against Lucknow Super Giants. Then we turn our attention to Shardul Thakur's exploits, as we praise the lord after he destroyed Royall Challengers Bangalore yesterday. We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the contest. Fin...

Our first mid-week show of the IPL sees us talk about action from Chennai Super Kings v Lucknow Super Giants, Gujarat Titans v Delhi Capitals, and Rajasthan Royals v Punjab Kings. The big game is between the Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, after both teams won their first match of the season. But there's plenty to talk about as we wonder who the team to beat in this year's tournament will be. ...

The first 5 games are done, so we've had a chance to see every team in action. We review the weekend's games, with Punjab overcoming lowly KKR, Mayers and Wood powering Lucknow to victory, Rajasthan utterly destroying the Sunrisers and Mumbai looking extremely poor. But what did we make of it all? We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the contest.  Find us on Tw...

Our first show of the 2023 IPL features a cracking match-up. MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings travel to take on Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans. It should be an awesome season opener, as Dhoni and Hardik, legends of Indian cricket, battle it out to get off to the best possible start.  We bring our reaction, as we shall every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, to the contest.  Find us on Twitter @thecricke...

With the IPL getting underway on Friday, Jack, Ross and Max are joined by Dan Weston to make some predictions and answer your questions. We take turns to offer our picks for the purple and orange caps, top flops and overall winners before some Q&A from Patreon, Twitter and YouTube. Join us for one of our favourite shows of the year! Use the code CRICKETPOD at manscaped.com for 20% off! Our Twitter...

It is time for our favourite shows of the year! The IPL Preview mega-episodes. This year we are once again joined by Dan Weston as we give a detailed run down of all 10 teams. In episode 2 we cover the teams our Patreons (patreon.com/thecricketpod) voted as the best teams in the tournament. Which surprise team looks like the early favourite to win the IPL?What are their strengths and weaknesses? W...

It is time for our favourite shows of the year! The IPL Preview mega-episodes. This year we are once again joined by Dan Weston as we give a detailed run down of all 10 teams. In episode 1 we cover the teams our Patreons (patreon.com/thecricketpod) voted as the worst 5 teams in the tournament! We cover some big players and some bigger teams, as we countdown teams 10-6 in the rankings. What are the...

England all-rounder George Garton joins Ross and Jack to tell us what it's really like to play in the IPL and share a dressing room with Kohli and Ab De Villiers. He shares his experience playing in the South Africa 20, what it felt like to win the Hundred with Southern Brave and most importantly that he's getting back to full fitness and is keen to take this season by storm with Sussex and get hi...