The Emerging Cricket Podcast

Patrons: You have an extended version of this week's pod! We take a look at the MLC Draft with Nate Hays, talk men's and women's PICCs (and Tim talks left-arm orthodox bowling) and we salute Kyle Coetzer on a fabulous career!

What a tournament we have on our hands in Namibia! Bes and Nick on who goes through, who takes a League 2 place for the next cycle, and who will be forced to go through the Challenge League.

Have you recovered? What a finish to League 2 as Nepal completes their 11/12 win comeback to claim the last auto Qualifier spot! Bes and Nick also wrap action in Hong Kong, Tim Cutler's cameos in the Pacific and news from Europe!

The end of the windy League 2 road! Can Nepal into the top three? Will UAE and PNG find form ahead of the playoff? Meanwhile Ahmed Raza calls time as Anshy Rath returns to international play, Americas sub-regionals concludes and the Dutch travel to South Africa and Zimbabwe!

Nick Skinner is joined by US correspondent Nate Hays and the pair discuss the run home for League 2, with the race for crucial third spot heating up, as well as the ongoing Americas subregional qualifier - where Bermuda have sealed top spot with a match to spare. There's also a news update from the U19s CWC Asia qualifier and the ACC Challenger Cup. Then, we hear from Corey Rutgers, head coach of...

Emerging Cricket contributor Tom Grunshaw joins Nick to chat through the news of the week including Nepal's impressive home performance benefitting from the services of an out-on-bail Sandeep Lamichhane, and in other men's cricket, Afghanistan took on the UAE and the Asian U19s Qualifiers got underway.  

It's a big week back for the show, as we chat to Vanuatu women's skipper Selina Solman about her cricketing journey, as well as preview the upcoming League 2 Tri-Series hosted by Nepal.

We weren't short of important things to talk about this week! We revisit the issues surround Afghanistan and its Women's players after Tracy Holmes' report, look into the spot-fixing drama in Nepal that adds to a long list of problems, discuss the Olympic news around 2028 and highlight the unbelievable efforts of Associates at the U19 Women's T20 World Cup!

They've done it! Rwanda stun Zimbabwe to progress to the next phase of the Women's U19 T20 World Cup, beating Zimbabwe. We look at their performance and Indonesia in depth (we'll cover the campaign for every Associate next week). Nick also catches up with Nate Hays with another eventful week in American cricket.

Is there ever a dull week in Associate cricket? Not to be outdone by the seismic shifts in the USA, organisers of the Nepal T20 overshadow the competition by fleeing the country without the money! We then look at the early surprises in U19WC warm-ups, with the tournament proper here at last!

Accidental scoops? Nate discovers Richard Done has departed USA, while Bes finds out the Challenge League cycle cut-off has been extended! We look at Nepal losing another head coach, plus action in Asia and Africa on the field!

Life got in the way of a sit-down record this week, but Bes has you covered with a news wrap, including Turkey losing their unwanted World Record!

The Cricket World Cup pathway is a little clearer after a plethora of one day cricket! Nick and Bes run through League 2 and Challenge League among other key events in the emerging world. This episode is once again made possible by our Patrons. Log on to Patreon.com/emergingcricket to make your pledge from as little as US$2 a month!

Bes and Nick try and get through another big week of Emerging cricket with action all over the world!

Nick is joined by Nate with the latest news surrounding the inaugural Major League Cricket season.

Tim, Nick and Bes are back together to try and catch up on all the Emerging Cricket of the past fortnight!

Nick is once again joined by Nate Hays to look at the upcoming League 2 tri-series in Namibia, with the competition reaching its business end.

What a tournament for the Dutch, and what a way for Ryan Campbell to bow out after five years with the team! We catch up with him, break down the tournament and look to the coach's future, Once again, our pod is with thanks to our patrons. Find us at https://www.patreon.com/EmergingCricket!

The labyrinth of USA Cricket is once again looked at by Nick Skinner, who is joined by Nate Hays reporting from North Carolina! We'll break down the rest of the T20 World Cup after this weekend's final (we want to see if the Dutch helped Pakistan to a trophy or Ireland beat the eventual winners)!

What a dramatic week of T20 World Cup cricket! With Bes away, Tim and Nick are joined by another Daniel - Daniel Hay, who travelled to Hobart to keep a close eye on the action of the first round!

We're joined by the brilliant Tim Wigmore to discuss the modern factors affecting emerging cricket and a look to the T20 World Cup, which has since begun. Tim's book "Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket" is out now everywhere!

A BUMPER, EXTENDED show for everyone!!!   We go through both groups of the First Round at the T20 World Cup, provide our predictions and intel, and we look at Thailand's run to the Asia Cup semi-finals! We also look at the teams progressing to the final rounds of U19 Men's WC Qualifying in Africa and Asia!

It's a global game! Action in EAP, Asia, Africa, and the Americas all discussed this week!

Never short of cricket! We run through the Women's T20WC Qualifier where Ireland and Bangladesh prevail, and ask "Where to now?" for Thailand. We take a look at the upcoming Pacific Cup plus gush over Uganda's success, run the magnifying glass over UAE and wrap the action so far at the European Cricket Championships!

Rohan Mustafa not on the T20WC plane!? We dissect all the squad news, plus Namibia's late League 2 push and a final reflection of the EAP Sub-Regional Qualifier A and the potential of cricket in the Pacific, with thoughts from a partner of the EC crew who almost loved the cricket more than Tim and Bes!