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England have had a problem batting at number 3 since the retirement of Trott. Today on the England Cricket Podcast we create a top 8 depth chart of who could bat at number 3 for England in test match cricket. #englandwatch started as a tweet and is now a fully fledged series on the podcast...subscribe as we work our way through all positions in future episodes. Joe Root is the man at three at long...

Welcome the the English County Championship 2022 round 23 review on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast. Today we review all 8 County cricket matches from round 2, the highs, the lows, the winner, the losers as well as the star performers. Shan Masood continues to shine and has now hit back to back double centuries. Josh Bohannon added to his England credentials with a perfectly timed 200.Notts rolle...

England test match cricket openers, they're wonderful and we have been blessed with so many over the years. The barrel has ran dry since the retirement of Sir Alastair Cook and today on #englandwatch our England Cricket Podcast we are going to rank the top 10 best current English openers in County Cricket. Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dom Sibley have all had time in the opener slot for...

Rob Key has been appointed as the new Director of Cricket for the England cricket team after Ashley Giles was relived of his duties after a poor Ashes campaign. We take a look into which England caliber players have performed well during week 2 of the county championship. We have pushed back our ranking the top 10 openers in English cricket to later in the week.**********Leading Edge Cricket Links...

Welcome the the English County Championship 2022 round 2 review on the Leading Edge Cricket Podcast. Today we review all 8 County cricket matches from round 2, the highs, the lows, the winner, the losers as well as the star performers. Craig Overton made a massive statement with a welcome return to form. Shan Masood continues to be the overseas signing of the season scoring 239.Tom Haines is firml...

Joe Root STEPS DOWN as England Captain team and today on the England watch England cricket podcast we review Joe Root as England captain, what is his legacy is and what the future holds of England now we need a new director of cricket, head coach and captain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a new series on the podcast as we start #Englandwatch. The Leading Edge Cricket Podcast is predominantly an England cricket podcast but today we create this mini series where we establish what we think of each current England pay and what their future may hold before opening up County Cricket next episode and create a prospect list of all players for all positions.**********Leading Edge...

The English County Championship 2022 season is under with round 1 in the books and today Rich and Rob get stuck in and review all the matches that took place. The County Championship is under great scrutiny at the moment but stood up well at the start of April to provide some batter friendly conditions. We review all the games, the big performances, the big moments and great escapes in the first w...

#ipl #ipl2022 #cricketThe IPL is up and running and today we're 19 games deep into the season and giving our updated IPL power rankings. IPL POWER RANKINGS 2022 | IPL REVIEW | #ipl #ipl2022 | RRvLSGEach week we will rank the teams from worst to best and everything in between. TEAMMWLPTNRRRR43160.951KKR53260.446GT33060.349RCB43160.294LSG53260.174DC42240.476PBKS42240.152SRH3122-0.889MI4040-1.181CSK4...

Averages in cricket have been around since the days of W.G.Grace how many runs you score by how many times you're out. In 2021 Zak Crawley noted his averages of 10 wasn't a true reflection of how he was doing., this got me thinking...Do the grounds you play at make a big difference your average. So today I breakdown ground factor factors for all 18 county grounds, the best innings that made 60 tha...

England Cricket fan's it's time for the annual County Championship 2022 Season Preview. The county cricket season is upon us and today Rob & Rich breakdown all the the teams in Division 2.Division Two: Derbyshire, Durham, Glamorgan, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Sussex, WorcestershireWe will breakdown the teams, the star players, ones to watch and give our predictions on the upcoming...

England Cricket fan's it's time for the annual County Championship 2022 Season Preview. The county cricket season is upon us and today Rob & Rich breakdown all the the teams in Division 1.Division One: Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Somerset, Surrey, Warwickshire, YorkshireWe will breakdown the teams, the star players, ones to watch and give our predictions...

Pakistan have jsut played Australia in a 3 match ODI series for the first time in 20 years and have come from behind to win. Today we review Pakistan v Australia all the highs (Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq) and the Lows (Finch!!!) and everything else in between. ODI cricket is a declining part of the game but with the 2023 World Cup right around the corner these games are going to become more meaningfu...

#ipl #ipl2022 #cricketThe IPL is up and running and today we're back with a new weekly podcast to focus on the IPL 2022. IPL ROUND 1 POWER RANKINGS 2022 | #iplEach week we will rank the teams from worst to best and everything in between. This week we review the first 5 gamesCSK V KKRMI V DCRCB V PKLSG V GTRR V SH**********Leading Edge Cricket Links**********🏏Listen To Our Cricket Podcast Everywhe...

The West Indies V England 3rd test in in the books and the West Indies have beaten England 1-0 in the 3 match series. This is the first pitch to offer life to the bowlers and England's fragile batting failed once again, nothing has changed. 204 all out and 120 all out saved in the the first innings by Leach and Mahmood it's another series defeat- 1 win in 17 and a series where we come away with mo...

Welcome the The Leading Edge Cricket Podcast as we review the West Indies v England 2nd test match .England can batEveryone but Alex Lees in the top 6 now has a good score in the seriesJoe Root is exceptionalBen Stokes showed us Ben Stokes 2019 qualitiesKraigg Braithwaite is still batting somewhere and is still not out**********Leading Edge Cricket Links**********🏏Listen To Our Cricket Podcast Ev...

It's a new era of English test cricket and the West Indies v England in the 1st test gave us great insight into how this English team may fair over the next two years Ashes cycle.3 centuries from the top 6 J Root, J Bairstow and Z Crawley all cashed in on a pretty docile wicket. England's bowling was one paced with Woakes and Overton looking particularly ineffective. Kudos to Jack Leach who bowled...

Ranking Test Match Opening Batters in 2022Rich and Rob today open excel and breakdown which test teams have elite openers based on cold hard stats and which are terrible and need to go in the bin. Home performance, away performance, opening partnerships individual players are all part of the model to create a ranking. Opening the batting is one of the hardest things to do well in cricket particula...

The PSL has been awesome T20 cricket, great fun, close games, English breakout stars and toady we recap PSL 7 and which England player have shone thoroughout. As well we touch onIndia beating Sri LankaBlackcaps smashing South Africa Joe Root on dropping Anderson and BroadThe West Indies squad to play England**********Leading Edge Cricket Links**********🏏Listen To Our Cricket Podcast Everywhere🏏...

England have named a new kind of squad for the upcoming Test series against the West Indies in March 2022.James Anderson and Stuart Broad have both been dropped a move that has sent shock waves through English cricket fans. Alex Lees the yorkshire opener is the next man into the team to open the batting. Saqib Mahmood, Matthew Fisher and Matt Parkinson have all earnt a call up. Toady we breakdown...

Chris Silverwood has been SACKED by the England Cricket Board after a semi final defeat in the T20 World Cup and a 4-0 Ashes defeat in Australia. Justin Langer has declined a short term contract extension by Cricket Australia and is now the favorites for the job. Rob & Rich breakdown all the possible candidates for England's new management structure under Andrew Strauss as well as look at England'...

India host the West Indies in 3 ODIs and 3T20I;s in February 2022.West Indies come in full of confidence after beating England 3-2 but their ODI is not top notch after a 2-1 defeat to Ireland. India will be led by Rohit Sharma and will be looking to fill a void in the middle overs of the game. Today we go through the squads, the key questions, the stats, head to head rerecords as well as give our...

Ashley Giles has been sacked or stepped down depending what you read as England's director of Cricket. Giles had been in the role since 2019 and during that England have won the ODI world Cup and been ranked number 1 in T20 and ODI cricket. Rich and Rob discuss Sir Andrew Strauss stepping in as interim DOC and what the future and who the future might hold. As well we cover England making the Crick...

West Indies beat England 3-2 in the 5 match T20I series in 2022 thanks to a wonderfully consistent team performance. Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein and Rovman Powell all were outstanding with Holder taking the player of the series honors. We look at where it went wrong for England and whose stock was the rise after the series. Also in 5 good minutesSimon Harmer called into SA teamPaul Collingwood says...

Rovman Powell smashes incredible 107 to beat England in the 3rd T20I at Barbados. Phil Salt, George Garton and Harry Brook all made their debuts for England. Pooran hit 70 as the West Indies scored 225 but only Banton & Saltt got going for England. Today on 5 good minutesFC cricket in the middle of summerKids priced out of cricketSouth Africa beat IndiaSuper Smash FinalAfghanistan a minow still?**...