The Murali End

Something a little different as Sam Hartford, Ben Henley-Washford and The Athletic's Nick Miller run through the unique things about cricket that delight, infuriate and downright baffle us. Crowd catches, stump mics, Mark Nicholas, signature celebrations and the games most tedious rules all get some treatment.

Tommy & Mark discuss the big stories in Cricket from the last week, including the Australia V South Africa test series, Winter nets & Rohit Sharma's power play over Sri Lanka.

Mark and Tommy discuss Mark's trip to the MCG, cricket culture in Australia and what teams Mark supports in franchise cricket

Tommy is joined by Rob Rush and Sam Hartford to bask in the glory of England's comprehensive and historic Test series win in Pakistan. They look ahead to what England can take into an Ashes summer, ask where it went wrong for Babar Azam and dish out some alternative player of the series awards.

Mark and Nakul Pande discuss the second select hearing in December 2022 and if England is getting to grips with racism issues within the game, we also hear from former Scotland international Qasim Sheikh about his experiences and thoughts on the hearing.

Sam Hartford is joined by Nakul Pande and Rob Rush to discuss England's sensational and bold victory over Pakistan. They talk up Ben Stokes hatred of draws, tactical innovations and a Baz-ball tattoo for one Murali Ender.

A historic tour of Pakistan for the England men's test side is previewed by Rob Rush, Georgie Heath, Harrison Burridge and Ben Henley-Washford. Squad selection, viral predicaments and series predictins are all on the agenda.

Tommy Stewart & Mark Machado chew over some of the biggest cricket stories of the week. Including Australia's ODI series with England, the Festival of Cricket and look ahead to England's tour of Pakistan

Sam Hartford is joined by Mark Machado, Rob Rush and Karan Mehta to discuss England's T20 World Cup triump and why there's little time for it to be enjoyed. Also on the pod's agenda is IPL drop-outs, fan allegiances and the case for podiums being drenched in apple juice.

The gang are back as Tommy Stewart, Nakul Pande, Rhiannon Blake and Sam Hartford review the T20 semi-finals plus look ahead to a mouth-watering (and potentially rainy) final between Pakistan and England

Sam Hartford, Nakul Pande, Rob Rush and Mark Machado review the action of the T20 Super 12 and look ahead to the semi-final

Sam Hartford, James Sarek, SuperJoshi and Harrison Burridge bring you the latest takes from the T20 World Cup including a Murali End derby preview, the Virat Kohli break-in and how the competition might expand in the future

Tommy and Mark review the first bit of Super 12 action in the Men's T20 World Cup, Boxing Day test tickets and Virat Kohli dragging India over the line in one of the greatest games of Cricket ever played.

Harrison Burridge is with Rob Rush, Rhiannon Blake and Karan Mehta to preview the T20 World Cup, discuss India and Pakisatan's relations and the England Lions squad. @MuraliPod on Twitter.

Tommy and Mark discuss Crickets calender, the freelance nature of being a professional cricketer and the T20 World Cup

Sam, Harrison, Abbie, Rob and Rhi bring you a debrief on relegations and championship heartbreak. Plus there's chat on Issy Wong, Jonny Bairstow's comics, T20 World Cup and the future of Jofra Archer

Mark and Tommy discuss England in Pakistan, English Domestic Cricket, Andrew Strauss's plan to reform the game and run-out's at the non-strikers end (Mankad's)

Call it Baz-ball or whatever you like, it's working. Ben Henley-Washford, Nakul Pande and Harrison Burridge bring you a round-up of England's summer of test match cricket along with the biggest talking points ahead of the Pakistan tour.

Sam Hartford is joined by Harrison Burridge and Rob Rush to discuss how The Hundred 2.0 has fared as a competition, a spectacle, and it's impact on both England and the game as a whole.

Tommy Stewart and Rob Rush chat to former England and Yorkshire bowler Ryan Sidebottom. They his England career, Manchester United and Yorkshire and England's current talents such as Root, Bairstow and Harry Brook

Mark Machado speaks to Aatif Nawaz about Pakistan's chances at the Asia Cup, TMS and Achari Chicken

Super Joshi, Karan Mehta & Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay preview India's chances at the Asia Cup and discuss how to get Virat Kohli back into some sort of form

Mark Machado is joined by Sri Lankan Cricket journalist Estelle Vasudevan to preview Sri Lanka's chances at the Asia Cup in the UAE

Harrison Burridge, Rob Rush and Mark Machado bring you the action from Lord's as London Spirit take on the Welsh Fire

Sam Hartford is with Abbie Rhodes and Tommy Stewart to preview England Men's second Test against South Africa. Talk turns to England's odd obsession with Crawley, South Africa's perfect pace attack and Ben Stokes being a bastion for men's mental health. Read Abbie's article that's mentioned in the pod here: https://parmavioletlambrini.wordpress.com/2022/08/21/creepy-defence-squad/