Charlie Harden

What's He On About? Cricket Podcast

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Cricket commentator Charlie Harden discusses England Cricket’s rise, Australia’s imminent decline, random cricket stats, and anything vaguely related to cricket on this weekly 20-minute podcast. The show includes previews and reviews of professional matches, critiquing and praising player performances — all despite Charlie being nowhere near that level as a cricketer. Grab yourself a drink or a snack and nestle into this gem…

Author

Charlie Harden

Category

Sports

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Jun 30, 2026

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Episodes

India Roll The Champions Trophy! Smith Retires, Brook Out of IPL and Which England Legend Am I? 10.03.2025

India plays boring cricket and wins every game in a random country. In other news, it is a (genuinely) sad day as Steve Smith retires from ODI cricket and Harry Brook removes himself from the IPL. Charlie wraps it up with a competition of who can guess the England Test Cricket Legend? Good Luck

England Obliterated, Who Next? India Take it Easy and Champions Trophy Winner Confirmed 03.03.2025

Charlie Mulls Over England Cricket's White Ball Devastation, Their Potential Future White Ball Captains and Some Mind-boggling Stats From The Treacherous Champions Trophy. India are kicking back and relaxing in Dubai whilst teams travel from country to country between games to find their next stadium. Finally, Charlie's infamous Predicting Ability Returns in Full Flow after Previously Pr...

England Rolled By Afghanistan - Where Did It All Go Wrong? Team of Champions Trophy Round 2 and Round 3 Predictions 26.02.2025

Dear Oh Dear, Oh Dear. Tough day for England as they get rolled by Afghanistan and a tough day to be Joe Root. A deep analytical dive into English ODI cricket, if that's your kind of thing, and the What's He On About? Team of Round 2. The Episode ends with a round down of round 3 and some horrendous predictions on the upcoming fixtures. Relax and Enjoy...

Ep 17 - Champions Trophy Team of Round 1 and Round 2 Round-Down 22.02.2025

A lot of rounds today. My apologies. Anyway, Charlie discusses The WHOA Team of Round 1 in the Champions Trophy and was not keen on putting any Aussies in but had to at the last second despite the man actually being English. Then, the second half of the episode sees predictions flying everywhere and some controversial views. Enjoy this drivel...

Ep 16 - Champions Trophy Special With Charlie Cooke, Australia Rolled By Sri Lanka and Thinker Of The Week 17.02.2025

Charlie is joined by Charlie, pretty confusing. The Episode begins with a solo review of Australia's diabolical destruction by Sri Lanka. Then we migrate to the Champions Trophy Preview as the Charlies dive into each team, have a look at tournament conditions and predict the Trophy winners. Finally, The Thinker of the Week gets the Charlies pondering as they wonder Who has the Most Ducks in O...

Ep 15 - England Rolling Continues, Australia Keep Rolling and the Biggest Victory in Test Cricket History 11.02.2025

England Cricket keeps getting battered by India and I'm no longer having fun. However, we look forward optimistically to the Champions Trophy and England's selection thoughts. Every change Australia makes turns to gold and Sri Lanka takes a royal pumping in the second test. Meanwhile, Australian selectors think ahead to who will open alongside Khawaja in the WTC final and should Marnus s...

Ep 14 - England Dominated By India in T20 Cricket, India Will Dominate England in ODI Cricket and Australia Dominate World Cricket 04.02.2025

Charlie did not enjoy this. England Rolled by India and the prediction is similar for the ODIs. A deep dive into England's problems and India's success. Charlie talks about Australia through gritted teeth as they beat everyone in the world by an innings. The episode finishes with a quality thinker of the week to get those cogs turning...

Ep 13 - England India 3rd T20 Review, Australia Sri Lanka Test Preview, 3 Tier Test Cricket and Only One Aussie in the Test Team of the Year! 28.01.2025

Charlie dives deep into the world of T20 internationals as Adil Rashid puts up the stop sign and tells India, 'You Shall Not Pass!'. Joe Root in T20 team for England? No Thanks. Jamie Overton's Future is coming under fire whilst Australia begin their quest for Sri Lanka in Galle. Australia will lose, simple as that. Finally, the Episode ends with Charlie's thoughts on 3 Tier Te...

Ep 12 - England India T20 Cricket Begins, Sri Lanka to shock Australia and Aussie Fans Rage 21.01.2025

Charlie previews the England vs India T20 Series, explores the strength of England's batting lineup and takes you through every reason why Sri Lanka will batter Australia in Galle. Pakistan prepare a dustbowl for the West Indies who went onto get pumped and Aussie fans get riled up in the comments just because I said their team was overrated. All that is to come as you ask yourself, What Is H...

Ep 11 - Two Tier Test Cricket System, England to Boycott Afghanistan Champions Trophy Fixture and 2025 Ashes Selection Question of the Week 14.01.2025

This is Test Cricket Central commentated by a COMPLETELY unbiased Englishman. The episode covers the positives and negatives of the two-tier test cricket system, controversial views on England's Champions Trophy fixtures and 2025 Ashes drivel, despite it being just 10 months away. Your experience is glazed by the WHOA Moment of the Week and this week, it goes to a moment from the summer of 20...

Ep 10 - Test Cricket Weekly Round-up - Australia India Series Review, England's Next Test Opener and (Unofficial) Cricketer of the Year Goes To... 07.01.2025

It's double figures for the Podcast, 3 more and we will be at Bumrah's BGT bowling average, didn't take long. If Zak Crawley was to get the boot, who would take up his warm seat? Is the England test opening spot up for grabs? To round things up, Charlie awards the Prestigious What's He On About Cricketer of the Year. I wonder who it will go to, oh, I know already. Enjoy this li...

Ep 9 - Australia Roll Through India, South Africa and Pakistan's Thrilling Test Finale, Predicted England ODI XI and Cricketing Numpty of the Week 30.12.2024

It's all happening as Charlie dips his toe back in the water of Cricket and realises its the perfect temperature so he takes a big run-up and jumps right in. India's draw plan folds and, unsurprisingly, the 'get forward and defend' method fails (Bazball was needed). South Africa pip Pakistan to an astonishing test win to send them to Lords for the WTC Final. England release the...

Ep 8 - England New Zealand Test Series Wrap-Up 17.12.2024

Charlie gift wraps the final test of the New Zealand England Test Series and serves it on a plate to you, the listeners. We stand on the 10m platform and dive into the stats behind Bashir's 2024 as England's Front Line Spinner and answer the question of whether Stokes needs to change his ways to benefit the team as Captain. Finally, Charlie shows why Australia vs India isn't the big...

Ep 7 - Weekly Test Cricket Round-Up - England, New Zealand, Australia, India, You name it! 10.12.2024

England dominates New Zealand with the whitewash pending, How good is Harry Brook? This podcast reviews the 2nd Test and looks beyond to the future of the England Test Team. Australia vs India is the most confusing series I have watched as both teams come to the end of their golden eras. Finally, think to yourself who has the most ducks in Test History? Find out all in this Episode!

Ep 6 - Review and Preview of England vs New Zealand Test Series 03.12.2024

Charlie delves into the world of cricket once more and returns to the England and New Zealand Test Series looking forwards and backwards. The Australia vs India 2nd Test starts on Friday and Charlie discusses Marnus Labuschagne and the effect of the pink ball test. The show ends with the riveting question, Who has the most runs in Test Cricket without ever hitting a 6?

Ep 5 - England vs New Zealand Preview, Australia Pummelled and 13 year old drafted for IPL! 26.11.2024

Welcome back for another episode of the mighty What's He On About? Podcast. Charlie divulges into the upcoming England and New Zealand Test Series, embraces Australia's glorious defeat and looks more into who Suryavanshi, 13, is and why he has been picked in the IPL? Finally, Charlie discovers that the Ivory Coast are bowled out for 7 and earns this episode's Moment of the Week.

Ep 4 - Weekly Cricket Round-up and Australia vs India Test Preview 19.11.2024

For this week's cricket round-up, Charlie reviews England's White Ball Tour of the West Indies and looks forward to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and India. The Inaugural "What's He On About" Moment of the Week is awarded and we find out which cricketer is responsible for launching the biggest six in international cricket history. Ask yourself, What Is He On...

Ep 3 - Weekly Cricket Round-up and England vs West Indies Mid-Series Review 11.11.2024

Charlie dives into this week's cricket news as England storm to a 2-0 lead in the T20 Series against West Indies, Australia get battered by Pakistan, India refuse to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy and the GOAT returns.

Ep 2 - England vs West Indies Series Review 07.11.2024

This episode hears Charlie review England's ODI Series Loss to the West Indies. Charlie digs into England's selection choices, choosing talent over experience, as well as Alzarri Joseph's major blow-up as he showed what it takes to be a true Vice-Captain. The episode ends with a brief look forward to the T20 series between the two sides as you ask yourself, 'What is he on about...

Ep 1 - England vs West Indies Series Preview 30.10.2024

Charlie previews the upcoming Limited Overs Series between England and West Indies. He vents his troubles about team selection and the deep-rooted effect of Bazball on the shorter format of the game. Taking a deep dive into the squads and recent form, he answers the question; Should people care about this series?

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