• County Championship returns
    Jun 12 2026

    Nick Friend and Melinda Farrell discuss Surrey's curious season and the news that the injury replacement conditions remain unchanged, while George Dobell pays tribute to Keith Piper.


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    44 mins
  • Northants' fast start & county transfer season
    Jun 4 2026

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    0:00 Intro

    00:16 Teeing up the show

    3:05 Kirstie Gordon interview

    20:26 Northants' fast start

    32:12 County transfer season

    47:54 Outro


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    49 mins
  • The youngsters Blasting away the competition
    May 27 2026

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    48 mins
  • T20 Blast returns: men's & women's preview
    May 21 2026

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    0:00 Intro

    00:17 Men's Blast preview

    18:59 Pat Brown interview

    35:28 Women's Blast preview

    47:16 Outro


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    48 mins
  • A new England selector and a hat-trick hero
    May 13 2026

    Episode seven of The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast features discussions around Marcus North's arrival as national selector and Beth Barrett-Wild's departure as the ECB's head of women's professional cricket.


    Melinda Farrell and The Cricketer's features writer Nick Friend analyse the squad named by England for the Test series against New Zealand and county cricket's role in it, while Nick speaks to Glamorgan director of cricket Mark Wallace about Tom Norton, who made history with a hat-trick on first-class debut against Somerset, and how the club's restructured pathway has begun to bear fruit.


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    53 mins
  • Golden oldies setting the pace in early weeks
    May 6 2026

    Episode six of The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast features discussions around the veterans leading the way with the ball in this season's Championship and the counties who picked up vital wins last week to get their summers moving in the right direction.


    Melinda Farrell and The Cricketer's features writer Nick Friend analyse the enduring success of Ben Raine, Ben Sanderson and, of course, James Anderson, while Nick also speaks to Ash Thorpe, head of the Park View Cricket Academy, the state school in Chester-le-Street that has played a key part in the young careers of England hopeful Ben McKinney and Luke Robinson, who debuted for Durham at Lord's last week.


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    0:00 Intro

    00:17 Teeing up the show

    2:30 Ash Thorpe interview

    15:43 Golden Oldies

    29:43 Never judge a pitch until a tailender has batted on it

    39:25 A big win for Glamorgan

    41:51 Kent inflict heavy defeat on Derbyshire

    46:44 Outro


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    49 mins
  • Corteen-Coleman, Perrin and tailenders
    Apr 29 2026

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    56 mins
  • Notts, subs and Jess Jonassen at Yorkshire
    Apr 22 2026

    Melinda Farrell and Nick Friend discuss injury subs and Jess Jonassen's Yorkshire arrival, while Nick speaks to injury replacement, Luke Hollman, and Nottinghamshire's Dillon Pennington.


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    0:00 Intro

    00:16 Teeing up the show

    2:29 Luke Hollman interview

    11:53 Injury subs strike again

    17:14 Jess Jonassen arrives in Tier One

    31:44 Dillon Pennington interview

    44:17 Outro


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    46 mins