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This Week in Cricket #218: India winning in the rain, Sandpaper-gate revisited & Black Caps injuries

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This Week in Cricket #217: Harmer spins SA to number 1, Black Caps bounce back & Cummins under pressure?

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This Week in Cricket #216: Black Caps' missed opportunities, Bavuma's heroics & Australia's batting in the spotlight again

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This Week in Cricket #215: Black Caps v India white-ball preview, plus England contracts and Aus v SA changes

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South Africa v Australia First Test Review: The Renshaw game, Australia's discipline & what next?

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South Africa v Australia Day 3 first session live watch along - plus a World XI to face the aliens!

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South Africa v Australia Test Series Preview, plus NZ20 & the India v WI runfest

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This Week in Cricket #214: Batting questions for Aus, England summer review & Black Caps T20 squad

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England v Pakistan 3rd Test Review: What have we learned from England's clean sweep?

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England v Pakistan 2nd Test Review: Robinson stars again as England dominate

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This Week in Cricket #213: Australia bounces back, Sri Lanka fights hard & is time up for Marnus?

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This Week in Cricket #212: Bangladesh thump Australia - How did that happen? Plus England v Pakistan

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This Week in Cricket #211: Australia v Bangladesh, India v Sri Lanka & England v Pakistan

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This Week in Cricket #210: Stephen Fleming & Joe Root combine for England, plus a Black Caps news round-up

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This Week in Cricket #209: When is the right time to rebuild? The Ashes in India?

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This Week in Cricket #208: NZ's ODI depth chart, Rohit under threat & remembering Sir Garfield Sobers

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This Week in Cricket #207: Baz out, Flem gone and the Black Caps in the West Indies

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This Week in Cricket #206: Black Caps beat England, but what now?

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England v New Zealand 3rd Test Review: All-round Black Caps make history as Ben Stokes bows out

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England v New Zealand 2nd Test Review: Matt Henry's masterclass, shambolic England & a series all square

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This Week in Cricket #205: Kane Williamson retires & England's curfew kerfuffle

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Black Caps v England First Test Review: Bowlers shine, but the Lord's pitch remains in the spotlight

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Black Caps v England Test Preview: Selection questions, NZ's last dance and England under pressure

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IPL 2026 Final Recap: Kohli & bowlers shine as RCB beats GT to go back to back

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This Week in Cricket #204: Contenders & Exit Interviews at IPL 2026

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This Week in Cricket #203: Finn Allen robbed, Virat Kohli appreciation & Ollie Robinson's return

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This Week in Cricket #202: Top Order hits 500, Black Caps Test squad announced & GT on the charge

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This Week in Cricket #201: IPL Update, Black Caps squad draft & a new NZC CEO

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This Week in Cricket #200: Does a good bowling attack matter in T20s? And are Will Young & Zak Crawley on the decline?

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This Week in Cricket #199: Black Caps selection questions for 2026 and IPL Week 3 in review

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IPL Week 2 Reactions: Sooryavanshi & Jaiswal, RCB's batting depth & should Mumbai sound the alarm?

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IPL 2026 Week 1 Reactions: Sunrisers beat KKR, Cooper Connolly stars & Delhi's bowling craft

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This Week in Cricket #198: Jacob Duffy stars for RCB, NZ20 approved & Brendon McCullum to stay

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IPL Preview Show 2026 - Part 2: SRH, CSK, GT, RCB & MI, plus predictions!

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IPL Preview Show 2026 - Part 1: RR, LSG, KKR, DC & PBKS

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Samson & Bumrah do it again as India blitz NZ to go back-to-back

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Samson and Bumrah batter England in march to the final

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Semifinal: Finn Allen's record-breaking 100 sends Black Caps to the final

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 23: We have our semi-finalists

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 22: Fine lines as Pakistan and Sri Lanka deliver a nail-biter

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 21: Heartbreak for the Black Caps as Jacks & Ahmed win it for England

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 20: Markram's men stay undefeated & India's dominant win

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 19: Santner and McConchie lift NZ to big win against Sri Lanka

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 18 Review: England are through to the semi-finals

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 17 Review: Hetmyer & the spin twins star as West Indies beat Zimbabwe

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 16 - The Super 8s are alive...

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 14 - We're off to the Super 8s...

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 13 Review: Zimbabwe top the group and Australia call Qantas to change their flights

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 12 Review: Dube & Varun shine again, Farhan's 100 puts Pakistan through & South Africa's calm stroll

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 11 Review: Phillips powers Black Caps into Super 8s, Rain in Pallekele & Nepal sign off in style

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 10 - Live reactions as one team is voted off the island...

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 9: Big guns flex their muscle

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 8: Black Caps' bowling struggles, England's execution & were the gloves touching or not?

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 7: We've got our first big upset...

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 6: Varun shines again, the Azzurri's big win and Sri Lanka crush Oman

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 5 Review: Unbelieve Opportunities Gone Begging...

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 4 Review: Dutch Bas-ball, NZ power home again & Pakistan beat USA

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Day 2 Review - Black Caps stay calm, Nepal's near miss & Sri Lanka spins a web

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Day 1 Review: SKY stars, Faheem's heroics & catches win matches

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2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Preview: Black Caps' chances, bold predictions & will India go back-to-back?

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This Week in Cricket #197: Glenn Phillips in form, who would be a bowler & World Cup or bust for Baz?

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This Week in Cricket #196: Black Caps v India, T20 World Cup squad & the NZ20

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The Ashes 2025/26 Review: Did Travis Head & Mitchell Starc put an end to Bazball?

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The Ashes 4th Test Review: MCG Mayhem as England win the Boxing Day Test

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The Ashes is Lost... A not so Merry Ashes Review

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Pete Handscomb: The Ashes experience, batting in India & facing up to challenges

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Black Caps v West Indies Second Test Review: Duffy & the debutants shine as NZ take the lead

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The Ashes 2nd Test Review: Starc & Root become legends, but it's still Bazball without brains

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Black Caps v West Indies First Test Review: Hope, Greaves & Roach bat for days & NZ's injury crisis

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This Week in Cricket 195: Black Caps v West Indies Test preview, India's home discomforts & can England bounce back?

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The Ashes First Test Review: Brilliant bowling, brainless batting & what have we just watched?

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India v South Africa First Test Review: Harmer stars at Eden Gardens as the visitors go 1-0 ahead

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The Ashes Preview 2025-26: The hype is over, it's cricket time

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This Week in Cricket #194: Black Caps hold on, Ashes news & India v South Africa preview

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This Week in Cricket #193: Black Caps sweep England, World Cup upsets & Ashes questions

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This Week in Cricket #192: Santner's presence, Queensland's loose bus change & Test Twenty thoughts

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This Week in Cricket #191: West Indies show some fight, White Ferns under pressure & NZ v England

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This Week in Cricket #190: Marsh & Gardner star for Australia, India's big win & farewell Chris Woakes

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Asia Cup Final Review: Pakistan's collapse, Tilak & Dube's crucial role & an exciting summer ahead

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This Week in Cricket #189: England's Ashes squad, Asia Cup final preview & QDK unretires

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This Week in Cricket #188: Abhishek & India do it again, Black Caps T20 squad depth & the NZ A tour tick

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This Week in Cricket #187 - India's allrounders shine, England makes 400 & Rhys Mariu's double ton

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This Week in Cricket #186: Ross Taylor returns, Jamie Overton bids farewell & South Africa keep on rolling

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This Week in Cricket #185: Australia's rollercoaster, Black Caps depth & do too many teams play Test cricket?

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This Week in Cricket #184: Foulkes shines on debut, more England v India thoughts & the LA Olympics

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England v India 5th Test Review: Mohammed Siraj the hero as epic series finishes in dramatic style

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This Week in Cricket #183: India's fightback, Black Caps unbeaten & more Test match previews

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This Week in Cricket #182: WI all out 27, Black Caps in action & Starc's 400

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England v India 3rd Test Review: An epic encounter at Lord's

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This Week in Cricket #181: Shubman Gill leads India to 1-1, Alex Carey's consistency & 3rd Test questions

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This Week in Cricket #180: Bowlers shine in the West Indies, India's selection questions & Black Caps T20 squad

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England Vs India 1st Test Review, Leeds 2025

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Australia v West Indies Test Series Preview

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England v India Test Series Preview: England's strength at home, new-era India & predictions!

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This Week in Cricket #179 - South Africa win the World Test Championship Final

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This Week in Cricket #178: World Test Championship Final preview, RCB wins IPL 2025 & NZ's new coach

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This Week in Cricket #177: RCB into the IPL Final, England crush Zimbabwe & Gill to captain India

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This Week in Cricket #176: Virat & Rohit Retire, IPL Resumption & Test Match Cricket is Here (almost)!

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IPL Week 6 in Review: Suryavanshi's cover drive, MI v GT final incoming & England & India Test chat

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IPL 2025 Week 5: Mumbai on the rise, Virat's quietly impressive season & NZC's MLC investment