Emilio Gay’s England ambitions, County Championship injury subs fiasco & James Rew pushes his case
4/21/20261 hr 33 min
A bumper episode of the Widen Cricket Weekly podcast this week, as Yas & Vithushan Ehantharajah sit down with Durham's Emilio Gay to discuss his winter tour with the England Lions and aspirations going into this season. Yas, Ben & The Telegraph's Will Macpherson then pick apart England's options as the County Championship season rolls on, and give their takes, along with Butch's, on the recent spate of injury substitutions. Yas then speaks with Elliot & Reuben from TruGuard. 0:15 Intro//2:33 Emilio Gay on England hopes//37:10 Who could open the batting for England this summer?//54:27 Injury subs//1:01:37 Butch on injury subs and the PSL//1:14:13 County championship round up//1:23:35 TruGuard chat//1:32:52 Outro AERO TRUGUARD https://www.aerotruguard.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn9begvFhOUoIdJHTBnlrlM3r_A348XnIyhd7MjpHGf_ZNHJQwX0YkLfssakA_aem_zVhARajXZ7Jf0X7lF00uhATHE DUCHY SUITE AT THE KIA OVALhttps://hospitality.kiaoval.com/list/partnerAdvantage?code=DUCHY5&utm_source=wisden&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=duchy_5 https://www.instagram.com/truguard.nz/ GULLIVERS SPORTS TRAVEL https://gulliverstravel.co.uk/event/england-cricket-tour-south-africa-0?utm_source=Wisden&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_campaign=SouthAfrica2026 📒 WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY OFFERS Digital for £13.99: https://pocketmags.com/offer/trinorth-ltd/wcmenglishsummer2026 Print for £39.99: https://forwardpress.imbmsubscriptions.com/wcm2026 👀 PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket 👉 SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@WisdenCricket?sub_confirmation=1#Cricket #EnglandCricket #CountyCricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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