England announce first Test squad of the summer! Ollie Robinson returns, Emilio Gay to open & where’s Jofra Archer?
5/13/20261 hr 14 min
This week on the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast Yas is joined by Phil Walker & Lawrence Booth to discuss England's Test squad announced earlier today, before rounding up another week of County Championship cricket and Bangladesh's extraordinary Test victory over Pakistan. 0:15 Intro//0:47 KIA UK//2:00 Initial squad thoughts//5:48 Ollie Robinson//14:42 Sonny Baker & Emilio Gay//23:02 Shoaib Bashir & Rehan Ahmed//31:35 Win T20 Blast tickets thanks to KIA//32:07 Butch on squad announcement//50:35 Bangladesh vs Pakistan//55:05 Future Test schedule//1:01:35 County Championship round up//1:08:50 Wisden Cricket Monthly//1:12:53 Enter KIA’s Grassroots competition KIA UK Find out more about KIA’s range of EVs: https://www.kia.com/uk/electric-hybrid-cars/electric-cars/ Win T20 Blast tickets: https://www.kia.com/uk/about/sport-sponsorship/kia-oval-t20/ 📒 WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY OFFERS Digital: https://pktmags.com/wisdensummer26 Print: https://forwardpress.imbmsubscriptions.com/WCMBEDTIME26 👀 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 #TestCricket #NewZealandCricket #ENGvNZ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsYas Rana· Host0:00
[rock music] Hello, and welcome to the Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast. We finally have our first test squad of the summer. It's a 15-man group. Remember, England took 16 for a five-test Ashes tour. Uh, Zak Crawley is out. Emilio Gay and James Rew are in. Rehan Ahmed and Shoaib Bashir are the two spin options. Ollie Robinson is recalled from the wilderness and joins a seam group that also contains Sonny Baker and Matt Fisher alongside Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson. I'm Naj Khan, and with me today are Phil Walker and Lawrence Booth. Later on, we'll be hearing from Mark Butcher. But before we start, um, another announcement. Wisden are once more proudly sponsored by our long-term partners, Kia UK. Kia are leading the way in electrification with a game-changing range of six EVs, including the boundary-pushing EV9, the all-rounder, the EV5, and Kia's smallest electric vehicle, the brand-new EV2. Kia want to help cricket fans get closer to the action with their weekly movement that inspires moment. Stay tuned for chances to win unforgettable experiences at the Kia Oval this summer. Um, lots of questions on the Discord around the squad announcement. Um, first one was from someone who's posing as Rob Key. I don't think he's actually Rob Key,