Following On - Should England Have Pulled Archer Out Of The IPL & Pressure On Ben Stokes The Batter?
5/18/20261 hr 2 min
Jon Norman is joined by Cricket Broadcaster & Analyst Jarrod Kimber and the Deputy Cricket Correspondent of the Telegraph Will Macpherson to dissect England's Test squad for the first Test against New Zealand. Is Ollie Robinson's still England's best new ball bowler? Is there pressure on Gus Atkinson to perform with Jofra Archer set to come back in for the second Test? Should England have pulled Archer out of the IPL so he could play in the first Test? Will franchises soon offer Cricketers multi-year contracts to play for them instead? Is there pressure on Ben Stokes to start scoring runs again? Should he move down to bat at No.7, with Jamie Smith moving up to No.6? What now for Zak Crawley after being dropped from the Test squad? Has the pressure eased on Brendon McCullum after the public backing by the ECB?
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Hosts: Jon Norman, Jarrod Kimber and Will Macpherson
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First 90 secondsJon Norman· Host0:00
[upbeat music] You're listening to the Following On podcast from Talk Sports. And today, our cricket editor, John Norman, is joined by broadcaster and analyst, Jarred Kimber, as well as the deputy cricket correspondent at The Telegraph, Will Macpherson, to reflect on England's first test squad of the summer, Jofra Archer's inclusion because of his IPL commitments, and whether it's a crucial summer for Ben Stokes, the batter. Plus, they look at what next for Zak Crawley after his omission from the squad, and debate who will be England's spin option for the New Zealand series. So plenty to get stuck into, so sit back for the next hour and enjoy. This is Following On.
Jarrod Kimber· Host0:49
What's the top line from the England test squad announcement?
Will Macpherson· Guest0:55
For me, it was definitely the return of Ollie Robinson. Two years out of a test side. He's got a really good record. I think it's 76 wickets at 22.9.
Jarrod Kimber· Host1:03
Is that good?
Will Macpherson· Guest1:04
That's, that's elite in English cricket circles. But he wasn't dropped because he wasn't good- [laughs] ... if you know what I mean. He, there, there was no, there was never really any doubt that he could bowl. What there was doubt about was whether he could bowl again, and again, and again. He pulled up three, three times off the top of my head in test matches. Once in his last test at Ranchi, once in the test before at Headingley. Uh, and then on the previous Ashes tour in '21 and '22, uh, when John Lewis made quite the bowling coach, who's