Women's World Cup Qualifier, Men's U19 EAP, and a global roundup
Nick is joined by Shounak to discuss the Women's World Cup Qualifier, where Pakistan and Bangladesh qualified ahead of a spirited Scotland and Ireland. Bes sends a review of the men's EAP U19s qualifier, plus there's a roundup of several recent series around the globe.
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The Club - new book from Rod Lyall
Emerging Cricket's own Rod Lyall has published a book! It's called The Club: Empire, Power and the Governance of World Cricket. So this week, Rod joins Nick to discuss the ICC's history of administration and take a look at some of the issues facing the future of the game. It's a fascinating chat, and patrons get a bonus half-hour extra over on Patreon!
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Women's qualifier in Argentina, League 2 tri-series in Namibia, and France vs. the Pacific
In a bumper episode, Nick is joined by not one but three guests to discuss cricket all over the world! In the first segment he chats with Aaman Patel about the women's T20WC qualifier in Argentina, where the USA progressed comfortably ahead of the hosts, Canada and Brazil. Then Shounak Sarker joins to chat about Namibia hosting Canada and Netherlands for their rain-affected League 2 series. Finally, Vanuatu coach Chris Laffen shares his thoughts about the women's trip to New Caledonia, where they took on the hosts (playing as France), Fiji and Samoa.
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Big Innings - 2025 ICC Americas Women's Qualifiers preview, USA Mens CWCL2 standouts, USA Umpires trip
Aaman and Nate preview the USA squad in the Americas World Cup Qualifiers, assess the performances of the Mens team after 16 games in the CWCL2, and discuss news across North America. We encourage donations to the USA umpires trip to CWI gofundme at www.gofundme.com/f/back-umpires-selffunded-journey-on-exchange-to-west-indies
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League 2, Challenge League and Indonesia news - with Adit Sutresna
EC's Indonesia contributor Adit Sutresna joins from Jakarta to discuss the League 2 tri-series in Oman, Challenge League B leg hosted in Hong Kong, and the Bali Bash men's series where Indonesia pinched a victory against Bahrain, ranked 42 places above them! There's also a review of the Nepal-hosted women's tri-series won by Thailand and featuring Netherlands.
Note: due to technical issues the audio quality is lower than usual during most of the conversation, we apologise for any inconvenience to listeners!
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