For The Love Of Cricket

Stuart Broad and Steven Finn rank the 10 best men's cricketers in the world right now - and unsurprisingly, it's no easy challenge.

Fresh off the end of the English Test summer, the former England fast bowlers use all-formats to pick their ultimate list.

Do legends like Steve Smith and Joe Root make the cut? Or does 15 year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sneak in after a record-breaking IPL?

Let us know who you think is the BEST in our comments 👇🏻
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0:00 Intro, runners and riders
7:00 Counting down from 10 to 6
23:30 Naming Nos 5-2
29:00 No.1 Reveal
33:00 Honorable mentions
38:40 Your views
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England batter Jordan Cox hooks up with Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler to discuss his breakthrough summer as a Test cricketer.

Cox takes us inside his match-winning partnership with Joe Root and his first training session with England batting mentor Kevin Pietersen.

He explains why he feels no nerves when walking out to bat, how Virat Kohli helped him at the IPL and why England is his No.1 priority.

Jos and Broady then give their verdicts on England’s rollercoaster summer on and off the field.
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Jos and Broady give their views on Kevin Pietersen’s appointment as a specialist mentor to the England men’s white-ball teams.

With unique insight into Pietersen the player and person, they assess whether he has the qualities to inspire England to World Cup glory in 2027.

They also look ahead to the third England-Pakistan Test at Edgbaston and discuss Henry Crocombe’s twin hat-tricks, Yuzvendra Chahal’s incredible delivery to Ben Stokes and some comedy and controversy from Jonny Bairstow.
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Broady and Jos are joined by BBC commentator Aatif Nawaz to analyse Pakistan’s turbulent tour of England after the tourists dropped seven players and released their head coach.

Plus, is England’s bowling attack worthy of comparisons with the 2005 Ashes quartet? And how can Joe Root overcome his lbw malaise?

They also discuss Ben Stokes’s Big Bash move, the rise of Jordan Cox and why some observers have been drawn to the lower half of Broady’s Lord’s portrait!

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1,308 Test wickets later, Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad discuss their legendary bowling partnership at the unveiling of their portrait inside the Lord’s pavilion.

The duo share what it means to be permanently inducted into the Home of Cricket and how the painting was produced.

They also reveal the secrets that made them so effective as a pair, pick each other’s best spells and discuss dropping catches off the other’s bowling.

Plus, Jimmy explains how he keeps on playing aged 44 and who has the best podcast.
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