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Once Lauren and Katya round up the latest from the WBBL, they are joined by former ECB Women's Cricket Performance Director Jonathan Finch.

With Finch, Katya and Lauren look back on the vast array of changes that have happened in the women's game over the past 20 years, as well as getting an insight into what it's like to deliver bad news to players, his reflections on leaving the ECB and why now is the time for change at the ECB.

0:00 Intro / 1:26 Metro Bank / 1:48 WBBL round-up / 13:50 Reflection on leaving ECB / 15:38 How ECB governance used to look / 21:35 Changing attitudes towards women’s cricket / 25:10 Scrutinising the domestic game / 35:35 Should England players play more county cricket? / 44:15 Delivering bad news to players / 46:50 Toughest moments in the job / 50:40 Why is now the time for change? / 52:50 Lack of world-class batters in English cricket / 55:50 Closing the gap to Australia / 1:02:00 Changing landscape / 1:08:15 Being from a non-playing background / 01:12:22 Metro Bank Outro

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Cameron Ponsonby and Ben Gardner are joined by Ben Jones to review South Africa's 2-1 Test series victory, including Simon Harmer’s rise, Temba Bavuma’s leadership and what should come next for Australia. Fresh off the plane from Pakistan, Butch also joins the show to discuss Australia’s regeneration conundrum, England’s ODI tri-series experience and his love for sponsorship ad reads during live broadcasts.

0:00 Intro / 1:03 Australia / 19:45 South Africa / 29:14 Butch on SAvAUS and England / 49:43 Roasting Party / 50:15 England's ODI side / 53:48 Glenn Maxwell / 56:35 Asa Tribe / 57:41 India A / 58:41 James Anderson / 1:02:11 Napoli Knights Italia T10 / 1:07:58 Afghanistan Premier League T20 update / 1:09:25 Other cricket / 1:14:32 Wisden Patreon Pub Quiz / 1:16:04 Outro

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In the second episode of the Wisden Cricket Business Report, Katya and Mike Fordham are joined by Paul Marsh, CEO of the Australian Cricketers’ Association, to discuss the shortcomings of the international cricket schedule, making bilaterals more attractive, the possibility of international windows and much more.

0:00 Intro / 0:52 Mike & Katya catch up and Paul Marsh preamble / 5:35 Report from WCA into growth of the game & International window proposal / 13:30 Pooling broadcast rights to create a fund to grow the game / 14:57 How do you make bilaterals attractive? / 19:35 How do you make pooled funding effectively used? / 23:40 Differing player interests / 30:40 Cricket's lack of governance structure: how do you reform it? / 34:45 What happens next? / 36:06 Katya & Mike's concluding thoughts

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With Lauren unavailable this week, Katya sits down with freelance journalist and broadcaster Annesha Ghosh, to pick apart the WPL auction that took place earlier this week.

0:00 Intro / 0:35 Metro Bank / 0:52 WPL Auction rundown / 1:56 Sophie Molineux & UP Warriorz options / 7:12 Biggest winners from the auction / 10:52 Power hitters in WPL auction / 13:42 Uma Kashvi / 17:22 Associate players / 23:26 The future of the WPL / 31:00 Roasting Party / 31:40 Metro Bank Outro

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Lawrence Booth & The Guardian's Daniel Gallan join the show to dissect Lancashire's refusal to offer James Anderson a contract extension, England's two unbelievable losses in the ongoing tri-series against Sri Lanka & Pakistan, as well as looking ahead to the decider between Australia and South Africa at Cape Town.

Butch also offers his immediate reaction to England's recent ODI results.

0:00 Carib Intro // 0:40 South Africa vs Australia predictions // 2:03 Butch // 22:57 Seat Unique Beat The Ballot // 23:39 James Anderson Lancashire contract situation // 28:55 Ben Stokes // 32:10 Sam Curran & Ben Duckett // 39:45 Ollie Robinson // 42:20 South African cricket // 51:10 Temba Bavuma // 56:28 Simon Harmer // 57:30 Australia // 1:02:35 India vs New Zealand // 1:07:10 International round-up // 1:09:27 Carib Beer Outro

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