Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.

This week, Mark and Hector are joined by one of the all-time county greats. With 11,387 First Class runs and 534 First Class wickets under his belt, he retired from the professional arena in 2021. He won the County Championship with both Surrey and Warwickshire, and his impressive career culminated in 2 Test Matches and 20 ODI appearances for England - with many calling for more.

Now working as the Director of Cricket at King Edwards, Witley, Rikki joins the show to look back on his playing days, discuss his current role, and analyse a dismal English showing in the first two Ashes Tests.

Also on the episode, Hector and Mark give their thoughts on a recent pink ball trouncing and discuss the beauty of the ILT20, swiftly morphing into a winter Vitality T20 Blast.

Churchy's Sermon? A Fisher of wickets is the call for Adelaide...

A huge thank you to Rikki Clarke for joining us on this week's episode - here's hoping that Spurs can sort out their wage caps and start winning some home games!

Another big thank you goes to our friends at Newbery Cricket, who are offering up a brand new cricket bat for the lucky winner of our weekly competition, and as always to Surrey County Cricket Club for allowing us to record at the Kia Oval.

You can check out the premium equipment that Newbery has to offer here: https://newbery.co.uk/

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