Retirements and Substitutions with Suzie Bates and Jimmy Neesham

We are privileged to honour one of the greatest to play the game on the show this week.

Podcast Regular Suzie Bates announced her retirement from International cricket and we chat about how good it is to hear all the nice things people have to say about you, while you’re still alive.

On top of all that, we chat Bangladesh vs Blackcaps, IPL and Jimmy Neesham has a big, hot take about the IPL’s substitution rule.

It’s honest, funny, and a proper look behind the curtain of modern cricket.

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We are back in the Eden park studio with our regularly scheduled programming and this week Jimmy Neesham and Kyle Mills talk stand in captaincy, pausing bowlers and trying to get into the IPL.

The conversation covers domestic and international cricket, the realities of the IPL auction system, and why the PSL is becoming an increasingly attractive option for players. The episode also tackles Auckland Cricket’s move away from Eden Park and what it means for the future of the game in New Zealand.

Insightful, honest and full of humour, Episode 26 blends elite-level experience with classic cricket banter.

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This week the pod gets taken over by two recognisable faces for Kiwis sitting in their living room.

TV Presenters Sonia Gray (Mind Menders, Lotto, Wheel of Fortune) and Matt Gibb (Breakfast TV, Find my Country house, Squirt) are known to New Zealanders from making literally hours and hours of tele but, when they aren’t doing that, they are usually glued to the cricket.

Join them as they go through their own (modest) playing careers, their run ins with actual, real life cricketers and what they would change about our beloved game.

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After the news that NZ Cricket has agreed to pursue the option of a privately funded, domestic NZ20 franchise competition; the A Team discuss this exciting development, what we know about it, how it will work and will there be any investment from the panel.

We also cover:

- The White Ferns’ strong series against South Africa

- Melie Kerr’s rise as captain and the growth of power-hitting in the women’s

game

- The Black Caps’ v South Africa

- Anna Peterson’s “With or Against”

- Nathan McCullum takes on “Would You Rather?”

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The annual Players' Golf Day is a special occasion for so many reasons not least because it brings together nearly all the Blackcaps and White Ferns in one place. It’s also a hugely important event, raising vital funds for The Cricketers’ Trust, supporting past players who have fallen on tough times.

Before the day gets underway, Ben catches up in the sun with four of the biggest names in the men’s game for a relaxed and insightful chat you won’t want to miss.

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Amelia Kerr has wanted to captain her country since she was a kid and last month the dream came true and she was named White Ferns Captain. Ben talks to Melie about what, if anything will change and how things have been in the job after a dominant series against Zimbabwe.

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World Cup washup and homegrown hat tricks with Kyle Mills, Anna Peterson and Ben Horne

This week the A-Team pick apart what happened in that World Cup final, look into Brett Randell‘s five wickets in five balls a first in a 130 years of first class Cricket and former White Fern Anna Peterson joins the team and goes through would you rather?

Its another great episode!

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The slightly awkward timing of this podcast means that it was recorded just before NZ's clash with South Africa in the T20 World Cup so the A Team chat a lot about NZ's consistency in reaching the semi final stages of World Cups.

Also how and why leg spin is so effective in T20 cricket and another round of Would You Rather?

There are a lot of crack up moments in this one - so if you love cricket and love a good laugh- check it out!

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