• A new England selector and a hat-trick hero
    May 13 2026

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    53 mins
  • Golden oldies setting the pace in early weeks
    May 6 2026

    Episode six of The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast features discussions around the veterans leading the way with the ball in this season's Championship and the counties who picked up vital wins last week to get their summers moving in the right direction.


    Melinda Farrell and The Cricketer's features writer Nick Friend analyse the enduring success of Ben Raine, Ben Sanderson and, of course, James Anderson, while Nick also speaks to Ash Thorpe, head of the Park View Cricket Academy, the state school in Chester-le-Street that has played a key part in the young careers of England hopeful Ben McKinney and Luke Robinson, who debuted for Durham at Lord's last week.


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    0:00 Intro

    00:17 Teeing up the show

    2:30 Ash Thorpe interview

    15:43 Golden Oldies

    29:43 Never judge a pitch until a tailender has batted on it

    39:25 A big win for Glamorgan

    41:51 Kent inflict heavy defeat on Derbyshire

    46:44 Outro


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    49 mins
  • Corteen-Coleman, Perrin and tailenders
    Apr 29 2026

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    56 mins
  • Notts, subs and Jess Jonassen at Yorkshire
    Apr 22 2026

    Melinda Farrell and Nick Friend discuss injury subs and Jess Jonassen's Yorkshire arrival, while Nick speaks to injury replacement, Luke Hollman, and Nottinghamshire's Dillon Pennington.


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    0:00 Intro

    00:16 Teeing up the show

    2:29 Luke Hollman interview

    11:53 Injury subs strike again

    17:14 Jess Jonassen arrives in Tier One

    31:44 Dillon Pennington interview

    44:17 Outro


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    46 mins
  • What to do about injury replacements?
    Apr 16 2026

    Nick Friend and Oscar Ress get stuck into the debate around injury replacements and how they have been utilised in the County Championship so far.


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    0:00 Intro

    00:18 Injury replacements

    29:52 Women's One Day Cup

    51:49 Outro


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    53 mins
  • County cricket is back!
    Apr 8 2026

    Mel Farrell and Nick Friend look back on the first weekend of County Championship action.


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    0:00 Intro

    00:16 The County Championship returns

    27:56 Division Two roundup

    35:53 Tier One preview

    51:34 Outro


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    53 mins
  • The County Conversation: Championship preview
    Mar 30 2026

    The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast returns, with Mel Farrell and Nick Friend. Ahead of the new season, they discuss the disruptions to pre-season caused by the Middle East crisis, the perennial lottery around the pursuit of overseas players and Sussex's winter turmoil.


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    0:00 Intro

    00:08 We're back!

    03:21 Middle East crisis and county cricket

    14:16 Matt Nicholson interview

    28:22 Australia players' availability

    40:30 Sussex implosion

    44:09 John Simpson interview

    1:00:10 Outro


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    1 hr and 1 min
  • The County Conversation: End-of-season awards
    Oct 7 2025

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    0:00 Intro

    02:00 Player of the year

    11:00 Match of the season

    16:30 Individual performance of the season

    22:40 Moment of the season

    28:11 Dumbest moment of the season

    39:24 Funniest moment of the season

    44:22 Disappointment of the season

    49:57 Team of the season

    54:23 Outro


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    55 mins