ICC T20 World Cup preview: Politics, six-hitting & England's chances
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What off-field issues are threatening the T20 World Cup?
Yeah, gone.
Gone, he gets his fairytale ending. An epic way to go to a Test Match 100. The London Sphere, the first-time winners. The most remarkable thing you'll probably ever see in cricket.
How do England's recent performances affect their chances in the T20 World Cup?
604 and final Test wicket for Stewart Ward. It's India who win the T20 World Cup. England's captain, Ben Stokes, while he is there, England have hope.
Well, after a dismal ashes, the Sky Cricket Podcast is back on the eve of the T20 World Cup, the 10th edition of which, which gets underway on Saturday. We'll be talking about that later on in the pod. But, Nass, first of all, it's a timely return for the pod, given that England's under-19s have just beaten Australia's under-19s in the semi-final of their...
Well, it must be us. Whenever we were around, it was all doom and gloom and negative ashes and everything that happened in the winter, the women's World Cup. And then we've not been around and they've had a brilliant month in Sri Lanka. And the under 19s have gone off and got through to the final.
What controversies surround captain Harry Brook ahead of the World Cup?
I mean, a semifinal against Australia. You've got to be a good player in a youth World Cup, under-19 World Cup, to get runs in a semi-final against Australia. You have to be a serious talent to be able to do that, don't you?
Well, we were wallet all those years ago. I wasn't.
You were.
For those too young enough to remember, which will be most of our listeners, I should imagine, myself and Nass played in the very first under-19 World Cup, which was in 1988, the bicentennial season. celebration of Australia and we were smashed in the semi-final by Australia at the Adelaide Oval Australia side that included Stuart Law and Alan Mullally but yesterday England's under 19s they look good don't they they've got some good players there Thomas Rue made a fantastic 100. He's having a good tournament behind the sticks as captain and with the bat. I've watched quite a bit of the two young Middlesex players, actually, Caleb Falconer and Seb Morgan, because they play quite a bit with my lad at Middlesex.
They're both good players. Ralphie Albert going well. Jimmy White's grandson, which is a great story there. He's at Surrey.
Which teams are favorites to win the T20 World Cup?
I mean, they just look a very good set of players, don't they?
They do. And the one that actually took, I mean, obviously, Roo is a standout player. I mean, every time I look at under-19s or Somerset or Somerset seconds or Lions trips or whatever, one of the Roos is just getting runs. I mean, it's incredible. The elder brother I was talking to you about in the winter, and you said, actually, Nass, keep an eye on the younger one. And that's why I tuned in the first game to watch him. I'd seen him on streams or whatever, and he looks a real talent. But the lad that caught my eye at the other end was Ben Mays. the Hampshire lad. I was watching Roo and it was against Zimbabwe and May's got something like 77, not out. And it just, you see people lying. He should be as an England under 19 top order batter, by the way.
So he should line up well, but you just, I never had that real gut feeling of players growing up young players, but this one I look at and think he can seriously play. So Ollie Peake, the Australian is,
What impact does politics have on international cricket today?
He looks a player. Suryavanshi from India. I think these are the lads for years to... Who knows? Some of that Australian side we played away just faded away and didn't get their chance. But there are four or five.
You say faded away. It's very interesting that because... In effect, not many of them got an opportunity simply because Australia's system being just six first-class teams, it was much harder to get into first-class cricket than it was, say, for our players, all of whom went on to enjoy most 99% of whom enjoyed significant first-class careers. Obviously, because of 18 sides, it was easier to get in. And I'm always fascinated... by the standards at under-19 level and how then that translates down the line. I remember interviewing Rahul Dravid many years ago and he said, you know, under-19s level, he said the Indian players, because he was under-19s coach for a while, India's coach, and he said at that age group, he felt India's players were a good few notches ahead of England's in terms of experience, playing capability, knowledge, nous and all those kind of things.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What off-field issues are threatening the T20 World Cup?
0:01–0:25
2
How do England's recent performances affect their chances in the T20 World Cup?
0:25–1:14
3
What controversies surround captain Harry Brook ahead of the World Cup?
1:14–2:32
4
Which teams are favorites to win the T20 World Cup?
2:32–3:27
5
What impact does politics have on international cricket today?
3:27–5:11
6
How does the T20 format influence player selection strategies?
5:11–6:10
7
What are the strengths and weaknesses of India in the upcoming World Cup?
6:10–7:43
8
What expectations should England have for their T20 World Cup campaign?
7:43–57:45
Speakers
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