Round The Stumps Podcast

There's been a lot going on in the world of cricket, so come and take some time with the latest Power Play Podcast to catch you up-to-date with everything that's been going on.

New investment, new team names, new players and a new trophy. There's a lot to get your head around ahead of The Hundred starting on Tuesday 21sy July, with opening fixtures seeing MI London take on SunRisers Leeds. Get up to scratch with how The Hundred works and what you should be looking out for! Join the Round The Stumps Fantasy League with code NCK5HS

Ben Stokes has walked, Brendon McCullum has been stood down as Test Head Coach and England have just over a month to replace them both. It's all a bit of a mess for the ECB, and we sit down and try to work out what is next for the England Men's Test team. Who do you think should be the next Head Coach and Captain for England?

The amount of firsts for India in this T20 series against England shows just how far the reigning world champions have fallen, and just how well England are doing in this format. Now ranked world number 1, England showed no mercy as they trounced India in a 4-0 series win, taking the series with a game in hand. In this episode, we look back over the series, some stand out performances and where it went wrong for India before looking ahead to the ODI leg of the series which gets underway on the 14th July.

As Chris Millard steps down as Managing Director for the Barmy Army, England's Cricket Supporter's Club, we sat down to discuss his time with the world-renowned group, the growth and changes he's seen during his eight years running the ship, Ashes Down Under and the current state of English cricket. Thanks once again to Chris for giving his time to the podcast!

In this Power Play Podcast, we look over Tammy Beaumont's international career, discuss the latest in the Ben Stokes retirement story and see where all the counties stand in the Women's and Men's Vitality Blast as we approach Finals Day.

English Test cricket sees itself in a dire need of a rebuild after the post-Ashes reset has failed and cost the dressing room its captain. But what comes next? What even was Bazball? How was it so successful to start but so disappointing at its end? We talk all that and more in the latest Round The Stumps Podcast.

England take on India in a 5-match T2o series ahead of three ODIs

What a rollercoaster this Test was. Not only have New Zealand taken their first Test series of three or more tests victory in England since 1999 and England have lost their first Test series of three or more tests at home since 2012, but Ben Stokes departed from International cricket, effective immediately. We'll talk through all that and more in the third test review from the Crowe-Thorpe Trophy England vs New Zealand Test series.

As we come to the end of the group stage of the ICC 2026 T20 Women's World Cup, we look back over the performances of all of the teams, discuss how the semi finals might unfold and predict who will be champions after the final on Sunday.

In the wake of curfewgate and enforced changes to the squad, England entered the second Test against New Zealand very much with a disrupted team, something which New Zealand took full opportunity to exploit with incredible performances from Glenn Phillips and Matt Henry. We discuss the performance of England in this Test whilst looking ahead to the final game at Trent Bridge and talk about England's prospects of winning the series, and what might happen if they don't.

In the latest Power Play Podcast, we reflect on Kane Williamson's incredible international career, talk the latest on the Ben Stokes/Gus Atkinson situation (that is still, somehow, going on) and catch up on who is looking like they're going to make qualification in the ICC 2026 T20 Women's World Cup.

The ICC 2026 Women's T20 World Cup is on the brink of starting, so we take this moment to sit down, explain the format and go through the squads to try and make a prediction of who will come out as World Champions in just under a month's time.

Rob Key address the media on Thursday ahead of the second New Zealand Test to talk about the Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson nightclub incident. In this Power Play Podcast, we react to his response to the ongoing situation and discuss whether England Cricket has a drinking culture or if the issue is much bigger than that.

The impressive England Test victory over New Zealand at Lords was overshadowed by an unsatisfactory wicket, heavily bowler favouring conditions and an incident that saw Ben Stokes and GUs Atkinson break the team curfew. We discuss all this and what the future of England Test cricket could look like in the latest Round The Stumps Podcast.

Just over the halfway stage of the 2026 TATA IPL, we sit down to look at who is doing well, who is struggling for form and who looks like they will take one of the four qualification spots and is in the fight to be the 2026 champion.

Get ready for the next four weeks of cricket as Round The Stumps brings you all you need to know ahead of the ICC 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. Recorded 06/02/2026

Catch up with everything that has been going on in world cricket, from Alyssa Healy's retirement to World Cup updates from the Men's T20, Women's T20 and U19's.

100 runs too few for England, and 100 too many for Australia meant there was nothing the visitors could do to stop the series going 4-1. Listen in as we discuss all thing from the final Ashes Test, sensational centuries from Joe Root, Travis Head and Jacob Bethell, and where England fell down once again not capitalising on the big moments.

5,468 days was the wait for England to secure their first Ashes Test win down under since taking the urn home from their successful 2010/11 series. Another Test wrapped up in two days on what has been deemed an 'unsatisfactory' surface by the ICC, but it moves the scorecard to 3-1 and avoids England's fourth whitewash on the bounce. We talk about all things Melbourne as well as looking ahead to Sydney where England will be pushing hard for a 3-2 result but Australia will be rueing some mistakes and have the bit between their teeth to secure a 4-1.