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The Cricketer's County Conversation

Cricket, News, Sports, Sports News

Join Mel Farrell, Nick Friend and special guests as they shine a light on everything county cricket and beyond. Expect expert insight from an award-winning group of correspondents as the covers are peeled off all aspects of the English domestic scene.

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Episodes
80
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
53 min
On air since
2024
Latest episode
1 month ago

Episodes

80 episodes, newest first

  1. Our end-of-season awards! 🏆

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    1 hr 13 min
  2. Middlesex and The Blaze win One Day Cups

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    1 hr 9 min
  3. Previewing One Day Cup final weekend

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    Leicestershire Foxes and Middlesex meet in the Metro Bank One Day Cup Final on Sunday, September 20, with silverware, history and sporting pride on the line.

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    1 hr 11 min
  4. Could this finally be Somerset's year?

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    Leicestershire Foxes and Middlesex meet in the Metro Bank One Day Cup Final on Sunday, September 20, with silverware, history and sporting pride on the line.

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    51 min
  5. Chaos in the rain in Championship and T20 County Cup

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    57 min
  6. Title race takes shape ahead of busy period

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    58 min
  7. The race to the finish begins...

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    59 min
  8. Metro Bank Knockouts

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    1 hr
  9. Metro Bank youngsters & George Munsey on county opportunities

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    53 min
  10. Metro Bank Fever & bumper crowds

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    Episode 17 of The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast sees Melinda Farrell, Nick Friend and Oscar Ress focus on the sights, sounds and delights provided by the Men's One Day Cup.

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    55 min
  11. Blast Finals Day & looking ahead to the One Day Cup

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    57 min
  12. Men's & Women's Blast Finals Day Preview

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    Melinda Farrell is joined by Nick Friend and Oscar Ress to preview Finals Day in the men's and women's Blast competitions.

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    50 min
  13. England's cricketing footballers

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    Melinda Farrell and Nick Friend look ahead to the logistical logjam of the T20 Blast's latter stages, discuss Sussex's ongoing uncertainty and delve into the cricketing past of England's FIFA World Cup squad.

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    51 min
  14. Championship at midseason: every county assessed

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    Nick Friend and Mel Farrell assess the 18 counties at the halfway stage in the County Championship and discuss how the English game is looking to increase the number of female coaches on the professional circuit.

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    49 min
  15. Sussex defying off-field chaos

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    40 min
  16. County Championship returns

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    Nick Friend and Melinda Farrell discuss Surrey's curious season and the news that the injury replacement conditions remain unchanged, while George Dobell pays tribute to Keith Piper.

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    44 min
  17. Northants' fast start & county transfer season

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    0:00 Intro

    00:16 Teeing up the show

    3:05 Kirstie Gordon interview

    20:26 Northants' fast start

    32:12 County transfer season

    47:54 Outro

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    49 min
  18. The youngsters Blasting away the competition

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    48 min
  19. T20 Blast returns: men's & women's preview

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    0:00 Intro

    00:17 Men's Blast preview

    18:59 Pat Brown interview

    35:28 Women's Blast preview

    47:16 Outro

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    48 min
  20. A new England selector and a hat-trick hero

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    Episode seven of The Cricketer's County Conversation podcast features discussions around Marcus North's arrival as national selector and Beth Barrett-Wild's departure as the ECB's head of women's professional cricket.

    Melinda Farrell and The Cricketer's features writer Nick Friend analyse the squad named by England for the Test series against New Zealand and county cricket's role in it, while Nick speaks to Glamorgan director of cricket Mark Wallace about Tom Norton, who made history with a hat-trick on first-class debut against Somerset, and how the club's restructured pathway has begun to bear fruit.

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    53 min