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25/09/2025

🏏A tale of two rivalries on Stumped this week:

With the Ashes on the horizon, we unpack Brendon McCullum’s 16-man England squad 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🇮🇳🇵🇰We look back on a fiery India vs Pakistan encounter - one which has seen both teams reportedly submit complaints to the ICC.

Plus, will the ICC Cricket World Cup hosts reach the final? And who will be there to watch? Broadcaster Annesha Ghosh discusses whether the tournament is getting enough of the limelight in India 🤔

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England name Ashes squad & tensions build between India and Pakistan at the Asia Cup

18/09/2025

🇮🇳🇵🇰 India vs Pakistan: handshake controversy

🏏Our ICC Cricket World Cup build up continues with former Pakistan captain turned commentator Urooj Mumtaz, who tells us how she thinks the side will fare.

Plus – the 18 year old travelling from England to Australia for the Ashes – without a plane 😲Tommy Lamb joins us from Georgia to fill us in on the journey so far 🗺

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We reflect on events that have unfolded after a non-handshake between Pakistan and India

11/09/2025

Asia Cup – India get ready to face Pakistan, and can anyone challenge the defending champions? 🤔🥇

Our Women's World Cup build up continues with Sri Lanka. Do they still rely on record-holding batter Chamari Athapaththu? We hear journalist Estelle Vasudevan's expectations for the side, who are back in the competition for the first time since 2017.

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India and Pakistan face each other for the first time since cross-border tensions in May.

04/09/2025

'It’s full circle for me’ ⭕️

🇿🇦 All-rounder Annerie Dercksen will represent South Africa
in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in India – but in 2017, she was watching the same tournament on television from the farm she grew up on.

✈ Plus, was Adam Zampa's 34,000km round trip to bowl just 20 balls in The Hundred final worth it?

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We are joined by South Africa allrounder Annerie Dercksen ahead of the Women's World Cup.

29/08/2025

"Quietly confident"

🇬🇬With a population of just 64,000, Guernsey is a small island with big cricketing aspirations

Drawing four-figure crowds for the inter-insular match against Jersey, the popularity of the game isn't in doubt.

Find out how Guernsey Cricket hopes to one day produce an international cricketer 🏏

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We hear how Guernsey cricket is a growing sport in a population of just over 64,000 peopleClick here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriMW...

28/08/2025

Can New Zealand win another World Cup❓

New Zealand head coach Ben Sawyer on how the
White Ferns need to back themselves in India 🏏

Plus: How Guernsey Cricket are channelling their love for the game 🇬🇬

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We hear from White Ferns head coach Ben Sawyer

22/08/2025

🗨“There’s too much cricket”

We discuss the rise of T20 leagues as investment flows into SA20 and the Hundred, amid the race to be the biggest franchise behind the IPL 🏏

What will the knock-on effects be, and how will players fit in all that cricket on top of their Test commitments? 🤔

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SA20, BBL and the Hundred bid to be the second biggest franchise League after the IPLClick here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriMNikesh...

21/08/2025

Which is the biggest T20 franchise behind the IPL? 🤔

With SA20, The Big Bash League, and The Hundred all in the running, we unpack the race to the number two spot 🥈

Plus: Sanjiv Goenka on his 70% stake in the Manchester Originals – will they become the Manchester Super Giants? 🏏

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14/08/2025

Can England realistically win the World Cup in India? 🤔

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Head coach Charlotte Edwards joins Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma to discuss their chances, as well as whether their captain Nat Sciver-Brunt will bowl and the significance of spin bowler Sophie Ecclestone.

Plus, Kent and Oval Invincibles player Tawanda Muyeye came to England as a refugee – he tells Stumped about his hopes to represent the country 🏏

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We are joined by England women's Head Coach Charlotte Edwards

01/08/2025

Tendulkar? Lara? Bradman? Where does Root rank among the Test great batters?

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Joe Root moved up to second on the all-time list of Test run scorers in the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford.Click here to subscribe to our channel ...

31/07/2025

🇮🇳 Is India head coach Gautam Gamhir feeling the pressure? 🤔

Out of their last 10 matches ahead of the Oval Test, India have lost six and won two 😬

Plus, where does Joe Root rank in the pantheon of greats? 🏏

He's up to second on the all-time list of men's Test run scorers, behind Sachin Tendulkar, after hitting 150 runs in the 4th Test against India.

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India's Gambhir was seen arguing with Oval groundsman Lee Fortis ahead of the 5th Test.

26/07/2025

Our commentary team are all set for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat 🎙️⚽

Will it be Morocco 🇲🇦 or Nigeria 🇳🇬 lifting the trophy? 🏆

Listeners to BBC World Service in West and Central Africa can hear live radio commentary of the Wafcon final from 1930 GMT 📻