The Emerging Cricket Podcast
The Emerging Cricket Podcast
Emerging Cricket
The stories of those growing the game across the world. Inspiring passion. Hosts Daniel Beswick, Tim Cutler and Nick Skinner interview trailblazing players, coaches and administrators from Associate cricket and beyond in our weekly show, while bonus interviews and special episodes are released regularly. The trio also reflect on the ’week that was’ in the emerging cricket world, debating the issues affecting the game’s global growth. ”Big Innings” is a new USA-focused regular show on the EC Channel led by Nate Hays and Amman Patel. Emerging Cricket is an independent collective of volunteers providing independent coverage of Associate cricket and beyond. From as little as US$2 a month you can support us in our efforts to inspire passion to grow the game. Find out more at patreon.com/EmergingCricket!
Big Innings - USA Mens 2026 World Cup Selection Discussion
Aaman and Nate are joined by Peter Della Penna, Zee Zaidi and Brian Walters to discuss USA's potential 2026 T20 World Cup squads. Each panel member picks a 15 man squad with two traveling reserves.
Jul 23
2 hr 4 min
Best ODI tri-series ever? TRIPLE Super Over T20I? Europe Qualifier intrigue, Canada through, pay disputes, Tim's CEC run and more!
Treated to more incredible cricket! Tim, Nick and Bes discuss news and events from all five ICC regions, from a triple Super Over tussle and League 2 magnificence, to pay disputes, Canadian T20WC qualification and Tim's run for a spot on the ICC Chief Executives Committee!
Jul 7
1 hr 9 min
Big Innings: MLC 2025 at the Coliseum! Sanjay Krishnamurthi talks home town debut
Aaman Patel is joined by San Francisco Unicorns domestic star Sanjay Krishnamurthi. The hometown hero talks about the debut of a Bay Area venue, playing in front of friends for the first time, and his recent performances for USA.
Jun 12
20 min
BUMPER SHOW! League 2 bonanza, Karan KC heroics (again), Retired Out Tactics, T20WC Qualifying and more!
Bes back, cricket everywhere, and good cricket too! Karan KC proves again he is the Chuck Norris of cricket, Ahmed Raza turns heads though Nepal and Thailand prevail in Asia Women's T20WC Qualifying, an in-depth look at League 2 at the halfway mark and much, MUCH(!) more in this 90 minute special!
Jun 11
1 hr 30 min
Big Innings - Big Innings: Pubudu returns, CWCL2 in Florida, USA Women vs Zim, and MLC hype builds
In this episode of Big Innings, we break down Pubudu Dassanayake's return as head coach of the USA Men's team ahead of the crucial CWCL2 matches in Florida. We also review the USA Women's showing vs Zimbabwe. Plus, a sneak peek at what's coming in Major League Cricket
May 17
54 min
Women's World Cup Qualifier, Men's U19 EAP, and a global roundup
Nick is joined by Shounak to discuss the Women's World Cup Qualifier, where Pakistan and Bangladesh qualified ahead of a spirited Scotland and Ireland. Bes sends a review of the men's EAP U19s qualifier, plus there's a roundup of several recent series around the globe.
May 11
1 hr 5 min
The Club - new book from Rod Lyall
Emerging Cricket's own Rod Lyall has published a book! It's called The Club: Empire, Power and the Governance of World Cricket. So this week, Rod joins Nick to discuss the ICC's history of administration and take a look at some of the issues facing the future of the game. It's a fascinating chat, and patrons get a bonus half-hour extra over on Patreon!
Apr 8
54 min
Women's qualifier in Argentina, League 2 tri-series in Namibia, and France vs. the Pacific
In a bumper episode, Nick is joined by not one but three guests to discuss cricket all over the world! In the first segment he chats with Aaman Patel about the women's T20WC qualifier in Argentina, where the USA progressed comfortably ahead of the hosts, Canada and Brazil. Then Shounak Sarker joins to chat about Namibia hosting Canada and Netherlands for their rain-affected League 2 series. Finally, Vanuatu coach Chris Laffen shares his thoughts about the women's trip to New Caledonia, where they took on the hosts (playing as France), Fiji and Samoa.
Mar 28
1 hr 24 min
Big Innings - 2025 ICC Americas Women's Qualifiers preview, USA Mens CWCL2 standouts, USA Umpires trip
Aaman and Nate preview the USA squad in the Americas World Cup Qualifiers, assess the performances of the Mens team after 16 games in the CWCL2, and discuss news across North America.
Mar 8
56 min
League 2, Challenge League and Indonesia news - with Adit Sutresna
EC's Indonesia contributor Adit Sutresna joins from Jakarta to discuss the League 2 tri-series in Oman, Challenge League B leg hosted in Hong Kong, and the Bali Bash men's series where Indonesia pinched a victory against Bahrain, ranked 42 places above them! There's also a review of the Nepal-hosted women's tri-series won by Thailand and featuring Netherlands.  Note: due to technical issues the audio quality is lower than usual during most of the conversation, we apologise for any inconvenience to listeners!
Mar 6
1 hr 14 min
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