Cook, Crawley & is cricket in a crisis?

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Does Zak Crawley’s current form warrant a place in the England Test squad? With injuries to 4 England quicks, can Essex fast bowler Sam Cook finally break into the side? And how does the ICC future-proof cricket? Henry Moeran is alongside former Ashes winner Steven Finn and Test Match Special’s Nikesh Rughani to discuss all that. They look at the alternative options to open for England instead of Zak Crawley, as well as the reasons why Sam Cook has been linked to a call-up for the national side. Wisden Editor Lawrence Booth speaks to Henry about his honest thoughts on the global state of cricket in this year’s Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Plus, they question how England, Australia, and India could help countries play more Test cricket.

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0:40.6	Hello, I'm Henry Moran.
0:42.3	Welcome to the Test Match special podcast as we motor headlong through the early part of the English summer
0:49.2	with the international season approaching fast.
0:52.4	Lots to discuss today around England men's selection in particular,
0:56.7	alongside Ash's winning fast bowler Stephen Finn and test match specials,
1:01.0	Nikesh Ragharni.
1:02.3	Plus, why is cricket not being ruled properly?
1:06.3	That's what I asked, the Wisden editor Lawrence Booth,
1:08.8	after his scathing words on the state of the global game
1:12.0	ahead of the publication of this year's Almanac.
1:15.5	So some punchy stuff to come from him, including on the disconnect he sees between England team selections
1:20.9	and what's actually happening in the county game, whether he thinks India are treated the same as other countries by the ICC and who's
1:28.3	made it into this year's wisdom cricketers of the year list.
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