County Cricket: How do you manage games as a captain?

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Howells is alongside Tymal Mills and Emily Windsor to discuss this week's big stories coming out of the County Championship.

They react to the eight women's teams which have been awarded tier one status from 2025 onwards.

Warwickshire Men's captain and current highest run scorer in Division One Alex Davies joins them to talk about his great form so far this season, despite his struggles turning half-centuries into centuries. Also how he manages his bowlers who don't won't to be taken off and tales of Pakistan international Hassan Ali - the prankster.

Plus, Ben Bloom, the author of Batting For Time, talks about the future of the domestic game.

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0:00.0	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:04.6	My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.
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0:36.0	BBC Sounds.
0:38.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcast.
0:41.0	This is the CMS County Championship Podcast with Kevin Howls.
0:46.0	Hello and welcome to the Test Match Special County Cricket Podcast.
0:50.0	Lots of reaction from the newly announced Tier 1 women's teams with Emily Winter,
0:55.0	Division 1 leading run scorer in the Vitality County Championship, Warwickshire Captain Alex Davis,
1:00.6	joining us to talk run scoring and captaincy and to Mar Mills talks
1:04.8	proudly how Sussex are doing in Division 2. This is the CMS County
1:10.8	Championship podcast with Kevin Howes.
1:14.4	So here we are recording on a Tuesday.
1:17.5	We're unable to talk about the Vipers bouncing back in the R.H.F.
1:22.2	Trophy and their second game on Wednesday because I think that happened yet.
1:26.4	So all we're left with Emily is to talk about the opening defeat of the weekend.
1:29.2	It's a bit of a sad thing to talk about. But I tell you how many runs were scored there.
1:34.5	Amazing number. Yeah all I'm saying and how I'm starting it off is we lost our last
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