Emergency Podcast: Semi-final thriller

Tailenders

BBC

Sports, Comedy, Cricket

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What a match in Mumbai! England nearly pulled off a 'cricketing miracle' in a game that saw almost 500 runs scored.

The Tailenders assemble - complete with Issy Wong and her Network Of Spies - to look back at an extraordinary semi final that resulted in India making it to the Mens T20 World Cup Final where they will face New Zealand.

Plus Mattchin goes deep into the data (sort of) to find out what makes New Zealand such a cricketing force.

AND find out why Fe won’t listen to Jimi Hendrix...

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.0	On BBC Sounds.
0:09.0	Football from Five Live.
0:11.0	Join the Five Live sport team for exclusive commentaries from the Premier League,
0:15.1	FA Cup and Champions League.
0:16.8	Nice for the Colonel!
0:18.2	Watch a goal!
0:19.7	And stay on top of everything football every day with the Football Daily podcast.
0:24.5	And twice weekly join the Wayne Rooney show, breaking down the biggest stories from the Premier League and beyond.
0:30.3	Football from Five Live.
0:32.4	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:35.5	Hello and welcome to Tail Enders.
0:37.6	Thank you for having some Taylor Endenders. Thank you for having some,
0:38.5	Tearlanders.
0:39.3	Thank you for doing that,
0:40.7	Jimmy and Matching.
0:41.7	This is Felix White.
0:42.8	Greg's not actually with us this week.
0:45.4	So I'm going to be playing Greg James.
0:48.0	Jimmy Anderson will be...
0:49.6	What's that matching?
0:50.7	Got the substitute teacher.
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