England's post-Ashes review: Rob Key talks learnings, mistakes and building bridges
Sky Sports Cricket Podcast
Sky Sports
4.4 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Nasser and Athers are joined by the managing director of England men's cricket, Rob Key on the latest episode of the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.
They discuss the ECB's review which has taken place after the Ashes and the T20 World Cup, including the learnings and mistakes which have been highlighted.
Key also discusses his future and those of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum as well as how he wants to improve the connection between the national side and county cricket.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, gone. |
| 0:02.0 | Go on, he gets its fairy tale ending. |
| 0:05.0 | An epic way to go to a test match 100. |
| 0:09.0 | The London sphere the first-time win is the most remarkable thing you'll probably ever see in cricket. |
| 0:15.0 | Six hundred and four and final test wicket that's new a ball. |
| 0:20.0 | It's India who win the T20 new aboard. It's Indy. |
| 0:22.8 | Who win the T20 World Cup? |
| 0:26.1 | England's captain Ben Stokes while he is there. |
| 0:27.6 | England have hope. |
| 0:35.8 | Sky cricket podcast is coming from Lords today. |
| 0:38.8 | March the 23rd, a very significant date. |
| 0:44.3 | Happy birthday, mate. I've lost count, 58 years old being the... Old. Absolutely apt description of that. Anyway, my birthday. So we thought, what better birthday |
| 0:49.6 | present than to get Rob Key, the MD of England cricket, on our podcast. |
| 0:56.4 | Because there's been a lot happening. |
| 0:59.3 | The last time we spoke to Rob was in Melbourne, just before England's victory there, |
| 1:04.1 | but a victory that was only won in five test matches. |
| 1:08.4 | Obviously, that Ash is finishing 4-1. The World Cup has been completed since then. |
| 1:13.8 | And as all that's been going on, |
| 1:15.4 | England have been having a review into what Richard Gould today |
| 1:18.6 | called a painful ashes in which lots went wrong. |
| 1:22.7 | So a good chance to chat to you, Rob, about what's been going on. |
| 1:27.1 | First of all, thanks for coming on, as always. |
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