Jacob Bethell: IPL development, Barbados & England aspirations
Sky Sports Cricket Podcast
Sky Sports
4.4 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Ath and Nas are joined by England batter Jacob Bethell on the latest episode of the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.
They chat about Jacob's experiences in the IPL, about his upbringing in Barbados and he also tells us about his aspirations to play multi-format cricket for England.
Plus, Nas and Ath chat about the opening weeks of the County Championship and whether the rules about substitutes need tweaking.
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| 0:36.1 | An epic way to go to a test match 100. |
| 0:39.3 | The London sphere the first time win is the most remarkable thing you'll probably ever see in cricket. |
| 0:45.3 | Six hundred and four and final test wicket that's new of all. |
| 0:49.3 | It's ended when the T20 World Cup. |
| 0:53.3 | England's captain Ben Stokes while he is there, England have hope. |
| 1:04.3 | Well, after a week's break, the Sky Cricket podcast returns. |
| 1:08.0 | It's the third week of April. |
| 1:09.5 | We've already had three rounds of championship cricket. |
| 1:13.3 | So plenty to talk about on that front. We've got Jacob Bethel as our guest today as well. |
| 1:18.4 | So we're going to chat to him, even though he's not been playing in the IPL. We're going to get his |
| 1:22.3 | thoughts on that competition and how he's going. Ness, how are you? |
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