World Cup semis 'at the very least' & Woakes retires
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Steve Crossman is alongside England Ashes winner Steven Finn, 2017 World Cup winner Dani Hazell, and the BBC's Chief Cricket Reporter Stephan Shemilt to discuss England's chances at the 2025 Women's World Cup in India.
England Head Coach Charlotte Edwards looks ahead to the tournament saying her side should reach the semi-finals 'at a bare minimum' as she leads the team in a major competition for the first time. Former captain Heather Knight talks about her return to the England squad after a hamstring injury ruled her out for much of the home summer.
They react to the news that Chris Woakes retires from international cricket and ask the question - is the nicest man in cricket also the most underrated?
Plus, international commentator Andrew Leonard talks about Nepal's SHOCK T20 series win over the West Indies in Dubai.
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| 0:41.7 | Hello there, I'm Steve Crossman. |
| 0:43.4 | Welcome to Five Live cricket. |
| 0:45.3 | Loads to go at on the eve of the 2025 Women's World Cup in India, |
| 0:49.5 | where head coach Charlotte Edwards and Captain Nat Siverbrunt |
| 0:51.8 | will lead England in a major tournament for the first time. |
| 0:55.4 | We're going to hear from Charlotte Edwards. We'll also hear from former captain Heather Knight, |
| 0:59.1 | who's back in the England squad after missing so much of the summer through injury. |
| 1:02.8 | We will also talk Chris Wokes on the day he retired from international cricket. |
| 1:07.3 | We will discuss it all with England Ashes winner Stephen Finn, |
| 2:00.9 | with World Cup winner Danny Hazel and with our chief cricket reporter Stefan Schemelt. Good evening, everybody. Oh, Steve. Hello. Hello, how we all doing, Danny? Stephen, you're all right? Good, thank you. Excellent. Can't complain. Well, you can if you want, Stephen. We've got 56 minutes. It's up to you. It's not in my nature to complain, Steve. Oh, I thought it was Stephen Finn. It must be somebody else who we've got on the show. Right. Danny, World Cup Eve. What's going down at this point? What's going through your mind? What are the players doing? Yeah, I think you're just buzzing to get going, aren't you, really? I think they've been out there for a couple of weeks now via Avedabi, so I think they'll be chopping at the bit to get the World Cup moving. And are you, do you think, a relaxed state of mind at the moment? Is that where they will be, or is it going to be difficult to sleep? What are they going to be doing? I think you're as relaxed as you can be but at the end of the day it's still |
| 2:05.1 | a World Cup and I think it's how far or how much change has been over the last year. I think |
| 2:11.8 | it's a lot of eyes on England this year and yeah, we're looking forward to getting gone but |
| 2:16.7 | imagine a few nerves as |
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