Alex and Vivek debrief the 2nd Ashes Test at Brisbane. England suffer another defeat under the lights as Australia show them how to play old-school, gritty test cricket. In other news, West Indies save a remarkable test match in Christchurch vs NZ, and Kohli's back with a bang in Indian colors.

0:50 - Ashes 2nd test review

34:45 - Nathan Lyon to retire?

38:28 - West Indies save test vs NZ

44:33 - Kohli vs SA

The 1st Ashes test has come and gone with Australia rocking England in a flash. Meanwhile, India get whitewashed at home for the second season running. India are done, but England have Starc under lights looming large.

Alex and Vivek need a therapy session.

0:00 - Intro

1:09 - India back, South Africa good

18:45 - Ashes England rant (toss)

22:08 - Crawley

27:24 - England bowling and cult

35:07 - Australia

41:34 - England batting collapse

51:42 - Ashes picking nits

57:52 - Question 1v1

This is it. This is the big one.
Alex and Vivek enlist resident Aussie Aryan Jain for a mega Ashes preview - spicy decks, fragile batting orders, arthritic quicks, and series predictions that we already regret.

0:00 - Intro

2:50 - Favourite Ashes moments

6:11 - Recent form

13:33 - Selections, Aryan on conditions in Australia

21:08 - Australian openers

30:31 - Shoaib Bashir

34:02 - England central contracts and Joe Root

40:45 - Nathan Lyon

45:05 - Mitchell Starc

48:31 - Contemporary bodyline tactics

50:53 - Zak Crawley

56:30 - Trigger movements

59:28 - Steve Smith

1:06:07 - Biggest antagonist

1:08:63 - First injury

1:13:51 - First player dropped

1:19:19 - Player of the series

1:20:56 - Listener questions

1:32:18 - Outro

Alex and Vivek cover India Women’s first World Cup win, Rohit and Kohli’s swansong down under, England’s ongoing identity crisis, the enigma of Babar Azam, and the shifting fault lines of world cricket.

0:00 - Intro

0:57 - Women’s WC

5:15 - Pak vs SA, Babar Azam

13:13 - Virat-Rohit

18:15 - Eng vs NZ

27:12 - Ashes - England

38:48 - Ashes - Australia

42:41 - Chris Woakes Retirement

43:43 - Global Cricket Structure

54:42 - USA Cricket

56:15 - Listener Questions

Alex and Vivek cover pitches, selection, individual brilliance, and everything else India- England before looking ahead to whose strengths are pointier and whose weaknesses more acute in this winter’s Ashes.

0:00 - Intro

1:27 - Ind vs Eng series context

3:52 - English pitches

13:56 - Dropped catches

18:01 - Siraj

27:37 - Indian selection

39:10 - Bazball

51:31 - Ashes

1:11:32 - Awards & Categories

1:17:42 - Outro