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Cameron, Lawrence and Phil reflect on another chaotic week, one which saw Ben Stokes retire from international cricket and New Zealand win the series 2-1 at Trent Bridge. Also on the show, Nathan Johns joins us to chat about Ireland's historic 2-0 T20I series victory against India, the current T20 World Cup champions.

0:00 Intro / 0:34 KIA UK / 1:02 Initial reactions to Stokes' retirement / 7:34 Who takes over as captain? / 15:54 Key & McCullum / 28:24 The state of the England Test team / 32:44 How do England replace Stokes in their XI? / 40:53 KIA's Young Cricketer competition / 41:24 Gullivers Sports Travel / 42:54 New Zealand / 51:25 Ireland's famous series win against India / 1:04:29 West Indies vs Sri Lanka / 1:11:28 Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh / 1:14:21 Outro

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Katya sits down in the studio with former Australia captain turned broadcaster Lisa Sthalekar & ESPNCricinfo's Firdose Moonda to preview the upcoming T20 World Cup semi-finals, as well as India's exit and everything else we've seen over the past week.

0:15 Intro
0:39 Metro Bank This Feels Different
1:00 Group stage reflections
9:34 Final group stage games & England vs South Africa
18:05 NZ say goodbye to legends
22:48 Why no quarter-finals and performance of lower-ranked teams
27:18 Pakistan
31:02 Around the wickets
32:19 World Cup crowds & match scheduling
45:25 India & Australia
59:45 Predictions
1:01:14 Metro Bank Outro

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Cameron and Butch react to a wild 24 hours following Ben Stokes' international retirement, and New Zealand's deserved series victory after a dominant performance at Trent Bridge.

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Katya & Lauren discuss another week of the women's T20 World Cup as England confirm their semi-final spot, South Africa find their feet & Chamari Athapaththu's stunning century leads Sri Lanka to a dominant win over Ireland. Lauren then speaks about the ICC's recent issuing of return to play post-pregnancy guidelines.

0:15 Intro
1:32 Metro Bank: This Feels Different
1:51 England beat West Indies and confirm semi-final spot
6:48 High scoring at the World Cup
12:23 Sri Lanka vs Ireland
16:02 Tazmin Brits & SA find form
19:43 Australia vs Pakistan & Elysse Perry
27:20 ICC return to play post-pregnancy guidelines

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Cameron, Ben and Phil react to Ben Stokes’ press conference, look ahead to the Trent Bridge Test, discuss their 12-point WTC deduction for slow over rates and more. We apologise for the quality of Ben's audio this week.

0:00 Intro / 1:06 KIA UK / 1:34 Audio disclaimer / 2:00 Ben Stokes / 22:45 Roasting Party / 23:10 Team news / 30:28 WTC points deduction / 34:55 2027 Test news / 38:10 Gullivers Sports Travel / 39:21 England vs India white-ball tour / 46:36 Wisden Women's Cricket Weekly / 47:05 Wisden Cricket Monthly / 53:08 Win England vs Sri Lanka ODI tickets / 53:30 Other cricket / 57:36 County Championship / 1:04:20 Test drive the KIA EV2 / 1:04:49 Outro

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