Emma John is joined by Vic Marks, Geoff Lemon and Sonali Shah to look back at a busy weekend of cricket and look ahead with their predictions for the big hitters of the Cricket World Cup
Emma doesn’t like the fact that England are favourites for the World Cup. Having lived through decades of disappointment, the idea of being told they’re going to win makes her uncomfortable. Nonetheless she’ll be asking her panel (and a Magic 8 Ball) for their tournament predictions.
After Australia’s Steve Smith and David Warner were greeted with boos and shouts of ‘cheat’ on their return from a one-year ban for their part in the ball-tampering scandal, the panel reflect on their likely reception for the rest of the summer. Do cricket fans love a pantomime villain and has the sand-paper scandal led to Australian cricketers really being 74% nicer, as a recent report suggests?
Written by Presented by Emma John with guests Geoff Lemon, Vic Marks and Sonali Shah. Produced by Geoff Jein and with original theme music by The Horne Section
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/audio/2019/may/28/boos-hairbands-and-cricket-world-cup-predictions-the-spin-podcast under the title “Boos, hairbands and Cricket World Cup predictions – The Spin podcast”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
