BBC World Service Sport

29/08/2025

"Quietly confident"

🇬🇬With a population of just 64,000, Guernsey is a small island with big cricketing aspirations

Drawing four-figure crowds for the inter-insular match against Jersey, the popularity of the game isn't in doubt.

Find out how Guernsey Cricket hopes to one day produce an international cricketer 🏏

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28/08/2025

Can New Zealand win another World Cup❓

New Zealand head coach Ben Sawyer on how the
White Ferns need to back themselves in India 🏏

Plus: How Guernsey Cricket are channelling their love for the game 🇬🇬

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We hear from White Ferns head coach Ben Sawyer

22/08/2025

🗨“There’s too much cricket”

We discuss the rise of T20 leagues as investment flows into SA20 and the Hundred, amid the race to be the biggest franchise behind the IPL 🏏

What will the knock-on effects be, and how will players fit in all that cricket on top of their Test commitments? 🤔

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21/08/2025

Which is the biggest T20 franchise behind the IPL? 🤔

With SA20, The Big Bash League, and The Hundred all in the running, we unpack the race to the number two spot 🥈

Plus: Sanjiv Goenka on his 70% stake in the Manchester Originals – will they become the Manchester Super Giants? 🏏

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14/08/2025

Can England realistically win the World Cup in India? 🤔

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Head coach Charlotte Edwards joins Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma to discuss their chances, as well as whether their captain Nat Sciver-Brunt will bowl and the significance of spin bowler Sophie Ecclestone.

Plus, Kent and Oval Invincibles player Tawanda Muyeye came to England as a refugee – he tells Stumped about his hopes to represent the country 🏏

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We are joined by England women's Head Coach Charlotte Edwards

01/08/2025

Tendulkar? Lara? Bradman? Where does Root rank among the Test great batters?

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Joe Root moved up to second on the all-time list of Test run scorers in the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford.Click here to subscribe to our channel ...

31/07/2025

🇮🇳 Is India head coach Gautam Gamhir feeling the pressure? 🤔

Out of their last 10 matches ahead of the Oval Test, India have lost six and won two 😬

Plus, where does Joe Root rank in the pantheon of greats? 🏏

He's up to second on the all-time list of men's Test run scorers, behind Sachin Tendulkar, after hitting 150 runs in the 4th Test against India.

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India's Gambhir was seen arguing with Oval groundsman Lee Fortis ahead of the 5th Test.

26/07/2025

Our commentary team are all set for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat 🎙️⚽

Will it be Morocco 🇲🇦 or Nigeria 🇳🇬 lifting the trophy? 🏆

Listeners to BBC World Service in West and Central Africa can hear live radio commentary of the Wafcon final from 1930 GMT 📻

25/07/2025

Should England be the permanent host of the World Test Championship finals? 🏏

After the decision to award England the next three finals, Stumped's Nikesh Rughani, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma share their thoughts.

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24/07/2025

Is England the natural home for the World Test Championship finals? 🤔

Nikesh Rughani, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma also discuss who can share India🇮🇳's fast bowling burden with Jasprit Bumrah?

Plus, hear about a Day for Thorpey

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We discuss the decision to award England the next three World Test Championship finals.

21/07/2025

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18/07/2025

What’s it like to be a cricketer’s wife? 🤔

Puja Pujara didn’t know anything about cricket when she married India batter Cheteshwar Pujara 🏏

They both join us on Stumped to lift the lid on family life amid elite cricket

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We hear from Puja and Cheteshwar Pujara who discuss what life is like for the partners of international cricket players.Click here to subscribe to our channe...