The Emerging Cricket Podcast

Aaman Patel is joined by San Francisco Unicorns domestic star Sanjay Krishnamurthi. The hometown hero talks about the debut of a Bay Area venue, playing in front of friends for the first time, and his recent performances for USA. 

Bes back, cricket everywhere, and good cricket too! Karan KC proves again he is the Chuck Norris of cricket, Ahmed Raza turns heads though Nepal and Thailand prevail in Asia Women's T20WC Qualifying, an in-depth look at League 2 at the halfway mark and much, MUCH(!) more in this 90 minute special!

In this episode of Big Innings, we break down Pubudu Dassanayake's return as head coach of the USA Men's team ahead of the crucial CWCL2 matches in Florida. We also review the USA Women's showing vs Zimbabwe. Plus, a sneak peek at what's coming in Major League Cricket

Nick is joined by Shounak to discuss the Women's World Cup Qualifier, where Pakistan and Bangladesh qualified ahead of a spirited Scotland and Ireland. Bes sends a review of the men's EAP U19s qualifier, plus there's a roundup of several recent series around the globe.

Emerging Cricket's own Rod Lyall has published a book! It's called The Club: Empire, Power and the Governance of World Cricket. So this week, Rod joins Nick to discuss the ICC's history of administration and take a look at some of the issues facing the future of the game. It's a fascinating chat, and patrons get a bonus half-hour extra over on Patreon!

In a bumper episode, Nick is joined by not one but three guests to discuss cricket all over the world! In the first segment he chats with Aaman Patel about the women's T20WC qualifier in Argentina, where the USA progressed comfortably ahead of the hosts, Canada and Brazil. Then Shounak Sarker joins to chat about Namibia hosting Canada and Netherlands for their rain-affected League 2 series. Finally, Vanuatu coach Chris Laffen shares his thoughts about the women's trip to New Caledonia, where they took on the hosts (playing as France), Fiji and Samoa.

Aaman and Nate preview the USA squad in the Americas World Cup Qualifiers, assess the performances of the Mens team after 16 games in the CWCL2, and discuss news across North America. We encourage donations to the USA umpires trip to CWI gofundme at www.gofundme.com/f/back-umpires-selffunded-journey-on-exchange-to-west-indies

EC's Indonesia contributor Adit Sutresna joins from Jakarta to discuss the League 2 tri-series in Oman, Challenge League B leg hosted in Hong Kong, and the Bali Bash men's series where Indonesia pinched a victory against Bahrain, ranked 42 places above them! There's also a review of the Nepal-hosted women's tri-series won by Thailand and featuring Netherlands. 

Note: due to technical issues the audio quality is lower than usual during most of the conversation, we apologise for any inconvenience to listeners!

Aaman and Nate are joined by Z from 1709 Cricket and CricExec to break down the 2025 MLC Domestic Draft. We discuss highlights, surprises, and players who missed out!

Aaman and Nate break down the 2025 MLC retentions and conduct a mock draft ahead of Thursday's MLC domestic draft. Willow CEO Todd Myers joins Nate to discuss how Willow Sports is hoping to create new cricket fans in North America.