The Emerging Cricket Podcast

Part 2 of our huge show this week. The boys look at Namibia's emphatic T20 series win over Botswana, and the bans of Hong Kong brothers Irfan and Nadeem Ahmed for life and Haseeb Amjad's five-year sit out. The trio also make their predictions for the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, where the Thailand looks to continue their meteoric rise in the game.

Stay tuned for news on our full length chat with ESPN Cricinfo's Peter Della Penna.

In part one of a bumper show this week, the boys discuss the Americas Qualifier for the T20 World Cup, where Bermuda upstaged a more-fancied American side to steal a Global Qualifier spot, with Canada finishing in top spot. ESPN Cricinfo's Peter Della Penna stops by to give his thoughts from being on hand in Bermuda, in a snippet of his chat with us (our full conversation with him is coming soon so stay tuned).

Another cracker of a show where Nick, Tim and Bes start proceedings by conducting a post-mortem of the dead 2019 Euro T20 Slam.

The team then wraps the first tri-series of Cricket World Cup League 2 between Scotland, Oman and PNG, where Scotland and Oman both claimed three wins from their four matches. We also hear from Kyle Coetzer to give us his thoughts on the series.

The group then look to the Women's T20 World Cup global qualifier in Scotland, where two of the eight competing teams will qualify for Australia 2020.

The trio also wrap a T20I series between Spain and Finland, where the Spaniards claimed a 2-1 win in Kerava.

The boys are joined by Hong Kong captain Anshy Rath and Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer as they discuss the goings on in Canada where both played in the Global T20 in Brampton. We talk to Kyle as he prepares for their home tri-series with Oman and PNG this week and get Anshy's prediction, before we discuss the Americas men's T20 World Cup qualifier and the Everest Premier League, which has been moved to February and March, and both players have played in.

Bes then rounds up the show with news, including Thailand's World Record effort and their quad series win over Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands, as well as the cancellation of the Euro T20 Slam.

A jam-packed episode this week as the boys discuss a range of goings on all over the Emerging world.

We continue to cover the fallout of Zimbabwe's suspension, where their loss is Nigeria's and Namibia's gain, as they enter the global T20 World Cup Qualifiers in the men's and women's competitions respectively.

We take a look at Scotland's win at the European U19 World Cup Qualifiers, and both UAE/Netherlands and Czech Republic/Hungary T20 series.

The boys also discuss issues at the Canadian Global T20, and the shifting of USA's ODI tri-series next month to Florida.

We also hear from French women's captain Emmanuelle Brelivet after their quadrangular series win, as well as EC contributor and Bermuda correspondent, Neil Joynson, who paints a picture of Cup Match festivities there on the island.

The boys tackle a range of cricketing action, from Ireland's effort against England in their Test match, to the action at the European Cricket League, where eight domestic champions of Europe captured the hearts of many around the world. No one stole the show more than new fan-favourite Romanian Pavel Florin, who we hear interviewed at the tournament.

We also wrap the Asian T20 World Cup Qualifier, where Singapore did their homework to beat out Nepal and others for a spot at the Global Qualifier. We discuss the first week of the Canadian Global T20, the death of the Hong Kong Sixes, and discuss action from Bermuda, where they and the Bahamas played out three matches.

We talk about the ICC’s decision to suspend Zimbabwe cricket, its effect on the sport in the nation, and globally  

The Euro T20 Slam squads are dissected, and again, the team bemoans the lack of Associate overseas players. 

Our GT20 Canada previews covers off the teams and the challenges at a new facility in Brampton. 

And what was once described as the ‘jewel in the crown’ of HK Cricket, then HK T20 Blitz is set to be axed. 

We also speak to Mexico Cricket Association Secretary Craig White about their ongoing process to have the sport appointed as a 'federation' within Mexico which will then cricket better access to government support and facilities across the country.

The boys are joined by Tasneem-Summer Khan (@summeryael on Twitter), who was part of the commentary team for the Ireland/Zimbabwe series. Despite the thrilling World Cup final the group bemoan the tournament format, before discussing Zimbabwe's tour of Ireland, Nepal's visit to Malaysia, Americas U19 World Cup Qualifying and the Pacific Games in Samoa, where scorecards have been tough to uncover.

The group also look at Denmark's two T20s against Finland, USA admin changes and the Criiio Cup, before rounding up the week in Emerging Cricket news.

In a not-to-be-missed chat Daniel Beswick (@dgbeswick1) sits down with ex-tech founder, global macro hedge fund manager, German men’s national team member and founder of the European Cricket League, Daniel Weston.

Weston explains the process of founding the ECL, as well as starting up German Cricket TV and the European Cricket Network.

From buying 18 Go Pros to broadcast action of the national team, to the explosive growth of German clubs around the country, Weston details his elaborate plan for Cricket to be Europe's summer bat and ball sport, by building the club structures and ultimately participation across the continent.

The boys wraps up the Women's Euro T20 World Cup qualifier, where the last entrant for the Global qualifier was locked up. We review Ireland's 'greensweep' of Zimbabwe, and discuss two separate European competitions coming up - the Franchise Euro T20 Slam and the European Cricket League, where 8 of Europe's domestic champions battle it out in La Manga.

For our ECL chat, we play a snippet of our chat with Daniel Weston, the founder of the league.