England hold on by 1 run, wheels come off India & is cricket too expensive?
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England try their best to throw away a huge lead in the West Indies, the wheels come off India and the Women's Ashes is off to a damp non-start! Plus, in Part Two (25:48): we discuss the huge issue of the cost of youth cricket and ask whether this is contributing to excluding working class people from the game. To add to the discussion, we include 5 minute highlights on the topic from our interview last week with cricket social historian Duncan Stone giving his perspective. If you haven't done so, please listen to the full interview here. Finally, we round up the IPL & crazy Brendan Taylor suspension news, and play along with The Run Out Blog's hypothetical Test match... Part One England vs WI 01:40 IND vs SA 13:01 Women's Ashes 20:40 U19 World Cup Update 22:12 Part Two Read along with our Pitch Inspection 26:10 - Age-group cricket pricing out talented children, says former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior Interview with Duncan Stone 34:35 The News 40:22 A Bit of Fun 52:15 - we play along with The Run Out Blog's hypothetical Test match - you can join in here! Zac's Quick Question 55:32 - Who scored less than Rahane and Pujara last year? Plus a real teaser of a question to work on for next week... Let us know your thoughts! You can be part on the RSP Community on Discord here or tweet us @RainStoppedPod. Thanks for listening.
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