Too much cricket, Hampshire's takeover and Tuffers' beans
Test Match Special - A podcast by BBC Radio 5 Live
Mark Chapman is joined by former England internationals Phil Tufnell and Georgia Elwiss, as well as Kent's Sam Billings to discuss the cricketing summer overall. Has it been an underwhelming summer? Is there too much cricket internationally and domestically? How will Brendan McCullum balance coaching the Test team and white-ball teams? The panel are also joined by former Hampshire player Kevan James who now covers them for BBC Radio Solent after their takeover by GMR who co-own IPL team Delhi Capitals. And we hear from England captain Heather Knight ahead of the Women's T20 World Cup which starts this week. You can hear ball-by-ball commentary of all of the games from that tournament on Sports Extra and BBC Sounds starting with Bangladesh vs Scotland on Thursday - England's opener against Bangladesh is on Saturday.01:45 - The end of the English cricketing summer 18:13 - How to help county cricket 24:57 - Hampshire's foreign takeover 32:30 - Heather Knight ahead of the Women's T20 World Cup