The Emerging Cricket Podcast

Big Innings: MLC 2026 Champion Jahmar Hamilton

More than 11,000 fans helped make the 2026 MLC final was one of the best games ever in the USA. Jahmar Hamilton joins Nate Hays to discuss the crowd, the exciting finish

The Reaction Pod following ICC's World Cup format decisions

We were in the same place when the news dropped, so Nick got his microphone and we sat in a park for an hour. Nick, Tim and Bes discuss the new Men's Cricket World Cup fo

Big Innings: 2026 MLC Regular Season Review, Playoff Preview

Nate Hays is joined by Joe Hickey to wrap up the 2026 MLC regular season and preview the playoffs in Oakland. Plus: Matt Tromp and Andries Gous lead as Bart King Award fa

Deep Point: Great cricket, but where are the fans? Nate Hays with Zee Zaidi and Peter Della Penna

Though there's been some tremendous cricket on show, including four centuries in 7 games, attendance at Grand Prairie was low. Nate Hays is joined by American cricket leg

Scotland at the Women's T20 World Cup (with Tom Grunshaw)

Nick is joined by Tom Grunshaw at Tom's cricket club, to discuss the tense loss to Sri Lanka in 19.5 overs, as well as reflect on their campaign overall.

Netherlands at the Women's T20 World Cup (with Rod Lyall and Tom Grunshaw)

Nick is joined by Rod Lyall and Tom Grunshaw (plus a special surprise guest!), live at the County Ground in Bristol to discuss the Netherlands' performance at the women's

Women's T20 World Cup special with Georgie Heath

The Women's T20 World Cup is here! Daniel Beswick sits down with Georgie Heath in Southampton to preview Scotland, The Netherlands and Ireland's chances in England.

EAP Qualifier Super Sixes heats up in Sano (Japan Cricket Pod collab)

Daniel Beswick joins Alan Curr (COO of Japan Cricket Association and co-host of the Japan Cricket Podcast) in Sano as we head into the final three matchdays of the ICC Me

EC x Japan Cricket Podcast team up ahead of a jam-packed summer in Sano

Bes sits down with Alan Curr and Todd Luckhurst in the Sano International Cricket Ground Tea Room to team up and chat the upcoming summer of cricket in Japan, the new gro

Women's Challenge Trophy, League 2 tri-series, Japan Premier League + mailbag!

Nick and Bes discuss the Women's Challenge Trophy, Namibia and Nepal tri-series, the upcoming JPL, plus answer questions from listeners!

League 2 returns, JJ Smit takes over, T20 World Cup pathways, Fanny Utagushimaninde's day out and Bahrain's never-ending tour!

League 2 returns in Namibia who move forward in ODI cricket with JJ Smit at the helm, taking over Gerhard Erasmus in tri-series against Oman and Scotland. We wrap T20 Wor

T20 World Cup assessments from teams on the ground with Bes, and Chennai loves Emerging Cricket (!?)

From on the ground at the T20 World Cup, Daniel Beswick joins Nick Skinner to share the views of the Associate sides at the tournament, and his brush with a fan club of t

T20WC Associates review (with Nate Hays)

Nick is joined by EC's USA correspondent Nate Hays to discuss the fortunes of Associate teams at the group stage of the T20 World Cup. Despite no team making it through,

T20WC squad preview: Nepal

Nick sits down to look over Nepal's T20WC squad, identifying some key performers ahead of their Group C appearances in Mumbai.

T20WC team previews: Namibia and Oman

The T20 World Cup team previews continue, with Nick and Bes discussing Namibia's exciting squad in Group A, as well as looking into some of the new (and old) faces of Oma

T20WC team previews: Scotland, Italy, UAE

Nick is joined by Tom Grunshaw to look at Scotland's entry into the T20WC in extraordinary circumstances, then Shounak Sarkar calls in to discuss the prospects of first-t

Dutch update (men's T20WC preview + women's T20WC qualifier)

Nick is joined by EC's Netherlands correspondent Rod Lyall to dissect two outings for the Netherlands - on the men's side, their squad for the upcoming T20WC has been rel

T20WC preview: USA & Canada (with Aaman Patel and Nate Hays)

Nick Skinner is joined by Big Innings hosts and Emerging Cricket regulars Aaman Patel and Nate Hays to dissect the chances of the two North American Associates, USA and C

Nepal Premier League, U19 World Cup and T20 World Cup with Andrew Leonard

Bes as promised has finally tracked down Andrew Leonard to discuss a big couple of months in the game, bringing the Nepal Premier League to life, and in Windhoek for the

Breaking Burns News: Extra details and reaction after Joe Burns' exit, and a new addition?

News is public, sending tongues wagging. We look at both sides of the Joe Burns/Italy impasse and the extra details that have come in, including a final addition to the A