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Hosted by Matt Howes · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 29 episodes
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The cricket podcast that likes to tackle the latest news from the front foot. In every episode, Matt will analyse what is happening at the international and county levels. Get in touch with the show: forwarddefensivepod@gmail.com OR follow on social media @forwarddefpod
Matt Howes hosts The Forward Defensive Cricket Podcast, a sports show with 29 episodes published.
Just one quiet week of English cricket is impossible right now. In this episode, Matt dives into all the fallout from a dramatic 3rd Test Match against New Zealand. Ben Stokes's retirement has thrown this England cricket
It has been another hectic week in the height of summer for the England cricket team. In this episode, Matt goes through the results of the ECB and Cricket Regulator findings into the Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson nightclu
What a week it has been. England are still suffering the fallout from Stokes and Atkinson's night out. In this episode, Matt talks about the 5 changes that England make ahead of the 2nd Test Match against New Zealand. He
We have a LOT to talk about! In this episode, Matt runs you through what happened in the First Test Match of the English summer between England and New Zealand. He also dives into the breaking news that Ben Stokes might
In this episode, Matt dives into the numbers from the last 3 seasons of county cricket to work out who the best bowler is. Isn't it just the guy who takes the most wickets? Well, not according to this. Also, Matt uses a
It has been a busy week since the last podcast! In this episode, Matt starts by diving into the recently announced England Test Squad for the series against New Zealand. He then runs his eye over Yorkshire's demolition o
It was all about batting collapses this week in the Rothesay County Championship. They defined multiple games that twisted and turned. In this episode, Matt dives into Ryan Hadley's improbable 200 ball vigil as a night w
Have Somerset already surrendered their title challenge? Their defeat to Yorkshire is the Game of the Week as Matt reviews week 5 of the Rothesay County Championship. This episode covers a range of topics: Did Lewis Greg
This week, Division 1 of the Rothesay County Championship served up a run fest, but luckily, Division 2 gave us plenty of action. In this episode, Matt goes through the options that might make teams try to win games and
Just the eight sides in action this week in the Rothesay County Championship, so in this episode, Matt goes deep into the game of the week between Hampshire and Somerset. He discusses whether Tom Abell should have played
The Rothesay County Champion woke from its round 1 slumber for a brilliant round of matches. In this episode, Matt looks at the game of the week as Lancashire defeat Derbyshire, and two MORE options for England at the to
The Rothesay County Championship is back! And while Round 1 wasn't full of wins and losses, it did give players the chance to start staking their England Test Match claims. In this episode, Matt breaks down five players
Round six of the Rothesay County Championship is in the books, and all the sides have now played five matches. In this episode, Matt looks back at the last ball finish between Essex and Yorkshire, Surrey's continued stru
After a mostly dry start to the season, rain finally played a part (well, it is April after all), and only two matches did not finish in a draw. There was still plenty of quality cricket played in round 3 of the Rothesay
Round 2 of the Rothesay County Championship backed up a wonderful week 1 with another group of pulsating matches. In this episode, Matt goes through Warwickshire's one-wicket victory over Durham in the game of the week,
The Rothesay County Championship is back! In this episode, Matt recaps the brilliant battling display of Worcestershire against Somerset in the game of the week.He then dives into the performances that caught his attenti
In this episode, Matt is joined by Aaron of The County Cricket Podcast to discuss Division 1 of the County Championship in depth. They go team-by-team, breaking down their strengths, weaknesses, key players, and hot pros
You might have forgotten about it but the ICC Champions Trophy is back. In this episode, Matt goes team by team breaking down their chances, key players, and their biggest weaknesses. The best eight ODI sides are battlin
T20 World Champions India have continued their dominant run by brushing aside England at home. Is this the dawn of India's 20-over domination? Despite the change of coach, England's familiar failings against spin and inf
The dust has settled on one of the most hyped and highly anticipated Test series of all time between Australia and India. Despite it coming down to the final game, is Indian Test cricket at a crossroads? The struggling f
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