The Emerging Cricket Podcast

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...

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.

Part 2 of our two-part special with ESPN Cricinfo's Peter Della Penna. The team and Peter discuss Afghanistan's World Cup campaign, the Global Canadian T20 and round up other news bits and pieces from the Emerging Cricket world.

Part 1 of a two-part special with ESPN Cricinfo's Peter Della Penna. The team and Peter discuss Men's European T20 Qualifiers, Zimbabwe's Tour of the Netherlands, the Kwibuka Women's Tournament and more.

New recruit Dan Kelly (@djkelly0) chats with Netherlands head coach Ryan Campbell after their successful ODI and T20I series against Zimbabwe, building the next generation of Dutch stars and what the Euro T20 Slam means for cricket in the nation

In a bumper episode, we cover the sensational events in Japan where the PNG U19 team forfeited their last match, Afghanistan's winless World Cup, the T20 World Cup Europe Finals and the upcoming Netherlands v Zimbabwe ODI & T20I series. We also speak to Japan head coach Dhugal Beddingfield after the country qualified for its first global ICC event after the Sano-hosted East Asia Pacific U19 Qualifier.

Nick (@HeliocentCric) speaks with Craig White (@YourManInMexico) who is secretary of the Mexico Cricket Association. He talks about developing cricket in the country, the time Fred Trueman played in Mexico, and the work that went into organising the recent Central American Championships, where Belize, Costa Rica, Panama and the MCC travelled to Reforma Athletic Club. Both men's and women's events were run concurrently.

The team looks at the all-ODI Cricket World Cup League 2 draw and the CPL draft. Rashid Khan looks to be triple booked. There have been ICC Women's Qualifiers completed in Africa and East Asia Pacific, and the men's Africa T20 World Cup Qualifier has started in Uganda. The Central American Championship were played in Mexico last month and Ireland & Scotland are both hosting some full member fixtures, including a match against England that Ireland could've won. ...and Bes has another rant...

We continue our series of chats to those growing cricket in the sport's new world with Daniel Beswick (@dgbeswick1) speaking to Denis Musali, Head of Digital Communications of Cricket Uganda. Denis represented Uganda at two U19 World Cups, playing against a golden age of youth international cricketers, with many taking part at the upcoming Cricket World Cup. While bemoaning the smaller 2019 World Cup, Denis discusses the state of Ugandan cricket and shares stories of playing some of the...

We wrap the last day of consequential action from Windhoek, and what a day it was! PNG came from a seemingly insurmountable position to qualify, thanks to a huge win over Oman and an obdurate finish from USA against their neighbours to the north, denying Canada ODI status by four runs.

From the balcony of Wanderers, the team review the World Cricket League Division Two action after four of five completed rounds where Oman and USA have secured ODI status and their spots in Cricket World Cup League 2. There is a four-way fight for the last two berths; Namibia has a win and NRR advantage over Hong Kong, Canada and PNG - all three sides on a solitary victory. The last round sees all sides in the top half up against those in the danger zone of the bottom three, setting up a...

Join the EC team live - well, uncut - from Windhoek after day two of the crucial World Cricket League Division 2. Joined by special guest, Bertus de Jong, we analyse the first two days of action where we've seen Oman climb to an early lead on the points table, four teams 1-1 and Canada languishing in sixth without a victory. We saw one of the best Associate cricket (if not all international cricket) tournaments here last year, but this year has even more on the line.

We close out EC Pod 7 with a review of the Uganda-Kenya-Zimbabwe women's "Victoria Tri-series", we talk about the first ODI between UAE & Zimbabwe and answer your questions from the EC Mailbag for the first time!

Bes, Nick & Cuts take a deep dive into the final World Cricket League event: WCL2 gets underway in a week's time from Namibia's capital Windhoek. Canada, Hong Kong, Oman, PNG, USA and the hosts will fight out for the final four places in the ICC's new all-ODI "Cricket World Cup League 2". The bottom two will slot into the new CWCQ Challenge League. Hear the team's take on each of the teams and the players to look out for as well as everyone's final placings predictions.

We digest the shock sacking of Afghanistan's longstanding skipper Asghar Afghan (form. Stanikzai). We try to solve the case of the disappearing Kenya T20 tournament. There's a lot of women's cricket happening in Africa as Namibia hosts Botswana - and Kenya & Zimbabwe play the Lady Cricket Cranes in Uganda. La Manga hosts the Scottish men and women for a joint training tour as well as an Estonia, Malta, Spain T20 series. We also touch on the NZ-Asia indoor champs in Singapore.

Bes gets his chance to have his rant about Delhi not picking Sandeep - and was vindicated when he was finally selected after the podcast was recorded. We also dissect the EAP T20 World Cup qualifier, Nigeria's U19s make the country's first global cricket event and the USA close out their UAE tour with more impressive performances across the squad. Nick speaks to Dhugal from Japan Cricket Association about the expansion of the game in Kaizuma in partnership with the government to develop a...

The EC team give their thoughts on Afghanistan’s maiden Test victory in their just concluded series with Ireland; Team USA continues to impress in the UAE; and rain threatens the EAP T20 World Cup Qualifer. They also review Sandeep’s PSL; and look forward to WCL2 next month in Namibia. And kids, don’t oil your bat before you sand it!

All you need to know in under two minutes! - Afghan Test win - USA first win on UAE tour - PNG rain - Erasmus appointment

Get your update on the emerging cricket world in less time than an ad break. We spoke with Ireland men's captain William Porterfield leading into today's Test and Bes also gives you an update on the East Asia Pacific Region T20 World Cup Qualifiers next week and USA T20I debut later today against UAE.

On our third EC Pod: a wrap of the Thailand hosted ICC Asia Women’s Qualifier and with the news of the Ireland/Netherlands/Scotland joint venture “Euro Thrash” T20 we talk about its potential, alongside the club-based European Cricket League which also kicks off this northern summer.