This Week in Cricket #154 - Matt Henry shines, Rohit Sharma's leadership and Alex Carey breaks NZ hearts

The Top Order Cricket Podcast

In this episode of the show, Binksy, Baldy and Stu discuss the second Test between the Black Caps and Australia, as well as some parting thoughts on the India v England series.

Fresh from day 4 at Hagley Oval, we give our initial reaction to a see-sawing Test that saw Australia win by 3 wickets and secure at 2-0 series victory.

We talk about a match-defining partnership between Alex Carey and Mitchell Marsh, ask if Australia's bowling attack is their best of all-time and give praise to Matt Henry for his efforts during the series.

There's also praise for Ben Sears, plus questions about Steve Smith as an opener and New Zealand's game management in the second Test.

In the second half of the show, we move to the India v England series to discuss Rohit Sharma's captaincy, the future of Bazball under Stokes and McCullum and which young Indian players might have a long-term future in the Test side.

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0:00 Intro

1:22 Black Caps v Australia immediate reaction

4:09 Australia's ruthlessness and patience

7:09 Is this the Australia's greatest ever bowling attack?

9:00 New Zealand's bowlers

11:40 Ben Sears

14:45 Matt Henry's impressive series

16:00 Alex Carey and Mitchell Marsh

18:25 The Steve Smith question

21:40 New Zealand's missed opportunities

24:20 India v England

25:30 Rohit Sharma's captaincy

32:00 Questions about the Bazball approach?

38:25 Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Deep - who can stick in this Indian side?

43:40 Outro

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