This Week in Cricket #168 - Brook, Carse & dropped catches sink the Black Caps & Australia v India injury news

The Top Order Cricket Podcast

In this episode of the show, we review England's big win against the Black Caps at Hagley Oval, plus discuss some squad/injury news in the Border-Gavaskar series.

England had some excellent performances from the likes of Harry Brook and Brydon Carse, but is it simply a case of catches win matches (or in New Zealand's case, dropped catches lose matches)? We discuss the first Test in plenty of detail, with comments on Brook, Carse, Ollie Pope, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Nathan Smith and others, plus look ahead to the selection questions facing both sides. Is there a spot for Will Young? Has Jacob Bethell done enough with his chance for England to hold his place? And much more . . .

We also chat about potential changes to both Australia and India for the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar series, with Josh Hazlewood injured and doubts about Mitchell Marsh, while for India it looks likely that both Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma will return. Who will India leave out? And will the injuries provide a lifeline for Marnus Labuschagne?

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0:00 Intro

1:40 Initial reaction to England's big win against New Zealand

3:50 Did the Black Caps drop the game?

5:55 Harry Brook takes advantage

9:45 Ollie Pope's contribution, as well as Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes

16:45 Did New Zealand pick the right bowling attack?

21:00 Black Caps struggling for consistency

22:30 Brydon Carse takes 10 wickets in the match

30:00 NZ selection questions

48:15 Any questions for England?

53:00 Hazlewood injury & Marsh doubts for Australia

58:05 Shubman Gill & Rohit Sharma set to return for India

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