Following On

Neil Manthorp is joined by the former England fast bowler Steve Harmison to discuss the week's biggest stories. They discuss England's warm-up game for the Ashes & what they've learnt from the match at Lilac Hill. CODE Sports' Chief Cricket Writer Ben Horne reflects on the huge injury news out of Ashes, with Josh Hazlewood set to miss the first Ashes Test. South Africa spinner Simon Harmer joins the show to reflect on their historic 30-run win against India, whilst ESPNCricinfo's Sidharth Monga dissects another Test defeat at home to Gambhir's side. Plus, they round up the week's biggest stories, and bring you The Final Word.

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talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman speaks with David 'Bumble' Lloyd and Jarrod Kimber about the upcoming Ashes with a full series preview.

They discuss their first and favourite Ashes memories, favourite Australian grounds, talk about who will be the leading run scorer and wicket taker and bring it all together for the finest Ashes preview EVER.

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Neil Manthorp is joined by Indian Cricket Writer and Broadcaster Chetan Narula to look back at South Africa's 30-run victory over India in the first Test in Kolkata. They discuss a tremendous performance with the ball by the Proteas, who dismissed India for just 93 in their second innings, praise the performance of the South Africa captain Temba Bavuma, and they discuss why India continue to produce spin-friendly surfaces against high quality opposition.

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Former England fast bowler Darren Gough talks to some of the biggest names in cricket to find out how Ben Stokes and England can do what Goughie failed to do on four separate occasions and that is win The Ashes.  

In the second episode he speaks to Australian World Cup winning spinner Brad Hogg, Australian cricket broadcaster Jarrod Kimber and hears from former England spinner Phil Tufnell about how big a part spin will play in The Ashes.

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talkSPORT's Neil Manthorp and Chetan Narula look back at another fast forward day of cricket on day two of the 1st Test in Kolkata. India and South Africa shared 16 wickets on a day dominated by spin.

But is it a bad Kolkata pitch? What did you think of India's first innings and Simon Harmer's bowling? Did South Africa get their tactics wrong in second innings? And is there any way back for the World Test Champions?

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