On The Front Foot
On The Front Foot is your weekly cricket podcast with Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney. Two of the most iconic voices of New Zealand cricket, keep you up to date with the leather on willow this summer. Powered by Newstalk ZB and iHeartRadio
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This week on On The Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney conduct a postmortem on the Lord's test which provided less than two days of cricket on a sub-standard pitch.
Plus, former England spinner Vic Marks and statistician Andy Zaltzman joined them to review the proceedings from the home of cricket.
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Fresh from the comprehensive win over Ireland, the Blackcaps arrived inn London for Test Week with some encouraging news. Not only is the team fully fit but they also received the news that one of the previous injured players was back to full fitness and ready to play at Lords.
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This week on On The Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney were joined by Black Cap Rachin Ravindra and White Ferns Coach Ben Sawyer as both teams prepare for major events in England.
Plus, former Black Cap Hamish Marshall shares a few of his memories of playing at Lords.
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This week, commentator and writer Andrew Alderson joins us to assess the Lords team's match-ups, lessons for the White Ferns after the first T20 against England and leaks investigated from the NZC computers.
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This week on On The Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney were joined by special guest Wisden Editor Lawrence Booth to chat about the release of the 163rd edition of the cricketers' bible, the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.
They also reflect on the White Ferns’ one day series against England and the postponed NZ T20 competition.
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This week, Peter Holland returns to assess the Black Caps' test squad for Ireland and England.
Later, former White Fern Kirsty Bond offers her thoughts on the team to defend the WT20 in England.
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This week on On The Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney review the Black Caps’ tour of Bangladesh and look at the challenges the new NZ Cricket is facing.
Plus, they dive into the White Ferns squad named for the World Cup, and ask whether the substitution rule needs to be revised.
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This week on On The Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney react to the rumours around the appointment of the new NZ Cricket CEO.
They also discuss whether anything was achieved in the ODI series in Bangladesh, and whether there’s room for any new talent in the test squad for England.
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This week, Tom Latham and Tim Robinson from the Black Caps joined the podcast to talk about the Bangladesh and Sri Lankan tours, respectively - as well as what future holds for a New Zealand cricket summer with the extension of T20 across the globe.
We also discuss who should be included in the test squad for England.
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This week, inspirational one day innings by Melie Kerr confirms her status, and we wonder if a T20 franchise competition is feasible in New Zealand.
Later, we discuss if our White Ferns should play a test against Australia - and we're joined by Peter Holland to discuss some other issues facing cricket.
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This week on On the Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney chat about the looming decision for NZ Cricket; is it BBL or NZ20?
Is crickets integrity under threat from below strength teams playing meaningless series?
And, sad farewells for Trevor 'TG' McMahon.
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This week on On the Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney review the WT20 Final, looking at what the Black Caps need to do to take that final step.
Plus, they discuss a Kiwi bowler’s once in nearly 250 years record, and the two legends of the women’s game who are calling it quits.
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This week on On The Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney celebrate a trip to the WT20 Final, breaking down the Black Caps’ journey there.
Plus, English journalist Tim Wigmore poses the question of if India is to blame for the lack of integrity in the WT20, and they discuss if the Zimbabwe tour has been a benefit for the White Ferns.
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This week on On The Front Foot, a late innings recovery has the Black Caps in line for a semifinal clash at the WT20.
Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney were joined by Peter Holland to review the Sri Lanka match and Peter Fulton reflected on his time as Canterbury’s coach.
Plus, politics trump sport as England’s Hundred Auction looms.
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This week, the Black Caps make the last 8 for the WT20, but rain and Zimbabwe eliminate the Aussies - and we wonder if we should be concerned by the departure of another top coach.
Later, Remeber This looks back on February 1978.
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This week on On The Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney review the Blackcaps opening matches at the WT20 championship.
Plus they add suggestions to the 73 changes made to the Laws of Cricket.
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This week on On The Front Foot, Bryan Waddle and Jeremy Coney are joined by Peter Holland to break down whether New Zealand has a side that can make it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.
Plus, they ask how serious Pakistan's threat of boycotting the match with India is, and offer birthday greetings to one of the country’s fastest bowlers.
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Former Black Caps coach John Bracewell joins the podcast to analyse the coaching of Brendon McCullum and also voice his confidence in the current group of Black Caps.
Later, we review four T20 matches against India and identify who should be our No 1 side in the WT20.
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Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell join the podcast to celebrate the outstanding ODI series win in India, the first in 33 years.
Later, we wonder if England cricket coach Brendan McCullum will join Scott Robertson on the unwanted coaches list.
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On the Front Foot salutes champion batsman Daryl Mitchell after his performance helped the Black Caps beat out India.
We also take a look at the Ashes post-mortem in England - and a leading curator joins us as we investigate what makes New Zealand pitches as good as they are for test cricket.
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