This Week in Cricket #104 - Black Caps make history in the Caribbean and Dean Elgar is not interested in BazBall

The Top Order Cricket Podcast

On this episode of the show, we discuss the first Test between England and South Africa and the two Black Caps v West Indies white-ball series.

Topics include:

• Are England bad again?
• Are South Africa favourites to make the World Test Championship final?
• Is it cruel to keep picking Zak Crawley?
• Future Tours Programme
• Changes for the 2nd Test?

In the second half of the show, the focus shifts to the Black Caps and their historic series wins in the Caribbean. We discuss:

• What we learned from the two series
• Trent Boult's future availability
• Competition for spots between Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham and Michael Bracewell
• Whether the West Indies will ever get their best XI on the field.

We'll be back next week to review the second England v South Africa Test, and with another edition of the Test Cricket Hall of Fame. In the meantime, please take the time to give us a like, follow, share or subscribe on all our channels (@toporderpod on Twitter and Facebook, & @thetoporderpodcast on Instagram) and a (5-Star!) review at your favourite podcast provider, or tell a friend to download. It really helps others find the show and is the best thing you can do to support us. You can also find all our written content, including our Hall of Fame series, at our website, and a few of our episodes are available on YouTube - we're slowly chipping away at populating this channel.

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