This Week in Cricket #93 - Retired out at the IPL, NZ's home summer and South Africa's new opening attack

The Top Order Cricket Podcast

The international cricket calendar is thinning out, but there's still plenty to talk about this week.

The IPL leaderboard is starting to take shape - with powerhouse franchises CSK and Mumbai Indians languishing at the bottom of the ladder. Ravi Ashwin is in the news again for deciding he'd had enough of batting for the night, but his Rajasthan Royals are looking like an impressive outfit - despite not always picking their full complement of overseas players.

Later in the show we turn our attention back to the NZ home summer. Now that it is (almost) over, we reflect on the performance of the White Ferns and the Black Caps, and discuss candidates putting their hand up for upcoming international tours, such as Tom Bruce.

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