Season 2 - Episode 10 - England arise, West Indies demise, and a Bangladeshi surprise

It’s been a tumultuous week of men’s international cricket, starting with Australia humiliating a hapless West Indies by thrashing them two nil in the recently concluded Test series Downunder. Nuwan and Hasith discuss what more needs to be done to resurrect a West Indies cricket team that continues to grow more obsolete with each passing year in the red-ball format.

Meanwhile England show the world that Test cricket is well and truly alive by securing a historic, rollercoaster victory against Pakistan in the first Test match at the Rawalpindi stadium. The In The Salmon duo debate whether this match is truly the greatest Test win of all time according to one Tik Tok video posted by a New Zealand cricket fan, who highlighted some of the risky yet brilliant tactical decisions England captain Ben Stokes had to make to ensure the game ended with a result rather than a boring draw. In one-day cricket,

Bangladesh have won the three-match series over India defeating them two-one at home. The last game of that series, despite being a dead rubber, was a spectacular run-fest with young Ishan Kishan scoring his maiden ODI double ton off just 126 balls giving India a mammoth score of 409 for eight. Bangladesh were never in the hunt to chase that down, prompting Nuwan and Hasith to wonder why India refuse to give their young stars more opportunities to shine on the international stage.