Linsey Smith is flourishing in her second crack at international cricket.

The left-arm spinner took a five-fer on her ODI debut earlier this summer and is set to feature in her first 50-over World Cup having returned to the England fold at the start of 2024 after an absence of several years. But after that first international foray into, she nearly quit the sport having lost her love and desire for it.

She gives a fascinating insight into that journey back to the top over the past few years, how she made the switch to spin bowling whilst at university and plenty more in a very insightful episode.

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It was the series that thrust English cricket to the forefront of everyone's minds and captured the hearts of the nation.

On this week's special episode, Jack Brooks is joined by 2005 Men's Ashes winner Matthew Hoggard to look back over those life-changing five Tests. From the nervy wins at Edgbaston and Trent Bridge to not being able to get into Old Trafford and that infamous post-series celebration at 10 Downing Street, Hoggy has so many epic stories up his sleeve.

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To mark 20 years since the amazing summer of 2005, Katherine Sciver-Brunt is joined by Isa Guha and Lydia Greenway to look back on a stunning series for England's women that saw them win the Ashes back for the first time since 1976 and inflict their first Test defeat on Australia since 1963.

The trio, who all featured in the Tests, share some of their favourite moments from that summer, including a crucial and record-breaking 10th wicket partnership between Katherine and Isa, and also discuss how they think the women's game has grown in England since then.

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