Michael Clarke and Aaron Finch lead big names as ESPN’s Around The Wicket returns – Ahead of a massive summer of cricket, ESPN’s Around The Wicket returns to set the stage for the epic five-Test showdown between Australia and India.
Returning to the crease for another summer of discussion and debate are former Australian cricket captains Michael Clarke, Aaron Finch and Lisa Sthalekar, along with Test and One-Day International Callum Ferguson, ESPN CricInfo Insider Alex Malcolm and accomplished host and journalist Neroli Meadows.
Special guests will also join the team throughout the summer, which is headlined by Australia facing India in a historic five-Test series for the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
‘Around The Wicket’ returns to ESPN on Wednesday November 6 at 6pm AEDT.
A first for its kind for ESPN in Australia and New Zealand, the program is a multi-platform extension of ESPN Cricinfo in the Australian and New Zealand markets and super serves cricket fans with absorbing insights and fascinating analysis with some of the biggest names to have played the game.
Around the Wicket’s marquee talent lineup brings big opinions, unique insight and game leading analysis across 14-weekly episodes throughout the summer of cricket.
The team will tackle the current One Day Series between Australia and Pakistan, the race for David Warner’s replacement at the top of the Australian batting order, plus set the stage for the opening Test of the series between Australia and India, which begins November 22 in Perth.
Around The Wicket will be available each week on ESPN, as well as ESPN Australia’s YouTube and as an audio podcast. Returning will also be a bonus digital only ‘PowerPlay’ segment, available across ESPN’s social media accounts.
Powered by ESPN Cricinfo ‘Around the Wicket’ ensures that ESPN is a must visit throughout the international summer of cricket.
ESPN CricInfo remains the destination for cricket fans and features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches, in-depth stats and a comprehensive database of historical matches and cricket history.
**Around The Wicket returns Wednesday November 6 at 6pm AEDT.
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Michael Clarke and Aaron Finch lead big names as ESPN’s Around The Wicket returns
