Last time we spoke to Ali Martin, he was in Adelaide covering England's 2021/22 Ashes tour Down Under. It was a low point for England cricket, which was to get even worse shortly after when the side toured the West Indies. Yet here we are, barely a year later and the turnaround in fortunes has been astonishing and Ali has seen the change first hand writing for The Guardian. His thoughts are fascinating.

Ali has also written an article in his newspaper this week about Brendan McCallum and Ben Stokes sharing their ethos with county coaches to try and help them better prepare players for the step up to. the national squad. We discuss it in the chat; you can read it here:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/10/ben-stokes-and-brendon-mccullum-offer-counties-how-to-guide-to-bazball-cricket

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Release Date: 12/01/2023, 17:41:02