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USA Women's captain Aditi Chudasama comes on the podcast on the eve of the 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier in Nepal. Chudasama has led her side to a pair of stunning wins over Scotland and Nepal in the leadup to the tournament and talks about what has made such a difference to this side compared to the squads that have struggled at this event in the past. She also discusses learning her cricket growing up in New Jersey, the obstacles she faced to make it to her USA senior debut in September 2023 and the shock phone call she received 12 months later to tell her she was being named the USA Women's captain at age 18.

Emmy Award-winning sports TV director and producer Peter Steep continues his chat about life behind the camera in the world of cricket, including his time working on the Stanford 20/20 tournaments as well as other parts of his career around the world.

Emmy Award-winning sports television director Peter Steep comes on the podcast to talk about his life in cricket behind the camera in charge of various cricket broadcast productions in the USA including the 2015 Cricket All-Stars tour headlined by Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar, and more recently producing and directing the Willow TV premium broadcast of the day for Season Two of Minor League Cricket T20 Championship. Steep shares how he got started in the sports broadcasting industry after moving from Australia to New York in 1988, initially working in golf before moving on to tennis, Olympics and eventually cricket.

Crystal Zins, the 40-year-old Minnesota native who represented Southwest Region at the 2022 USA Cricket Women's Regional Championship in Pearland, Texas, comes on the show to talk about her experiences in cricket. Zins was the only one of the 56 players across four teams at the four-day event not to face a delivery or bowl a delivery in the tournament, after which a Facebook post chronicling that distinction wound up going viral. But Zins still had a glass half-full view of her time at the tournament, and about life and cricket in general which she describes in great depth during this interview that showcases her passion for cricket.

Cricket journalist Jake Perry, co-host of the Cricket Scotland Podcast and author of the books, "The Secret Game" and "Playing with Teeth" comes on the podcast to talk about cricket in Scotland in the context of his two books about the history of the game in the country, including USA's own rivalry with Scotland dating back to the Gentlemen of Philadelphia tours beginning in the 1880s.

USA Women's senior and U19 National team player Anika Kolan comes on the podcast to talk about her journey growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area getting into cricket at the age of nine before rapidly progressing to make her national team debut as a 15-year-old in Mexico at the 2021 ICC Americas Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier in Mexico. Most recently, Kolan served as vice-captain for the undefeated USA Women's U19 squad who stormed to the tournament title at the 2022 Cricket West Indies Rising Stars U19 Women's Championship in Trinidad where she sealed USA's title run with an unbeaten 48 off 44 balls in a seven-wicket victory over Trinidad & Tobago at Brian Lara Cricket Academy.

Former Canada men's and U19 International Shaheed Keshvani comes on the podcast to talk about life on the junior ice hockey circuit in Canada before he transitioned into cricket, his impressive run as Canada's leading wicket taker at the 2004 ICC U19 World Cup in Bangladesh, and his most recent work being appointed as the strength & conditioning coach for the Nepal men's national team for their tours of USA and Scotland. Keshvani is also the co-host of the Canadian cricket themed podcast, "Dropped Again".

Maryland native Lisa Ramjit comes on the podcast to talk about her journey to the USA U19 and Senior Women's national teams. Ramjit made her T20I debut for the USA Women as a 14-year-old against Canada at Lauderhill, Florida in May 2019 before making her USA Women's U19 debut as a 17-year-old against Jamaica on July 5 at Brian Lara Academy in Trinidad in the 2022 CWI Rising Stars Women's U19 T20 Championship.

Burt Cockley, the former New South Wales fast bowler and current member of the Dallas Mustangs franchise in USA's Minor League Cricket T20 franchise tournament, comes on the podcast to talk about his cricket journey, which is still going strong after transitioning into life as a strength & conditioning coach in the USA where he has been intricately involved with USA's men's and women's national teams since 2018. Cockley's long and winding road has taken him from Newcastle, New South Wales; to Perth, Western Australia; to Lawrence, Kansas; and finally to Dallas, Texas; and he has plenty of stories to share about each stop along the way.

Scotland Men's captain Kyle Coetzer comes on the podcast to talk about being raised as the youngest of three brothers in a cricket mad family in Aberdeen, the psychology being Scotland's transformation into an elite Associate country since 2015 and the framework behind his own batting success that made him named the ICC Associate Player of the Decade in the 2010s, and his recollections of Scotland's rivalry with USA since they first clashed in 2010.

Yasir Mohammad, the 19-year-old legspinning allrounder who made his USA T20I debut in December against Ireland and has been called up for his ODI squad debut in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup League Two ODI tri-series from May 28-June 15 in Pearland, Texas, comes on the show to talk about his whirlwind USA debut - going from not even being in the T20I squad to getting a callup 48 hours before the first T20I due to a Covid outbreak in the USA squad, flying from New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale and being inserted straight into the starting XI - his cricket journey as a kid born and raised in New Jersey, and his experiences rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in international cricket as part of the Somerset Cavaliers franchise out of New Jersey.

USA Women's captain Sindhu Sriharsha continues discussing her cricket journey, which includes initially walking away from the game for a job at JP Morgan in Bangalore before rekindling her live for the sport following her marriage and relocation with her husband to Northern California. Sriharsha goes on to talk about the challenges of playing in the USA in general, taking another brief break in 2018 for the birth of her son before resuming training, and future goals to achieve with USA.

USA Women's captain Sindhu Sriharsha comes on the podcast to talk about the Fairbreak Invitational T20 tournament from May 4-15 in Dubai, where she will captain the Warriors side in the six-team event. The former Karnataka and India A player also discusses her journey into cricket in Bangalore, where she grew up on the same street as a former India Women's international who helped inspire her pathway into the Indian domestic scene before migrating to California.

Umpire Bryan R. Caine continues discussing his journey into the American cricket scene out of the NYC metro area, including the financial hurdles of trying to turn it into a professional career path and his ambition to umpire ICC level matches and also lets the audience know about which cricketer and umpire he decided to name two of his pet rats after.

Umpire Bryan R. Caine comes on the podcast to talk about his journey into cricket, from growing up playing soccer and lacrosse in Pennsylvania to a brief stage acting career in New York City before finding his way into the New York cricket scene as a match official where he regularly stands in matches across The Big Apple with former ICC Elite Panel umpire Steve Bucknor at the opposite end.