# Sooryavanshi's international debut, Bethell steals the show & what makes a good Test captain? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/sooryavanshi-s-international-debut-bethell-steals-the-show-what-makes-a-good-test-captain Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/sooryavanshi-s-international-debut-bethell-steals-the-show-what-makes-a-good-test-captain.md Podcast: [Wisden Cricket Weekly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378) Published: 2026-07-07T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG9833469778.mp3 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG9833469778.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/episodes/sooryavanshi-s-international-debut-bethell-steals-the-show-what-makes-a-good-test-captain Duration seconds: 6240 ## Resource Cameron, Ben and Cam Steel round up all the latest news from the world of cricket. There's the start of England's T20I series against India, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's debut, an impressive knock from Jacob Bethell, a potentially radical overhaul of the cricketing calendar, a captaincy u-turn in Pakistan and more. Also on the show, Butch tells us what makes a good Test captain as England look to replace Ben Stokes, and Katya chats to Cam about the legacy of the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup. 0:00 Intro / 1:03 T20 World Cup final / 4:21 Katya on the T20 World Cup / 27:15 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's debut / 34:36 Jacob Bethell / 40:09 Sam Curran / 49:25 What makes a good Test captain? / 1:13:31 Gullivers Sports Travel / 1:18:26 Potential ICC changes / 1:33:28 Babar Azam returns as Pakistan Test captain / 1:35:34 West Indies vs Sri Lanka / 1:40:06 Outro SPORTS TRAVEL EVENTS βœˆοΈπŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Be part of England's tour of South Africa this winter: https://gulliverstravel.co.uk/event/england-cricket-tour-south-africa-0?utm_source=wisden&utm_medium=Instagram&utm_campaign=southafrica2026 πŸ‘€ PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our Patreon! http://patreon.com/WisdenCricket πŸ‘‰ SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@WisdenCricket?sub_confirmation=1 #Cricket #EnglandCricket #ENGvIND #Sooryavanshi #Bethell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/episodes/sooryavanshi-s-international-debut-bethell-steals-the-show-what-makes-a-good-test-captain/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wisden-cricket-weekly-954378/sooryavanshi-s-international-debut-bethell-steals-the-show-what-makes-a-good-test-captain.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.