Friday 20 January 2017 14:57, UK
What's happening with the England Test captaincy? How are preparations for the new county season going at Durham? And the thorny issue of Kolpak players...
All of that, and more, is discussed by Rob Key and Paul Collingwood as they join Matt Floyd on the latest Sky Cricket Podcast, which you can download here.
Recorded in Sky Studios during the second ODI between India and England, the gang also talk briefly about the big-hitting exploits seen in the series so far.
But mainly on the agenda...
- Collingwood believes Alastair Cook is a 'reluctant' but brilliant Test skipper for England.
- Key reflects on the difficulties that may be facing Cook if he gives up the captaincy, as he struggled to relate to the younger members of the Kent dressing room and their 'sick' lingo when he stepped down as leader.
- Collingwood and Key provide both sides of the argument to the controversial Kolpak issue in county cricket.
- Durham relegation has hit the team hard, but team benefiting from a 'hands on' chairman, in Sir Ian Botham, says Collingwood.
- The Durham skipper also says Mark Wood is rehabbing well and should be fit for the start of the new season.
- Monty Panesar's new role as an advisor on Australia's upcoming Test tour of India.
For all this and more, download the Sky Cricket podcast now here!
