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UP475 Inside Edge: 'India already had a monopoly, now they've got hotels on Park Lane and Mayfair'

Inside Edge is where we overthink the business of cricket, with co-host Mike Jakeman. Today's guest is Lawrence Booth, Editor of the Wisden Almanack, the conscience of the game.  Released last week, Booth pulled no punches in his editor's notes: "2024 was the year cricket gave up any claim to being…

UP490 Inside Edge - Freddie Wilde on Cricket's Analytics Arms Race

Inside Edge is Unofficial Partner's regular series on the business of cricket, co-hosted by Richard Gillis and Mike Jakeman. Freddie Wilde represents the new generation of cricket analytics professionals who have emerged to play a central role in team strategy. His journey from journalist to CricVi…

Inside Edge - Peter Hutton on Cricket, India and the rights market

 This is an episode of Inside Edge, our series on the cricket business with regular co-host Mike Jakeman. Today's guest is Peter Hutton, and nobody knows more about the relationship between television and cricket than Peter Hutton. Strap yourselves in, this is a masterclass. This episode of the Uno…

UP505 Inside Edge - T20 Women's World Cup

 This is Inside Edge, which is our cricket business podcast.  Regular co-host Mike Jakeman is away this week, but our guests are Beth Barrett-Wild and Jen Vile from the ECB.   Beth is the Tournament Director at ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 & Director of Women's Professional Game at ECB, and Jen V…

UP514: Inside Edge x The Big Idea: Does the advertising industry understand cricket?

Nike, Drake and Beats have just released cricket themed campaigns. WTF? Is cricket cool? Richard asked Mike Jakeman and Simon Moore to list their best and worst cricket themed campaigns and the result is a conversation about cliches, tropes and cultural relevance. The following ads are referenced i…

UP518 Inside Edge: Harry Brook, George Pyne and the cricket agent business

Inside Edge is our series on the business of cricket, presented with co-host Mike Jakeman.  Our guest is Phil Weston, head of cricket at TGI Sport, the agency owned jointly by George Pyne's Bruin Sports Capital and Quadrant Private Equity.  England star Harry Brook is one of an impressive roster of…

UP521: Inside Edge - 'American money is IPL curious'

Inside Edge is our cricket business series with co-host Mike Jakeman. Today's guest is Venkat Ananth on the money circling the IPL franchises. Check out Venkat's newsletter and blog, State of Play.  This episode of the Unofficial Partner podcast is brought to you by Sid Lee Sport. Sid Lee Sport is …

The Game's Afoot

This week, Nick Enfield explores the benefits of playing games - whether or not you keep score; and Mike Jakeman on how the football World Cup has got bigger and bigger. 'The Score: How to stop playing someone else's game', by C Thi Nguyen 'World Cup Fever: A footballing journey in nine tournaments…

UP535 Inside Edge - T20's Product-Market fit is 'the biggest delta in global sport'

What T20 Cricket Teaches Every Sport About The Race For The Global Fan. Mike Jakeman joins Richard for Inside Edge, the business of cricket series.  Guests:  Finn Bradshaw, Head of Digital, ICC Edward Fitzgibbon, Managing Director, NYZ Consulting. Twenty20 cricket is one of the great product innova…

UP550 Inside Edge: IPL Auctions and the Financialization of Everything

Richard Gillis, Mike Jakeman and invited guests dissect the business of cricket. The IPL auction has become one of the most watched events in world cricket — part financial instrument, part entertainment spectacle. This episode gets under the bonnet: how it actually works, what it means for players…