Beyond23 with Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke doesn’t hold back on Nic Maddinson’s selection, the batting order, and whether selectors could lose their jobs if Australia lose in South Africa. Monty Panesar and Shreevats Goswami join Pup to break down day one in Durban, Marnus Labuschagne’s technique, empty stands at Kingsmead and more.
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Chapters
00:00 Welcome & day one recap
01:00 Pup on the Maddinson selection
03:15 Shreevats: 250 and it’s game on
05:56 Monty: Australia’s ageing Test team
08:41 Two spinners at Kingsmead
10:25 Is Marnus copying Steve Smith?
12:21 Viewer question: are the selectors under pressure?
14:58 Who picks the batting order?
16:25 Empty stands: is Test cricket getting left behind?
23:08 Test players picked from nowhere
28:00 500-run games: “This is not cricket”
33:41 Who wants to be a bowler? Follow the IPL money
38:30 Australia A in India: the next generation
41:40 Punjab Kings coaching shake-up
43:42 Monty’s league update and AB de Villiers
45:59 Between Overs: the batter who couldn’t be found
51:50 Winners and wrap

Australia head to Durban for the first Test against South Africa with injuries piling up and a squad selection nobody saw coming. Michael Clarke is joined by Monty Panesar and Shreevats Goswami for Episode 3 of the new Beyond23 season.
Pup doesn't hold back on Nic Maddinson's recall after 18 months without first-class cricket, Pat Cummins keeping the door open for Mitch Marsh, and why Australia's batting, not their attack, is the worry. The panel also covers:
Cameron Green, Josh Inglis and Matt Renshaw injuries, and Sam Harper's case
Kagiso Rabada's fitness and South Africa's spin-to-win plan on a Durban drop-in pitch
Sandpapergate back in the headlines
India chasing 406 against the West Indies: is any ODI score safe anymore?
The best ODI opening partnership of all time
Pup on the 438 game in Johannesburg
Australia A v India A and who pushed their case
KP as England mentor and split red-ball/white-ball coaches
Under the Radar: Lhuan-dré Pretorius
Plus special guest Kunal Samant, viewer questions, Monty on the best coach he played under, and live updates from the India v Pakistan Asian Games final.
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Australia's spin crisis exposed in Durban. Can they fix it before Johannesburg?
Pup, Monty and Goswami on:
🏏 Why Australia keep failing against spin 🩹 Inglis out, and Cummins's workload 👑 Kohli and Rohit's last World Cup? "They'll be pumped, they'll be motivated." 💸 West Indies players facing a 25% pay cut⚡ The fastest bowler they ever faced 🇯🇵 India v Japan's five-over chaos
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Beyond23 is BACK, presented by TAB, and it's a whole new era. Michael Clarke returns for a fresh season, streaming live on YouTube every Saturday afternoon, with a truly global panel built for cricket lovers everywhere.
Each week, Pup is joined by England spin legend Monty Panesar in the UK and India's Shreevats Goswami — giving the show a genuine all-round-the-world feel across Australia, England, India and every game in between. It's live, it's interactive, and your comments and questions drive the conversation, so get involved.
In the season opener, the boys dig into Australia's monster 12 months ahead — starting with that shock loss to Bangladesh in Darwin — the question marks hanging over an ageing batting order, India's transition out of the Kohli–Rohit era, and whether world cricket has simply forgotten how to play spin. PLUS: England's Ashes preparation after the Stokes–McCullum reset, the chaos engulfing Pakistan cricket, Steve Smith's future — the Olympics, the Ashes, and where he bats — and Clarke's own story time from Mugabe-era Zimbabwe.

CHAPTERS0:00 New season, new vibe — meet the panel2:42 Promo-shoot injury horror stories7:15 Australia's 12 huge months + the Bangladesh disaster9:05 The batting question marks & an ageing squad11:38 India's transition out of the Kohli–Rohit era13:38 Why India stopped playing spin16:06 England's reset & a weak Pakistan series20:03 Are kids forgetting how to defend?21:45 Vaibhav Suryavanshi — the 15-year-old prodigy29:51 BBL in Chennai & the Australia–India ties32:18 Pakistan cricket in chaos39:22 Steve Smith: the Olympics, the Ashes & his future45:42 Travis Head's best batting spot47:38 Under the Radar: Nathan Ellis48:22 Cooper Connolly & the case for part-time spin52:13 England's spin problem before the Ashes56:17 Between Overs: Clarke's first ODI ton in Zimbabwe58:38 Monty's 2009 Cardiff Ashes champagne story1:00:47 Spartan cricket kit winner

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