The Offspin
The Spinoff's Cricket World Cup podcast.

The 10 matches that defined the decade for the Black Caps
Simon Day and Alex Braae – co-hosts of The Offspin podcast – look back at the ten-year evolution of the Black Caps.
The Spinoff's Cricket World Cup podcast.
Simon Day and Alex Braae – co-hosts of The Offspin podcast – look back at the ten-year evolution of the Black Caps.
The Offspin podcast tries to make sense of the greatest cricket game of all time, and not seeing the Black Caps win it.
We dare to believe in a Black Caps World Cup victory.
Simon Day and Alex Braae go absolutely berserk over the semi-final win that put the Black Caps into the Cricket World Cup final.
In the latest episode of The Offspin, cricketer, commentator, activist and aspiring local board rep Peter McGlashan joins the show.
On this episode of The Offspin, legendary all-rounder Dion Nash joins the show after a Black Caps performance that felt like a throwback to New Zealand cricket's dark days of teal.
We're joined by writer, musician and cricket tragic Samuel Flynn Scott, to process the utterly insipid Black Caps loss against Australia.
We're joined by writer and broadcaster Ali Ikram, and his dad Hamid Ikram, to discuss their role in Pakistan's success at the 1992 Cricket World Cup and their team's potential in 2019.
Simon Day takes a walk around Eden Park with one of the most unlikely legends of New Zealand sporting history.
In this bonus episode of The Offspin podcast, Labour's Kieran McAnulty and National's Chris Bishop join the show to talk about the Parliamentary World Cup, and attempt to prove their cricket fanatic credentials.
How good is cricket? Not very good if you're on the wrong side of it.
In episode eight of The Offspin, we pour one out for the shattered dreams of the Rainbow Nation.
In episode seven of The Offspin, with more bad weather in England and not a lot of cricket being played, we took the opportunity to reminisce on our personal journeys in the sport.
White Ferns superstar Suzie Bates joins The Offspin to discuss the growth of the women's game, pay inequality, and provide her expert tips for the Black Caps on English playing conditions.
In this episode The Offspin is joined by Basir Safi and Ismail Wardak, two passionate Kiwi-Afghani cricket lovers.
In a special edition of The Offspin, Mohammad Isam, ESPN Cricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent, spoke to the podcast about his experience of the Christchurch terror attack, and the effect had on him and the team.
The Black Caps are two from two at the top of the Cricket World Cup table.
In the second episode of The Offspin esteemed uniform ranker Calum Henderson joins the podcast to discuss the Black Caps comprehensive victory over Sri Lanka, uniform fashion trends and Simon Doull's glorious goatee from 1999.
The first ball in the 2019 Cricket World Cup is about to be bowled and to celebrate we've launched a new podcast, The Offspin, where our resident cricket tragics (in the truest sense of the concept) fill the hole of not being in England with the sound of banter.