The Future of Cricket - a podcast by BBC Radio 5 live

Steve Crossman is joined by West Indies World Cup winner Carlos Brathwaite and BBC Asian Network presenter and journalist Ankur Desai to examine what comes next for cricket in the wake of the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal.

They're joined by Cricket Wales board member Dr Samara Afzal and Dr Thomas Fletcher of Leeds Beckett University, who wrote a 2014 report into the inclusion of South Asian cricketers in the game.

And there's also a look at the grassroots perspective with co-founder of charity Platform Cricket Chris Willetts.

10:00 Interview with Dr Thomas Fletcher
29:30 Interview with Dr Samara Afzal
45:00 Look into the future of grassroots cricket.

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