Pakistan’s bizarre central contracts, New Zealand’s World Cup struggles & are Afghanistan declining?

On today's episode of The Scoop... 🏏

Former New Zealand cricketer Frankie Mackay assesses why the defending T20 champions are struggling in their trophy defence 🇳🇿

Ahmad Fidai informs us on the reasons behind Afghanistan's poor run of form across formats 🇦🇫

Behram Qazi explains the winners and losers in Pakistan's new player contracts 🇵🇰

Regina asks if Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is mature enough for international cricket 🇮🇳

Will shows us Chris Gayle's day out at Royal Ascot 🐎

Matt revisits his first memory of a Cricket World Cup Final.... back in 1999 🏆

00:00 Intro
01:00 New Zealand struggle in Women's T20 World Cup
06:23 Inside Scoop: Is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi mature enough?
11:23 Afghanistan's poor form explained
18:39 Social Media Scoop: Chris Gayle at Royal Ascot
21:27 Pakistan’s new central contracts
28:55 Flashback Friday: The 1999 Cricket World Cup Final
33:11 Outro

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