Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.

This week, Mark and Hector are joined by the editor of The Cricketer Magazine, Huw Turbervill. Having previously spent 15 years at The Telegraph, Huw joined The Cricketer in 2015 and has been producing the monthly magazine for four years now.

Huw takes us through his career in print journalism, discusses how sports media has developed alongside social media and AI, and offers his overall assessment of the industry's strength.

He also discusses England's dismal Ashes performances in the first two Tests and how the English media might show restraint when covering their team on difficult trips away from home.

Also on the episode, Hector gives his live reaction to the IPL auction, whilst struggling to convert Cr to GBP, much to Churchy's dismay.

Mark Church's sermon is all about 'The Big Fella', and with less than a week to go until the big day, it hits the mark once more.

A huge thank you to Huw Turbervill for joining us in the commentary box at the Kia Oval for this week's episode - we wish him luck when he takes to the middle for the Beddington fives next summer.

Another big thank you goes to our friends at Newbery Cricket, who are offering up a brand new cricket bat for the lucky winner of our weekly competition, and as always to Surrey County Cricket Club for allowing us to record at the Kia Oval.

You can check out the premium equipment that Newbery has to offer here: https://newbery.co.uk/

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