Vipers Voices
This is the home of The Desert Vipers, the Twenty20 franchise side competing in the ILT20, the shortform tournament in the United Arab Emirates with its fourth edition in December 2025 and January 2026. For exclusive interviews and insight from the Desert Vipers camp, this is the place to be. This is Vipers Voices...
Episodes
136 episodes
James Foster part 1 - Looking back & looking ahead
In this episode, we have the first of a two-part chat with Vipers head coach James Foster. In part two we get James’s take on the personnel already retained and signed by the franchise for season four, that gets underway at t...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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22:36
ILT20 Development Tournament wrap-up with Jack Luffman
This time we wrap up the ILT20 Development Tournament in company with Head Coach Jack Luffman after the Desert Vipers Development Team fell to an agonising four-run loss in the final to the Sharjah Warriors at the ICC Academy on Wednesday eveni...
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14:31
ILT20 Development Tournament update with Tanish Suri and Khuzaima bin Tanveer
With the ILT20 Development Tournament in full swing, we caught up with fast bowler Khuzaima bin Tanveer and wicketkeeper-batter Tanish Suri (pictured in the thumbnail for this episode), two players who are part of the Desert Vipers squad in tha...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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13:58
Previewing the Development Tournament and more with Ali Nasser, Tanish Suri and Nilansh Keswani
Coming up we hear from wicketkeeper-batter Tanish Suri, all-rounder Ali Naseer and left-arm spinner Nilansh Keswani, with the trio set to feature for the Vipers’ Development team at the ICC Academy. All six DP World ILT20 fra...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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18:21
Jack Luffman on the Vipers at the ILT20 Development Tournament
As the summer heat starts to fade in the UAE, it’s time to focus on on-field action again and specifically the ILT20 Development Tournament. It’s a tournament for UAE players to put themselves in the shop window for the DP Wo...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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24:25
Tom Moody - the march to season four begins!
We’re back ahead of season four, which gets underway on December the 2nd 2025, an earlier start than the three previous editions, which all took place in January and February. And in this episode that marks the start of the b...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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33:16
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Season wrap-up part two: Director of Cricket Tom Moody
This is the final episode for season three and in it we speak with Vipers Director of Cricket Tom Moody as part of our wrap-up of the campaign. It’s part two of that wrap, following on from our chat with Chief Executive Officer Phil Oliver....
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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31:30
Season wrap-up part one: CEO Phil Oliver
This episode is part one of a two-part wrap-up of the season. In part two we’ll chat with Director of Cricket Tom Moody, but this time we catch up with Vipers CEO Phil Oliver to paint the big picture for us on where the franchise is at after bo...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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34:05
Sam Curran, James Foster and Max Holden on Final heartache for the Vipers
In this episode we reflect on heartbreak for the Vipers as the side has lost the final of the DP World ILT20 to the Dubai Capitals. In a thrilling match, the Vipers posted 189 for five after being put into bat and then reduce...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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15:55
Captain Lockie Ferguson previews the final!
In this episode we preview the final of the tournament in the company of captain Lockie Ferguson with the Vipers preparing to face the Dubai Capitals at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday night, the 9th of February. Sa...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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19:56
Mohammad Amir, Max Holden and Alex Hales on victory over Sharjah Warriorz and a place in the final!
In this episode we can reflect upon a fantastic win for the team – a seven-wicket success against the Sharjah Warriorz in Qualifier 2 that means the Vipers have booked a place in the final of the tournament, against the Dubai Capitals.&n...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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19:06
Coaches Simon Helmot and Carl Crowe, and UAE women's captain Esha Oza
This is an episode with a difference. The day after the team’s last-ball defeat to the Dubai Capitals in the Qualifier, two of the coaches, bowling coach Carl Crowe and fielding coach Simon Helmot, meet up with eight players involved with the U...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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15:53
James Foster and David Payne on last-ball heartbreak in the Qualifier against the Dubai Capitals
This episode comes off the back of a heartbreaking loss to the Dubai Capitals in the Qualifier with the Capitals winning by five wickets off the very last ball to secure a spot in Sunday’s final. For the Vipers it means that ...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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17:22
Tom Moody and Lockie Ferguson on defeat to the Dubai Capitals and the play-offs to come!
It’s the end of the league stage of the tournament and the Vipers have finished top of the six-team table with seven wins from 10 matches. But the regular season has ended with a whimper rather than a bang as the team went down to a nine-wicket...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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17:11
Head Coach James Foster ahead of the Dubai Capitals and the play-offs!
In this episode we speak with Head Coach James Foster to preview the final league match of the campaign against the Dubai Capitals, in Sharjah on Monday evening, the 3rd of February.The Vipers are already assured of top spot i...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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14:43
Luke Wood on coming back, boundary catches, Dubai Capitals and the play-offs to come!
In this episode we begin the build-up to the Vipers’ final match of the regular season, a meeting with the Dubai Capitals at the Sharjah Stadium on Monday the 3rd of February – and we do that in the company of left-arm fast bowler Luke Wood.&nb...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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13:16
Max Holden and Wanindu Hasaranga on victory over the Gulf Giants that seals a top-two finish!
It’s happy days for the Vipers as not only have the team returned to winning ways with a five-wicket win over the Gulf Giants in Dubai, but in doing so they’ve confirmed their spot in the top two of the league stage and so guaranteed they have ...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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17:38
Carl Crowe on defeat to MI Emirates and Tom Moody on Hasaranga the great!
This time we’re looking back on a night to forget for the Vipers as the side slipped to a 154-run defeat at the hands of MI Emirates in Abu Dhabi.It was the second-heaviest loss in the history of the tournament, eclipsed only by the Vip...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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17:51
Sam Curran and Khuzaima bin Tanveer after victory over the Sharjah Warriorz
We’re reflecting on a sixth win in seven matches for the Vipers as the side secured back-to-back wins against the Sharjah Warriorz.After a ten-wicket win in Dubai, this time it was an eight wicket win with 31 balls to spare.We h...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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13:44
James Foster on Sherfane Rutherford and Wanindu Hasaranga being named in ICC ODI Team of the Year
This is a special episode because we’re joined by head coach James Foster to celebrate the inclusion of two Vipers players – batter Sherfane Rutherford and spin-bowling all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga – in the ICC Men’s One-Day International Team...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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16:58
Behind the scenes with Vipers kit manufacturer PALMFIT
This is an episode with a difference as we hear from Hanish Bhatt, the owner of PALMFIT, the company that produces the Vipers’ clothing.That might sound like a very dry topic but it’s anything but as Hanish’s company makes the kit used ...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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13:25
Fakhar Zaman, James Foster and Mohammad Amir on a record-breaking win versus Sharjah Warriorz
This time we’re looking back on history as the Vipers secured the first-ever 10-wicket win in the history of the tournament, beating the Sharjah Warriorz at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday night.We hear from opening batter ...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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20:43
Tom Moody on the Vipers' first loss of the campaign, against Dubai Capitals
This time we’re reflecting on the Vipers’ first disappointing day of this year’s tournament as the side went down to a six-wicket loss to the Dubai Capitals at the Dubai International Stadium on Monday night.It was a loss that followed ...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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12:54
Nathan Sowter, Alex Hales and CEO Phil Oliver on the Sustainability Match win versus ADKRs
Although it’s still early days in the tournament, things keep getting better and better for the Vipers as the side made it four wins from four against the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders and we reflect on that victory in this episode.It was a c...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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19:22
Tom Moody, Lockie Ferguson and Fakhar Zaman on the win versus MI Emirates
It’s three games and three wins for the Vipers after an excellent five wicket success against the defending champions, MI Emirates, under the Ring of Fire lights at the Dubai International Stadium, a victory achieved with five balls to spare.
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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