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A fun cricket podcast by a group of friends, who worship at the altar of the 22-yard strip bookended by 3 sticks. We love to talk cricket, have a laugh, include new people, express some polarising opinions (perhaps) and hope to help spread the word of the sport to far reaching corners. We try to keep it as kosher as we can, but there may be a few expletives every now and then. Huge thanks to Noman W and Umangi H for the brilliant podcast cover art. Tune composed using Garage Band and limited imagination.
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Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch.Sandeep once again hosts this week's episode and he is joined by the regular duo of Shounak and Ajit to discuss the series finale of the BGT at Sydney, a test match that was done within 3 days on a spicy deck. A lot of What If's plague the fans and management alike, but there are bigger questions to be asked, and answered here.Such as the fate of seniors like Rohit, Kohli, Jadeja and Rahul, what the spin dept will look ...
Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. Sandeep hosts this week's episode and he has captained the team much better than Rohit in recent times. He is joined by the regular duo of Shounak and Ajit to discuss the fantastic test match that we have witnessed at the MCG where fortunes fluctuated and wobbled more than a Pat Cummins' wobble ball ! We talk about the dramatic finish in the last hour of the game, how Australia forced a victory in what appeared to be a ma...
Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch, and I am joined by Sandeep and Shounak to discuss the drawn Third test at the Gabba in this BGT series. We talk about India's repeated first innings failure, sub-par bowling being a problem where Bumrah has to do the salvage job over and over again, Rohit's under-par captaincy, and perhaps a wrong call at the toss, Head being India's latest bogeyman and why Hazelwood's injury might not actually benefit India at Melbourne. We also lament Ashwin...
Hello and welcome every one to another episode of The Cricket Slouch, a podcast where opinions are dime a dozen and stats are secondary. Today I am joined by regular collaborators Sandeep, Shounak and Ajit. After the dizzying high of the win at Perth, the Indian team has seemingly hit a trough again at Adelaide, the venue of their ignominious 36 all out in the last tour. We talk about the batting failure, lessons not learnt from the past, Australian bowlers being superior in this match, coupl...
Hello and welcome everyone to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. I am joined by Shounak for this episode, in which we talk about India’s unexpected and astonishing win at Perth and going 1-0 ahead in the 5-match BGT series and the major talking points from the match including both sides’ bowling, India’s top order finally playing the way they were expected to, Bumrah’s magic, NKR’s promising talent, a couple of controversial issues from the match, and finally discussing potential changes ...
Hello all, The Cricket Slouch podcast is back with a broad post-mortem review of New Zealand's historical whitewash over India in India. I am joined by Shounak and Aryan in dissecting what NZ did well and where India fell behind in this series and wondering what may have been if certain events had panned out differently. Whilst NZ did the basics well, this series loss was a perfect storm of things going wrong for the Indian side and we ponder whether this side is now ready to transition towar...
Sandeep and I are joined by Rahul Patil from Sportsfreak to talk about two of New Zealand's major cricketing achievements in the modern era - namely the women's T20 World Cup win and the men's test win in India. Although this was meant to be a NZ-centric discussion, it quickly meandered into familiar Indo-centric territory. We talk about the toss, the tactics, the batting collapse for the ages, NZ's sharp bowling and fielding, Sarfaraz's innings, Ashwin and Jadeja's declining fortunes, rise o...
In this episode Sandeep and I are joined by Aryan Surana, who writes features and match reviews over at Guerilla Cricket, to talk about the return of cricket to Gwalior, the Ind-Bangla series, the potency of the Indian test attack and other notable points. We also pay our respects to the late Ratan Tata, may he rest in peace. Aryan's two recent articles on cricket in Gwalior can be found here -Article 1 - general return of cricket to GwaliorArticle 2 - Interview with Mr Scindia
Greetings and welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch ! Today we have Estelle Vasudevan on board again and this time we talk about the upcoming women's T20 World Cup and go through the different squads whilst narrowing down on the final four and eventual prediction for a winner. The women's game has grown in leaps and bounds and the quality now is much better than what it was 10 years ago and there are no easy games expected in the upcoming tournament. Will Australia win again, or w...
Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. Today I am joined by Sandeep and Estelle Vasudevan to talk about Sri Lanka's recent test win against England at The Oval and whether this win has enabled Sri Lanka to save test cricket or not, their chances of possibly winning the series this time, and what does the future look like for the men's team. We also talk about their leading players in a bit of depth and whether Angelo Matthews can be timed retired by the selectors and where the bure...
Hello and Greetings everyone and welcome back to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. Today’s episode is going to focus on the East Asia Pacific T20 Regional sub-qualifiers A, and even more specifically on the Cook Islands team and their performance and their heartbreak at the tournament. I am joined by Rahul Patil for this episode as he discusses the team’s performance, heart break at the last game, cricket in general in the Cook Islands, their recent progress domestically and inter...
Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. I am joined today by Sandeep and Shounak to discuss India's amazing win over South Africa in the T20 World Cup final and talk about the highlights of that match - Kohli's innings, Bumrah's bowling, Arshdeep's and Pandya's contributions and that catch by SKY among other things. We also talk about the tournament as a whole, its success, and then segue into talking about Afghanistan and whether they have done enough to overcome th...
Hello all listeners, Please join us for an absolute laugh riot recapping and reflecting upon the first week of the T20 Cricket World Cup, that has been a real hoot and full of interesting action and unforeseen results ! I am joined by Sandeep and Shounak, both of whom are regular collaborators. We talk about the important moments in the first week, individual and team performances, light ICC bashing, some hilarious takes on a few scenarios and our expectations of the imminent Ind-Pak game !...
Hello everyone. In this episode, I am joined by a new guest, Aryan Surana, who writes regularly for Guerrilla Cricket’s website, and occasionally tweets. He had also started Cricket Beyond Borders, a podcast that has sadly gone MIA for a while now. We talk about the Indian squad in some depth and Aryan shares his views and observations about the players from the recent IPL, as well as talking about the most likely combination for the playing XI, the role of the spinners, and most likely appro...
In this episode, I sit down with Shounak and Nate Hays to discuss the upcoming Cricket T20 World Cup from an American perspective. We talk about Nate's foray into cricketing fandom, the Big Innings podcast and his venture with Jomboy, the Ball in Play League.We fawn over USA's first ever series win over Bangladesh and then move on to discuss the various venues for the World Cup, some politics, fan expectations, chances of the USA team, rivalry with Canada, and Nate's involvement in the WC as ...
Welcome to the 1st episode of Season 3. Today we have a slightly different topic of conversation, one that took roots a while ago when Dan Weston and I started contemplating this discussion. Dan Weston has previously worked with Kings XI Punjab, Leicester and B’ham Phoenix, and comes with a noted reputation in cricket as a highly valued analyst and strategist. Today he talks about what goes into the making of a champion team - the building blocks of the team, the players, the ana...
Welcome everyone to the Seond Anniversary of The Cricket Slouch. As per tradition, we have done a special episode while the IPL is in full swing, and this time we talk about the important milestones - players, events, administrators - in the evolution of Indian Cricket over the past 5 decades, which was a conscious decision for the sake of brevity. Sandeep, Ajit and Rahul share their valuable input, views and insights towards this discussion that spans India's first win in the Windies a...
Apologies for the delay in pushing this out due to availability of the speakers, but we finally get round to having a detailed discussion about the performance of the Indian cricket team in the recent India-England test series. Ajit, Shounak and Sandeep give their views and share their observations in this episode. We talk about the name of the series, individual performances if most players, strategies seen, areas for improvement transition of the team, future prospects, DRS and give d...
In this episode, I talk to Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake about their record breaking feat and what it is like to be world record holders, to have that spotlight on you, and what this means to the upcoming generation of players in Japan.They also discuss various opponents, budding rivalries, the difference in playing International cricket and Grade Cricket, and future aspirations for the Japan national team. JCL matches are streamed live on their YouTube channel
In this episode, I sit with Alan Curr, Head of Operations at Japan Cricket Association and talk about the rise of Cricket there in the past 12 months, astonishing batting feats in the domestic leagues, their emerging talent, Charlie Hinze, improved fan and social engagement, developing strategic partnerships with MKI and Mizuno, and what the Olympics inclusion means for cricket there, and whether there is a possibility of Japanese robots doing mundane administrative tasks and bats made out of...
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