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Hello and welcome everyone to another episode, in which we look back at the two tests across the Tasman Sea, the WI-NZ test match and the 2nd Ashes test match.

I am joined by the usual triumvirate of Sandeep, Ajit and Shounak and we discuss how well Windies managed to save the game, albeit NZ were a couple of players short in the 4th innings. And then we absolutely thrash the lame excuses Eng has made after this loss, look at how they have continued to perpetuate their weaknesses when Australia...

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Hello and welcome everyone to another episode of The Cricket Slouch.

In today’s episode we shall try and dissect the heavy thrashings suffered by England and India in their respective test matches, and to help unpack the pain and trauma, I am joined by Sandeep and Shounak.

We try to make sense of what happened in the blink of an eye at Perth, and then the shock of India's abject capitulation vs South Africa at Guwahati en route to another series loss at home within 13 months.

Finally we celebrate the 100-test career of Mushfiqur Rahim and what a magnificent ser...

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Hello and welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch.

In this episode we discuss the unexpected SA win over India in the first test, on a pitch that was tailored to guarantee a win for India, take note of Gill's injury and what could have been if he had played, and look at the performances of Bumrah, Kuldeep, Axar, Jaiswal, KL, Sundar, Harmer, Jansen, and Bavuma.

We couldn't help but compare Jaiswal to Crawley, take a detour into F1 to highlight how minimising mistakes is crucial to becoming...

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Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch, where I am joined by Sandeep and Lea, who is one of the keenest observers of the game I have come across in recent years.

In this episode, we do a little preview of the upcoming Ashes series and the India vs South Africa series, before taking a look at the ongoing Ireland vs Bangladesh test match.

Somehow along the discussion, we digress a bit to talk about Ricky Ponting's wines and the emerging cricket scene in Japan.

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In today's episode Shounak, Ajit and SP unpack India's twin wins in the Women's ODI WC semifinal and final.

We discuss a few individual performers, team issues and improvement, role of backroom staff. and the improvements in both South African and Indian teams. We give credit to Amol Mazumdar and the coaching staff and Neetu David and her selection team.

Among other things, there is the usual ICC and BCCI bashing and we cover a story within Zimbabwe cricket about Sean Williams.

Enjoy the discussion.

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Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch with Sandeep, Shounak and Ajit.

The guys talk about the India-WI series, the SA-Pak test match, a round up on the Women’s ODI World Cup matches the goings on in the Asia-Pacific T20 WC qualifying spots with Ross Taylor playing for Samoa and Japan taking a few strides towards improving their rankings.

A deep dive into the Indian selection then leads way to what have Windies got to take away from this series given that their current crop of batters av...

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Hello and welcome everyone to The Cricket Slouch, a podcast where we are always critical about something in the face of some wonderful cricket.

In this episode Sandeep, Shounak and Ajit enlighten us with their take on the final test of the TAT (Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy) and live through the dramatic 57 minutes on the morning of final day of the final test at the Oval !

They also provide insights into how we have already forgotten Rohit and Kohli, and rue the continued non-selection of Kuldeep. The chat moves on to "wher...

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Hello and welcome everyone to The Cricket Slouch, a podcast where even though narrative rules, the numbers in context cannot be ignored.

In this episode we will cover the 3rd test between England and India, and the 3rd test between Australia and West Indies. We talk about the efforts of Jadeja and Rahul, Green and Greaves, Seales and the Josephs, but more than that those of Stokes, Starc and Scotty Boland, India's continued woes with catching, why we can't let bye-gones be gone, and why Sundar might be the new Duckett.<...

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Hello and welcome to yet another episode of The Cricket Slouch.

 Shounak joins S.P in this episode in the absence of Sandeep and Ajit.

In this episode we look beyond the copious runs scored by India, England, South Africa, celebrating batting feats by Gill, Smith and the record that could have been Mulder's.

We look back upon India's dominating win, Akash Deep's bowling, England's tactic backfiring and the predictability of Windies batting.

We talk potential changes to the England and India teams for the Lo...

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Hello and welcome to yet another episode of The Cricket Slouch.

In this episode we talk about England's win over India, Australia's win over Windies, Sri Lanka's over Bangladesh and also touch base on the match in progress between South Africa and Zimbabwe.

We discuss noteworthy performances, applaud Zimbabwe for scheduling 11 tests this year for themselves, talk of Windies batting woes, and Bangladesh's mercurial performances. This is in addition to what India need to improve on if they are to win the 2nd test vs England.

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Just as is with London buses or trains, there isn't one for a long time and then two come along in quick succession, so also with our podcast it seems !

In this episode, we do a little preview of the upcoming England-India test series, and for the banter I am joined by my regular buddies, Sandeep, Ajit and Shounak.

We talk potential playing XIs, England's formidable batting approach, India's bowling deficit, Gill as captain, likely playing conditions at Leeds for the first test, and general jibes at the usual susp...

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Hello all, welcome to Season 4 of The Cricket Slouch and what a way to start it with a discussion on the recently concluded World Test Championship final. Congratulations to South Africa for having won it and for finally being able to get that monkey off their back and beating a fancied Australia after being on the backfoot for 3 whole days !

And to deconstruct this astonishing win, I am joined by my regular buddies, Sandeep, Ajit and Shounak.

We discuss the ebbs and flows of the match, Markram's astonishing innings...

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Hello and welcome to the The Cricket Slouch, a podcast for fans of all persuasions.

We apologise for the long hiatus since the last episode at the conclusion of the BGT and today, we bring you our 3rd anniversary episode where in I am joined by my usual buddies Sandeep,  Ajit and Shounak to talk about a range of topics.

Some of these are -

1) Consolidation of power among the Big Three in the ICC via the likely proposal of two tier test cricket calendar.

2) S...

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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 like...

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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 match heading to a dr...

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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's retirement and poke fun...

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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, couple of controversial incidents...

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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 for the Adelaide Test.

Towards the end we tal...

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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 towards...

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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 of the young brigade and the slow fading...

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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 Gwalior

Article 2 - Interview with Mr...

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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 will it...

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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...

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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 internationally as well as attempts that are being...

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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 the political and moral virtue signalling...

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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 !

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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 approach of the team, on...

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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 an Announcer at the...

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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 analyst, the support staff , the cult...

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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 and England to the doldrums of the 90s...

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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 due credit to the Selectors and the Coaching staff of the team. 

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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

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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 Japanese Willow !

We also talk about their upcoming assignments starting with the ACC...

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In this episode Shounak and I capture the joy and the emotions following West Indies magnificent win at The Gabba and what this could mean for the team and the players. Will ths herald the rejuvenation of West Indian Cricket or will this be another false dawn that follows a typical pattern that we have seen in the past. 

We then talk about the difficulties they have had with resources, broadcasting, the financial support for the team and the wider ramifications of this win. 

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Greetings to all listeners.

In today's episode, I sit down with Shounak , from Emerging Cricket website, and talk about the rise and growth of cricket in the African region, with special emphasis on its development in Nigeria. We also touch on its decline in Kenya, which is a tragedy in its own right. 

Shounak's interview with the Nigerian Cricket Federation president can be found HERE !

A huge thank you to all the listeners for helping The Cricket Slouch cross 3000 unique downloads and for your continued support and pa...

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Welcome to 2024 dear listeners !

The Cricket Slouch podcast hosts Sandeep (@sportsfan3791) and Hamza in this episode for a round of commiserrations and to explore what are the barriers to India winning a series in SA and Pakistan winning one in Australia.. or even at home for that matter, ha !

And in our usual meandering way, we go on and talk about the politics of cricket, Boards, preparation, financial incentives, individual responsbilities, and finally bow out with a dig at England and their excuses when they lose. 

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As we approach the end of the league phases of the CWC 23, and head into the knock out phase, Sandeep suggested we talk about memorable knock out matches from the ODI World Cups of the past.

And to do just that, Sandeep and I are joined by other regular contributors Ajit, of Armchair Cricket and Guerilla Cricket fame, and Shounak, a regular contributor at Emerging Cricket website.

Matches discussed -

4:10 - India vs England 1987 WC semi final 

18:25 - Pakistan vs New Zealand 1992 WC semi final Duration: 02:02:01

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This one is a bit Anglo-Australian in its theme and focuses more on the fortunes of the Australian and English teams in the World Cup, and for that very purpose I have roped in James and Damien to share their views on the teams’ progress thus far in the tournament.

We also talk about the Angelo Matthews' dismissal, Maxwell's golfing accident, Warner's choice of shaving kit, Afghanistan's performances, Pakistan's chances of making it to the semis, and a re-prediction of the semi finalist spots.

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Welcome to week 4 of the WC 2023, or the Ten Team Tournament, where I and Shounak recap the main events and close finishes of the past week, India's strong performances, Australia's upturn, England's downturn, Bangladesh's disappointing show and heartwarming performances by Afg and Netherlands. 

Shounak - @Shounak_WA

The Cricket Slouch - @Cricketing_Conv

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In this episode I am joined by Sandeep, Hamza and Ajit for a quick recap of the India-Pakistan match and other interesting results from the 2nd week of the tournament so far, and give our prediction for the Ind-NZ , and Pak-Afg match.

We also talk about Netherlands' surprising show against SA, and England's disappointing one thus far. 

The Cricket Slouch - @Cricketing_Conv

Sandeep - @Sportsfan3791

Ajit - @ArmchairCricPod

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Welcome to another edition of The Cricket Slouch.

Why do we need to talk about ODIs ?

In today’s episode Shounak, Sandeep and I talk about the recent comments made by Mark Nicholas on the decline of the ODIs and that perhaps we should stop playing ODIs altogether, other than the World Cup.

We look at this from the view of a common cricket fan, like us, and try and parse that statement down from various angles and contemplate on the reason for this, as well as co...

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Hello and welcome to all our dear listeners..

This is the last in a 3-part series previewing the teams participating in the ten team tournament, also known as the ICC cricket world cup 2023.

Eng and Australia were the last remaining teams which we had not covered earlier, and to help even that out I have James and Damien with me to share their thoughts on matters related to the squad selection and chances of each team. Damien, however is only available via text rather than speech, what a shame...  Duration: 01:07:45

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Greetings everyone.

After starting the Ten Team Tournament preview with India-Pak the last time round, and with next one planned for Aus-Eng, this has become the Meat-in-the-Sandwich episode, and it is a big chunk of meat too as we discuss the squads put forward by New Zealand, South Africa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Afghanistan. 

We talk using food metaphors, sarcasm, fond nostalgia, play on words, and end with the meaning of Shardul, who is cricket's Rajnikanth.

The article by Aryan Surana re: factors affecting swing at P...

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Greetings and welcome to all listeners to the Cricket Slouch podcast.

Today we will touch upon some of the salient events of the past 6 weeks, such as the series wins by Sri Lanka and Pakistan womens teams over England and South Africa respectively, Heath Streak’s passing, and the Indo-Pak section of the ongoing Asia Cup and then discuss India and Pakistan’s WC squads.

Today I am joined by Sandeep, as usual, and we have a debutant, named Hamza.

Twitter handles are as below -

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This episode focuses on the 3rd Ashes test post-mortem.

We talk about Mitch Marsh's return, Stokes heroics, Wood's and Woakes' contributions, Murhpy's baptism, Bairstow's and Warner's poor form, poor cricket tactics from Australia, and possible selection dilemmas and expectations for the 4th test match. 

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This episode was recorded before the final match of the CWC Qualifier final between SL and Netherlands, which is a mere formality to decide which team ends in which group for the Ten Team Tournament.

It has been a fascinating competition thus far over the past 3 weeks with more than a tournament’s fair share of highs, lows, heartbreaks and feel-good stories.

To help talk about this further and share their joy over the developments, I have Shounak, who is an Emerging Cricket correspondent, and Ajith from the Armchair Cr...

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In this episode, we do a preview of the India-West Indies series.

We talk team squads, the arbitrary science of selection, player fitness, Indian bench strength, squad development for the next major tournament, nostalgia about the Windies, press box gossip and the very high probability of India winning comfortably.

To discuss this, we are joined by a new guest, Rahul Patil, who wears many hats. He is based out of NZ and writes for the Cook Islands news outlet as well as Sportsfreak, a NZ based sports website. He...

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Welcome to the review episode for the 2nd Ashes test, where i am joined by James and Damien, my Ashes regulars now.

In this one, we talk about the cricket and non-cricket drama from the second test of the men's Ashes series. We brush on politics, the loss of Windies from the WC 2023, Border's recent diagnosis, and our expectations from the next match.

Long may the shenanigans continue !

The Cricket Slouch is on Twitter @cricketing_conv

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In this episode, I am joined by Sandeep and Shounak, returning collaborators to talk about the ongoing CWC Qualifiers, the pathway to WC qualification, which team has impressed and who hasnt, our usual ICC bashing, and talk of potential things that can be done to market the game better. 

TCS can be found on twitter @cricketing_conv

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In this episode, I am joined by Damien to discuss the first Ashes test, Ricky Ponting's wine, Broad's likely record for most 6 sixes in an Ashes career, England's ageing side, and a likely Aussie win.

Twitter interactions on @Cricketing_Conv

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In today's episode, Sandeep and I are joined by Damien, our long awaited Australian contributor. We talk about the WTC final thus far and parse the Indian and Australian performance over the first 4 days and discuss the possibility for the final day. 

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The first episode of Season 2 !

In this one, i sit down with Sandeep, and Ajith from the Armchair Cricket Podcast, to preview the WTC Final between India and Australia, a bit prematurely but wanted to get this done while everyone else is focussed on the IPL final four. 

Ajith can be found tweeting using the id @ArmchairCricPod

We are at @Cricketing_Conv as usual. 

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Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch and this is the one-year anniversary episode. As we began the podcast on Sachin’s birthday with an episode dedicated to his Desert Storm innings , we will celebrate the anniversary with something related to the great player. 

And to lend credibility to this episode, I have a very special guest appearance, a cricket and Sachin fan known to quite a few people across the cricketverse and its various message boards, the one and Only Vijay Arumugam. 

Vijay can be found expressing his...

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In this episode, I am joined in this episode by Shounak, a regular on this podcast, and along with us is our special guest, Amol Karhadkar, assistant senior editor with The Hindu.

Our topic of discussion today is journalism in cricket, and both Amol and Shounak will provide personal insights based on their experience. We talk about the changes seen in the digital age, the difficulty of access to players and teams, the rise of social media snippets, news aggregators, click-baits, and the potential role that AI may play in the...

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In this episode we have a special guest who has joined us all the way from the land of the rising sun, the samurais, the sakuras, the anime, manga, ramen, Takoyaki, etc. 

Today we have Alan Curr, Head of Operations at Japan Cricket Association, here to talk to us about the state of the game in Japan, the hard work that his team and players have done to spread the game, build a domestic structure and compete strongly in the east asia pacific region. 

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After a gap of almost a month, Sandeep, Shounak and I catch up to recap some of the main cricketing events, results, talking points and anecdotes over the last month. 

We also give a shout out to a recent episode of The Red Inker by @ajarrodkimber where he talks about the origins of 'The Mankad' dismissal and I would highly recommend listening to this episode. 

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A preview of the India-Australia series with Bhavin.

We talk about the likely team compositions, playing XIs, venues, pitches, missed selections and a likely outcome of the series. It appears that our curse has struck again and Hazlewood was pronounced injured soon after this podcast was recorded.. ouch.. 

Our twitter handle is @Cricketing_Conv

Credit to Noman and Umangi for the podcast artwork.

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Today I am joined by our regular collaborator James, and our esteemed guest Dan Weston.

In this episode we talk about England’s rise from (since) the Ashes in tests, and their superior performances in white ball cricket that has led them to hold two WC concurrently.

We also talk about the upcoming series against NZ, the Ashes obviously, and where does Eng cricket go from here, esp with the rise of their stock in various white ball leagues.

So sit back and relax and enjoy the co...

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In this episode, Sandeep, Shounak, Ajith and I talk about the aspects of the sport that frustrate and annoy us the most, about why cricket sucks as a sport, especially to someone new to it.

This one is about how cricket can become more standardised in its implementation of the laws and regulations and just do away with silly things like "fair play" codes.

We also touch up a bit on the recent international series and the u-19 womens T20 World Cup briefly, and coin a new word "Mankwin" !<...

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Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch and this is SP, your usual host.

Today I am joined by my recurring collaborators, Shounak and Sandeep, and we pay our respects to a few cricket personalities that left us last year and also look forward to what we most look forward to in 2023 from a cricketing perspective.

Similar to the last episode, we have a book mentioned today, and that is called -

The Unforgiven, Mercenaries or Missionaries – by Ashley Gray. It is available in hardcover and as...

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I talk to Sandeep about his memories, anecdotes, and his recollections and views on the ODI trends that emerged during the 1987 World Cup. 
Turns out skipping classes and smuggling transistors into school is one way to get noticed and be the cool guy on campus !

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Today we talk to Pramod Gandhi, who is a dentist by profession and has stayed active playing cricket at even at the young age of 43, hustling the youngsters with his accurate bowling, and balancing responsibilities of being a dedicated professional as well as a loving father and husband. He doesn't have time for social media or the IPL.

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Reminiscing about Sachin's Desert Storm twin innings and what makes them special even after all these years.