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Send us Fan Mail 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 t...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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,...

Send us Fan Mail 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 p...

Send us Fan Mail 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 b...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Gwalio...

Send us Fan Mail 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 th...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 a...

Send us Fan Mail 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 performance...

Send us Fan Mail 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 w...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ab...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 th...

Send us Fan Mail 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 resou...

Send us Fan Mail 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 c...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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 shav...

Send us Fan Mail 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