BOLTS Cricket Podcast

This week, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of declaring American independence with almost half an XI of American cricket heavy hitters. Ananya from Yorker with Ananya, Amal from Sixes and States, and Adam from That’s Cricket join defending Podcast Champion Arjun from American Cricket Show and myself for what truly was the most consequential gathering of Americans since the 1787 Constitutional C...

My fellow Punjab Kings superfan Arjun from American Cricket Show and I got nice and turnt in order to chronicle the PBKS collapse to end all PBKS collapses. We wallowed in the many terrible aspects of this run including the dropped catches, the complete inability to defend the total, and the baffling exclusion of Harpreet Brar. We also discussed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's Ohtanian bat speed, the u...

We're back! This week on the pod we discuss the boring Super Bowl that was and the controversial Chargers offseason. We then of course moved on to discuss the early returns from the IPL! We debated the ridiculousness of the team name "Mumbai Indians", reminisced about some excellent IPL commercials, got a spicy text from 4-time MVP and next week's guest Shohei Ohtani, and of cour...

Defending Podcast Champion Marco returns to defend his title this week as we shake off an expected but frustrating loss to the mediocre Ponies to preview the massive wild card game in Foxboro against the Patriots. We covered everything from a vitriolic Broncos fan response to the truth about their quarterback, to an analysis of Patriots breakout QB Drake Maye, to a roundup of the best places to wa...

This week, I'm back to reminisce on beautiful wins over the evil Chiefs and Cowboys before biting the bullet and talking about the heartbreaking loss to the Texans. I covered Patrick Mahomes' ridiculous response to his own injury, the big illegal contract officiating controversy, two nasty breakdowns in pass coverage, and of course, an update on the Chargers' disastrous bobblehead prom...

We're back and the Chargers are as good as they've been all season! We discuss a mostly dominant win over the Raiders followed by a gritty win over the Super Bowl Champion Eagles on Monday night at SoFi. We applauded a much improved Chargers defense and running game, and implored Greg Roman for the 2745th consecutive week to finally start calling more damn quick passes. In cricket, we cove...

This week we bask in the glory of a Sunday Night W over the formidable but inconsistent Pittsburgh Steelers. We discussed the long awaited arrival of subterfuge to this Greg Roman offense, as well as Ladd McConkey's biggest game of the year, some excellent work from the entire secondary, and the continued return to form of Daiyan Henley. In cricket, we covered the end of the India v Australia...

Aryaan is back in this week, and we had an excellent time discussing our first game this season as a podcast, as well as all the ups and downs of last week's game against the Titans. We reminisced about the greatest Chargers game we've ever been to, and told Chargers beat reporter Daniel Popper to chill out about the massive perennial Chargers adversity we knew was coming. In cricket, we d...

We've got two games in one episode this week as the Chargers split a pair of home games three days apart. I go into all of the frustrations against the Colts, including Justin Herbert's most passing yards in a game going to waste and the complete disintegration of Jesse Minter's pattern match coverages. However, it was a great rebound against the Vikings with a 37-10 win on Thursday ni...

This week, I bask in the relief of a much needed 30-27 win over the Miami Dolphins. I started out going through an improved performance on offense, highlighted by Ladd's first big game of the year and the offensive line upping their game from horrible to decent. On defense, I discuss the up-and-down performance, with particular emphasis on the new big issue with our team which is outside run defen...

This week we nearly had a completely somber podcast, but the vibes were saved by yet another crucial miss from disgusting Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. The biggest hot topic of the weekend, which was of course the Chargers' continued failure to protect Justin Herbert, and I dove into a number of potential solutions, from training staff tweaks to just signing Stevo Klotz like I beg them to eve...

Welp, we knew that one was coming eventually. I am thankfully joined by friend of the pod Marco to pick up the pieces from a classic Chargers unexplainable loss to the Giants. We discuss the debut of the Giants' latest mouth-breathing loser QB from Ole Miss and his overrated debut, frustrations with a banged up offensive line, a monster breakout game and more. After a football fan-friendly cri...

It's a beautiful day here in the B*O*L*T*S Podcasting Tunnel Lair 3000 feet below Fred Rosen's house in Bel Air as our beloved football team has dispatched the disliked Broncos to improve to a perfect 3-0. I go through the 3 bad plays that obfuscated an otherwise stellar day from the Chargers defense, as well as Quentin Johnston's monster transformation, breakout games from Omarion Ham...

FIRST PLACE SPECIAL! I am here with a quick round-up of a convincing win over the Raiders in Las Vegas. The headline this week was the defense, with Daiyan Henley becoming the second Chargers player in two weeks to play the game of his life while sick. I also covered a reality-check performance from Geno Smith, Justin and Q's continued dominance of the AFC West, and some continued struggles in...

Aryaan is back to celebrate one of the happiest Chargers occasions we've ever had: a veritable smacking of the hated Kansas City Chiefs. We cover everything on and off the field, from Justin Herbert's electric performance, to Teair Tart's cathartic slap on Travis Kelce, to Heidi Gardner's self loathing spiraling EVEN FURTHER out of control, to an amazing surprise appearance from O...

Preseason is over and I'm here to take you through all the big plays from the chargers' 30-23 loss to the 49ers, including a masterclass performance from undrafted linebacker Marlowe Wax. We proceed to go through the difficult and controversial decisions that defined cut day, with some deep sadness on my end surrounding the departure of my favorite camp player Stevo Klotz. Not to worry how...

This week, I shook off some preseason blues to break down a fascinating but infuriating 23-22 loss to the rams. The prospect breakdowns continue as well, with a look at RJ Mickens, Jamaree Caldwell, and Rocket Sanders. Finally, I closed out with a couple key cricket stories: Sanju Samson's ongoing trade showdown with the Rajasthan Royals, and USA Cricket's termination of their contract wit...

Football is back and I (Nick) am here this week with an update pod! I went through all the highlights and lowlights from Chargers camp, including two preseason wins over the Lions and Saints. I dove into scouting reports on some standout rookies so far, including 5th round speedster KeAndre Lambert-Smith. Finally, I recapped the end of India's highly successful men's and women's tours...

Hot Cricket Summer is in full swing and we are here to discuss it all! This week we discuss the lopsided first two WT20Is between India and England, before moving onto the English men and their fumbling of the bag in the second test against India. We close by covering a great week of Major League Cricket matches up at Oakland Coliseum, lamenting some predictably sordid results from our hometown LA...

We're back to cap off a thrilling but unfortunate end to the IPL season that has us (Nick) bawling and laughing at the same time. We covered the full finish, including Abhishek Sharma's run-in with a Tata Curvv, Shreyas' heroic innings to send PBKS to the final, and their heartbreaking loss in said final while Nick was on jury duty. We moved on to congratulate Temba Bavuma and South Af...

We are so back and so is the IPL with an exciting playoff push in high gear. Join us as we recap the four teams that have qualified, Digvesh finally taking some heat for his celebration, and other happenings around the league. We also may finally have an explanation for Gene Goodenough's mysterious rizz, although it is straight out of left field. Oh and the Chargers schedule got released. Yay!...

Aryaan has survived double tech week and he's back with me in studio to discuss the latest IPL action! We go into a Pod Bowl no result and the great form that followed for both PBKS and KKR, as well as Rajasthan's woes, the inspiring rise of Ayush Mhatre, the spitting resemblance between a certain Pakistan pacer and another certain internet celebrity, and an all-time test innings from Guja...

My beautiful wife Noemi joins me for an update on the last week and a half of IPL matches! We discuss each PBKS and KKR match in detail, including an epic first playing of the Pod Bowl. We closed by going over each team's form in order of standing, before a quick summary of the final few Chargers mock drafts before the real thing. Subscribe for more dispatches from the NFL's 4077th team an...

Sick Kates and the Special One himself Aryaan Mohrinho are here to discuss the bombshell report from Chris Barrett at the Sydney Morning Herald detailing the Saudi plan to take over world cricket. We set the scene by discussing Barrett's report as well as some crack early analysis by beloved podcast figure King Jarrod Kimber, before getting into whether or not any of this has any chance of hap...

Week 2 is in the books! We recap and analyze all the happenings in the IPL, starting with the good, the bad and the ugly of two polar opposite PBKS matches. Our sympathies abounded for Rishabh Pant in his continuing battle against the grumpy Sanjiv Goenka (Dutch pronunciation until he improves), and we continued on to discuss a convincing win from KKR in their only game. Finally we closed with exa...