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Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome everyone to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. Sandeep, Shounak and Ajit join SP in this is extra-long episode in which we discuss a lot of cricket, from the Eng-NZ final test match, to the SL-Windies series, to the India-Ireland series, the India A and Sri Lanka A "test match", to the women's T20 World Cup and whole lot more discussion about E...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch, brought to you by Sandeep and SP. In this one we cover the 2nd test between Eng-NZ, talk about the ECB and their (lack of) enforcement of any regulations, the Ind-Afg men's ODI series, Vaibhav's on-field altercation with a Sri Lanka A player, a quick look at the results in the Women's T20 World Cup thus far...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to season 5 of The Cricket Slouch, a podcast that was not expected to last this long but has trundled along nicely at a pace that would have made Haseeb Hamid proud. In this episode Shounak and SP talk about the recently concluded test matches between India-Afghanistan and England-New Zealand, focusing on some notable performances, off-field shenanigans and an unnecessary...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. In this episode, Sandeep and I go down memory lane and discuss our memories about what happened at Eden Gardens in 2001, which still remains relatively fresh in the memories of many Indian cricket fans, after what is widely considered as a very poignant moment in Indian cricket history. Please take this journey with us down memory...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch, a Podcast that isn’t afraid to call out a few harsh truths just as easily as we dish out praise where it’s justified. Today’s episode is brought to you by the OG founders, Sandeep and SP and thus both are the hosts as well as the guests ! In this episode we do a round up of the recently concluded T20 World Cup, India’s wi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Cricket Slouch, Sandeep takes charge again and hosts Ajit and Shaunak, all of whom then delve into the controversies surrounding the upcoming T20 World Cup and the squads and chances of the teams who have previously won the trophy. They discuss the impact of Aaron Jones' suspension on Team USA due to corruption charges and how it affects their squad. Fu...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch, a cricket podcast that doesn’t shy away from hard-hitting discussions and isn’t afraid to call out double standards within the sport irrespective of where it occurs. This episode is brought by Sandeep, Ajit and Shounak, who do not hold back in discussing the unexpected non-participation of Bangladesh in the men’s T20 World Cup, and...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome all to another episode of The Cricket Slouch and in this episode Sandeep, Ajit and Shounak team up to talk about the upcoming T20 World Cup, specifically the Associate Teams in the pool. They track their past performances, this edition’s qualifying journey and their squads, and the format of the upcoming tournament, Some of the discussion focuses on the changes that are be...

Send us Fan Mail Greetings all and welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. In this episode, Sandeep and Shounak are joined by James for a nuanced and balanced perspective about the Sydney test, and the Ashes series in general, and whether this was a win for England in any way. The conclusion was that England couldn't bat, bowl or catch this series and the Aussies were only marginall...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome all to The Cricket Slouch. In the very first episode of 2026, Sandeep and Shounak cover the triumphant return of Bazball in a surprise 2-day win over Australia at the hallowed MCG. Whether Australia played poorly or England played less poorly is a matter of debate and discussed well by our panel of two. They analyse how a seamer-friendly pitch in Melbourne affect...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome everyone to another episode of The Cricket Slouch, fresh off the press after the decisive final day of the 3rd Ashes test. If you have been following the series, you know by now that Australia have retained the Ashes with a comfortable win. at Adelaide. We talk about England's late fight, an ability to actually compete, albeit a little too late now, and desp...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 abj...

Send us Fan Mail 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 co...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 sele...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 3 rd test between England and India , and the 3 rd 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 S...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 o...

Send us Fan Mail 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 formidabl...

Send us Fan Mail 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 w...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 an...