The Cricket Slouch

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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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Profiles - Dan Weston on the importance of analysis in cricket 25.09.2022 1:23:36

Send us Fan Mail On this episode I chat with Dan Weston, who has played a prominent role with many teams as an analyst, strategist, recruiter. We talk about his forays, the increasing importance of analysts in competitive cricket, developing young talent, and what it was like to be at the IPL auction and give advice to some guy called Anil Kumble. Dan Weston tweets using @SAAdvantage and his web a...

Survival of the Fittest Format, and other stories. 09.08.2022 1:16:40

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sandeep and I jump on the hot bandwagon of "are ODIs dead" and express our views based on nostalgia, pragmatism, competition, demands of the modern world, financial aspects, relevance of ODIs and their importance to emerging cricket markets.

If Bazball giveth, it also taketh 07.08.2022 1:00:49

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat with James Whitaker (once again) about the recent turnaround in England's test fortunes, their recent white ball performance failures in a post-Morgan era, predictions for Eng-SA test series and a general ranting and raving about something we arent happy about, which makes us a couple of old grumpy gits.

The mid-June Round Up 19.06.2022 1:06:46

Send us Fan Mail A look at the recent and current series and matches, throwing shade on a few teams and players, the ICC, administrators, well basically everyone is fair game !

Nostalgia Lane - 1987 Cricket World Cup, Part 2 28.05.2022 39:31

Send us Fan Mail examining trends, spinners, emerging players in the 1987 World Cup.

Nostalgia Lane - 1987 Cricket World Cup, Part 1 - memories, trends, and anecdotes. 15.05.2022 31:57

Send us Fan Mail 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 !

Spotlight - English Captaincy 15.05.2022 52:32

Send us Fan Mail A candid discussion about English Captaincy with James Whitaker, a life long England fan and supporter, who grew up watching Club cricket in Lancashire, and English losses, in the 80s and 90s. He still hopes that England can reclaim their glory days from..... whenever they were..... :)

Profiles - Pramod Gandhi's passion for the game 01.05.2022 44:30

Send us Fan Mail 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.

Nostalgia Lane - SRT, his birthday and Desert Storm 23.04.2022 43:14

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