Cricket conversations
We are delighted to announce the republication of War Minus the Shooting: A Journey Through South Asia During the 1996 Cricket World Cup by Mike Marqusee. First published in 1996, the book is a vivid portrait of a subcontinent in ferment during an extravagant tournament that foreshadowed the great shifts
In this episode, we revisit Mike Coward’s book about Australian tours to the subcontinent through the 1980s: Cricket Beyond the Bazaar. Joining us to dissect the book – and its importance for Australian cricket literature – are two contemporary journalists – Russell Jackson and Daniel Brettig. They tell us about
Our special guests this week – Hassan Cheema, the strategy manager at Islamabad United, and Ahmer Naqvi, a freelance writer on pop culture – analyze Pakistan’s performances in their first three games of the T20 World Cup. Talking Points: Why the T20 World Cup is virtually a home tournament for Pakistan The
Our special guest this week is Gaurav Sundararaman, a senior stats analyst at ESPNcricinfo, and he helps us unpack the complexities of Fantasy Cricket – where fans pick teams and compete in increasingly popular Fantasy Leagues. Talking Points: The allure of fantasy cricket and how it changes one’s perspective ESPN
In this episode, we chat with author, essayist, and perceptive cricket columnist Mukul Kesavan. Besotted with cricket for over five decades – and viewing it through the lens of politics, sociology, and history – Mukul talks about his magnetic attraction to the game and its many pleasures. Talking Points: An Anglophone
We review the Indian team over the last four years – the period since July 2017 when Ravi Shastri took over as head coach. Talking Points: The significance of being a very good team in a competitive era The bowling depth in this era world-wide – which is superior to
Our guest this week is Nishant Arora who, over two decades, has worked in multiple capacities within cricket – as a TV journalist, player agent, and BCCI media manager, and ICC digital producer. Nishant had joined us in March to talk about his time as a junior cricketer and his friendship
We review the fourth Test of the England v India series – which India won by 157 runs. Talking Points Two Oval triumphs – 50 years apart India once again leaving out Ashwin The decision to go with four fast bowlers on this surface Shardul the enigma How the quality
We review the third Test of the England v India series – which England won by an innings and 76 runs. Talking Points India’s choice of five bowlers – choosing competitiveness over respectability The first morning – when India were bowled out for 78 James Anderson and the mastery with
By Siddhartha Vaidyanathan Something happened at Lord’s on Monday afternoon. Something visceral yet cerebral, raw yet refined. A spectacle but also an art form. Thrilling to watch yet difficult to explain. It arrived with an intensity that few would have foreseen and it overshadowed most of what had come before.
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