Cricket conversations
We preview the upcoming 2-Test series between New Zealand – who have been formidable at home of late – and India – the No. 1 team in Tests. Talking Points Is India v New Zealand a rivalry that needs more hype? New Zealand’s horror tour to Australia Wagner the warrior
We preview the upcoming 2-Test series between India and Bangladesh – which will include the first ever day-night Test to be held in India. Talking Points: Bangladesh’s tumultuous lead-up to the series The Shakib Al Hasan shocker Why would Bangladesh’s greatest-ever cricket overlook something so fundamental? How public sentiment fluctuated
We review India’s dominating win over South Africa in the recently concluded home series. Talking Points: The superlative performance of the Indian fast bowlers South Africa’s inability to retain control while bowling, and the fierce test their batsmen failed to pass Rohit Sharma’s stellar start as a Test opener The
We preview the upcoming 3-Test series between India and South Africa – where points count for the World Test Championship. Talking Points: A rivalry that often goes under the radar South Africa’s historically impressive record in Asia An inexperienced batting line-up coming up against the world’s best side A chance
We review India’s thumping win against West Indies in the recently concluded two-Test series. Talking Points: Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari bolstering the Indian middle order. India’s superlative bowling performance in the two Tests Shannon Gabriel’s under-par performance Jasprit Bumrah’s magic balls The decision to pick Jadeja over Ashwin The
We preview the upcoming Test series on India’s tour of West Indies which marks the debut for both teams in the newly conceptualized World Test Championship Talking Points: We meditate on the point and pointlessness of the World Test Championship. Talk (a lot) about the impact of Dukes ball on
We review the World Cup final from the English perspective: the impact of such a monumental win on cricket in England, the role of Free-to-Air TV, the significance of Jofra Archer bowling the Super Over, and New Zealand’s misfortune of not winning the game even though the scores were level
We review England’s tie against New Zealand at the World Cup final at Lord’s. We review the tie in the Super over. We also review the bizarre rule that handed England the trophy. Talking points: England’s lucky breaks, Williamson’s choice of Boult for the 50th over, and all the
We review New Zealand’s win over India in the first World Cup semi-final at Old Trafford. Talking points: Jadeja’s blinder, Dhoni’s elimination of risk, and New Zealand winning a game of inches. * Participants: Mithun Subramanian (@smithun0) Subash Jayaraman (@cricketcouch) Ashoka (@ABVan) Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) * (Lead pic from here)
The league stage of the World Cup is over. Ahead of the knockouts, we take a look at the teams that fell short (including some who were oh so short). Many thanks to Peter Della Penna, a cricket journalist at ESPN and ESPNcricinfo, for joining us. Peter has been
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