Cricket conversations
In this special episode of the 81allout podcast, we chat with Michael Sexton on his latest book Border’s Battlers, which provides a fascinating account of the iconic tied Test between India and Australia at Chepauk in September 1986. Michael has been a journalist, producer, and sportswriter for over three
We started with Delhi, moved to Karnataka, and now head to West Bengal for our next edition of the street cricket chronicles. Through this series we hope to bring out the cricket culture in different cities at the most amateur levels: whether it is on the streets, in the gullies
In this special episode, we chat with veteran cricket journalist and author Makarand Waingankar. Over the last five decades, Makarand has been witness to the changing tides in Indian cricket. He has written extensively about the game – from the maidans as well as the giant stadiums – and carries
The cricketing memory is a strange beast. Sometimes you recall exactly where you were and what you were doing when you watched a cricket match 33 years ago. Words from the next day’s match report are stuck in your head. The photographs are etched in your memory. They transport you
In the latest edition of the 81allout podcast we discuss the application of Law 19.8 at the World Cup final at Lord’s. We go on to debate the distinction between cricket laws and societal laws; the idea of “spirit of cricket” and its relationship to the laws of the game; and the authority
Sri Lanka pull off the mother of all upsets by becoming the first Asian side to win a Test series in South Africa. Andrew Fidel Fernando sums it up in ESPNcricinfo: For those of us watching on, what was witnessed was beyond monumental, beyond astonishing. It is still – hours later
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