Couch Talk

In this episode, Jarrod and SidVee talk about the current sorry state of cricket governance, the imbalance in power within the ICC, the cabal of BCCI, ECB and CA dominating and cannibalizing the sport, the ongoing tussle between CSA and the BCCI, and how all this affects the cricket fan’s relationship with the game.

In this episode, former Pakistan all rounder Azhar Mahmood talks about why his international career was cut so short, about being offered Pakistan captaincy, and the life of globe trotting T20 specialist, amongst other things.

In this episode, Jamie Harrison, the newly appointed CEO of American Cricket Federation talks about why he chose to cast his lot with the ACF and not the ICC approved cricket body USACA, his visions for the development of cricket in the US, the inherent issues in USACA that is stymieing cricket’s growth in USA amongst other things.

In this episode, the chief executive of England’s Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) Angus Porter talks about his organizations goals, the various support systems in place to help the players with a variety of issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, mental health, behavioral problems, corruption etc. He also talks about PCA’s role in helping English players play in the IPL amongst other things.

In this episode, the voice of West Indian cricket and a broadcasting legend Tony Cozier, talks about his beginnings, the art of TV and radio commentary, cricket’s role in the West Indian struggle for self-governance, his favorite commentary stint amongst other things.

In this episode, former Australian captain Steve Waugh talks about his new book, “The Meaning of Luck” and the role of luck in sports, business and life. He also talks about the recently concluded Ashes, the Argus Review that he contributed to, the role of leadership in cricket amongst other things.

In this episode, performance analyst of Team India and Mumbai Indians, CKM Dhananjai talks about the responsibilities of his job, the use of analytics in improving the performance of the cricketers, his beginnings in this career etc.

In this episode, Editor of Wisden and The Daily Mail’s cricket correspondent Lawrence Booth talks about the Kevin Pietersen text message scandal story that he broke last summer, the responsibilities of cricket reporters, the ever changing cricket media environment, the effect of social media on cricket journalism, amongst other things.

In this episode, the former head coach of India and New Zealand, John Wright talks about his coaching philosophies, what it takes to be a good coach, how it is different to be head coach for T20 franchise in the IPL from a national team, his experiences as the head coach of India, the challenges, his relationship with Sourav Ganguly and Ross Taylor etc.

In this episode, Senior Editor at ESPN Cricinfo, Sharda Ugra, talks about the challenges and obstacles she had to face breaking in to journalism’s last male bastion – sports, sexism in the work place, the reinforcement of stereotypes in IPL broadcasts and various other things from her 24-year career.