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In this episode, Mohammad Isam, Senior sports reporter for the Daily Star in Dhaka, discusses Bangladesh’s results in the Asia cup and whether they have turned a corner as a team, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and the reports of spot fixing in that tournament, the proposed tour of Pakistan by Bangladesh, Bangladeshi first class cricket structure, amongst other things. 

In this episode, cricket commentator, columnist and the face of Indian cricket commentary, Harsha Bhogle, talks about a wide range of things including his career as a TV commentator, quality of cricket commentary on TV, the intrusive ads during cricket telecasts, radio commentary, sharing the commentary box with legends of broadcasting and the game among other things.

In this episode, Kartikeya Date of A Cricketing view, who has provided his readers extensive insights in to the technology and philosophy of the Decision Review System (DRS) talks about the changes to the DRS debate in the last 9 months, the future of the role of on-field umpires, and the discussions he has had with Dave Richardson, ICC’s Manager of Cricket.

In this episode, the founder of TestMatchSofa, Daniel Norcross, talks about The Cricketer Magazine buying out the Test Match Sofa, the implications to both the parties and what the listeners of Sofa should expect. He also addresses the press this deal has received and the possible conflict of interest Jonathan Agnew of BBC Test Match Special may have as he is a stakeholder in The Cricketer as well.

In this episode, Cricket journalist and writer, Chetan Narula talks about his book “Skipper – A definitve account of India’s greatest captains”, including the inspiration for the book, the research involved in writing it and also about MS Dhoni’s future as India’s captain among other things. Follow Chetan on Twitter at @ChetanNarula.

In this episode, CEO & MD of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) of the IPL talks about his introduction to sports management, his first major decision as CEO of KKR (not picking Sourav Ganguly in the 2011 auction), their methods of player analysis prior to an auction, the past and the future of KKR franchise etc.

In this episode, Gideon Haigh, writer and Cricket historian, talks about the ICC, Woolf review, DRS, BCCI and other national cricket boards, influence of T20 cricket, the various franchise-based T20 leagues, the future of test cricket,  John Howard’s (unsuccessful) nomination to the post of ICC vice-president, the power structure within the ICC, and cricket journalism.

In this episode, Jarrod Kimber and Sampson Collins, of Two Chucks fame (amongst other things) talk about their independent Cricket documentary “Death of a Gentleman” that is still in production. They have interviewed plenty of Cricket administrators, journalists, player agents, ex-players, current players and fans to find an answer to the burning question that is in a lot of cricket enthusiasts’ minds: “Is Test Cricket dying?”

In this episode, the editor of Wisden, Lawrence Booth talks about England’s failings in the test series vs. Pakistan, cricket reporting and journalism, and how Wisden is relevant in the current environment of 24-hour news cycle and social networking.

In this episode, former Cricinfo correspondent Sidhartha Vaidyanathan talks about India’s disastrous 4-0 test series loss in Australia and answers listeners questions on retirements of Dravid/Laxman, Duncan Fletcher, Sehwag, Dhoni’s captaincy amongst other things.