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In this episode, Ahmer Naqvi and Hassan Cheema of Dawn Blogs talk about Pakistan’s test series win over England, their personal experiences, Team Misbah and the future of this team. Ahmer is on twitter @KarachiKhatmal and Hassan is at @MediaGag

In this episode, filmmaker Sushrut Jain talks about his cricket documentary “Beyond All Boundaries” that follows three characters, Sudhir Kumar (The Indian Super fan) and two young cricketers, in India with the Cricket World Cup in the Indian subcontinent as the background. The documentary is in post-production and is scheduled to be released late 2012.

In this episode, the author of “Chasing Sachin”, Adam Carroll-Smith talks about the seemingly impossible quest he undertook this past summer – to bowl Sachin Tendulkar out. Adam elaborates on his quest, his particular dislike of Ronnie Irani, and his inspiration Roger Whelan and how things unfolded during his quest.

In this episode, Shoaib Naveed, a freelance blogger for PakPassion, Dawn Blogs and All Out Cricket, talks about the India-Australia series that he is covering Down Under, the upcoming Pakistan-England series in UAE, meeting his cricketing idol Wasim Akram and narrates a scarcely believable story he pulled off while covering the world cup in Sri Lanka, recently. 

In this episode, former India test opener and author of the new book “Out of the Blue: Rajasthan’s Road to The Ranji Trophy” Aakash Chopra, talks about his book, provides suggestions for improving the Ranji Trophy competition, discusses India’s upcoming tour to Australia and also opines on his former batting partner, Virender Sehwag.

In this episode, Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd) talks about how the experiences of a cricket fan in India – watching it on Television with the intrusive ads or in the stadium with not so great facilities – have got worse over the years.

In this episode, Umran Khan of the Dubai-based sports management company, Aces Middle East talks about his job as manager of cricketers. He talks about the different tasks his job entails on a day-to-day basis, his clients (Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq amongst others), the spot fixing scandal and some of the lighter moments of managing players.

In this episode, Passionate Pakistani fans Sana Kazmi and Masuud Qazi talk about their reactions to the spot fixing scandal. Masuud brings his perspective on the spotfixing trial from attending the court proceedings. They also talk about the way forward for Pakistani cricket.

In this episode, the president of US Youth Cricket Association, Jamie Harrison talks about his organization’s approach to grow the game of cricket from the bottom up in the United States. He also discusses the future of the sport in US and the role of T20 in all that.Please visit the USYCA Website for all the wonderful initiatives undertaken to bring cricket to the kids in USA. 

In this episode, Stacey Louise Harris (@lilmissashes) talks about her conversion to cricket and her book, “Point to Fine Leg: A Modern Woman’s Complete Guide to Cricket”. The book is available for electronicdownload from Pitch Vision and you can also follow Stacey on her blog “Point to Fine Leg“.