Couch Talk

In this episode, Jarrod Kimber of Cricket with Balls and SPIN Magazine talks about his recently released book, “Australian Autopsy”, Two chucks, Cricket Australia, India-England series, problems facing India, Australia and other top sides and why England are that much better than the rest.

In this episode, co-authors of “Right off the bat” Martin Rowe and Evander Lomke (Two New Yorkers with differing backgrounds) talk about their book that deals with the interplay and parallelism that exists between the two beautiful sports of Cricket and Baseball in terms of their history, culture, jargon, future etc. The discussion covers in detail the future of cricket in the United States, the authors’ favorite cricket and baseball players amongst other things.

In this episode, The South Africa Correspondent of ESPN Cricinfo, Firdose Moonda talks about the recent changes to the South African cricket team in terms of coach, captaincy, selections as well as the upcoming home series against Australia.

In this episode, former Zimbabwe fast bowler Henry Olonga talks about the situations that led to he and Andy Flower wearing black armbands to protest against the human right abuses of the corrupt Robert Mugabe government, which led to Henry leaving Zimbabwe. He also talks about his cricketing career, the Pakistani thread to his on-field cricket experiences, role of faith in his life and the future of Zimbabwe cricket.

In this episode, Anupam Mukherji, the founder of Pitch Invasionand the Fake IPL player blogger, talks of his experiences in founding and doing cricket commentary on Pitch Invasion, the future of this enterprise and how the idea for Fake IPL player came about.

In this episode, Nitin Sundar, sub-editor at ESPN Cricinfo talks about the life of a cricket sub-editor, the ball-by-ball commentary operations at Cricinfo, his interaction with the fans,  job satisfaction etc.

In this episode, Osman Samiuddin (Former Pakistan editor of Cricinfo and current sports writer for The National) talks about the several issues surrounding the Pakistani cricket team and its board (PCB) including the spot-fixing scandal, Afridi’s retirement, resignation of Waqar Younis from the post of coach, Shoaib Akhtar’s autobiography amongst others.

In this episode, Sidin Vadukut (author, blogger, editor) and Anand Ramachandran (Game designer, blogger), both Page 2 writers on Cricinfo and all around nice guys, discuss satire in cricket writing, the enormous ability of cricket to provide material for humor, the feedback from fans etc. I apologize in advance for the audio-recorder malfunctioning that caused a slight feedback towards the end of the podcast.

In this episode, Sriram Dayanand and Mahesh Sethuraman talk about their experiences of watching cricket in England and how it compares to their experiences in India. They also talk about their favorite moments on a cricket field that they have been witness to. 

In this episode, The Managing Editor of Yahoo! India, Prem Panicker talks about his start in cricket journalism with Rediff, covering the 2002 India tour of England from his office in India, BCCI selectors and their selection policies, future direction of Yahoo! cricket amongst other things.