Couch Talk

In this episode, Daniel Norcross, the founder of Test Match Sofatalks of how he went about setting up the testmatchsofa, the future of alternative cricket commentary, and the favorite matches from the past he’d have loved to cover and players (past or present) he would like to have on the sofa.

In this episode, Wright Thompson, senior writer from ESPN.com, talks about his introduction to cricket, watching Tendulkar score a century at Bangalore during the world cup, and meeting the legend afterwards, and professes his new found love for test cricket after having watched a test match at Lord’s.

In this episode, the founder and editor of Alternative Cricket, Nishant Joshi, talks about his efforts in raising funds for the Afghan Youth Cricket by putting together the book “Alternative Cricket Almanack” and the future direction of “alternative cricket”, the IPL Girl controversy amongst other things.

In the first part of this episode, Jarrod Kimber of Cricket With Balls talks about his cricket origins, his books – “When Freddie became Jesus” and his upcoming book “Australian Autopsy” and his love for Pakistani cricket. Do check back for part 2, where Jarrod talks about India-England, Shane Warne ruining the lives of all leg spinners in Australia and much more.

In this episode, Aatif Nawaz and Henna Khan, who are English but of Pakistani origins, discuss the various aspects of immigrant children adapting to and adopting the sporting culture of the country they grew up in.

In this episode, Dileep Premchandran and Gary Naylor preview the upcoming India-England test series, including discussions on the aftereffects of India’s tour match vs Somerset, the bowling line-ups, middle orders, openers, captains and their series prediction.

In this episode, Peter Della Penna, a full-blooded American with no ties to cricket, talks about his introduction to cricket and how he ended up being the lone cricket journalist in the U.S. writing for ESPN, Cricinfo and Dreamcricket, and also about his upcoming book – a compilation of his experiences in playing and covering cricket in the U.S. and around the world.

In this episode, Kartikeya Date of A Cricketing View comes on the show to discuss the fragilities of the ball tracking technologies used in the DRS, their impact on the interpretation of the LBW law and ponders about the role of an umpire in cricket.

In this episode, we try to take a look at women in the field of cricket reporting and women bloggers. There is a large number of women that follow cricket but that is not reflected in the number that cover cricket. Two wonderful bloggers Ant Sims and Sana Kazmi are on Couch Talk to discuss the various sides of the issue.

In part 1, SidVee talks about how he came to be a reporter for Cricinfo and all the joy and experiences that brought in to his career. He talks about couple of on-field performances by players he got to witness, and the strains on the personal life of a cricket journalist.

Part 2: The discussion turned towards current state of cricket journalism. The nexus of cricket journalists (in need of access) and player agents, the dynamics between cricket administrations and journalists is also covered. SidVee also talks about his favorite cricket writers, and the role of cricket bloggers in the grand scheme of things.