Couch Talk

In this episode, former India head coach Greg Chappell talks about his time as head coach with Team India, the role of specific batting and bowling coaches, the functions of a head coach in modern international cricket teams, his relationship with Rahul Dravid as captain, and his push for youth in Indian and Australian teams, amongst other things.

In this episode, recent head coach of Pakistan Dav Whatmore talks about working in the subcontinent and dealing with various national boards, leading the Sri Lankan team to World Cup win in 1996, handling various captains such as Misbah (ul Haq) and (Arjuna) Ranatunga, amongst other things.

In this episode, former head coach of India and South Africa Gary Kirsten, talks about the role of coaches in cricket, handling some of the best stars in the sport, and the pressures and expectations of leading teams of extraordinary talents and egos, and his cricket academy amongst other things.

In this episode, Indian cricketer Snehal Pradhan talks about her cricketing beginnings, her role models, the saga of her bowling action reported as illegal and her work to get it cleared, various steps for the improvement of Indian women’s cricket amongst other things.

In this episode, former international umpire John Holder speaks about his dislike of DRS, player dissent, need for excellence in umpiring rather than perception of neutrality, the time he was approached by a bookie, his accusation of ball tampering by England directly leading to him being dropped from the TCCB Test panel of umpires, the advice he gave to Sachin Tendulkar on debut, amongst other things.

In this episode, Richard Pybus, the former head coach of Pakistan and Bangladesh national teams and several domestic sides around the world, and now the director of cricket at West Indies Cricket Board, talks about his new role, the challenges and goals, and the need to strengthen the WI domestic first class game and professionalize the system etc.

He also talks about his time as the head coach of Pakistan, especially the 1999 World Cup in England, during which Pakistan lost in the final to Australia.

In this episode, Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik talks about his up-and-down career in India colors so far, getting picked by the Delhi Daredevils in the recent IPL auction, his outlook on returning to the Indian side, amongst other things.

In this episode, former Ireland captain Trent Johnston talks about the drain of Ireland players to the England set up, the shabby treatment meted out by the ICC to the Affiliate and Associate nations, his best on-field memories of beating England and Pakistan in cricket world cups, the future of Ireland cricket, and his retirement plans amongst other things.

In this episode, former England captain and currently SKY commentator Michael Atherton talks about cricket captaincy and leadership, his transformation from a professional cricketer to journalist/commentator, and give his thoughts on the leaked draft of the position paper.

In this episode, Telford Vice of The Times (South Africa) talks about the controversial circumstances under which Cricket South Africa have revoked some of his journalistic privileges, and dealing with Haroon Lorgat in the aftermath of David Becker’s incendiary press release about cricket governance at the ICC that led to all this.