Good Areas Podcast

This episode we look at a Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin moment in Cape Town. It was a short, brilliant partnership that inspired a book, so I got on one of the authors, Abhishek Mukherjee to take me through it. We talk about Azharuddin the batter, fast bowling and India, how cricket history is hard, where Sachin was at this point in his career, South Africa's relationship with India and how Nelson Mandela watched - and may have inspired - the partnership.

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If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber.

You can find Abhishek Mukherjee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovshake42 , and his co-writer is Arunabha Sengupta, he’s at https://twitter.com/senantix.

Go buy the book: [Sachin and Azhar at Cape Town: Indian and South African Cricket Through the Prism of a Partnership] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sachin-Azhar-Cape-Town-Partnership/dp/1785318195/

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

This episode we look at New Zealand’s rise and the many things they got right along the way. So I figured it was only fair to get one of them to come on and tell me. Peter McGlashan was New Zealand’s limited overs keeper, and so together we look at the people and processes that changed New Zealand cricket. We discuss Taylor, McCullum, Hesson, Stead, pitches, NZ A, South African players and why Kane Williamson was a really annoying kid.

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To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121.

If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber.

You can find Peter McGlashan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterMcGlashan.

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

This episode is talking about two of the world’s biggest cheating scandals of modern times; the Houston Astros and the Australian cricket team. And while I knew a lot about one, the other was not as known to me, so here’s Ben Reiter from Sports Illustrated and The Edge Podcast to chat about it.

In this episode we talk about the many similarities of the two scandals, the reactions, the hatred for the teams, how so few people were punished, what happens when standard cheating crosses the imaginary line to moral outrage, how funny they both were and we compare Faf Du Plessis to the Boston Red Sox.

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To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121.

If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber.

You can find Ben Reiter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benreiter.

Ben’s book ‘Astroball’ can be found here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586547/astroball-by-ben-reiter/.

And his podcast The Edge is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-edge-houston-astros/.

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

This episode we talk about why Indians don’t bat left-handed. And so why not get on someone who has just written a book on this, with that as his very title. Nathan Leamon and Ben Jones have written a book called Hitting Against the Spin, and it’s basically the book you need to understand how cricket is currently played. But I got Nathan on to talk about the history of left-handers, anticipation skills, why off spinners are good, LBWs, umpires, outswing, and why left-handers were better against seam than spin.

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To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121.

If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber.

You can find Nathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Numb3z.

His book with Ben Jones can be found here: [Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitting-Against-Spin-Cricket-Really-ebook/dp/B07PY4LD4V/).

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

Here's a bonus episode to feature the new season of our other show, Double Century. This is episode one of season three, and for this series we’re looking at the first times teams had their first big victory over England. To start with, let’s go way back and look at Australia, the team that started it all.

Head over to https://anchor.fm/doublecentury to follow the show over the next few weeks, and to take a listen to our previous seasons.

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If you like this podcast you may like the YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodkimberyt.

Jarrod Kimber wrote and narrated this episode, you can find him on most of the social media places, but mostly https://www.twitter.com/ajarrodkimber. To find all the places he makes stuff head here: https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber.

Max Wiggins co-wrote and researched this piece.

Additional research and fact checking was from Abhishek Mukerjee, who you can find at https://www.twitter.com/ovshake42.

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

This week we have former New Zealand into the wind bowler Iain O’Brien, who has had a fascinating career. In this chat we talk about being a late bloomer, the NZ players’ strike, being an into the wind bowler, mental health, coaching and how a misunderstanding against Scotland ended his T20I career.

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To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121.

If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber.

You can find Iain O’Brien on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iainobrien

You can find Iain O’Brien’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/108withIOB

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

This episode we talk about Faf du Plessis, a central figure in modern cricket, but one who had to grind it out to make the top. So I got on the man who interviewed him most recently. Dan Gallan and I chatted about his limits, the politics, toughness, empathy, leadership and growing up with AB de Villiers alongside you. - To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber. You can find Dan Gallan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielgallan. His piece on Faf du Plessis is here: [Faf du Plessis: in the skin of a lion] (https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1262392/faf-du-plessis--in-the-skin-of-a-lion). This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc. The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

This week we talk about Argentinian cricket. And luckily two men have just written a book called “Evita burned down our Pavilion” and I got one of them on to chat about it. James Coyne and I discuss how good Argentina were at cricket when they took games off MCC teams, why they were held back from Test cricket, and why the game didn’t spread like football and rugby did. We talk Evita, Plum Warner, Buenos Aires and the new rivalry coming out of Brazil versus Argentina in women’s cricket.

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To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121.

If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber.

You can find James Coyne on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coynejames

Or his co-author Timothy Abraham: https://twitter.com/timothyabraham

You can find the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Evita-Burned-Down-Our-Pavilion/dp/147213253X

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

This episode we talk about Aaron Finch, one of two accidental Australian captains. But perhaps the more interesting one. So I got on Melinda Farrell who wrote a piece on Finch recently. Here we talk about how Finch thought his career was gone, his likeability, white ball talent, red ball scars and the night he quite literally thought he pissed his career away.

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To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121.

If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber.

You can find Melinda Farrell on Twitter at https://twitter.com/melindafarrell.

Her piece on Aaron Finch is here: [Aaron Finch has got a bloody great job] (https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1239729/aaron-finch--australia-white-ball-captain-has-got-a-bloody-great-job)

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

This episode we get on someone who has become one of the most heard voices in the game. Danny Morrison had a ten year career for New Zealand before becoming the IPL court jester. This episode we talk about his history, dropped catches, a tough period for New Zealand, his batting, and how his mother inspired his commentary.

Due to Danny doing this interview from the Maldives after the cancellation of the IPL, there were some issues with his audio, and it might be a bit less decent than you're used to on this show, apologies.

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To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121.

If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber.

You can find Danny Morrison on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SteelyDan66.

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.