Popping Crease

And we are back with the second part of the Boxing Day episode. No, these titles have nothing to do with the Star Wars movies. 

India are touring South Africa. The Freedom Series as its lovingly called by the two cricket boards. Fitting really, cause its giving us independence from the drivel that is English cricket. Anyway, two inexperienced sides going head to head. One King who hasn't wielded his bat his way for a while. And no series wins in South Africa. Lots to ponder for the visitors as they face a familiar foe in quality pace bowling. Who comes out on top? 

We had some interesting takes.

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Season 2 was off to a flier with the Ashes preview. And the Aussies continue to dominate the Poms, Starc still is King of Pink, and water is still wet.

New captain Patty Cummins was out due to Covid being a bummer, but that gave way for the God of Lightning, Michael Neser to make his debut. Jhye Richardson made a wonderful comeback to the Test Format, while Dawid Malan and Ollie Robinson usurped England's frontline spinners in the final 11. Much was discussed about how England continue to redefine stupidity and defy cricketing logic. It was a good day. Hope they outdo themselves at the 'G once again.

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Season 2 was off to a flier with the Ashes preview. And with the Gabba back to being this impregnable fortress for Australia, it feels normal. It feels nice. It feels AWESOME! Its the Ashes baby!

New captain Patty Cummins set the tone and we were happy to see the return of the pornstar-stache too, with Travis Head reaping the rewards. England had no answer and it looks like there's a LOT for them to do. Hopefully Adelaide is a better outing.

A bit of a surprise this episode - we got an actual Aussie fan, a die hard one at that on this episode. Shezad joined as a guest all the way from Canada and it was great fun having him and getting his thoughts on what was a comprehensive start to an Aussie Test Summer. We absolutely enjoyed recording this episode and we sincerely hope this ones a cracking listen for you all too.

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Welcome to Season 2 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.

Its time for The Ashes - the most awaited fixture of the cricket calendar.. well, at least for 2 of the big 3. We take a look at all that's been happening leading up to the first test. And there'd be loads that comes out throughout the Ashes summer. Stay tuned for interesting stuff. Heres to a fun summer ahead.

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Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.

Its time to finish season 1. Which means we need an amazing finisher. No points for guessing who it is. AB de Villiers walks out. One of the best T20 players ever to grace the game and he's as good as it can get for a clutch finisher! We do a quick tribute to the legend and dabble a bit into some related topics of his career.

Season 2 will start shortly. The Ashes, India's final frontier in SA and loads more cricket action coming our way. Hope you guys enjoyed Season 1 and we can't wait to bring more engaging topics to discuss in Season 2.

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Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.

In the 19th episode, we take a look back at the T20 World Cup. An extremely late review. But you know what they say, the cool guys always turn up late to the party!

Anyway, we are approaching the end of Season 1 of the Podcast! Just another episode to go. More interesting things to come in this season and Season 2 with an Ashes summer ahead!

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Alankrith - @AlanzArena; Ani - @AniSIyer; Anand - @Anandsudha31

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Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.

In the 18th episode, we take a look back at the Week That it has Been in the T20 World Cup so far - AGAIN. Not the Week that wasn't - AGAIN. Its the business end of the World Cup and also the Business end of Season 1 of the podcast! More interesting things to come in this season and Season 2 with an Ashes summer ahead!

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Alankrith - @AlanzArena; Ani - @AniSIyer; Anand - @Anandsudha31

PS: I do not own the rights for the image in the poster. The image featured on Times Now and is originally sourced from   twitter. It is not meant for any monetary purpose. If you are the owner and would like me to remove it, then contact me and I shall do the needful.

Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.

In the 17th episode, we take a look back at the Week That it has Been in the T20 World Cup so far. Not the Week that wasn't.

Do share our podcast and subscribe to us. We are now on various platforms including Spotify!

Alankrith - @AlanzArena; Ani - @AniSIyer; Anand - @Anandsudha31

PS: I do not own the rights for the image in the poster. The image featured on Times Now and is originally sourced from   twitter. It is not meant for any monetary purpose. If you are the owner and would like me to remove it, then contact me and I shall do the needful.

Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.

In the 16th episode, we take a quick look back at the IPL that just concluded. And we then move to the meat of the episode where we give you a speed preview into the teams that are prospectively playing the Super 12 phase of the 2021 T20 World Cup! How excited are you for this format being back? Remember when we had Super 6s and Super 8s in Cricket World Cups? And a healthy amount of associate sides too? Cant wait to see how it unfolds and we are excited to take you through it as well as hear what you think will be the semi-finals.

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Alankrith - @AlanzArena; Ani - @AniSIyer; Anand - @Anandsudha31

PS: I do not own the rights for the image in the poster. The image featured on Times Now and is originally sourced from   twitter. It is not meant for any monetary purpose. If you are the owner and would like me to remove it, then contact me and I shall do the needful.

Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.

In the 15th episode, we try to come up with our All Format Squads, consisting of players who have played the game in its entire history. It was a pretty fun exercise and we actually can't wait to see if there is some sort of simulation software in which we can play against each other with our sides. Or you know, give birth to a Popping Crease Twitch Stream where we compete on Cricket 21.

Do share our podcast and subscribe to us. We are now on various platforms including Spotify! And of course, we cant wait to see what you guys come up with as your all time, all format squads and 11s. So you can leave them as replies on our twitter.

Alankrith - @AlanzArena; Ani - @AniSIyer; Anand - @Anandsudha31

PS: I do not own the rights for the image in the poster. The image featured on Sportskeeda and is originally sourced from Getty Images. It is not meant for any monetary purpose. If you are the owner and would like me to remove it, then contact me and I shall do the needful.