The Cricket Slouch

By SP

A fun cricket podcast by a group of friends, who worship at the altar of the 22-yard strip bookended by 3 sticks. We love to talk cricket, have a laugh, include new people, express some polarising opi... more

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The podcast currently has 60 episodes available.

The Cricket Slouch episodes:

October 11, 2022 T20 WC preview - Predicting the Unpredictable
The One Where - I host not one, but 3 guests, and we discuss who is likely to do well at the T20 World Cup, the likely qualifiers from the qualifiers, the potential semi finalists, and who's likely to make it to the final round. Also, who's likely to be the dark horse to pip one of the fancied teams to the semis !We go on on our usual fact-less, opinion-fuelled "analysis" of the teams' chances for a hearty laugh :)Enjoy !
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1h 29min
September 25, 2022 Profiles - Dan Weston on the importance of analysis in cricket
On this episode I chat with Dan Weston, who has played a prominent role with many teams as an analyst, strategist, recruiter. We talk about his forays, the increasing importance of analysts in competitive cricket, developing young talent, and what it was like to be at the IPL auction and give advice to some guy called Anil Kumble. Dan Weston tweets using @SAAdvantage and his web address is danweston.substack.com where he writes very meaningful articles.
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1h 24min
August 09, 2022 Survival of the Fittest Format, and other stories.
In this episode, Sandeep and I jump on the hot bandwagon of "are ODIs dead" and express our views based on nostalgia, pragmatism, competition, demands of the modern world, financial aspects, relevance of ODIs and their importance to emerging cricket markets.
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1h 17min
August 07, 2022 If Bazball giveth, it also taketh
In this episode I chat with James Whitaker (once again) about the recent turnaround in England's test fortunes, their recent white ball performance failures in a post-Morgan era, predictions for Eng-SA test series and a general ranting and raving about something we arent happy about, which makes us a couple of old grumpy gits.
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1h 1min
June 19, 2022 The mid-June Round Up
A look at the recent and current series and matches, throwing shade on a few teams and players, the ICC, administrators, well basically everyone is fair game !
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1h 7min
May 28, 2022 Nostalgia Lane - 1987 Cricket World Cup, Part 2
examining trends, spinners, emerging players in the 1987 World Cup.
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40min
May 15, 2022 Nostalgia Lane - 1987 Cricket World Cup, Part 1 - memories, trends, and anecdotes.
I talk to Sandeep about his memories, anecdotes, and his recollections and views on the ODI trends that emerged during the 1987 World Cup.
Turns out skipping classes and smuggling transistors into school is one way to get noticed and be the cool guy on campus !
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32min
May 15, 2022 Spotlight - English Captaincy
A candid discussion about English Captaincy with James Whitaker, a life long England fan and supporter, who grew up watching Club cricket in Lancashire, and English losses, in the 80s and 90s. He still hopes that England can reclaim their glory days from..... whenever they were..... :)
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53min
May 01, 2022 Profiles - Pramod Gandhi's passion for the game
Today we talk to Pramod Gandhi, who is a dentist by profession and has stayed active playing cricket at even at the young age of 43, hustling the youngsters with his accurate bowling, and balancing responsibilities of being a dedicated professional as well as a loving father and husband. He doesn't have time for social media or the IPL.
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45min
April 23, 2022 Nostalgia Lane - SRT, his birthday and Desert Storm
Reminiscing about Sachin's Desert Storm twin innings and what makes them special even after all these years.
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44min

FAQs about The Cricket Slouch:

How many episodes does The Cricket Slouch have?

The podcast currently has 60 episodes available.