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Author Trinanjan Chakraborty joins The Last Wicket for a conversation about his book - "The Forgotten Sons: Untold Stories of Indian Cricket". We chat about our shared love of cricket nostalgia, and the impact of lesser known Indian cricketers from history which served to inspire Trinanjan to write the aforementioned book. The select group of yesteryear cricketers we discuss in this episode are Palwankar Baloo, Hemachandra Adhikari, Pankaj Roy and Rusi Surti.

Links

Trinanjan Chakraborty on Twitter

Amazon link to "The Forgotten Sons: Untold Stories of Indian Cricket"

All Over Cricket's founder Jay Dansinghani joins The Last Wicket to chat about the associate teams who are making waves in the 2021 T20 World Cup. We talk unsatisfying formats, significance of Scotland and Namibia making it to the Super 12 stage, the disappointing performances from Ireland and Netherlands, and much more.

Links

Follow Jay Dansinghani on Twitter 

All Over Cricket on Twitter

All Over Cricket website

Ireland's T20 struggles and Nepal's cricket passion

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Ananya Upendran (Managing Editor, Women's CricZone) and Laura Jolly (Women's Cricket Editor, Cricket Australia) join us for a chat about the recently concluded tour of Australia by the Indian Women and what the performances say about both teams' prospects for the upcoming World Cup. We also talk about the participation of the Indian stars in the WBBL, the ongoing debate over 5-day tests and points structure, and much more.

Links

Ananya on Twitter

Women's CricZone

Laura on Twitter 

The Scoop Cricket Podcast

Former Australian cricketer Colin Miller joins us for a conversation about his professional career, the story behind his "colorful" persona, his coaching aspirations, and his thoughts on how cricket can break into the mainstream in the United States.

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Colin Miller profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos (espncricinfo.com)

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Writer and digital presenter Anam Nadeem drops in to discuss the state of the game as Pakistan cricket faces another crisis. We explore the impacts of the withdrawals of the New Zealand and England squads from their tours to Pakistan, and what this means for the future of the game. We also talk about what current events mean for Afghanistan cricket, the MCC's announcement of adoption of gender neutral terminology and much more.

New Zealand and England pulling out from Pakistan tours: 01:03 - 39:30

What happens now to Afghanistan cricket? 39:35 - 49:12

MCC says 'batsman' is now 'batter': 49:17 - 56:14

Impact on Pakistan's preparations for upcoming global tournaments: 56:18 - 1:03:35

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Anam Nadeem on Twitter

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Coach and former cricketer Malolan Rangarajan joins The Last Wicket podcast for a conversation about his work with the CPL-winning SKN Patriots, the importance of planning strategy before the start of a T20 season, his experiences with the Caribbean stars, the transition from player to coach, and much more.

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Malolan Rangarajan on Twitter

Malolan's CricInfo profile

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Returning guest Karthikeya Manchala joins us to talk about the nuances of T20 bowling as exhibited through the likes of Sunil Narine and Mustafizur Rahman, the value of wide yorkers, construction of death bowling and much more.

Links

Karthikeya on Twitter

Sunil Narine - The King of T20 spin bowling - by Karthikeya Manchala - Caribbean Cricket News (substack.com)

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Sports scientist Dr. Habib Noorbhai joins The Last Wicket gang for a chat on his PhD on the backlift technique, the unique training bat he helped develop, the future of biomechanics in cricket, and much more.

Links

Habib Noorbhai on Twitter

Training bat with racquet shaped toe-end

Kohli-Root-Smith comparison

Use of coaching cricket bat aligned with long term athlete development

Website

The batting backlift technique in cricket (PhD Thesis)

A descriptive analysis of batting backlift techniques in cricket: Does the practice of elite cricketers follow the theory?

Novel coaching cricket bat: can it be used to enhance the backlift and performance of junior cricket batsmen? | BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

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Australian radio show host and former cricketer Kieran "Beefy" Blake joins us for a chat about the current state of Australian cricket, the role sports can play in other areas of life, and his "365 Days of Sport" project which led to him being crowned as the official "World's Biggest Sports Fan". 

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365 Days of Sport - Facebook page

365 Days of Sport - Instagram

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The Last Wicket gang (sans Himanish) reflect on the dramatic finish to the Lord's game, and revisit other memorable instances in recent times where emotions got the better of calmer heads on a cricket field. 

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England collapse to a shock defeat - by Freehit - Freehit's Blog (substack.com)

Free hits for no-balls would have stopped Jasprit Bumrah's attack on James Anderson (telegraph.co.uk)

Virat Kohli Fight With Mitchell Johnson | Virat Kohli Vs Mitchell Johnson 2014 - 2015 Test Series

'Get ready for a broken fucken arm': how Michael Clarke got ruthless

Full coverage of the Anderson-Jadeja altercation

Cricket: England choke on their jelly beans as Zaheer savours sweet revenge

Eng vs Ind 2021 - James Anderson vs India - A history of wickets and verbals (espncricinfo.com)

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