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Cricket history buff Abhishek Chopra joins The Last Wicket for a special episode on the historic 'Bodyline' series of 1932-33. We talk about how the epic Ashes series upended the cricket world, created tensions between Australia and England, and inspired one of the first known debates over the spirit of the game. More importantly, we revisit some of the lesser-known incidents and anecdotes from an eventful passage in cricket history.

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Senior Sub-editor at CricInfo - Shashank Kishore joins The Last Wicket to talk coaching - specifically, the evolving role of coaching in international and franchise cricket. We talk about the balance of strategy inputs and man management, how we evaluate their performances, the challenges of coaching across formats, and of course the tenure of outgoing Indian men's coach Ravi Shastri.

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Former India and current Rajasthan Royals physiotherapist John Gloster joins us to share his thoughts on the evolution of fitness training in cricket over the last two decades, the pandemic's impact on athlete health, why sleep is the next frontier in body conditioning, and much more.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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

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