The Pitch Side Experts Podcast

In episode eight of The Pitch Side Experts Podcast Bish has an exclusive interview with Justin Langer, the former Australia Test opener and now Australia's head coach - focussing on the art of coaching. After the interview Bish, Moods and Freddie discuss coaching in more detail.

- The art of coaching

- How to empower players

- What makes a good coach

- How the role has changed over time

- Why coaches need to be like chameleons

- The future of coaching

In episode seven of The Pitch Side Experts Podcast Bish, Moods and Freddie discuss and debate the standard of cricket produced by the different domestic T20 leagues around the world and how they compare to international cricket.

In episode six of The Pitch Side Experts Podcast Bish, Moods and Freddie discuss cricket in the age of COVID-19 and how the global pandemic will affect cricket on and off the pitch.

- How will the schedule change

- Which formats will be prioritised?

- Which countries and formats will be put under most pressure?

- Why tradition will become less valued

- What are the challenges involved in playing bio-secure matches?

- Which players will this affect?

- Will MS Dhoni ever play for India again?

- What laws might this give cricket an opportunity to change?

In episode five of The Pitch Side Experts Podcast Bish, Moods and Freddie discuss why red and white ball formats are diverging and why this is making it harder than ever to be a successful multi-format player.

- Why red & white ball are more different than ever

- How conditions are changing

- Offence & defence are inverted

- Technical expertise from Moods

- Why fast bowlers are coping from Bish

- Why the trend is self-perpetuating from Freddie

In episode four of The Pitch Side Experts Podcast Bish, Moods and Freddie debate who are the world's best Test batsmen. The trio combine numbers, insight and coaching to identify the world's five leading Test match batsmen.

Smith | Kohli | Williamson | Root | Warner | Pujara | Taylor | Babar | Labuschagne | Mathews | Rahane | Latham | Karunaratne | Stokes | Azhar

In episode three of The Pitch Side Experts Podcast Moods has an exclusive interview with his good friend Dale Steyn, one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time before Moods, Bish and Freddie debate what made Steyn so great and consider where he ranks among Test fast bowlers.

• Exclusive Dale Steyn interview

• Most influential coaches

• Fast bowling secrets

• Worldwide dominance

• Succeeding in Asia

• Advanced CricViz analysis from Freddie

• Historical comparison and debate from Bish

In episode two of The Pitch Side Experts Podcast Bish, Moods and Freddie debate the various factors that need to be considered when building a T20 batting order and how different positions require very different skills. The podcast ends with the three of them selecting their ideal T20 top six.

• Powerplay approach

• Is pace-spin the new right-left?

• Should we see more pinch-hitters?

• The middle over challenge

• Complementary batting pairs

In the first episode of The Pitch Side Experts Podcast Bish, Moods and Freddie debate the rise and rise of spin bowling in T20 cricket.

• Why did people think spinners would struggle?

• How & why are spinners so effective?

• How has spin evolved because of T20?

• Why are multi-format spinners so rare?

In the pilot episode of The Pitch Side Expert Podcast Ian Bishop, Tom Moody & Freddie Wilde are introduced to listeners before explaining the motivation behind launching the podcast & ruminating on nearly two decades of rapid evolution in the T20 format.