In any other team in any other era, Gordon Greenidge would have been the top dog. He just had the (mis) fortune to play in the same team with a certain Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards.Starting off facing Lillee and Thommo, Greenidge finished o

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Christmas Special: Heroes and Villains XI (with Gajanan Skandakumar)

Dec 29th, 2020 56m 10s

In our special final episode for 2020, we bring back our favourite guest, Gaj, to discuss the best cricketers from this year's episodes. We pick a Heroes and Villains XI from all the cricketers we have discussed in 2020. It has been a tumultuo

Cricket and Music

Nov 3rd, 2020 38m 18s

Shourov brings in a game from the 2006 Champions Trophy with standout performances from a number of the greats of Windies and Aussie cricket - and a rare game that had a successful musician and recording artist on each team! It's a great excuse

Special Skills

Oct 17th, 2020 45m 7s

March 6, 1971. A revered day for Indian cricket fans. The debut of Sunil Manohar Gavaskar. A West Indian team in transition still has a star studded batting line-up and a usual bowling attack. In opposition the fabled Indian spin trio, a

Imagination and Innovation (with Arnav Dutta)

Sep 7th, 2020 34m 31s

Zimbabwe vs india at Faridabad in 2002 - a nondescript ODI that was the scene of something extraordinary - one of the cricket world's first scoop shots! Douglas Marillier came in at number ten and blew away the Indian bowlers with an inventive,

Love to Hate

Aug 22nd, 2020 36m 15s

Finally a game with no Australian or Indian connection. Or is there ? This game features Sir Ian Botham and Sir Richard Hadlee, two players we loved to hate, and Dickie Bird, an umpire we loved to love. Why do we hate some players and teams mo

Giving Back

Aug 11th, 2020 45m 35s

Abhik brings another game that is obscure to many but well known in the right circles. Perhaps the greatest Ranji trophy final of them all. In May 1991, A star studded Bombay team looking to continue their dominance of Indian domestic cricket.

Black and White

Jul 24th, 2020 41m 38s

January 1984, at the height of the apartheid regime, a team of West Indian cricketers is in the middle of a "rebel" tour of South Africa. Fringe players unable to break into one of the strongest test teams of all time take the opportunity to p

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Beyond the Numbers (with Gaj Skandakumar)

Jun 28th, 2020 39m 50s

**BONUS episode with Special Guest**Everyone loves a list, and most of all our special guest Gajanan Skandakumar ('Gaj'). Not only a handy left-handed batsman, Gaj is also a student of the game, and today he brings in his special "Impressionist

Impetuous Youth

Jun 16th, 2020 34m 15s

Perth 2008 - after the bitter acrimony of the "Monkey-gate" affair, two fired up teams face off on a unusually placid WACA track. Australia brings one of the fastest bowling attacks ever assembled, but a lanky young fast bowler from Delhi turn

Hero Worship (with Shomik Sengupta)

May 25th, 2020 33m 23s

Before Kohli and Tendulkar, there was one man who single-handedly carried India's hopes with the bat. In this week's family special, Abhik's brother Shomik comes on to discuss an uncharacteristically swashbuckling innings from the one and onl

The Saviour

May 5th, 2020 37m 1s

The year 1984 was a tough one by the high standards of the Australian cricket team. As well as a string of losses home and away against the West Indies, they lost their captain and were on the verge of losing their dignity, and perhaps hope fo

Missed Opportunities (with Andrew Menczel)

Apr 28th, 2020 30m 44s

This week the boys are joined by Australian podcast royalty. Andrew (Menners) Menczel from the Cricket Unfiltered Podcast reminisces about a formative time of his life, as he travelled around England following the Australian team during the 19

Dealing with Disappointment

Apr 16th, 2020 36m 42s

In this episode, Shourov brings another famous game and an iconic image. Edgbaston, August 2005 - England haven't won the Ashes for 16 years and are one Test down once again. Glenn McGrath misses with a freak injury. Ricky Ponting wins the t

Coming Back

Mar 29th, 2020 30m 26s

This week the boys look back an another time when cricket was interrupted by pandemic. Almost exactly a century ago, a group of English cricketers toured Australia. Amongst them were legendary players like Jack Hobbs and others who had been thr

The Long Wait (with Bradley Scott)

Mar 2nd, 2020 27m 27s

This week we are joined by New Zealand cricketer Bradley Scott who brings in a game from his own career, the NZ domestic cricket final between Auckland and Otago in 2008. Brad leads us through the game, reminisces on his time playing with legen

Love Lost And Found

Feb 23rd, 2020 27m 3s

Abhik brings in what seems to be an obscure game between India and Australia during the famous "Monkeygate" series of 2008. There was plenty of drama both on and off the field, with racially charged sledging, batsmen being hit and seesawing res

Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

Feb 13th, 2020 23m 1s

Brian brings in a game from 1990 between Australia and Pakistan that featured a famous and very funny sledging exchange between the great Javed Miandad and one of the most entertaining Australian bowlers, the great Merv Hughes. The game was a d

The Law is An Ass

Feb 2nd, 2020 31m 34s

Abhik brings in an infamous game from 1987 - at the end of a frustrating tour, a seemingly innocuous incident leads to an unseemly escalation between player and umpire. Mike Gatting vs Shakoor Rana - it made for an iconic photograph but who was

The First Time (with Chris Fluke)

Jan 19th, 2020 37m 57s

A classic nostalgia episode for Aussie cricket fans as our special guest Chris Fluke brings in an iconic Boxing Day Test Match between Australia and New Zealand. We reminisce about the heroics and standout performances from both sides and revie

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Xmas Special

Dec 18th, 2019 16m 4s

It's holiday time and the cricket season is in full swing. We recap memorable moments in the first year of the podcast, remember our special guests and send out a big thank you to you, our listeners, for joining us in our first year. A happy an

Timing and Luck (with Ben Mercuri)

Dec 3rd, 2019 44m 23s

Our special guest Ben Mercuri brings in a one-sided but memorable game with contrasting debuts - Ricky Ponting and Stuart Law. Sri Lanka suffered a big loss, despite bowling Murali into the ground and having an opener called Mahanama. Ponting w

Trashing Tradition

Nov 24th, 2019 39m 2s

The 2007 ODI World Cup was marred by controversies, poor planning and the mysterious death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer. Shourov remembers travelling around the Caribbean, partying with the locals and the excitement of seeing Brian Lara bat. B

Nothing to Lose

Nov 11th, 2019 27m

Abhik picks another obscure game but this time with a notable feature, the highest ever tenth wicket partnership in ODIs, led by the Trinidadian Ravi Rampaul. This leads to a series of segues about camping, dodgy flights on Caribbean Airlines,

First Impressions

Nov 2nd, 2019 24m 53s

Shourov takes us back to a Test match between Australia and India in 1992, a game he had to follow via the radio from a flat in Kolkata. Australia had just gone through a moment of political drama, a precocious kid called Tendulkar hit a centur