Hello and welcome everyone to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. I am joined by Shounak for this episode, in which we talk about India’s unexpected and astonishing win at Perth and going 1-0 ahead in the 5-match BGT series and the major talking points from the match including both sides’ bowling, India’s top order finally playing the way they were expected to, Bumrah’s magic, NKR’s promising talent, a couple of controversial issues from the match, and finally discussing potential changes for the Adelaide Test.

Towards the end we talk about Cricket Australia investing in the future of Pacific Cricket and what this actually means and how it could have been a bit better.

Enjoy !

Hello all, The Cricket Slouch podcast is back with a broad post-mortem review of New Zealand's historical whitewash over India in India.

I am joined by Shounak and Aryan in dissecting what NZ did well and where India fell behind in this series and wondering what may have been if certain events had panned out differently.

Whilst NZ did the basics well, this series loss was a perfect storm of things going wrong for the Indian side and we ponder whether this side is now ready to transition towards youngsters. We talk a little about the squad for the BGT and how India are likely to perform there.

Take away message - Paternal obligations are the secret to away wins !

Shounak writes features for Emerging Cricket.

Aryan writes match reports and feature articles for Guerilla Cricket.

Sandeep and I are joined by Rahul Patil from Sportsfreak to talk about two of New Zealand's major cricketing achievements in the modern era - namely the women's T20 World Cup win and the men's test win in India.

Although this was meant to be a NZ-centric discussion, it quickly meandered into familiar Indo-centric territory.

We talk about the toss, the tactics, the batting collapse for the ages, NZ's sharp bowling and fielding, Sarfaraz's innings, Ashwin and Jadeja's declining fortunes, rise of the young brigade and the slow fading of old legends, and how to tackle spin bowling.

And then we turn our attention to the the women's team's triumph in the T20 World Cup and how NZ beat all odds and expectations to emerge Champions and why we need to retain this format and not cave in to the Big Three.

In this episode Sandeep and I are joined by Aryan Surana, who writes features and match reviews over at Guerilla Cricket, to talk about the return of cricket to Gwalior, the Ind-Bangla series, the potency of the Indian test attack and other notable points.

We also pay our respects to the late Ratan Tata, may he rest in peace.

Aryan's two recent articles on cricket in Gwalior can be found here -

Article 1 - general return of cricket to Gwalior

Article 2 - Interview with Mr Scindia

Greetings and welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch !

Today we have Estelle Vasudevan on board again and this time we talk about the upcoming women's T20 World Cup and go through the different squads whilst narrowing down on the final four and eventual prediction for a winner. The women's game has grown in leaps and bounds and the quality now is much better than what it was 10 years ago and there are no easy games expected in the upcoming tournament.

Will Australia win again, or will it be England's turn this time round ?

Or will Sri Lanka spring a surprise and make it to the last four at the expense of India? Can Windies do it again with the return of Dottin ?

Find out as the discussion unfolds !

Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch.

Today I am joined by Sandeep and Estelle Vasudevan to talk about Sri Lanka's recent test win against England at The Oval and whether this win has enabled Sri Lanka to save test cricket or not, their chances of possibly winning the series this time, and what does the future look like for the men's team.

We also talk about their leading players in a bit of depth and whether Angelo Matthews can be timed retired by the selectors and where the bureaucrats are missing out on cashing in on fostering great rivalries in the subcontinent.

Hello and Greetings everyone and welcome back to another episode of The Cricket Slouch.

Today’s episode is going to focus on the East Asia Pacific T20 Regional sub-qualifiers A, and even more specifically on the Cook Islands team and their performance and their heartbreak at the tournament.

I am joined by Rahul Patil for this episode as he discusses the team’s performance, heart break at the last game, cricket in general in the Cook Islands, their recent progress domestically and internationally as well as attempts that are being made to introduce the game to the youth. He also gives his view on the recent ICC change to the pathway from sub-regional qualifiers to the World Cup qualifiers.

Hello everyone.

Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch. I am joined today by Sandeep and Shounak to discuss India's amazing win over South Africa in the T20 World Cup final and talk about the highlights of that match - Kohli's innings, Bumrah's bowling, Arshdeep's and Pandya's contributions and that catch by SKY among other things.

We also talk about the tournament as a whole, its success, and then segue into talking about Afghanistan and whether they have done enough to overcome the political and moral virtue signalling and get invited to bilateral series with the big boys..

We start the episode talking about Frank Duckworth's passing and wrap it up with a thank you to Dravid and his contribution thus far to Indian cricket.

Enjoy and share the episode with your fellow cricket loving friends.