Life in the Old Dog
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 certa...
Twist in the Tail
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About
A podcast about cricket games and life by Brian, Shourov and Abhik. Each episode, one of us picks an old cricket game and leads a conversation about why it is significant. Somewhere along the line there is a twist, which takes us away from cricket and into more weighty matters of life.
Christmas Special: Heroes and Villains XI (with Gajanan Skandakumar)
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 ...
Cricket and Music
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 r...
Special Skills
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 studd...
Imagination and Innovation (with Arnav Dutta)
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...
Love to Hate
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 ...
Giving Back
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 19...
Black and White
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 play...
Beyond the Numbers (with Gaj Skandakumar)
**BONUS episode with Special Guest**Everyone loves a list, and most of all our special guest Gajanan Skandakumar ('Gaj'). Not only a handy l...
Impetuous Youth
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 on...