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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.

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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.

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In this episode Shounak and I capture the joy and the emotions following West Indies magnificent win at The Gabba and what this could mean for the team and the players. Will ths herald the rejuvenation of West Indian Cricket or will this be another false dawn that follows a typical pattern that we have seen in the past. 

We then talk about the difficulties they have had with resources, broadcasting, the financial support for the team and the wider ramifications of this win. 

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Greetings to all listeners.

In today's episode, I sit down with Shounak , from Emerging Cricket website, and talk about the rise and growth of cricket in the African region, with special emphasis on its development in Nigeria. We also touch on its decline in Kenya, which is a tragedy in its own right. 

Shounak's interview with the Nigerian Cricket Federation president can be found HERE !

A huge thank you to all the listeners for helping The Cricket Slouch cross 3000 unique downloads and for your continued support and patronage over the past couple of years. We truly appreciate it !

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Welcome to 2024 dear listeners !

The Cricket Slouch podcast hosts Sandeep (@sportsfan3791) and Hamza in this episode for a round of commiserrations and to explore what are the barriers to India winning a series in SA and Pakistan winning one in Australia.. or even at home for that matter, ha !

And in our usual meandering way, we go on and talk about the politics of cricket, Boards, preparation, financial incentives, individual responsbilities, and finally bow out with a dig at England and their excuses when they lose. 

Minor error correction - Rohit Sharma did win the T20 WC in 2007 as a newbie. 

I guess some things never change :)

Find us on X at @Cricketing_Conv  and follow us for cricket related chats, banter, posts, and updates for when new episodes are out. 

Have a lovely New Year ahead all !

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As we approach the end of the league phases of the CWC 23, and head into the knock out phase, Sandeep suggested we talk about memorable knock out matches from the ODI World Cups of the past.

And to do just that, Sandeep and I are joined by other regular contributors Ajit, of Armchair Cricket and Guerilla Cricket fame, and Shounak, a regular contributor at Emerging Cricket website.

Matches discussed -

4:10 - India vs England 1987 WC semi final 

18:25 - Pakistan vs New Zealand 1992 WC semi final

31:50 - India vs Pakistan 1996 WC quarter final

47:30 - Australia vs West Indies 1996 WC semi final

61:30 - Australia vs South Africa 1999 WC semi final

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This one is a bit Anglo-Australian in its theme and focuses more on the fortunes of the Australian and English teams in the World Cup, and for that very purpose I have roped in James and Damien to share their views on the teams’ progress thus far in the tournament.

We also talk about the Angelo Matthews' dismissal, Maxwell's golfing accident, Warner's choice of shaving kit, Afghanistan's performances, Pakistan's chances of making it to the semis, and a re-prediction of the semi finalist spots.

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Welcome to week 4 of the WC 2023, or the Ten Team Tournament, where I and Shounak recap the main events and close finishes of the past week, India's strong performances, Australia's upturn, England's downturn, Bangladesh's disappointing show and heartwarming performances by Afg and Netherlands. 

Shounak - @Shounak_WA

The Cricket Slouch - @Cricketing_Conv

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In this episode I am joined by Sandeep, Hamza and Ajit for a quick recap of the India-Pakistan match and other interesting results from the 2nd week of the tournament so far, and give our prediction for the Ind-NZ , and Pak-Afg match.

We also talk about Netherlands' surprising show against SA, and England's disappointing one thus far. 

The Cricket Slouch - @Cricketing_Conv

Sandeep - @Sportsfan3791

Ajit - @ArmchairCricPod

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Welcome to another edition of The Cricket Slouch.

Why do we need to talk about ODIs ?

In today’s episode Shounak, Sandeep and I talk about the recent comments made by Mark Nicholas on the decline of the ODIs and that perhaps we should stop playing ODIs altogether, other than the World Cup.

We look at this from the view of a common cricket fan, like us, and try and parse that statement down from various angles and contemplate on the reason for this, as well as come up with reasons why continuing with the format is equally important for the global health of the sport, especially among Associate countries.

I hope we have been able to encapsulate this from the viewpoint of an average cricket fan and done justice to the discussion.

We then segue into whether acceptance as an Olympic sport will be of any  benefit to existing and emerging countries, the cons of this, and how much funding is likely to come in. 

The Cricket Slouch - @Cricketing_Conv

Sandeep - @Sportsfan3791

Shounak - @Shounak_WA

Mark Nicholas’ comments can be found on this Cricinfo page.

Links to articles penned by Shounak on the Emerging Cricket website.

Article 1 – Five Rings, Five Hundred Grand

Article 2 – Cricket makes its long awaited return to Olympics

Kimber’s viewpoints reference in this show can be heard on his YouTube channel.

Kimber’s Double Century podcast on Player FM  and Apple Podcasts