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ShedunnitCricket and CrimeWhy are crime writers so bowled over by the game?Thank you to my guests, Dr. Andrew Green and cricket statistician Andy Zaltzman. You can find more cricket-related content and news from Andy by listening to Test Match Special on BBC Radio 5, or via his podcast, The Bugle Ashes Urncast.Be aware: there are spoilers in this episode for the plot of Murder Must Advertise and non-spoiler details given about the other books listed below.Mentioned in this episode:— "The Adventure of the Priory School" by Arthur Conan Doyle, featured in The...
2023-07-2625 min
The ACSCricket PodcastElephant in the Stadium: The Myth and Magic of India's Epochal WinArunabha Sengupta joins us to discuss his latest book -- a chronicle of India's first-ever Test series triumph in England. You can buy it here:
https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Stadium-Magic-Indias-Epochal/dp/1801500940
2023-02-2236 min
Oborne & Heller on CricketAn elephant never forgets India’s first Test victory in EnglandIn August 1971 Bella the elephant from Chessington Zoo travelled to the Oval to watch India’s historic first Test match victory in England. Her story gives the title to the fascinating book, Elephant In The Stadium, by the historian Arunabha Sengupta. Around it he weaves not only the gripping cricket played in the series but also the major surrounding events, the political, social and cultural history of India’s relationship with Britain and its empire, and its enduring legacy. He is the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast.Read the full descr...
2023-02-0754 min
81 All Out - A Cricket PodcastA tragicomedy called 36 all outWe process India's 36 all out in the Adelaide Test. Was it a tragedy? Or a dark comedy? Is it even something that can be explained?
Talking Points:
The visceral shock that accompanies a rapid collapse
Pain, grief, and decades-long hurt
How does the emotional reaction to 36 all out compare with 81all out?
The deadly duo of Cummins and Hazlewood
How cricketing narratives are so batsmen-focused
The role of luck in every single cricketing event
The great Indian heartbreaks from years past
Chennai '99, Kolkata '99, Barbados '97
The discourse that accompanies a batting collapse - and...
2020-12-201h 06
A Cricketing ViewAbhishek Mukherjee & Arunabha Sengupta on their forthcoming book 'Sachin and Azhar At Cape Town'This is my conversation with Abhishek Mukherjee and Arunabha Sengupta about their forthcoming book Sachin and Azhar at Cape Town: Indian and South African Cricket Through the Prism of a Partnership. Our conversation was recorded across three continents and is, in places, subject to the vagaries of inter-continental wireless communications. The book presents a rich picture of the protagonists of that stand (both Indian and South African) and the period they lived in. This is a book not just about South Africa, but about a different era in Indian and world cricket.
Abhishek tweets @ovshake42
2020-12-081h 00Oborne & Heller on CricketSouth African cricket and the poisoned legacy of apartheidAs England’s tour of South Africa gets under way, the two latest guests of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller on their cricket-themed podcast offer deep insight into South African cricket past and present. Mo Allie, of the BBC Africa service has reported on South African sport for many years and is the author of More Than A Game, telling many heroic stories of South Africa’s non-white cricketers in times of racial segregation. Cricket historian and analyst Arunabha Sengupta has written Apartheid – A Point To Cover, the story of South African cricket to 1970 and of the successful Stop The 70...
2020-11-301h 0081 All Out - A Cricket PodcastThe toxic side to the 'Australian Way': a chat with Jarrod KimberIn this episode, we chat with journalist, blogger, author, podcaster, vlogger – or in short, the Mark Waugh of cricket coverage – Jarrod Kimber.
We focus on a piece Jarrod wrote last year titled 'The Ugly Australian: the evolution of a cricket species'. He talks about his formative experiences with sledging and hyper-aggression at the club level and how his views on behavior and moral codes have changed over time. No other team treats cricket as a team sport like Australia does, says Jarrod, but they also stretch the limits of what team-mates must do.
Talking Points:
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2020-11-171h 0981 All Out - A Cricket PodcastThe iconic shot that captured the Madras tieIn this special episode of the 81allout podcast, we chat with the photographer Mala Mukerjee on her historic photo from the tied Test in Madras in 1986.
Ms Mukerjee watched the last day of that famous Test from the stands in Chepauk and, while anticipating a thrilling finish, clicked a number of photos that captured the dramatic finish. The most famous of those was the shot she clicked at the very end of the match.
Ms Mukerjee has gone on to become an internationally renowned photographer and has held several exhibitions around the world. Her many...
2020-09-1733 min81 All Out - A Cricket PodcastWhen a tie was a victory for Border's battlersIn this special episode of the 81allout podcast, we chat with Michael Sexton on his latest book Border's Battlers, which provides a fascinating account of the iconic tied Test between India and Australia at Chepauk in September 1986. Michael has been a journalist, producer, and sportswriter for over three decades and been a part of ABC, BBC, and Channel Nine. He has written eight books and two of them on cricket - Chappell's Last Stand and Border's Battlers.
Talking points:
Contextualizing the state of Australian cricket and Border's captaincy coming into the Test series against India
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2020-07-221h 24
A Cricketing ViewA conversation with Arunabha Sengupta about his new book about South African cricket 1948-70In this episode I speak to Arunabha Sengupta about his new book Apartheid: A Point to Cover: South African Cricket 1948–70 and the Stop The Seventy Tour. The book focuses of the 22 years of South African cricket from the inception of Apartheid as official state policy by the National Party Government in 1948 to South Africa's expulsion from international cricket in 1970 due to these policies.
This episode was recorded on May 11, 2020.
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2020-05-1159 min
A Cricketing ViewA conversation with Arunabha Sengupta about his new book about South African cricket 1948-70In this episode I speak to Arunabha Sengupta about his new book Apartheid: A Point to Cover: South African Cricket 1948–70 and the Stop The Seventy Tour. The book focuses of the 22 years of South African cricket from the inception of Apartheid as official state policy by the National Party Government in 1948 to South Africa's expulsion from international cricket in 1970 due to these policies.This episode was recorded on May 11, 2020.Arunabha tweets @senantixI tweet @cricketingview--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cricketingview...
2020-05-1159 min81 All Out - A Cricket PodcastPace, swing, cut, and craft: 11 masterful spells in IndiaWe are living in a golden age of Indian fast bowling. Pitches, conditions, match situation - nothing seems to matter. India's bowling attack is ruthlessly targeting the opposition, and summoning magic deliveries at will.
What better time to talk about our favorite quick bowling performances in Indian conditions - from Malcolm Marshall's devastating spell in Kanpur in 1983-84 to Javagal Srinath's 13-wicket-haul in a losing cause to Jason Gillespie's lionhearted effort in Chennai in 2001 to Dale Steyn's spell-of-a-lifetime in Nagpur in 2010.
And let's not forget the splendid feats of swing bowling from the likes of R...
2019-11-271h 09