Cricket conversations
In the latest episode of the 81allout podcast, we are delighted to be joined by ESPNcricinfo’s Sri Lanka correspondent Andrew Fidel Fernando. We talk about Fidel’s experiences of covering Sri Lankan cricket and discuss the various aspects of putting together a piece on deadline. Fidel talks about what was going
In the latest episode of the 81allout podcast, we are delighted to be joined by BBC Test Match Special commentator Daniel Norcross and Kartikeya Date, an essayist for ESPNcricinfo and other publications. We talk about the different ways in which we consume cricket and how our experiences have changed over
In the second episode of the 81allout podcast, we chat about the recently concluded Ranji Trophy season with Saurabh Somani, an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. We discuss the unprecedented scale of this year’s tournament, Vidarbha’s impressive title defense, the controversial Karnataka-Saurashtra semi-final, and some fascinating stories that only a tournament of
In the first episode of the 81allout podcast, we talk to Vijay Arumugam, a cricket fan based in Sydney, and discuss the first-ever Test match at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Vijay and a group of friends drove from Sydney to Canberra, and he shares some of their experiences from
Dear Sidvee, It was so heartening to read your email cutting the SENA cult down to its size. I read some of the follow-up discussions on Twitter and in the comments at the blog where a few people launched a spirited defence of the relevance of SENA. But even conceding
Dear Mahesh There is a four-letter word that has been pissing me off over the last few months. SENA. This, of course, stands for South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia. And a cricketer’s or team’s record in SENA countries is often brought up when discussing Asian players and Asian
I had mixed feelings about going for the Perth Test, primarily because of the guilt of missing out on so many opportunities to watch a Test at the WACA. But the ODI between Australia and South Africa at the new stadium nudged me to choose Perth over other venues for this
Lovely piece on cricketing memories. It’s bizarre how YouTube can so emphatically raze the awe-inspiring structures we have erected in our minds. A YouTube highlights clip is so cruelly devoid of context. It tells you nothing about fans’ expectations back then. It reveals very little about the baggage that the
Are there innings or spells from the past that you have seen on video and later wished you hadn’t watched them? There are many innings I had imagined as epics that proved to be quite underwhelming when I got to watch them on YouTube. But for the scale of disappointment nothing comes close to
In your previous email, I found this bit most interesting: … given the paucity of land, the low quality of life, and the sheer logistical nightmare of carrying a cricket kit in those crowded local trains in Bombay makes it so counterintuitive to understand the success of Bombay cricket. On the
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