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Tag Archives: England
Couch Talk 110 with Mike Selvey, The Guardian
In this episode, former England cricketer and The Guardian newspaper’s cricket correspondent Mike Selvey talks about the pseudo-posturing and aggression that was on display during the recent Ashes down under, England’s dismal performance, the Andy Flower-Kevin Pietersen saga, and also … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Talk, Featured
Tagged Alastair Cook, Andy Flower, Ashes, Australia, Couch Talk, England, Kevin Pietersen, Mike Selvey, Mitchell Johnson, Podcast
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State of Unstable Equilibrium and the Ashes Scoreline
In Dead Poet’s Society, the Robin Williams’ character (John Keating) tells his students to seize the day (“Carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary”). I wrote a guest post for ESPNcricinfo’s Cordon on the ability to seize … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Test Match Cricket
Tagged Ashes, Australia, Brad Haddin, England, Mitchell Johnson, The Cordon
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Couch Talk 93 with Lawrence Booth, Editor of Wisden
In this episode, Editor of Wisden and The Daily Mail’s cricket correspondent Lawrence Booth talks about the Kevin Pietersen test message scandal story that he broke last summer, the responsibilities of cricket reporters, the ever changing cricket media environment, the … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Talk, Featured, Miscellaneous
Tagged BCCI, Couch Talk, ECB, England, Journalism, Kevin Pietersen, Lawrence Booth, Media, Podcast, Wisden
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Ashes Black Swan Event?
Gideon Haigh said during a recent interview that despite the overwhelming dominance of England over Australia in the Ashes so far, the 10-0 predictions may not actually come true. He thinks that “there is a potential for Black Swan kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Controversy, Featured
Tagged Alastair Cook, Ashes, Australia, Dharmasena, DRS, England, Steve Smith, Umpiring
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Couch Talk 89 with Gideon Haigh
In this episode, Australian writer Gideon Haigh talks about the Decision Review System (DRS) that has been a major talking point in the ongoing Ashes series, the ethics of walking, Australia’s confused approach to this Test series (replacing the coach, … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Talk, Featured
Tagged Ashes, Australia, Couch Talk, DRS, England, Ethics, Gideon Haigh, Podcast
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Ruthlessness and England Batting On
There was plenty of talk on air and on Twitter about the declaration that never came. England were light years ahead of Australia towards the end of third day’s play at Lord’s and the talk was about England declaring and … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Test Match Cricket
Tagged Alastair Cook, Andy Flower, Ashes, Australia, England, Joe Root, Michael Clarke
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Couch Talk 88 with Oli Broom, “Cycling to the Ashes”
In this episode, Englishman Oliver Broom talks about his odyssey of cycling to Brisbane, Australia from London to watch the 2010-11 Ashes. He talks about the planning, the struggle – physical and mental, the kindness of strangers, playing cricket in … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Talk, Featured
Tagged Ashes, Australia, Couch Talk, Cycling to the Ashes, England, India, Oli Broom, Podcast
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I heart Siddle
Peter Siddle. Siddles. Sizzle. Sid Vicious. Siddlers. Siddleshwar. P Siddy. Call him any name you want, but he is the man a captain would want with the ball in hand, when a break through is desperately sought. Siddle is the … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Test Match Cricket
Tagged Ashes, Australia, England, India, Peter Siddle, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar
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Tale of Dhoni and Two Sharmas
Let me get the cliché machine cracking: A captain is only as good as his players. There is no amount of playing the hunches and strategizing that can substitute for a set of very good, skillful players. While Ricky Ponting’s … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, ODI
Tagged Birmingham, Champions Trophy 2013, Edgbaston, England, India, Ishant Sharma, Joginder Sharma, MS Dhoni
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There Will Be No Heroes
Sport, at its core is about fairness – in how it is played, how it is run and the experience of viewing it. In its best form, it is capable of inspiring the actors on its egalitarian stage to the … Continue reading
Posted in Controversy, Featured
Tagged England, India, Pakistan, Rahul Dravid, Spot Fixing, Sreesanth
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