Tag Archives: South Africa

Short Jabs: Episode 1

Posted on January 17, 2013 by thecricketcouch

Guests: Michael Wagener, Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, Shrikant “Homer” Subramanian In this inaugural episode, Cricket blogger Michael Wagener stops by to talk about New Zealand’s disastrous series in South Africa in the “Opening Spell”, Siddhartha Vaidyanathan opines on the recent Indian selectoral … Continue reading →

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Couch Talk 55 with Firdose Moonda, ESPNcricinfo

Posted on August 12, 2012 by thecricketcouch

In this episode, ESPN Cricinfo’s South Africa correspondent, Firdose Moonda, talks about her experiences of her first trip to England to cover the England vs South Africa, the smugness she encountered from some of the English media at the beginning … Continue reading →

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Couch Talk 53 with Paul Harris, South African Cricketer

Posted on July 18, 2012 by thecricketcouch

In this episode, South African cricketer Paul Harris talks about how he got to become a spinner, whether he feels hard done by the team preferring Imran Tahir over him even after 4 years of service to the team, his … Continue reading →

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Couch Talk: Episode 18 with Firdose Moonda, ESPNCricinfo

Posted on October 10, 2011 by thecricketcouch

In this episode, The South Africa Correspondent of ESPN Cricinfo, Firdose Moonda talks about the recent changes to the South African cricket team in terms of coach, captaincy, selections as well as the upcoming home series against Australia. Follow Firdose … Continue reading →

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Ten Things about Group Captain Sachin Tendulkar

Posted on September 8, 2010 by thecricketcouch

On September 3, 2010, Indian batting ace, Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the honorary rank of group captain by the chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for his contribution to cricket. Instead of an honorary award, what if he really was … Continue reading →

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A good father

Posted on July 29, 2010 by thecricketcouch

Herman Van Werkhoven. He and I have been friends for about 5 years now since he came to U.S. from South Africa, during which time we played together on the university club team. He moved away for a couple of … Continue reading →

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O Bowlers, Where Art Thou?

Posted on May 28, 2010 by thecricketcouch

The fact that India could not defend a reasonably good score of 285 against a weak Zimbabwe team proves one thing that the followers of Indian cricket have long been aware of – the scarcity of match winning bowlers in … Continue reading →

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What is wrong with South Africa?

Posted on May 13, 2010 by thecricketcouch

South Africa came in to the T20 world cup as one of the contenders, in spite of all the baggage they have been carrying ever since their re-entry to world cricket in 1990-91. Some of their players featured in the … Continue reading →

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Coach calls for change in approach

Posted on May 12, 2010 by thecricketcouch

After his team crashed out of the Twenty20 World cup tournament, a lot sooner than everybody thought, the national team’s coach from South Africa, wants a change in approach from his players: “We won’t win the World Cup in 2011 … Continue reading →

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Match Summary: India v South Africa T20 Worldcup

Posted on May 4, 2010 by thecricketcouch

After accomplishing the first step (as easily as they were expected to) in regaining the T20 world cup trophy, India were on to sussing their strengths and weaknesses, against an equally strong South African team, who should be among the … Continue reading →

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