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Welcome all to another episode of The Cricket Slouch and in this episode Sandeep, Ajit and Shounak team up to talk about the upcoming T20 World Cup, specifically the Associate Teams in the pool.

They track their past performances, this edition’s qualifying journey and their squads, and the format of the upcoming tournament,

Some of the discussion focuses on the changes that are being brought in some of these countries that may have affected their national squad selection.

To round it up, they express a fool’s hope of seeing the Ind-Pak match get washed off, before they turn their attention to the Bangladesh-India drama at present, briefly touch on the u-19 WC and close the discussion with Alyssa Healey’s retirement.

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Greetings all and welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch.

In this episode, Sandeep and Shounak are joined by James for a nuanced and balanced perspective about the Sydney test, and the Ashes series in general, and whether this was a win for England in any way.

The conclusion was that England couldn't bat, bowl or catch this series and the Aussies were only marginally better in what was supposed to be cricket's marquee event.

The discussion then weaves around future prospects for both teams, potential retirements, and replacements for them, before they touch base on the upcoming u-19 World Cup in Namibia and Zimbabwe.

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Hello and welcome all to The Cricket Slouch.

In the very first episode of 2026, Sandeep and Shounak cover the triumphant return of Bazball in a surprise 2-day win over Australia at the hallowed MCG.

Whether Australia played poorly or England played less poorly is a matter of debate and discussed well by our panel of two. They analyse how a seamer-friendly pitch in Melbourne affected gameplay, leading to mistakes over mastery. The discussion explores modern batting mindsets where attack seemed to trump patience. England and Australia both struggled due to seam movement and wobble seam deliveries compounded the difficulty, leading to unremarkable innings by many with lacklustre batting techniques and poor shot selection and some dubious approaches to batting.

Prospects for the Sydney test were discussed before prayers were said for Damien Martyn, who's currently in hospital.

Enjoy the chatter!