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Welcome all to another episode of The Cricket Slouch.

In this episode, SP, joins a former Japan national team cricket player and a Japan cricket volunteer on their love for the sport, their involvement with cricket in various capacities, the growth of cricket in Japan from a fan's perspective, and the importance of its inclusion in the Asian Games at home and playing against the bigger cricket powers in the region, and what are the barriers to its growth in the face of Baseball's popularity.

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Welcome all to another episode of TCS, in which Sandeep and Shounak dissect Sri Lanka's herculean effort to draw the test vs India before they delve into another dominant English win over Pakistan.

Also in play are the Tri-series between SA, Namibia and Zimbabwe, and then we discuss the fate of the inaugural Women's Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, after which there is the inevitable discussion about political interference in cricket.

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Welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch, and today we have a special guest - a budding cricket writer named Raymond Rhodes, who has written a book on Test debuts, a very fascinating subject from a human perspective rather than just a collection of anecdotes.

He writes the book as a journey from notification of selection to the exhilaration of playing and the roller coaster of an emotional journey in between.

The book is available on Amazon and Kindle and Booktopia.

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Welcome to another episode in which Ajit, Manju and SP discuss the latest results from the test arena - Australia draw their series with Bangladesh, England win theirs vs Pakistan and India show a dominant start in Sri Lanka.

We also talk about Labuschagne's selection chances, and Kuldeep's exclusion, and Josh Tongue's progress and Root's consistency and why Cam Green is the new measurement for distance.

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Welcome to another episode, in which SP is joined by Sandeep, Shounak and Ajit after Bangladesh recorded a thrilling and comprehensive win over Australia in Darwin in just their third test in the country.

We then talk about the ongoing India vs Sri Lanka test match, the team composition and why India are in a stronger position here.

We then officially reveal the launch of The Cricket Slouch website and the intention behind this and our long term aspirations for it.

Any prospective writers are encouraged to contact TCS over our Twitter handle or our Instagram feed.

Rounding up the podcast is a lesson in the geography of Australia and huge distances encountered over here.

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Welcome all to another episode of the Cricket Slouch podcast.

Sandeep hosts this episode today with Shounak providing valuable insights. The discussion starts with Windies-Pakistan and how Windies are favourites in a test series after a long time, before moving on to ECB appointing Stephen Fleming as new coach of the test side, and then segues into Ajinkya Rahane's retirement.

The wrap is a rather passionate debate about the differences between the ICC and FIFA and how each world cup format differs and what cricket can learn from this.

The link to Shounak's article can be found right here.

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Welcome all to another episode of The Cricket Slouch.

With the tragic demise of Sir Garfield Sobers, Sandeep and Shounak pay tribute to a true legend of the sport, may he rest in peace.

They then discuss the new ICC World Cup format changes, that were unceremoniously dumped upon the cricketing world and examine closely what these changes mean for the less fortunate teams.

They touch up briefly on India's test win at Lords vs England, the gargantuan run chase by Washington Freedom in the MLC tournament, and McCullum's departure from the coach's role among other things.

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Hello and welcome to The Cricket Slouch.

In this episode SP and Sandeep are joined by Manju, a debutant guest and honoured cricket fan, to pay our respects to the departed Shapoor Zadran.

We then discuss the Women's T20 WC final, India's mixed fortunes in England across the men's and women's sides, the prospect of the women's team winning their maiden test at Lords, the final WI-SL test match, Zimbabwe's wins over Bangladesh, and a few other developments.

As per tradition we discuss controversial issues and this time it is the ICC asking ECB for an explanation around how an audio-video recording device was allowed inside the dressing room during the course of a match.

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