We sat down to discuss England's win at Lord's.

We discussed why Jadeja should have attacked more, why is this team so defensive?, what is the secret of Ben Stokes' energy? (No we didn't) but definitely marvelled at Archer's return and the dangers of Siraj being overbowled before looking ahead to the Manchester Test where we think Kuldeep is a must (heck, we thought he was a must in all tests).

There is sadly no media review but an observation that the Indian fan and YT creators ended up defending this selection as the game went on.

2nd Test Review of the Anderson Tendulkar Trophy

Media Roundups (multiple times, as one must)

Mulder Brainfade?

The wives of cricketers are to blame for everything

Predictions for the Lord's Test

Pradeep Magazine is a cricket writer, columnist, and former sports editor of The Pioneer, the India Today e-paper, and the Hindustan Times. He began his journalistic career in 1979 with the Chandigarh edition of The Indian Express and served as its cricket editor in 1999–2000. He writes on cricket regularly in The Tribune. He has written 2 wonderful cricket books - Not Just Cricket & Not Quite Cricket

In this episode we chat about -

1. SA’s remarkable WTC win with a black captain in Temba Bavuma at the helm
2. The lack of representation & invisibilisation of Dalits and OBCs in Cricket
3. The dim view of administration of Women’s Cricket
4. The star power creates disparities in the Indian team
5. Is Match fixing still possible due to the economic disparities and mushrooming of smaller leagues?
6. Pradeep refers to Ex-Commissioner of Police & Head of BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit - Neeraj Kumar’s book - A Cop in Cricket where his work and findings are ignored by the BCCI
7. Classist humour in India against cricketers
8. His evolving relationship with the game after being in such close proximity

Books by Pradeep Magazine

Not Just Cricket

Not Quite Cricket

Article that prompted the episode -

When Quota is fair game - The Tribune