A Cricketing View

On Bazball With Daniel Norcross

My guest is Daniel Norcross of BBC's Test Match Special. Daniel came on to exchange notes about Bazball and its effect on the state of play in Test cricket. This podcast

A Review Of India's Tests in England in 2021 With Sidharth Monga and Daniel Norcross

This is an extended conversation about the cricket played during India's Tests in England in the 2021 season. My guests are SIdharth Monga of ESPNCricinfo and Daniel Norc

On The Anxieties of Evidence in VAR & DRS. With Daisy Christodoulou, Jonathan Wilson and Daniel Norcross - II

In February 2020,  Daisy, Jonathan and Daniel came on the podcast to discuss DRS and VAR. A year later, they are back to reflect on the developments in both during the pa

A Conversation with Warren Brennan About Hotspot, RTS and other Technology in Cricket

Warren Brennan is the founder and chief technology officer of BBG Sports where he has developed the Hotspot/RTS system for spotting edges with Allan Plaskett. In this con

A Conversation With Rob Moody About His YouTube Cricket Videos

Rob Moody is the curator of the robelinda an robelinda2 cricket video channels on youtube. His videos will be viewed one billion times by mid-April. This is a conversatio

A Conversation with S Rajesh Of ESPNCricinfo About Their Control Statistic

This conversation is about ESPNCricinfo's Control statistic with their senior stats editor S Rajesh. We discuss what the metric tries to measure, what it contributes to u

A Preview of England's Tests in India with Subash Jayaraman and Daniel Norcross

This is an irregular review of an irregular series in irregular times. My guests are Subash Jayaraman, the veteran host of the Couch Talk podcast and Daniel Norcross from

A conversation with Jack Shantry & Daniel Norcross on Umpiring and the Laws of Cricket

Jack Shantry is a former left-arm seam bowler who played for Worcestershire. He is currently a National Panel umpire in the UK.  Daniel Norcross is a cricket commentator

Abhishek Mukherjee & Arunabha Sengupta on their forthcoming book 'Sachin and Azhar At Cape Town'

This is my conversation with Abhishek Mukherjee and Arunabha Sengupta about their forthcoming book Sachin and Azhar at Cape Town: Indian and South African Cricket Through

Tim Wigmore On His New Book - The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made

This is a conservation with Tim Wigmore about his new book with Mark Williams The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made.  Tim contributes to The Daily Telegraph, ESPNCricinfo

Karunya Keshav & Snehal Pradhan On Their Report On The State Of The Art Of Women's Cricket In India

In this episode of the podcast I speak to Karunya Keshav and Snehal Pradhan about their report (co-authored with the late Sidhanta Patnaik of Wisden India and Women's Cri

A conversation with Arunabha Sengupta about his new book about South African cricket 1948-70

In this episode I speak to Arunabha Sengupta about his new book Apartheid: A Point to Cover: South African Cricket 1948–70 and the Stop The Seventy Tour. The book focuses

A Conversation with Gideon Haigh about Politics in Sport

In this conversation the Australian journalist and cricket writer Gideon Haigh discusses the ways in which cricket, and sport more generally is political. Gideon Haigh's

A Conversation about DRS/VAR with Daisy Christodoulou, Jonathan Wilson and Daniel Norcross

This is a conversation about DRS, VAR and the role of technology in decision making in cricket and football.  Daisy Christodoulou's insightful and widely read twitter th

A conversation with Mihir Bose about four day Tests

Mihir Bose has been a reporter based in London for nearly five decades. He has worked for newspapers and television. He has written more than two dozen books on an extrao

A conversation with Anthony McGowan about cheating in cricket

Anthony McGowan is an author who writes for children, young adults and older adults. His most recent book is How to teach philosophy to your dog. In this episode he joine

Jarrod Kimber on Contemporary Cricket Writing

In 2007, Jarrod Kimber started a blog called Cricket with Balls. Over the last 12 years he has graduated to writing features, books and match reports, made documentary fi

A Conversation with Suresh Menon about the BCCI

Suresh Menon is a veteran observer of Indian cricket. He has been a reporter and an editor-in-chief at the Indian Express. Currently, he is a contributing editor to The H

A Conversation with Snehal Pradhan about the contemporary landscape of women's cricket

In this episode, I speak to Snehal Pradhan. Snehal is a former India fast bowler. In addition to running her youtube channel Cricket with Snehal, she writes and reports o

Daniel Norcross (Part II)

This is part two of my conservation with Daniel Norcross. Daniel is a commentator for BBC Test Match Special. He also writes for various publications like ESPNCricinfo. D