Couch Talk
199 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsInterviews with cricket players, officials and administrators, writers and journalists, fans and news makers.
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Couch Talk 50 - Vikram Kumar
July 08, 2012 04:00 - 23 minutes - 10.7 MBIn this episode, former Tamil Nadu Ranji wicket-keeper Vikram Kumar talks about his career path in cricket, from age level cricket to Ranji, the pressures on young cricketers, his reasons to give up playing first class cricket, how the cricketers are cared for in the Indian domestic set up and whether his decision would be any different if he were to make it in the current climate of T20 leagues. Vikram is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Economics in the United States.
Couch Talk 49 - Wasim Akram
June 24, 2012 04:00 - 17 minutes - 7.81 MBIn this episode, arguably the greatest fast bowler cricket has ever seen and most definitely the greatest left hand fast bowler of the game, Wasim Akram, talks about his dismissal of Rahul Dravid in the 1999 Chennai test, what it takes to be a very good fast bowler, bowling with Waqar Younis, how he managed his health issues during his career, his views of Pakistani cricket amongst other things.
Couch Talk 48 - Venkatesh Prasad
June 20, 2012 11:00 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBn this episode, former India cricketer and bowling coach, and the current assistant coach for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Venkatesh Prasad, talks about his coaching stint with India, the role of coaches in cricket, the state of fast bowling in India, and also foreign coaches vis-a-vis Indian coaches. Prasad discusses at length the need for the Indian bowlers to bowl a lot more to develop bowling fitness rather than just gym fitness, and the need for players to spend time playing first c...
Couch Talk 47 - Ed Cowan
June 13, 2012 04:00 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MBIn this episode, Ed Cowan, the Australian test opener, talks about his test debut on Boxing day 2011 at the MCG, the step up from domestic cricket to international arena, the media scrutiny, Australian first class cricket system, getting to play with and against cricketing legends, his book “In the firing line: Diary of a season“, future of test cricket, T20 leagues etc.
Couch Talk 46 - Dileep Premchandran
June 06, 2012 11:00 - 18 minutes - 8.55 MBIn this episode, Dileep Premachandran, the editor of Wisden India talks about the launch of Wisden India, their goals and ambitions in capturing the interest of the Indian cricket fan, his plans for Wisden India to be different from Wisden Almanack, their recent website launch and answers listeners questions.
Couch Talk 45 - Andrew Miller
May 09, 2012 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBIn this episode, the editor of The Cricketer Magazine and former U.K. editor of ESPNCricinfo, Andrew Miller, talks about his career move and what he hopes to achieve at The Cricketer, the challenges to his vision, cricket journalism in the era of social networking, and the purchase of Test Match Sofa by The Cricketer, amongst other things. Follow Andrew Miller on Twitter at: @miller_cricket.
Couch Talk 44 - Dirk Nannes
May 05, 2012 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode, Victoria/Australia/Netherlands fast bowler Dirk Nannes, currently with the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in the IPL, talks about his late start to cricket, the choice he had to make picking Australia over the Netherlands, the IPL grind, training in the IPL, mercenary aspect of some of the T20 players (including himself) and his team mate Chris Gayle, club vs country debate and his post-retirement plans.
Couch Talk 43 - Gaurav Kalra
April 30, 2012 04:00 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this episode, the sports editor of the television network CNN IBN, Gaurav Kalra talks about the quality of cricket reporting in Indian media, BCCI, India’s selectors, Decision Review System (DRS), role of bloggers and sports journalism in India, in general.
Couch Talk 42 - Neils Momberg
April 24, 2012 11:00 - 18 minutes - 8.6 MBIn this episode, Cricket South Africa’s Youth Cricket Manager Neils Momberg joins Couch Talk’s South African host Ant Sims, to talk about the challenges faced by Youth Cricket programs in South Africa in terms of funding, the amount of youth leaving South Africa, the influence of T20 cricket on South African youth cricketers and also the spin bowling prospects there.
Couch Talk 41 - Iain O'Brien
April 13, 2012 04:00 - 34 minutes - 16 MBIn this episode, former New Zealand fast bowler Iain O’Brien talks about his battle with depression, mental health issues faced by cricketers, the support system for the players, and how it is looked up on within the cricket community and society in general.
Couch Talk 40 - Mohammad Isam
April 06, 2012 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBIn this episode, Mohammad Isam, Senior sports reporter for the Daily Star in Dhaka, discusses Bangladesh’s results in the Asia cup and whether they have turned a corner as a team, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and the reports of spot fixing in that tournament, the proposed tour of Pakistan by Bangladesh, Bangladeshi first class cricket structure, amongst other things.
Couch Talk 39 - Harsha Bhogle
March 26, 2012 04:00 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this episode, cricket commentator, columnist and the face of Indian cricket commentary, Harsha Bhogle, talks about a wide range of things including his career as a TV commentator, quality of cricket commentary on TV, the intrusive ads during cricket telecasts, radio commentary, sharing the commentary box with legends of broadcasting and the game among other things.
Couch Talk 38 - Kartikeya Date
March 23, 2012 04:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MBIn this episode, Kartikeya Date of A Cricketing view, who has provided his readers extensive insights in to the technology and philosophy of the Decision Review System (DRS) talks about the changes to the DRS debate in the last 9 months, the future of the role of on-field umpires, and the discussions he has had with Dave Richardson, ICC’s Manager of Cricket.
Couch Talk 37 - Daniel Norcross
March 19, 2012 04:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this episode, the founder of TestMatchSofa, Daniel Norcross, talks about The Cricketer Magazine buying out the Test Match Sofa, the implications to both the parties and what the listeners of Sofa should expect. He also addresses the press this deal has received and the possible conflict of interest Jonathan Agnew of BBC Test Match Special may have as he is a stakeholder in The Cricketer as well.
Couch Talk 36 - Chetan Narula
March 10, 2012 10:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MBIn this episode, Cricket journalist and writer, Chetan Narula talks about his book “Skipper – A definitve account of India’s greatest captains”, including the inspiration for the book, the research involved in writing it and also about MS Dhoni’s future as India’s captain among other things. Follow Chetan on Twitter at @ChetanNarula.
Couch Talk 35 - Venky Mysore
March 02, 2012 10:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode, CEO & MD of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) of the IPL talks about his introduction to sports management, his first major decision as CEO of KKR (not picking Sourav Ganguly in the 2011 auction), their methods of player analysis prior to an auction, the past and the future of KKR franchise etc.
Couch Talk 34 - Gideon Haigh
February 28, 2012 10:00 - 48 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this episode, Gideon Haigh, writer and Cricket historian, talks about the ICC, Woolf review, DRS, BCCI and other national cricket boards, influence of T20 cricket, the various franchise-based T20 leagues, the future of test cricket, John Howard’s (unsuccessful) nomination to the post of ICC vice-president, the power structure within the ICC, and cricket journalism.
Couch Talk 33 - Jarrod Kimber, Sam Collins
February 23, 2012 10:00 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode, Jarrod Kimber and Sampson Collins, of Two Chucks fame (amongst other things) talk about their independent Cricket documentary “Death of a Gentleman” that is still in production. They have interviewed plenty of Cricket administrators, journalists, player agents, ex-players, current players and fans to find an answer to the burning question that is in a lot of cricket enthusiasts’ minds: “Is Test Cricket dying?”
Couch Talk 32 - Lawrence Booth
February 10, 2012 10:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this episode, the editor of Wisden, Lawrence Booth talks about England’s failings in the test series vs. Pakistan, cricket reporting and journalism, and how Wisden is relevant in the current environment of 24-hour news cycle and social networking.
Couch Talk 31 - Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
February 05, 2012 11:00 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode, former Cricinfo correspondent Sidhartha Vaidyanathan talks about India’s disastrous 4-0 test series loss in Australia and answers listeners questions on retirements of Dravid/Laxman, Duncan Fletcher, Sehwag, Dhoni’s captaincy amongst other things.
Couch Talk 30 - Ahmer Naqvi, Hassan Cheema
February 01, 2012 11:00 - 33 minutes - 15.1 MBIn this episode, Ahmer Naqvi and Hassan Cheema of Dawn Blogs talk about Pakistan’s test series win over England, their personal experiences, Team Misbah and the future of this team. Ahmer is on twitter @KarachiKhatmal and Hassan is at @MediaGag
Couch Talk 29 - Sushrut Jain
January 30, 2012 11:00 - 20 minutes - 9.3 MBIn this episode, filmmaker Sushrut Jain talks about his cricket documentary “Beyond All Boundaries” that follows three characters, Sudhir Kumar (The Indian Super fan) and two young cricketers, in India with the Cricket World Cup in the Indian subcontinent as the background. The documentary is in post-production and is scheduled to be released late 2012.
Couch Talk 28 - Adam Carroll-Smith
January 22, 2012 11:00 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this episode, the author of “Chasing Sachin”, Adam Carroll-Smith talks about the seemingly impossible quest he undertook this past summer – to bowl Sachin Tendulkar out. Adam elaborates on his quest, his particular dislike of Ronnie Irani, and his inspiration Roger Whelan and how things unfolded during his quest.
Couch Talk 27 - Shoaib Naveed
January 15, 2012 11:00 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBIn this episode, Shoaib Naveed, a freelance blogger for PakPassion, Dawn Blogs and All Out Cricket, talks about the India-Australia series that he is covering Down Under, the upcoming Pakistan-England series in UAE, meeting his cricketing idol Wasim Akram and narrates a scarcely believable story he pulled off while covering the world cup in Sri Lanka, recently.
Couch Talk 26 - Aakash Chopra
December 11, 2011 11:00 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBIn this episode, former India test opener and author of the new book “Out of the Blue: Rajasthan’s Road to The Ranji Trophy” Aakash Chopra, talks about his book, provides suggestions for improving the Ranji Trophy competition, discusses India’s upcoming tour to Australia and also opines on his former batting partner, Virender Sehwag.
Couch Talk 25 - Mahesh Sethuraman
December 04, 2011 11:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode, Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd) talks about how the experiences of a cricket fan in India – watching it on Television with the intrusive ads or in the stadium with not so great facilities – have got worse over the years.
Couch Talk 24 - Umran Khan
November 04, 2011 10:00 - 28 minutes - 12.8 MBIn this episode, Umran Khan of the Dubai-based sports management company, Aces Middle East talks about his job as manager of cricketers. He talks about the different tasks his job entails on a day-to-day basis, his clients (Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq amongst others), the spot fixing scandal and some of the lighter moments of managing players.
Couch Talk 23 - Sana Kazmi, Masuud Qazi
October 31, 2011 10:00 - 42 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this episode, Passionate Pakistani fans Sana Kazmi and Masuud Qazi talk about their reactions to the spot fixing scandal. Masuud brings his perspective on the spotfixing trial from attending the court proceedings. They also talk about the way forward for Pakistani cricket.
Couch Talk 22 - Jamie Harrison
October 28, 2011 10:00 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode, the president of US Youth Cricket Association, Jamie Harrison talks about his organization’s approach to grow the game of cricket from the bottom up in the United States. He also discusses the future of the sport in US and the role of T20 in all that.Please visit the USYCA Website for all the wonderful initiatives undertaken to bring cricket to the kids in USA.
Couch Talk 21 - Stacey Harris
October 26, 2011 10:00 - 22 minutes - 10.3 MBIn this episode, Stacey Louise Harris (@lilmissashes) talks about her conversion to cricket and her book, “Point to Fine Leg: A Modern Woman’s Complete Guide to Cricket”. The book is available for electronicdownload from Pitch Vision and you can also follow Stacey on her blog “Point to Fine Leg“.
Couch Talk 20 - Jarrod Kimber
October 22, 2011 10:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode, Jarrod Kimber of Cricket with Balls and SPIN Magazine talks about his recently released book, “Australian Autopsy”, Two chucks, Cricket Australia, India-England series, problems facing India, Australia and other top sides and why England are that much better than the rest.
Couch Talk 19 - Martin Rowe, Evander Lomke
October 19, 2011 10:00 - 46 minutes - 21.2 MBIn this episode, co-authors of “Right off the bat” Martin Rowe and Evander Lomke (Two New Yorkers with differing backgrounds) talk about their book that deals with the interplay and parallelism that exists between the two beautiful sports of Cricket and Baseball in terms of their history, culture, jargon, future etc. The discussion covers in detail the future of cricket in the United States, the authors’ favorite cricket and baseball players amongst other things.
Couch Talk 18 - Firdose Moonda
October 10, 2011 10:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBIn 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.
Couch Talk 17 - Henry Olonga
September 23, 2011 10:00 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBIn this episode, former Zimbabwe fast bowler Henry Olonga talks about the situations that led to he and Andy Flower wearing black armbands to protest against the human right abuses of the corrupt Robert Mugabe government, which led to Henry leaving Zimbabwe. He also talks about his cricketing career, the Pakistani thread to his on-field cricket experiences, role of faith in his life and the future of Zimbabwe cricket.
Couch Talk 16 - Anupam Mukherji
September 16, 2011 10:00 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this episode, Anupam Mukherji, the founder of Pitch Invasionand the Fake IPL player blogger, talks of his experiences in founding and doing cricket commentary on Pitch Invasion, the future of this enterprise and how the idea for Fake IPL player came about.
Couch Talk 15 - Nitin Sundar
September 09, 2011 10:00 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBIn this episode, Nitin Sundar, sub-editor at ESPN Cricinfo talks about the life of a cricket sub-editor, the ball-by-ball commentary operations at Cricinfo, his interaction with the fans, job satisfaction etc.
Couch Talk 14 - Osman Samiuddin
September 06, 2011 10:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBIn this episode, Osman Samiuddin (Former Pakistan editor of Cricinfo and current sports writer for The National) talks about the several issues surrounding the Pakistani cricket team and its board (PCB) including the spot-fixing scandal, Afridi’s retirement, resignation of Waqar Younis from the post of coach, Shoaib Akhtar’s autobiography amongst others.
Couch Talk 13 - Sidin Vadukut, Anand Ramachandran
August 31, 2011 10:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this episode, Sidin Vadukut (author, blogger, editor) and Anand Ramachandran (Game designer, blogger), both Page 2 writers on Cricinfo and all around nice guys, discuss satire in cricket writing, the enormous ability of cricket to provide material for humor, the feedback from fans etc. I apologize in advance for the audio-recorder malfunctioning that caused a slight feedback towards the end of the podcast.
Couch Talk 12 - Sriram Dayanand, Mahesh Sethuraman
August 25, 2011 10:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode, Sriram Dayanand and Mahesh Sethuraman talk about their experiences of watching cricket in England and how it compares to their experiences in India. They also talk about their favorite moments on a cricket field that they have been witness to.
Couch Talk 11 - Prem Panicker
August 19, 2011 10:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode, The Managing Editor of Yahoo! India, Prem Panicker talks about his start in cricket journalism with Rediff, covering the 2002 India tour of England from his office in India, BCCI selectors and their selection policies, future direction of Yahoo! cricket amongst other things.
Couch Talk 10 - Daniel Norcross
August 13, 2011 10:00 - 54 minutes - 25 MBIn this episode, Daniel Norcross, the founder of Test Match Sofatalks of how he went about setting up the testmatchsofa, the future of alternative cricket commentary, and the favorite matches from the past he’d have loved to cover and players (past or present) he would like to have on the sofa.
Couch Talk 9 - Wright Thompson
August 08, 2011 10:00 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this episode, Wright Thompson, senior writer from ESPN.com, talks about his introduction to cricket, watching Tendulkar score a century at Bangalore during the world cup, and meeting the legend afterwards, and professes his new found love for test cricket after having watched a test match at Lord’s.
Couch Talk 8 - Nishant Joshi
August 06, 2011 10:00 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBIn this episode, the founder and editor of Alternative Cricket, Nishant Joshi, talks about his efforts in raising funds for the Afghan Youth Cricket by putting together the book “Alternative Cricket Almanack” and the future direction of “alternative cricket”, the IPL Girl controversy amongst other things.
Couch Talk 7 - Jarrod Kimber
July 23, 2011 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBIn the first part of this episode, Jarrod Kimber of Cricket With Balls talks about his cricket origins, his books – “When Freddie became Jesus” and his upcoming book “Australian Autopsy” and his love for Pakistani cricket. Do check back for part 2, where Jarrod talks about India-England, Shane Warne ruining the lives of all leg spinners in Australia and much more.
Couch Talk 5 - Aatif Nawaz, Henna Khan
July 16, 2011 10:00 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBIn this episode, Aatif Nawaz and Henna Khan, who are English but of Pakistani origins, discuss the various aspects of immigrant children adapting to and adopting the sporting culture of the country they grew up in.
Couch Talk 6 - Gary Naylor, Dileep Premchandran
July 16, 2011 10:00 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBIn this episode, Dileep Premchandran and Gary Naylor preview the upcoming India-England test series, including discussions on the aftereffects of India’s tour match vs Somerset, the bowling line-ups, middle orders, openers, captains and their series prediction.
Couch Talk 4 - Peter Della Penna
July 13, 2011 10:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBIn this episode, Peter Della Penna, a full-blooded American with no ties to cricket, talks about his introduction to cricket and how he ended up being the lone cricket journalist in the U.S. writing for ESPN, Cricinfo and Dreamcricket, and also about his upcoming book – a compilation of his experiences in playing and covering cricket in the U.S. and around the world.
Couch Talk 3 - Kartikeya Date
July 04, 2011 10:00 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBIn this episode, Kartikeya Date of A Cricketing View comes on the show to discuss the fragilities of the ball tracking technologies used in the DRS, their impact on the interpretation of the LBW law and ponders about the role of an umpire in cricket.
Couch Talk 2 - Ant Sims, Sana Kazmi
June 26, 2011 10:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBIn this episode, we try to take a look at women in the field of cricket reporting and women bloggers. There is a large number of women that follow cricket but that is not reflected in the number that cover cricket. Two wonderful bloggers Ant Sims and Sana Kazmi are on Couch Talk to discuss the various sides of the issue.
Couch Talk 1 - Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
June 24, 2011 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBIn part 1, SidVee talks about how he came to be a reporter for Cricinfo and all the joy and experiences that brought in to his career. He talks about couple of on-field performances by players he got to witness, and the strains on the personal life of a cricket journalist. Part 2: The discussion turned towards current state of cricket journalism. The nexus of cricket journalists (in need of access) and player agents, the dynamics between cricket administrations and journalists is also cover...