ESPNcricinfo Stump Mic Podcast
276 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsZesty, peppy, clued-in, and with a distinctly subcontinental flavour, Stump Mic is your regular fix of cricket talk on things that matter to you, and things that you didn't know should matter to you. Featuring ESPNcricinfo's top writers and insiders.
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Episodes
Stump MIQ: A favourite stunned
November 01, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutesIn the final set of Round 2 match-ups, Raunak Kapoor pits his wits against Karthik Krishnaswamy (6:00). Also Chandan and Dan Brettig have their sights on the quarterfinals (23:11).
A bit of needle, a bit of spice as Suryakumar makes a statement
October 29, 2020 01:42 - 32 minutesSreshth and Gaurav join Karthik to look back at a top of the table clash between MI and RCB. Plus Suryakumar Yadav's non-selection to the India T20I squad and a round-up of where franchises stand as we near the end of the IPL 2020 group stages.
CSK still searching for their spark
October 24, 2020 01:08 - 30 minutesMatt and Debayan join Karthik to look back at Chennai Super Kings' harrowing loss to Mumbai Indians, one that all but ends their IPL 2020 playoff hopes.
Gayle is back, but where should AB bat?
October 16, 2020 00:53 - 27 minutesGaurav and Debayan join Karthik after bottom side Kings XI Punjab do the double over RCB. Chris Gayle returns to IPL action with a win, but did Bangalore err by batting AB de Villiers so low?
Holy Tewatia! He's done it again
October 11, 2020 21:37 - 27 minutesRahul Tewatia is no one-hit wonder. Varun and Debayan join Karthik after the Rajasthan Royals' allrounder’s latest remarkable effort, aided very capably by Riyan Parag.
What we can expect from Ben Stokes
October 11, 2020 00:34 - 27 minutesBen Stokes has completed his mandatory quarantine and is available for selection for the Rajasthan Royals. Matt and Sruthi join Karthik to look at what the superstar allrounder could bring to the underperforming franchise.
IPL 2020: Early season grades for every franchise
October 05, 2020 02:57 - 49 minutesWith each franchise having playing either four or five games, Gaurav, Debayan and Karthik rate how each team has started IPL 2020.
Stump MIQ: Of World Cups, associates and cricket at the Olympics
October 04, 2020 13:36 - 1 hourThe 'high scores' record is broken once again in this set of Round 2 Stump MIQ match-ups. Annanya v Mathew (6:00) Matt v Paul (20:08) Danyal v Isam (41:06)
Rahul Tewatia's great 'troll innings'
September 28, 2020 01:25 - 30 minutesThat's one way to silence all doubters. Gaurav, Debayan and Karthik look back on a magical evening for Rahul Tewatia and the Rajasthan Royals in Sharjah.
Chennai Super Kings, we (may) have a problem
September 26, 2020 00:59 - 26 minutesWhat do CSK need to work on in their one-week break? Quite a few things in fact as Gaurav, Sreshth and Karthik break down their problem areas.
Stump MIQ: Triple Overtime
September 25, 2020 15:08 - 46 minutesEven our standard set of ten questions may not be enough to separate the contestants in our opening round 2 Stump MIQ match-ups. Featuring: Debayan v Shamya and Hemant v Raghav.
KL Rahul soothes his nerves
September 25, 2020 02:04 - 29 minutesVarun, Debayan and Karthik sing KL Rahul’s praises as RCB face some familiar failings.
Sunrisers' many misfortunes hands RCB a winning start
September 22, 2020 01:11 - 27 minutesLet’s talk about Devdutt Padikkal! Shanky and Debayan join Karthik to look back at RCB’s ‘get out of jail win’ in their IPL 2020 opener. Also, a word on the short-run controversy in Capitals v Kings XI (18:15).
CSK beat the odds, and Mumbai Indians
September 20, 2020 02:44 - 28 minutesVarun, Gaurav and Karthik look back on the IPL opening night, celebrating MS Dhoni's return to cricket and Super Kings doing what they do best.
IPL 2020 - CSK to miss out on the playoffs?
September 19, 2020 21:32 - 1 hourGaurav Sundararaman and Nagraj Gollapudi join Karthik Iyer for a deep dive into all eight franchises. Mumbai Indians (7:15) Chennai Super Kings (16:33) Delhi Capitals (26:40) Sunrisers Hyderabad (35:07) Kolkata Knight Riders (41:15) Kings XI Punjab (46:38) Rajasthan Royals (52:00) Royal Challengers Bangalore (56:08)
IPL 2020 - preview, predictions and punts
September 18, 2020 07:13 - 1 hourGaurav Sundararaman and Nagraj Gollapudi join Karthik Iyer for a deep dive into all eight franchises. Mumbai Indians (7:15) Chennai Super Kings (16:33) Delhi Capitals (26:40) Sunrisers Hyderabad (35:07) Kolkata Knight Riders (41:15) Kings XI Punjab (46:38) Rajasthan Royals (52:00) Royal Challengers Bangalore (56:08)
When the IPL was last in the UAE
September 16, 2020 12:54 - 38 minutesShamya and Osman join Karthik for a look back at the 2014 IPL season, when, for two weeks and 20 games, the league shifted to the UAE and Glenn Maxwell took centre stage.
Stump MIQ: High scores
September 04, 2020 12:10 - 53 minutesIn this final set of Round 1 Stump MIQ match-ups, high scores are set to be topped. However, quizmaster Gaurav Sundararaman manages to surprise a contestant or two with some interesting Qs. Firdose Moonda v Karthik Krishnaswamy (2:41) Andrew Fidel Fernando v Raunak Kapoor (21:35)
Stump MIQ: A perfect set
August 30, 2020 15:40 - 44 minutesIndia v England is the theme of these Round 1 Stump MIQ contests, and one contestant achieves the perfect set! Alan v Chandan (2:40) Bharat v Paul (24:59)
Stump MIQ: Playing it like the 434-438 game
August 26, 2020 18:08 - 45 minutesRound 1 of Stump MIQ (yes, we've tweaked the name) continues with a high-scoring contest between Danyal Rasool and Vishal Dikshit [21:15]. But first up, is Annesha Ghosh v Matt Roller [2:26].
The bumper CPL 2020 preview: the teams, their challenges, our predictions and no-crowd-franchise-cricket
August 16, 2020 17:26 - 59 minutesMatt, Gaurav and Deiva join Karthik for an in-depth look at all six Caribbean Premier League teams, and make their predictions as franchise T20 cricket makes its return. Team-by-team: Trinbago Knight Riders (16:03) Guyana Amazon Warriors (23:27) Barbados Tridents (33:11) Jamaica Tallawahs (38:10) St Kitts & Nevis Patriots (44:38) St Lucia Zouks (50:43)
Pakistan's most dramatic Test defeats
August 12, 2020 06:45 - 53 minutesDanyal Rasool and Andrew Miller join Karthik Iyer to revisit Tests in last 20 years where Pakistan snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
Stump Mic IQ: Ashes to Ashes, shake off the rust
August 05, 2020 15:07 - 1 hourWe have an Ashes opener in this set of round 1 Stump Mic IQ matches - with Daniel Brettig facing Andrew Miller (2:44). In the other contests, Hemant and Varun battle nerves in a low-scoring thriller (23:21), while Raghav and Deiva shake off their ring rust (46:26).
Stump Mic IQ: When seasoned quizzers clash
July 26, 2020 15:05 - 50 minutesIs a shock on the cards in Sreshth v Annanya (2:49), a match-up between two familiar rivals? This episode of Stump Mic IQ also features Round 1 clashes between Suketu and Isam (20:11) and Mathew v Saurabh (36:45) as Gaurav and Karthik test the best at ESPNcricinfo on all things cricket.
BLM and 3TC: A turning point, with more players of colour sharing their stories
July 22, 2020 06:48 - 49 minutesAhead of 3-Team Cricket, the main players in South Africa cricket showed a united front in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. But the fortnight prior exposed many faults in the system. Firdose Moonda and Varun Shetty join Karthik Iyer to look back at a historic occasion, and what comes next.
From Talking T20 to Stump Mic: 100 not out
July 10, 2020 09:08 - 32 minutesHow our podcast evolved from Talking T20 to Stump Mic. Also featuring a Doosra with Andrew Fidel Fernando and Sidharth Monga.
Presenting Stump Mic IQ
July 09, 2020 13:31 - 33 minutesGaurav and Karthik test the very best at ESPNcricinfo on all things cricket. Match-ups on the inaugural episode of Stump Mic IQ are: Shashank v Debayan (3:16) Shamya v Himanshu (20:31)
A testing week for Pakistan. Literally.
June 28, 2020 10:22 - 31 minutesDanyal Rasool and Matt Roller join Karthik Iyer to check in on the status of Pakistan's tour to England, following a week of one test after another
'As much surprise as there was jubilation'
June 18, 2020 04:55 - 45 minutesThe Stump Mic crew revisit Pakistan's memorable Champions Trophy title win over India in 2017
Sana Mir: Cricket is my first love, not sure I'll be able to stay away for too long
June 09, 2020 16:24 - 44 minutesSana Mir joins Osman Samiuddin for an exclusive chat on her career, captaincy and the future of women's cricket
Stump mic: Ashraful still a hero in Bangladesh
June 03, 2020 18:06 - 52 minutesMohammad Isam and Debayan Sen join Karthik Iyer to discuss the legacy of Bangladesh's once golden son Mohammad Ashraful
The different shades of Shoaib Akhtar
May 29, 2020 17:39 - 37 minutesOsman Samiuddin joins Karthik Iyer to discuss Shoaib Akhtar's career, characterised by a need for speed
Baby steps to cricket's return
May 21, 2020 06:50 - 43 minutesWhen and how cricket might return, a chat with a coach in lockdown, and the exciting prospect (yes, really) of a Sri Lanka-India series
The pandemic has put change on steroids - Venky Mysore
May 15, 2020 16:30 - 1 hourKolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore in conversation with Sharda Ugra on what the future of franchise cricket may look like
Bangalore days and India's tail
May 12, 2020 20:44 - 53 minutesBangalore boys Shanky and Varun join Gaurav and Karthik to celebrate Karnataka cricket and also look at India's best tail-end performances in ODIs
Crowe's 1992 World Cup gamble, and other failed punts
May 07, 2020 05:16 - 52 minutesAndrew Miller and Gaurav Sundararaman join Karthik Iyer to reflect on Martin Crowe's New Zealand at the 1992 World Cup, and his legacy beyond
Not using sweat or saliva is a murder of bowlers - Nehra
April 29, 2020 16:25 - 51 minutesSo ball-tampering will be legal now? The Stump Mic crew looks at a proposed rule change, plus Umar Akmal's lengthy ban
'You don't want to delay restarting sports for too long' - Pujara
April 23, 2020 10:17 - 43 minutesCheteshwar Pujara and the Stump Mic crew look at the pros and cons of cricket behind closed doors, if and when it is safe to resume.
Mathews now, Murali then - Sri Lanka's calm present and stormy past
April 15, 2020 16:38 - 53 minutesAngelo Mathews has a chat with Andrew Fidel Fernando. And the Stump Mic team looks back at the time when Muttiah Muralitharan was called for chucking
StumpMic: RetroLiving the India-Pakistan rivalry in the nineties
April 09, 2020 05:53 - 50 minutesOsman Samiuddin and Sidharth Monga join Karthik Iyer as one of cricket's greatest rivalries tilts in one side's favour
'No fun in handing PSL title over to Multan Sultans'
April 03, 2020 05:09 - 45 minutesPCB chief executive Wasim Khan chats with Osman Samiuddin on coping with the current lockdown, the World Test Championship and Misbah's dual role
With cricket suspended, what's Dale Steyn up to?
March 19, 2020 13:48 - 19 minutesNagraj Gollapudi chats with Dale Steyn after his return from the PSL, how he is social distancing, and what a world without sport is like
Fabulous five for Australia (again)
March 10, 2020 18:50 - 51 minutesAnnesha, Gnasher, Firdose, and Val reflect on Australia winning the T20 World Cup for the fifth time
Stump mic with USA cricketer Ali Khan
March 04, 2020 10:26 - 42 minutesSrinath and Gaurav are joined by Peter Della Penna and USA cricketer Ali Khan to talk about what it is to play cricket for an Associate team
David Hussey on BBL success, IPL coaching and more
February 26, 2020 03:54 - 43 minutesMelbourne Stars head coach and KKR assistant coach David Hussey joins Alex Malcolm to talk T20 coaching, tactics, copying the CSK playbook and discovering Haris Rauf
Pakistan's Super League, and the hectic T20 calendar ahead
February 19, 2020 09:22 - 39 minutesDanyal Rasool joins Gaurav and Srinath to discuss the upcoming edition of the PSL, what it means for players' T20 World Cup prospects, and some young guns to watch out for
Bangladesh's greatest sporting moment
February 13, 2020 13:10 - 54 minutesMohammad Isam chats with Fidel and Monga on the small-town kids who powered Bangladesh's Under-19 World Cup win, what it means for cricket in the nation, and the rivalry with India
Ian Bishop and Tom Moody talk all things U-19 World Cup
February 03, 2020 12:19 - 33 minutesBishop and Moody join the Stump Mic crew to discuss the U-19 World Cup so far, future stars from the tournament, and why only a few make the step up to the senior level
Doosra: Can NZ turn around their summer of reckoning?
February 02, 2020 03:16 - 35 minutesWorld Cup finalists and No. 2 Test side coming into the summer, New Zealand have had mixed results against top opposition. Can they turn it around? Monga and Fernando discuss
Four or against: does Test cricket need shortening?
January 22, 2020 12:21 - 47 minutesAakash Chopra, Osman Samiuddin and Sambit Bal join Srinath to debate whether cricket needs four-day Tests, why the ICC wants to trial them and what those extra days could mean