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The No Balls Cricket Podcast

No Balls Cricket Podcast

A "respected" (former) sports journalist and a "club cricketer" take a lenient view to over-stepping the line while talking about cricket.

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All Episodes

00:49:49

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 38

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/04/28

This may or may not be the last episode of No Balls Cricket. Are we being dramatic and dumb? Would anyone listening to us think we're capable of such behavior? (Don't answer that.) What exactly we mean by that, is revealed in the episode, where we also discuss Sid's cricket "escapades", Ashwin's latest tactical controversy, and of course, more of our favorite pastime...dunking on England cricket. Welcome back! As always, listen and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Podcast Addict, Pocket

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00:58:30

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 37

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/04/07

Cricket had its own version of March Madness last month, with three Test series going on simultaneously and the month culminating in the Women's World Cup. We'll review that thrilling tournament in a special episode, but for now we're focusing on the Test cricket that we saw, or didn't see, given how some of it put us to sleep. Can you blame us? India were dominant against Sri Lanka as one would expect, and the first two Tests both in the West Indies and in Pakistan were absolute snooze fests for

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00:37:12

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 36

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/03/08

We mentioned last time that, in true No Balls Cricket fashion, we were releasing a preview episode just in time for the start of a tournament or series. Well, hold that thought. We may have gotten the Women's World Cup preview out ahead of the tournament starting (or rather, on the day it started, and after the first match had begun), but we have outdone ourselves with the next one: our preview of the three men's Test series going on across the world simultaneously. With the first Test over in two

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00:35:43

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Women's World Cup Preview

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/03/04

In true No Balls Cricket fashion, we have yet again cut it fine with a series or tournament preview. Two, in fact, as we've also got a preview for the three Test series that are going on in the world at just about the same time, which is going to be up in a day or two...after two of those Tests have started. In the meantime, we've got a special episode to preview the women's World Cup (which actually began this morning). Australia are the clear favorites for the trophy, but that was true in 2017 as

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00:44:50

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 35

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/02/24

For those of you who are regular listeners, you know we have a long-standing joke about being "respected" journalists. Aditya has worked in sports content for most of his career, which has included some journalistic work, and Sid...well, Sid is a dentist/surgeon but recently interviewed a cricketing legend, so we'll give him his due there. It's clear how much we love this particular running gag. So imagine our delight when our exact phrasing –"respected" journalist, with the respected part meant

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00:38:56

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 34

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/02/12

We've come to the realization that our podcast is sort of a cricketing grim reaper. Apparently, the two of us, without even trying, have an outsized influence on events in the cricket world, an influence that ends up having some severe repercussions on high-profile cricketing figure (again, please remember that this is without us actually trying). Why do we think this? Well. Our episode releases just happen to have coincided with resignations and sackings in the last few months. So we've decided to

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00:34:39

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 33

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/02/05

This was supposed to be another special episode, or at least one with a guest, since we're previewing the India vs West Indies series. Talking West Indies cricket usually means having a certain dentist from Guyana on, but, surprise surprise, Dr. Ian Jagan is a... (you know what the word is). Given the chaos that has gone on in Indian cricket recently, previewing any of their series is a difficult task, not least because of the confusing selection decisions for both the T20 and ODI legs. But we just

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00:40:52

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 32

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/02/01

Okay, we had our serious episodes with the two-part Mohinder Amarnath interview, which of course we LOVED doing and are extremely proud of, but we had to get back to the basics after that. Which for us meant our favorite pastime: laughing at England. Welcome to our 2021 review show, which doubled up as an Ashes review show, and England featured prominently all around for how colossally embarrassing they were all year. Aditya's back after missing out on the Goa fun and the whole interviewing cricket

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00:51:32

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 31 – Part 2 of...

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/01/27

We hope you enjoyed Part 1 of our interview with Mohinder Amarnath! Sid and his dad were clearly enjoying themselves as they spoke to the legend about his cricketing days, and why wouldn't they be – sat in Goa chatting cricket with one of the best to ever play for India. That's the dream! There's a lot more to come, with more tales from the 1983 World Cup and cricket around the world – here's Part 2! As always, listen and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, and Podcast Addict, and watch

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00:43:25

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 30 - Part 1 of...

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/01/20

This is a big moment for No Balls Cricket: our first-ever interview with a cricketer! Sid's dad, Dr. Suchetan Pradhan (who, it should be noted, is our chief sponsor –or, to be more accurate, head dentist at our chief sponsor, Pradhan Dental Centre) does a bang-up job as a stand-in journalist. Our newfound in-house expert on 1970s and 80s Indian cricket has earned an official No Balls Cricket nickname, the "Indian Tony Cozier". But enough about Sid's dad. Our guest today is the legendary Mohinder

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00:25:24

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 29

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2022/01/17

We know we're coming back from a break, but recent updates from the cricket world make us wonder if we should have stayed off the air entirely. Seems like these days every time we record an episode, Virat Kohli resigns (or rather, "resigns") or gets removed from Indian captaincy from one format. It's the end of an era for Indian cricket, and though we'd always like to see these things end on a high, it seems quite apt for India that the end has come amidst drama and politics with no one truly

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00:38:19

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 28

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2021/12/23

Remember the time when Indian men's cricket was having a glorious moment? A miraculous series win in Australia, winning series across all three formats against England at home, reaching the World Test Championship final, winning (technically) a series in England...how long ago was that? What? Just this year? Hard to believe, when it seems like at the moment it's just going from crisis to crisis. Well, one prolonged crisis over the captaincy, with a tangentially related crisis, the crash and burn at

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00:47:49

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 27

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2021/11/18

THE COWARD IS BACK! That's right, our resident Guyanese dentist, Dr. Ian Jagan, has finally decided to show up, after multiple efforts to get him back on were rebuffed because, we can only presume, he was too scared to talk about West Indies cricket. (He says he's been busy, but we know better.) Now that he is back, we can get stuck into the post-mortem of West Indies' disastrous T20 World Cup showing, and then even more into where it went wrong for India and what needs to change. At some point, we

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00:37:52

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 26

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2021/11/13

Does anyone know the difference between Himesh and Kamlesh? Two classic Gujarati names, so quintessentially Gujju that our supposedly "respected" journalist got the name wrong of someone fairly significant: Lord KAMLESH Patel, who is, as that title suggests, a lord, not of the Shardul Thakur variety but one of those actual English lords, but who also got misnamed by Aditya as Himesh. Also, he's from Uganda. But definitely still Gujju. On that hilarious/embarrassing note, welcome to Episode 26,

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00:56:21

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 25

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2021/11/08

The curse of the podcast production turnaround time strikes again: we bring you an episode recorded before India were officially knocked out, but could only be released after. Good thing we didn't make any bold predictions about India winning the tournament in this one. (That's not sarcasm/self-deprecating humor, we were actually that dejected about India's slim chances.) There's also a post-mortem of some of the other disappointing teams (our good friend Ian Jagan's was with us in spirit for the

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00:37:25

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 24

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2021/10/31

After a brief hiatus as we recovered from the disappointment of the last Test of the England-India series being cancelled, we are back! (It was especially disappointing for Sid, as he was going to dress up as Mario one last time for that match, and now Manchester has been deprived of that Test as the ridiculous rescheduled Test has been handed to Edgbaston. We're also still pissed off in solidarity with our Pakistani friends after their series against New Zealand and England got called off in

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00:36:51

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 23

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2021/09/10

Well, it only took one Test to get us back into gloating mode. In the midst of selection controversies, covid scares, and the specter of batting collapses, India produced a stunning turnaround from the third Test –and even within the fourth Test itself –to take a 2-1 series lead heading into the final Test. Siddhant is guaranteeing rain in Manchester for that final Test, which of course means we're getting five days of sun –though that never happens in Manchester. (Now that we've said that, we've

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00:43:24

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 22

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2021/09/02

So, uh, that'll teach us to gloat too much. India's batting collapses left some egg on their players' faces, and some more on ours –which is a particularly bad look if you're dressed up as Mario. As Siddhant was while in attendance at Headingley. If you want to see how that looks, check out our Instagram...and Mario was back for a brief encore on the pod. Which was back down to its pared down, 20-minute limit, because when we can't gloat we tend to talk a little less. No Balls

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00:44:54

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 21

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2021/08/21

We've ditched our 20-minute format this week, because 20 minutes is not enough time for the amount of gloating we want to do. Not after the way India beat England in the second Test. Plus, if Jasprit Bumrah can take what is supposed to be a 6-ball over, turn it into a 10-ball over, and that extra time is what ends up defining the match, we think that's a template we can follow too. We might go back to 20 minutes for the next episode, who knows. The future is as unpredictable as England's squad

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00:35:40

No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 20

The No Balls Cricket Podcast ·

2021/08/13

We are back! After a hiatus due to...well, life, as well as avoiding talking about that one Test match that happened in June that might have been somewhat important, we decided to jump back into action just in time for the India-England Test series. And by in time, we mean after one Test and Day 1 of the 2nd Test is already done. That makes sense, right? While you ponder that question, you can check out how quickly we managed to do a round-up of a month-and-a-half's worth of cricket. And then how

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