Another season of the IPL comes to an end. We had a wonderful season with tonnes of moments to look back on. Gujarat Titans losing their virginity and winning it in the first year were a well oiled machine. But they went against a franchise that took a different approach to their pen and paper. Which led to the Analytics and Captaincy debate. Finally, we chose to come back to cricket and previewed Eng's new Kiwi era as they take on New Zealand in the hope of better things.
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The women's cricket World Cup has been fantastic. Loads of close games. Whereas, the men's Test series have all been dull and drab. Somehow, Pakistan did not want to win a home series either. Don't know what to make of it.
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The IPL is back. While the hashtag for this year is #YehAbNormalHai - loosely translates to "This is now normal" - nothing about this IPL feels normal. Young captains. MS isn't leading CSK anymore. 2 new teams. Everything feels not normal leading up to the IPL. Probably the most least hyped marketing or advertising campaign so far for any IPL. Nevertheless, a new era begins for many teams. Especially the 2 sides who are up against each other in the opener. A repeat of last year's final. Hope Jadeja starts off to his captaincy tenure at CSK with a win.
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Bucket load of Test matches coming our way, that it felt fitting to title it like a Super market end of season sale. Bonus content - We review SA's heroic comeback vs New Zealand to draw the Series and keep their records intact. Though the crux of the episode is around the Par vs Aus, Ind vs SL (Kohli's 100th Test), and WI vs Eng games.
Quite the fun fortnight ahead.
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SA travel to NZ after a FIERY series win vs India. But that's a thing of the past now and this side has to look at the future. Which means no having to bow down in front of their next big challenge which is facing the World Champions at their own backyard. The Kiwis are wounded themselves having lost to Bangladesh at home, and are also without 2 key players in captain Kane and seamer Boult. Not to mention that Ross Taylor has called time on his Test Career. Is there a slight opening for SA to walk away with something? A wounded animal is never to be taken lightly and that is just what NZ are right now.
There is a riveting contest ahead over the next fortnight!
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A lot of emotions went through our minds and hearts as the auction rallied on the past weekend. But finally, we know the 10 squads and the IPL cant start soon enough. Ani, Anand and I picked our brains reviewing each squad and making a likely 11.
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Cricket's BIGGEST carnival is BACK. Sorry purists, but it is what it is. The IPL is an event that creates tornadoes all over the world. The "baap" of entertainment like how initial broadcasters Sony Pictures labelled it. Real visionaries cause that name was given in the initial years. Theres some copywriter somewhere feeling really proud of that tag now. But coming back to the topic, it's time. About 24 hours to go and the Popping Crease has a preview of what the franchises would do!
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FIERY. GRITTY. REBORN! Words that describe how South African Test Cricket was against arguably the best Test side in the world right now. They can be proud of how competitive they were this series. And as a South African fan, it gave me tears of joy to see us not just compete but play hard cricket and earn those wins. Test Cricket is always the most entertaining format of the game. Its a mental battle as well as a skill battle. A war of attrition. And Dean Elgar's band of brothers are up to the challenge! On to New Zealand now!
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Ah the Ashes is coming to an end. Will it be 4-0. Or can England conjure up a win? Well, we know one thing for certain though. Sam Billings found out how huge Australia is.
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OOH WHAT A SERIES ITS SO FAR!! SPICEY! FIERY! Nerve wracking. We have had it all.
From some fine display of Opening Batting by KL Rahul, to a gritty match winning knock by Dean Elgar, this series has ebbed and flowed. I suppose the only thing lacking is good commentary.. or maybe not. Even that's been better than what we have been subjected to hear in most home tests on Star Sports.
Nevertheless, we hope we are keeping you entertained and we have another fun episode as we talk about the Newlands test after what's been an eventful series so far.
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And we are back with the second part of the Boxing Day episode. No, these titles have nothing to do with the Star Wars movies.
India are touring South Africa. The Freedom Series as its lovingly called by the two cricket boards. Fitting really, cause its giving us independence from the drivel that is English cricket. Anyway, two inexperienced sides going head to head. One King who hasn't wielded his bat his way for a while. And no series wins in South Africa. Lots to ponder for the visitors as they face a familiar foe in quality pace bowling. Who comes out on top?
We had some interesting takes.
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Season 2 was off to a flier with the Ashes preview. And the Aussies continue to dominate the Poms, Starc still is King of Pink, and water is still wet.
New captain Patty Cummins was out due to Covid being a bummer, but that gave way for the God of Lightning, Michael Neser to make his debut. Jhye Richardson made a wonderful comeback to the Test Format, while Dawid Malan and Ollie Robinson usurped England's frontline spinners in the final 11. Much was discussed about how England continue to redefine stupidity and defy cricketing logic. It was a good day. Hope they outdo themselves at the 'G once again.
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Season 2 was off to a flier with the Ashes preview. And with the Gabba back to being this impregnable fortress for Australia, it feels normal. It feels nice. It feels AWESOME! Its the Ashes baby!
New captain Patty Cummins set the tone and we were happy to see the return of the pornstar-stache too, with Travis Head reaping the rewards. England had no answer and it looks like there's a LOT for them to do. Hopefully Adelaide is a better outing.
A bit of a surprise this episode - we got an actual Aussie fan, a die hard one at that on this episode. Shezad joined as a guest all the way from Canada and it was great fun having him and getting his thoughts on what was a comprehensive start to an Aussie Test Summer. We absolutely enjoyed recording this episode and we sincerely hope this ones a cracking listen for you all too.
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Welcome to Season 2 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.
Its time for The Ashes - the most awaited fixture of the cricket calendar.. well, at least for 2 of the big 3. We take a look at all that's been happening leading up to the first test. And there'd be loads that comes out throughout the Ashes summer. Stay tuned for interesting stuff. Heres to a fun summer ahead.
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Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.
Its time to finish season 1. Which means we need an amazing finisher. No points for guessing who it is. AB de Villiers walks out. One of the best T20 players ever to grace the game and he's as good as it can get for a clutch finisher! We do a quick tribute to the legend and dabble a bit into some related topics of his career.
Season 2 will start shortly. The Ashes, India's final frontier in SA and loads more cricket action coming our way. Hope you guys enjoyed Season 1 and we can't wait to bring more engaging topics to discuss in Season 2.
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Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.
In the 19th episode, we take a look back at the T20 World Cup. An extremely late review. But you know what they say, the cool guys always turn up late to the party!
Anyway, we are approaching the end of Season 1 of the Podcast! Just another episode to go. More interesting things to come in this season and Season 2 with an Ashes summer ahead!
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Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.
In the 18th episode, we take a look back at the Week That it has Been in the T20 World Cup so far - AGAIN. Not the Week that wasn't - AGAIN. Its the business end of the World Cup and also the Business end of Season 1 of the podcast! More interesting things to come in this season and Season 2 with an Ashes summer ahead!
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Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.
In the 17th episode, we take a look back at the Week That it has Been in the T20 World Cup so far. Not the Week that wasn't.
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Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.
In the 16th episode, we take a quick look back at the IPL that just concluded. And we then move to the meat of the episode where we give you a speed preview into the teams that are prospectively playing the Super 12 phase of the 2021 T20 World Cup! How excited are you for this format being back? Remember when we had Super 6s and Super 8s in Cricket World Cups? And a healthy amount of associate sides too? Cant wait to see how it unfolds and we are excited to take you through it as well as hear what you think will be the semi-finals.
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Welcome to Season 1 of the Popping Crease. This is a podcast hosted by Alan, Ani and Anand - who like the most of us are major cricket and sports fans.
In the 15th episode, we try to come up with our All Format Squads, consisting of players who have played the game in its entire history. It was a pretty fun exercise and we actually can't wait to see if there is some sort of simulation software in which we can play against each other with our sides. Or you know, give birth to a Popping Crease Twitch Stream where we compete on Cricket 21.
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