All Over Cricket Podcast

As per the latest ICC census, more than 50,000 Malaysians played some form of cricket organized by the Malaysian Cricket Association in 2019. For this episode, I'm joined by Malaysian Women's skipper Winifred Duraisingam and Men's team batter Virandeep Singh. 

Wini will be leading Malaysia at the upcoming T20 World Cup Qualifier in Dubai, which I, Jay Dansinghani, will be commentating on! The winner of that tournament — which also features hosts UAE, Hong Kong, Nepal, Kuwait and Bhutan — will advance to next year's Global Qualifier for the 2023 T20 World Cup.  

Virandeep Singh, on the other hand, is widely regarded as Malaysia's best batter, who shot to prominence during the Nepal Tri-Series in April that also featured the Netherlands. 

Viran and Wini talk to us about their cricketing journeys and more!

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Welcome to Season 2 of the All Over Cricket Podcast

Jay Dansinghani and Freelance writer Bertus de Jong, who writes about associate cricket for Cricbuzz, joins us to preview Group A of the upcoming Men's #T20WorldCup. Group A has been branded the "Group of Death" and features Ireland, the Netherlands, Namibia, and Sri Lanka.

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Matchday attendance in the women’s competition of The Hundred has often approached or exceeded 10,000. Make no mistake: the competition has been a game-changer for women’s cricket in England, coming on the back of 41 domestic retainer contracts being handed out last year.

In this episode, we're joined by our first-ever recurring guest, Radha Lath Gupta, to discuss the impact of the Hundred on English women’s cricket and the performance of the five Indian players taking part in it.....And no, we could not resist a rant about why there is still no Women’s IPL!

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Fabian Cowdrey was born into cricketing royalty. On his Kent debut, before he’d faced a single ball, Fabian received a standing ovation from a packed house at Canterbury. Many of those fans were seated in a stand named after his grandfather Colin. Like his grandfather and his father Chris Cowdrey, Fabian wanted to captain England.

Three years later, however, aged just 24, Fabian announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Fabian joins us to talk about his battles with mental health, and why he walked away from cricket.

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Here’s that article by Sam Dalling for The Cricket Paper: 

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For episode 8, we’re joined by Warwickshire, Central Sparks, and Birmingham Phoenix fast bowler Issy Wong. 19-year-old Wong has already been clocked at over 70 miles an hour, and she has expressed her desire to become the world’s fastest female bowler. But there’s so much more to Issy’s story than just being that girl who wants to hit 80 clicks.

Issy walks us through her Hong Kong roots and her early development as a cricketer, before discussing how professionalization has already had a big impact on her career. We also talk about her approach to fast bowling, her plans for The Hundred, and her England ambitions.

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From biosecure bubbles bursting to the SLC board and players being locked in a standoff over contracts, the last few weeks have, once again, been rather chaotic for Sri Lankan cricket.

ESPN Cricinfo’s Fidel Fernando joins Jay Dansinghani to examine the issues with how cricket is run in the island nation and how this spills over into on-field performance. We also discuss the prospects of the men’s team in the ongoing Super League and their chances at the T20 World Cup before we end with a takedown of the SLC’s apathy towards the women’s game.

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Ireland’s men only managed to pick up 10 points out of a possible 60 in the Super League series against Afghanistan and The Netherlands. The latter was a particularly disappointing result given how the Dutch were missing their three best middle order batters.

For this episode, I’m joined by Cricket Europe writer Odran Flynn, who explains why he believes Irish Cricket is at a crossroads. We also discuss Ireland’s prospects in the Cricket World Cup Super League and how they’re shaping up ahead of Round 1 of the Men’s T20 World Cup.

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There’s been no shortage of drama during India’s tour of England. Sneh Rana’s heroics in a rare women’s test match have been followed by two ODIs that could have gone either way. While India’s players have gained valuable game time, this has been a huge summer for the women’s game in England, not least due to the 41 full-time domestic contracts awarded to players outside the core of England’s national set up.

Social Media Personality content creator and Radha Lath Gupta joins Jay Dansinghani to preview the T20I series between England and India. We discuss the performances of youngsters such as Shafali Verma and Sophia Dunkley as well as cult hero Sneh Rana, arguably the find of the tour. And how can we forget the elephant in the room: India's Strike Rate problem?

We also discuss the way forward for Indian Women’s Cricket, including the findings of the Equal Hue Report presented at the Sports Law & Policy Symposium earlier this week. Warning: Expect more than one rant about the apathy towards establishing a Women's IPL. Don't say we didn't warn you!

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In January 2020, Cricket Brasil announced it was awarding 14 central contracts for its women’s national team. It was the first instance of a cricket board awarding full-time contracts to its female athletes ahead of its men's team.

Roberta joins Jay Dansinghani to talk about what life was like before cricket was professionalized in Brazil and what things are like now. She also talks about Cricket Brasil's initiatives to grow the game at the grassroots and age-group levels, players to watch out for, and how surviving thyroid cancer made her both a better athlete and a better human being. 

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For this episode, we are joined by Karunya Keshav, co-author of The Fire Burns Blue: A History of Women's Cricket in India. Few journalists have covered women's cricket in India as thoroughly as Karunya has, so she's the best person to discuss things like:

* Why we still don't have a Women's IPL and why it would be a game-changer for female cricketers in India 

* The pathways to the national team, including age-group and domestic cricket

* The social and financial challenges faced by female cricketers in India

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For many years, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its men’s players were at odds with each other. The WICB labelled the likes of Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, and Chris Gayle as mercenaries, and blackballed them from wearing the maroon. Unsurprisingly, the West Indies’ on-field fortunes suffered. They only just scraped through to the Men’s 2019 World Cup, where they could only win two out of nine games. 

Amongst all this chaos, however, they lifted the World T20 trophy in 2016. They’ve also turned a corner in the last few years, with Ricky Skerritt — who has mended bridges with the T20 globetrotters —being appointed as the President of the WICB. 

For Episode 2 of the All Over Cricket Podcast, I’m joined by Machel St Patrick Hewitt, Co-founder, and Host of the Caribbean Cricket Podcast. We discuss the systemic issues that have plagued cricket in the Caribbean, hope for the future, as well as the West Indies’ recent performances and prospects across the three formats. 

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Check out the CCP episode with Ricky Skerritt, where he discusses a 10-point plan to change the way the game is administered at the pathway and elite levels for both men and women:

 https://caribcricket19.podbean.com/e/by-the-people-for-the-people-the-president-ricky-skerritt-interview/ 

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Nepal is the most widely supported cricketing nation among Associate members. Whether it’s a parade at Tribhuvan International Airport to welcome back the national team or the TU ground being packed to the rafters, iconic images of Nepal's passionate fan base have come to represent the hope that cricket will one day expand outside of its traditional strongholds.

Despite this mainstream appeal, over the years, Nepali cricket has been plagued by systemic issues that have affected results on the field.

Freelance writer and journalist, Rajan Shah is widely considered the go-to source for all things Nepal Cricket. He joins us to dive deeper into why Nepal hasn't been more successful on the field, offering some solutions to go with it. 

We also discuss the upcoming tri-series between Nepal, Malaysia, and the Netherlands set to get underway on Saturday 17th April. 

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