81 All Out - A Cricket Podcast

Is there any other sport that allows recreational players to rub shoulders with superstars? Scott Oliver has traced down these delightful stories in a new book called Sticky Dogs and Stardust and we …

The 2024 edition of the IPL has seen hitters step up to a new level - with 200-plus totals becoming routine and 200-plus chases being achieved too. Is this an inflection point for the format? And how…

How much does bowling matter in T20s and how does one measure the potency of a bowler in this format? What are the measures of excellence for a T20 bowler? 

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T20 started in the early 2000s but what if the format was invented 15 years earlier. Who were the players who would have excelled in the shorter format? We decided to pick a T20 side from the era bef…

We review the fifth Test between India and England in Dharamshala – where India stamped their authority with a win by an innings and 64 runs.

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• A one-sided –…

We review the fourth Test between India and England in Ranchi – where India sealed a series with a magnificent five-wicket win. 

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• The third-innings bowling …

We review the third Test between India and England in Rajkot – where a terrific all-round performance helped India go 2-1 up. 

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• India's magnificent bowling…

We review the second Test between India and England in Visakhapatnam – where Jasprit Bumrah powered India to a 106-run win. 

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• A celebration of Test cricket
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We review the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad – where India lost a Test match at home after gaining a first-innings lead of 190.  

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• One of…

We rewind to England's tour to India in 2001-02 - when India won the three-Test series 1-0 and England leveled the six-match ODI series 3-3. England arrived in India on the back of terrific series wi…

We review the two-Test series between South Africa and India - which ended 1-1 after a bowler-dominated shootout in Cape Town. 

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• India's missed opportunity …

We chat with Karthik Krishnaswamy and Kartikeya Date about the role of luck in cricket and how we can better describe the game by separating actions from outcomes. 

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We are thrilled to have novelist and cricket writer Rahul Bhattacharya to talk about his experiences from the World Cup.

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• Cricket writing v cricket analysi…

We review the World Cup final where Travis Head and Pat Cummins inspired a triumph for the ages.

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• Australia's remarkable achievement - and this triumph i…

We review the India v England match in Lucknow - and chat about the other themes emerging in the World Cup. 

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• The brutal simplicity of Mohammad Shami
• Jas…

We review the India v New Zealand match in Dharamshala - and chat about the other themes as the World Cup nears its halfway stage. We also pay our heartfelt tribute to one of India's greatest cricket…

We review the India v Pakistan match in Ahmedabad - and chat about the other themes developing in this World Cup.

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• India's enviable bowling attack for the …

We review the India v Australia match in Chennai - a tense contest that India won by six wickets.

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• India's threat with their seamers as well as spinners
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We preview the 2023 World Cup - the muted build-up, BCCI apathy, and how the conditions could play such a big role in how some teams progress. Could South Africa or New Zealand finally win the big pr…