Ep 60: Border Gave a Scar that won't Healy

On Episode 60, we are (sadly) back to being a sausage fest. Chops, Tony, Max, Sameer, Bisi and Nitin join to dissect Healy's sweeping masterclass and glean meaningful takeaways from it. They ponder Australia's trainwreck of a tour, and their disastrous handling of their spin resources. There's chuckles and sympathy in varying measures for Ashton Agar and KL Rahul. The gang puts Dr. Strange to shame by painting out elaborate scenarios around how Bazball is likely to fare in the Ashes and when England next tour India. The manel also discusses the state of Indian women's cricket following the Harmanpreet heartbreak in their World Cup semifinal.

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Show notes:

1. Ian Healy keeps things sweepingly simple… perhaps too simple?: https://youtu.be/lg_1jO4pm_I 

2. Aston Agar’s sorry fate: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-ashton-agar-s-test-career-was-stalled-again-in-india-aus-vs-ind-1360503 

3. Travis Head and robust conversations: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/travis-head-had-robust-conversations-with-selectors-after-first-test-1360682

4. KL Rahul – The Question: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-vs-australia-the-ladders-have-gone-and-snakes-lurk-in-kl-rahuls-test-path-right-now-border-gavaskar-trophy-1360044 

5. When Virat Kohli speaks, we listen: https://youtu.be/rkBx3gYcbNw 

6. World Test Championship final – latest scenarios: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wtc-final-india-almost-through-after-beating-australia-in-delhi-1359905 

7. World Test Championship final – latest scenarios: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wtc-final-india-almost-through-after-beating-australia-in-delhi-1359905  

8. Kimber on Bazball batting: https://wickets.substack.com/p/the-bazball-shuffle 

9. Don Harry Bradman Brook: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nz-vs-england-2nd-test-wellington-believe-the-hype-harry-brook-is-heading-where-few-have-gone-before-1360352 

10. India’s 2023 heartbreak at Cape Town: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-anatomy-of-india-s-heartbreak-aus-vs-ind-semi-final-women-s-t20-world-cup-2023-1360490 

11. A fairytale season for Saurashtra: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ranji-trophy-final-how-jaydev-unadkat-and-saurashtra-became-indias-dominant-first-class-team-1359889 

12. Behind the brilliant Aus-W team is the brilliant WBBL and behind WBBL is something called the WNCL: https://twitter.com/_hypocaust/status/1629456396830793728?t=1JFiqcAPvH5nehaWvVV-wA&s=19