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Indian spinner R Ashwin discusses the role of spin bowling in T20s, the asymmetrical contest of bat v ball in T20, and states that people ought to consider T20 as a different sport and not even part of cricket. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51848069/Couch%20Talk/CouchTalk-RAshwin-051216.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Download the episode by clicking here or listen to it on SoundCloud. Read the entire Transcript. Subscribe to Couch Talk:  iTunes    Sound Cloud   TuneIn Radio  Stitcher Radio RSS Feed Enjoy. Credits: Intro Music: Aravind Murali and Jaishankar, mixed at ‘Music from The Place’ Transcribed by: Bharathram Pattabiraman

Former India cricketer and currently their batting coach Sanjay Bangar talks about the responsibilities of his job, the influence of a great generation of batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid on the current side, batting plans in Tests vis-a-vis limited overs, and how he works with players going through a rough patch etc. Sanjay is on Twitter as: @ImSanjayBangar https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51848069/Couch%20Talk/CouchTalk-SanjayBangar-050216.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Download the episode by clicking here or listen to it on SoundCloud. Read the entire Transcript. Subscribe to Couch Talk:  iTunes    Sound Cloud   TuneIn Radio  Stitcher Radio RSS Feed Enjoy. Credits: Intro Music: Aravind Murali and Jaishankar, mixed at ‘Music from The Place’ Transcribed by: Bharathram Pattabiraman

Anjali Doshi, editor of “Tendulkar in Wisden” talks about the idea behind the Wisden Anthology, the process of distilling 24 years of writing on Tendulkar in Wisden, her own experiences of covering Tendulkar and discusses the Sachin phenomenon that transformed from being about a great player to the level of infallible. The book is available from Bloomsbury (LINK) and Amazon (LINK). Anjali is on Twitter as: @anjaliadoshi https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51848069/Couch%20Talk/CouchTalk-AnjaliDoshi-04072016.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Download the episode by clicking here or listen to it on SoundCloud. Read the entire Transcript. Subscribe to Couch Talk:  iTunes    Sound Cloud   TuneIn Radio  Stitcher Radio RSS Feed Enjoy. Credits: Intro Music: Aravind Murali and Jaishankar, mixed at ‘Music from The Place’ Transcribed by: Bharathram Pattabiraman

Former Australian batsman Mike Hussey talks about his new book “Winning Edge: Behind the scenes of elite cricket”, his coaching philosophies, the change in T20 batting approaches, and the various captains he’s played for, amongst other things. The book is available here: AMAZON LINK https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51848069/Couch%20Talk/CouchTalk-MikeHussey-040116.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Download the episode by clicking here or listen to it on SoundCloud. Read the entire Transcript. The podcast first appeared on ESPN Cricinfo. Subscribe to Couch Talk:  iTunes    Sound Cloud   TuneIn Radio  Stitcher Radio RSS Feed Enjoy. Credits: Intro Music: Aravind Murali and Jaishankar, mixed at ‘Music from The Place’ Transcribed by: Bharathram Pattabiraman

West Indies U-19 side’s coach Graeme West talks about moulding a side of young individuals from the different regions of the Caribbean as a unit, the game plans, the Keemo Paul Mankading incident and the fall-out from it, and looks ahead to the future of the under-19 players, among other things. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51848069/Couch%20Talk/CouchTalk-GraemeWest-031416.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Download the episode by clicking here or listen to it on SoundCloud. Read the entire Transcript. The podcast first appeared on ESPN Cricinfo. Subscribe to Couch Talk:  iTunes    Sound Cloud   TuneIn Radio  Stitcher Radio RSS Feed Enjoy. Credits: Intro Music: Aravind Murali and Jaishankar, mixed at ‘Music from The Place’ Transcribed by: Bharathram Pattabiraman

In this episode, Shoaib Naveed talks about his journey from being a student-blogger to becoming the Project Manager of PSL, his position paper that envisioned the PSL, his entry in to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the various hoops he and his team had to jump through to organize PSL, the various criticisms of PSL’s first edition, and the visions for its future, amongst other things. Shoaib is on Twitter: @SillyTiddy https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51848069/Couch%20Talk/CouchTalk-ShoaibNaveed-030416.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Download the episode by clicking here or listen to it on SoundCloud. Read the entire Transcript. The podcast first appeared on ESPN Cricinfo. Subscribe to Couch Talk:  iTunes    Sound Cloud   TuneIn Radio  Stitcher Radio RSS Feed Enjoy. Credits: Intro Music: Aravind Murali and Jaishankar, mixed at ‘Music from The Place’ Transcribed by: Bharathram Pattabiraman

Former Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden talks about his pre-match visualization techniques, his opening partnership with Justin Langer and his ability to play spin, amongst other things. Follow Matt on Twitter: @HaydosTweets https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/51848069/Couch%20Talk/CouchTalk-MatthewHayden-022616.mp3 | Open Player in New Window Download the episode by clicking here or listen to it on SoundCloud. Read the entire Transcript. The podcast first appeared on ESPN Cricinfo. Subscribe to Couch Talk:  iTunes    Sound Cloud   TuneIn Radio  Stitcher Radio RSS Feed Enjoy. Credits: Intro Music: Aravind Murali and Jaishankar, mixed at ‘Music from The Place’ Transcribed by: Bharathram Pattabiraman