Sandeep and I are joined by Rahul Patil from Sportsfreak to talk about two of New Zealand's major cricketing achievements in the modern era - namely the women's T20 World Cup win and the men's test win in India.

Although this was meant to be a NZ-centric discussion, it quickly meandered into familiar Indo-centric territory.

We talk about the toss, the tactics, the batting collapse for the ages, NZ's sharp bowling and fielding, Sarfaraz's innings, Ashwin and Jadeja's declining fortunes, rise of the young brigade and the slow fading of old legends, and how to tackle spin bowling.

And then we turn our attention to the the women's team's triumph in the T20 World Cup and how NZ beat all odds and expectations to emerge Champions and why we need to retain this format and not cave in to the Big Three.

In this episode Sandeep and I are joined by Aryan Surana, who writes features and match reviews over at Guerilla Cricket, to talk about the return of cricket to Gwalior, the Ind-Bangla series, the potency of the Indian test attack and other notable points.

We also pay our respects to the late Ratan Tata, may he rest in peace.

Aryan's two recent articles on cricket in Gwalior can be found here -

Article 1 - general return of cricket to Gwalior

Article 2 - Interview with Mr Scindia

Greetings and welcome to another episode of The Cricket Slouch !

Today we have Estelle Vasudevan on board again and this time we talk about the upcoming women's T20 World Cup and go through the different squads whilst narrowing down on the final four and eventual prediction for a winner. The women's game has grown in leaps and bounds and the quality now is much better than what it was 10 years ago and there are no easy games expected in the upcoming tournament.

Will Australia win again, or will it be England's turn this time round ?

Or will Sri Lanka spring a surprise and make it to the last four at the expense of India? Can Windies do it again with the return of Dottin ?

Find out as the discussion unfolds !