Pakistan Cricket Podcast

This is a new podcast focusing on all things Pakistani Cricket by interviewing journalists, historians, bloggers, players, and fans. Host: Samee Siddiqui & Guest Hosts

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Episode 22: Preview of the 2023 Women's T20i Wo...
36 min
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Episode 21: The History of Pakistani Women's Cr...
59 min
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Episode 20: Conversation with Jarrod Kimber Par...
I had the pleasure of interviewing the brilliant Jarrod Kimber on all sorts of subjects today. This is Part II of the conversation where we discuss Shadab Khan's action + his suitability or otherwise for Test Cricket & coaching (including a long conv...
51 min
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Episode 19: Conversation with Jarrod Kimber Par...
I had the pleasure of interviewing the brilliant Jarrod Kimber on all sorts of subjects today. This is Part I of the interview where we discuss Pakistan's performance at the T20i World Cup in Australia, his love for Mushtaq Ahmed, the impact of Shane...
55 min
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Episode 18: Pakistan Fan Forum on the Men’s 202...
This is a special episode as it is the first episode where Faraz Qasim, from the Relukattay PSL Show, is guest hosting and we had a wonderful panel: Abdullah Ansari, Hania, Osama Ahmed, Alvina Ahmed, Ali Siddiqui, and Salaar Shamsi.Please check out F...
78 min
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Episode 17: Ben Jones from Cricviz on Pakistan ...
I had the pleasure of interviewing the brilliant Ben Jones from Cricviz on Pakistan's performances at the T20i World Cup in Australia, alongside CD or Assad from the Cover Drive Podcast. We talked about the ultra-aggressive batting of Muhammad Haris,...
52 min
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Episode 16: Panel on the ”Spirit of Cricket: Pa...
This is a really special podcast as I have the pleasure of hosting an all-star panel on the 'Spirit of Cricket' and the 'mankad' with Zainub Razvi.We have three of the best cricket writers in the world with us today: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, Andrew F...
60 min
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Episode 15: Aatif Nawaz on Comedy, Commentary, ...
I had a great time chatting with the Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Writer, Presenter and Cricket Commentator, Aatif Nawaz.  We discussed his unusual journey into cricket commentary, the art of commentating, BBC's Test Match Special, and, at the end, I al...
63 min
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Episode 14: Matt Roller on T20 Cricket & Englan...
I had the pleasure of interviewing Matt Roller alongside my co-host Alvina Ahmed. Matt writes for ESPN Cricinfo and recently won the Young Journalist of the Year award by the ECB.  You can find Matt on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/mroller98 Here...
33 min
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Episode 13: Pakistan Fan Forum on the Asia Cup ...
Had the pleasure of speaking to 6 brilliant fans on the first "Pakistan Fan Forum" on the Asia Cup 2022. Although he discuss the defeat and the problems in our approach, he begin by looking at Sri Lanka's brilliant victory and end with some positives...
98 min
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Episode 12: Review of the Pakistan Tour of Sri ...
So I’m really lucky to have interviewed Andrew Fidel Fernando—one of my favorite cricket writers—last week (August 3rd 2022). Fidel writes for ESPN Cricinfo and is also the author of a wonderful book entitled, Upon a Sleepless Isle: Travels in Sri La...
57 min
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Episode 11: The “Pace is Pace Yaar” Reunion Epi...
This is a special episode because not only is Zainub Razvi joining me as a guest host, we are joined by 6 members of “Pace is Pace Yaar” (aka PiPY). I want to thank two people in particular for making this happen: Zainub for coming up with the idea a...
75 min
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Episode 10: 90’s Cricket, Multan Sultans, and G...
So this is a special episode for the podcast. Not only do we have a wonderful guest in Nawab Hassan Hussein Qureshi from the Multan Sultans & Grassroots Cricket, I am also pleased to welcome the brilliant Hijab Zahid as a guest host for this episode ...
87 min
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Episode 9: Domestic Cricket in Islamabad and Cr...
I had the pleasure of speaking to my uncle Hammad Siddiqui (or Hammad Chacha to me), the former Pakistani first-class cricketer and cricket broadcaster.  You can check out his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzwkYABJg69E4J_eE_...
30 min
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Episode 8: Coaching, Surrey, and County Cricket...
This podcast is split into two parts. First, I had the pleasure of speaking to Azhar Mahmood, the former Pakistani all-rounder and bowling coach, for a few minutes on his coaching philosophy. This interview was recorded on March 9th.  In the second p...
47 min
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Episode 7: Mickey Arthur & Kamran Muzaffer on C...
This podcast is split into two parts. First, I had the pleasure of speaking to Mickey Arthur, the former Pakistan Head Coach, for a few minutes on Zoom at the end of a long media day for his current team, Derbyshire. We spoke about the intelligence o...
56 min
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Episode 6: Review of the Pakistan-Australia Tes...
I’m really lucky to have Taha Hashim with me today. Taha writes for Wisden Cricket Monthly and was recently commended for the Young Journalist of the Year award by the ECB https://twitter.com/taha_wisden?lang=en. Taha was recently in Pakistan coverin...
59 min
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Episode 5: Review of the Pakistan-Australia Tes...
I’m really lucky to have two brilliant guests with me today. Danyal is the sub-editor for ESPN Cricinfo writing on Pakistani Cricket, and Bharat is an Australian based cricket writer who writes for Cricbuzz. He is also the author of The Dhoni Touch: ...
82 min
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Episode 4: Women’s Cricket, Cricket Commentary,...
I’m really pleased to be joined by Hijab Zahid & Alvina Ahmed to talk about: women's cricket in Pakistan, Bismah Maroof, the Women's World Cup in New Zealand, Cricket commentary, and online Pakistani cricket fan culture. Hijab is an aspiring cricket ...
49 min
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Episode 3: The Bob Woolmer Special in Collabora...
This is a podcast about the life and career of Bob Woolmer, the former English cricketer who coached Pakistan between 2004 and 2007 (made in collaboration with the journalist and broadcaster Andrew McLean).  Woolmer died in mysterious circumstances t...
97 min
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Episode 2: From Islamabad to the Japan National...
In this episode, I speak to a Japanese-Pakistani cricketer, Ibrahim Takahashi, who was recently called up to the Japanese National team. Ibrahim—whose mother is Japanese and father is Pakistani—was born in Gotemba (Japan), but moved to Islamabad at a...
31 min
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Episode 1: The Return of the Aussies with Gideo...
In this episode, I am joined by two of my favorite journalists—Gideon Haigh and Osman Samiuddin—to discuss the return of the Aussies to Pakistan. We preview the tour, and discuss the history of the rivalry between Pakistan and Australia. Gideon Haigh...
71 min