We talk of the buzz around the BGT and the chest-thumping and bullying around the CT.

We review 46 a.o, the women's WC and Pak-Eng.

We discuss the reactions to the early exit from the T20 WC by the Indian Women's T20 side. Also some discussion on the chaos that is Pakistan cricket.

In this random conversation we (MV, Raj, Nishant and Vatsal) attempted to create a playing XI from the roster of "morally grey cricketers".

Our picks:

Vatsal - Salman Butt Nishant - Azhar Raj - Gibbs MV - Muhammad Asif MV - Shane Warne Raj - Cronje Nishant - Amir Vatsal - MSD Vatsal - Sreesanth Nishant - Shakib Raj - Chris Cairns MV - Marlon Samuels

We do our best attempt at previewing the Women's World Cup.

Srivastav Ranganathan 22:43 (0 minutes ago)to meIn this episode we go ahead and preview the Women’s T20 World Cup.It’s evident we are doing this for the first time and mostly for ourselves to make this World Cup a lot more easy to follow. We found a lot of useful links that helped in our research. They are as follows -Erika Morris’ wonderful twitter thread - https://x.com/ErikaMorris79/status/1840344771832787311 WC Previews on CI and CB go without saying along with some on the ICC website.Special Mention to absolutely in-depth coverage by Cricket.com/tvCheck out their videos here -https://www.youtube.com/live/TehVdB7VotY?si=Q1HIpuGE5593H1tWhttps://www.youtube.com/live/B7sNiRcc9a4?si=YMdmH3v88Z9rojn0 https://www.youtube.com/live/9v-pnDlwYec?si=1yX3XbROmYDyee3N

In this pod, we discuss the most memorable Men’s ODI WC games. We have Raj, Nishant and MV on the pod for this one.

Lots of things were discussed and some recommendations -

1. War Minus The Shooting - https://bit.ly/3MZHeGW

2. Master of Mombasa (On Asif Karim by Jarrod Kimber) - https://bit.ly/4dvYIFW

Our Picks

1. R - Aus v India 1992 Brisbane

2. N - NZ v Aus 2015 (Group Game) Auckland

3. M - Aus v Afg 2023 Wankhede

4. M - Ken v WI 1996 Pune

5. N - Ire v Eng 2011 Bangalore

6. R - Aus v WI 1996 Mohali

7. R - Ind v Ban 2007 Port of Spain

8. N - NZ v SA 2015 Auckland

9. M - NZ v WI 2019 Manchester

10.M - Kenya v SL 2003 Nairobi Gymkhana

11.N - Ind v Aus 2023 Ahmedabad

Trigger Warning: Strong Language has been used in this conversation. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode, Raj, Aditya and MV are joined by Behram Qazi to discuss the life of a Pakistani journalist covering world cricket.Behram has been the subject of constant online hate from across the border for his national identity and this does take an effect on his mental health.It will be clear to those who listen that Behram is well travelled, well read and is constantly asserting inclusiveness in his conversations even if online hate is now part of his daily life and work.