England too good in a tournament of upsets: T20 World Cup review

81 All Out - A Cricket Podcast

In the latest episode of the podcast we discuss the recently concluded T20 World Cup in Australia - where England were crowned champions. We focus on some of the themes of the tournament - upsets, teams assessing a variety of conditions, exploiting ground dimensions, and the overall calibre of strokeplay - and wonder how some of the great bowlers are largely nullified by the format.

[podcast_subscribe id="1595"]

Buy Cricket Beyond the Bazaar (recently republished by 81allout) India (hardback) | India (paperback, e-copy)Australia (hardback, paperback, e-copy)USA (hardback, paperback, e-copy)UK (hardback, paperback, e-copy)Canada (hardback, paperback, e-copy)

Buy Mike Marqusee's classic cricket book War Minus The Shooting on Flipkart and Amazon.

Talking Points:

• A World Cup full of memorable upsets
• Navigating the conditions across Australia - and the effect it had on teams
• Batting against length v batting against the field
• Why some great batters are misfits in the format
• India's problem at the top - and KL Rahul's T20 v Test fortunes
• The Nasim Shah over to Jos Buttler in the final
• The big difference between batting in an ODI and in a T20

Participants:

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee); Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview); Ashoka (@ABVan)

*

Related:

• England's approach may lead other teams into the T20 era - Sidharth Monga - ESPNcricinfo
• The England white-ball machine - Jarrod Kimber - YouTube
• The 'rationally irresistible' rise of Jos Buttler, T20 opener - Matt Roller - ESPNcricinfo
• Who was to blame for India's defeat - Cricviz
• Why T20 hitting is not just a more risky version of batting - Kartikeya Date - ESPNcricinfo