Batta Fast

First of all, thanks to Saim Salman and Waleed Ahmed.
In this v long episode, we try and take every question you guys sent us this past week to celebrate our 5000 subscribers.
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We took a few days after the event to record this, which means we aren't at the fire and brimstone stage everyone else might be. We congratulate Bangladesh on a magnificent win, and lay out our causes for the defeat.
01:04 Bangladesh's Impressive Win Against Pakistan
08:44 Pakistan's Poor Performance and Team Selection
14:47 Flaws in the World Test Championship Ranking System
21:41 Issues with Pakistan's Pitch Preparation and Workload Management
33:05 Mistreatment of Players and Lack of Support
42:42 The Pressure on Shan’s Captaincy
52:48 The Impact of Rhythm and Schedule on Player Performance
01:02:33 The Need for Changes in the Team and Board
01:05:31 Predicting the Outcome of the Next Test Match

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00:00 Hafeez, Rashid and Legacy of 90s Cricket Players
03:57 The Impact of 90s Cricket on Modern Perceptions
10:36 Cultural Significance of 90s Cricket
14:44 Corruption and Instability
21:37 Why the 90s were an era of decline
30:04 The Lost Tournaments of the 90s
39:14 The Impact of County Cricket on Pakistani cricket
43:47 13 Captaincy changes in 3 years!
52:01 Late-Era Wasim Captaincy

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The first episode of our podcast kicks off a series where we discuss our favourite fast bowling spells by Pakistani players.
We begin with the birth of a legend - Shoaib Akhtar's two wickets in two balls, including Sachin on a golden duck, began one of the most exciting, intriguing and dramatic careers in cricket history.
We go from Bappi Lahiri to Salman Khan in trying to explain what and who Shaiby was.
0 – 2:20 – Intro to the podcast
2:45 – 3:40 – The spell as the Pakistani Dream: bowling two Indians, one of whom is Sachin in front of a full house off two consecutive balls
3:40 – 5:55 – Silence in the Biggest Stadium in the World & some more on the dreamlike nature of Shoaib impact
7:32 – 10:15 Maradona 1986 vs England comparison
13:00 – 14:30 - The Two Deliveries as works of art
20:20 – 22:17 - The Sallu Bhai comparisons
25:25 – 27:55 - The Faisalabad Story
28:25 – 33:40 - Gun Master Interlude – Bappi Da! Including the Jimmy Jimmy tangent
38:00 – 39:39 - Why Dravid was the greater wicket (and Shaibi bowling genius)
41:45 – 43:53 Shaibi Origin Story and being an outlier as a worldly star
43:59 – 45:10 Shaibi Saves a Child and Hello Nicole Kidman
45:11 – 47:00 The Groundedness of being Shoaib all the way through
47:10 – 49:20 On a White Horse in the Margalla Hills, with a Quran
49:20 – 50:50 Navigating a way through match-fixing era
52:55 – 53:33 The Mathew Hayden send-off
53:45 – 59:05 The Sachin Ball and the Art of Bunking School
59:20 – end Loving Sachin Ball contd

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#PAKvIND review - ronay walay ke ronay ka waqt shurroo.
We discuss the stunning collapse, how it rates in the all time rivalry, how boring this match was, and why there is a limit to hoping for a method to the madness.

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