Clutch, pressure, choke: discussing the language of cricketing discourse

In the latest episode we discuss popular terms used to describe a cricketing contest - and why these are often lazy alternatives with no standard definition. 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) Talking Points: The category error in sports - when stories are used to describe contests The narrative around 'big moments' and how some phases are assumed to 'decide' contests The rampant discourse around 'pressure situations' The belief that some players are superior at the finish than at the start Jordan and Robert Horry - and the spread of the clutch narrative Australia v South Africa, Edgbaston, 1999: a narrative gold The future of cricket discourse - and ways to describe the entire contest  Participants: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee); Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview); Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd); Ashoka (@ABVan) Related: The episode that really matters - 81allout podcast with Sidharth Monga What's the story, Morning Glory - 81allout podcast with Karthik Krishnaswamy What we talk about when we talk about cricket - 81allout podcast with Daniel Norcross Anatomy of a classic - Virender Sehwag on his 155 in Chennai - Interview by Chandrahas Choudhury and Nishant Arora - ESPNcricinfo Bias Case - Steve Tignor - Tennis World James Anderson and reverse-swing - Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara discuss - YouTube Against narratives - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Why there is no such thing as a finisher in ODI cricket - Kartikeya Date - ESPNcricinfo Roger Federer opens up - Interview by David Remnick - New Yorker Paddy Upton's interview of Allan Donald - Apple podcasts 'I wanted to be there at the end. That was my drug' - Lance Klusener interview - The Cricket Monthly Rudi Webster - Think Like a Champion - Amazon.com