Ghostwriting for Imran, beach-cricket with Viv, working for Pataudi - interview with Mudar Patherya

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Our special guest this week is Mudar Patherya, a cricket writer for Sportsworld magazine through the 1980s - before he moved on to other interests. Across five trips to Pakistan, visits to Sharjah, a tour to West Indies, and several assignments within India - Mudar made a name for himself as one of the finest writers on the game. The more we listened, the more we were convinced that he was the 'Forrest Gump of cricket' in the '80s. Talking Points: Covering India's tour to Pakistan in 1982-83 The fascination with Abdul Qadir Getting to know Imran Khan Javed Miandad's famous six in Sharjah The shock and disbelief in Lahore on that evening in 1987 The World Cup final at Eden Gardens The fiery passion for cricket in a small corner of Calcutta Meeting (and shocking) a president of the MCC The genius of Mushtaq Ali The magnificent Mr Pataudi The craze for football in the Calcuta of the '70s and '80s When Sanjay Manjrekar was the Wall Sachin Tendulkar's first day in Test cricket Collecting cricket memorabilia and much more… Related: Lessons from a middle-aged cricketer - - ESPNcricinfo - Mudar Patherya Does Kolkata still love Test cricket - ESPNcricinfo - Mudar Patherya Third Ground - The Cricket Monthly - Mudar Patherya A man of opposites - ESPNcricinfo - Mudar Patherya on Tiger Pataudi Charmingly villainous - The Cricket Monthly - Mudar Patherya on Imran Khan An Old, Old Cricketer Speaks - Wisden Cricket Monthly - Mudar Patherya interview with DB Deodhar 'Every generation needs its writers to tell its stories' - Sharda Ugra podcast on 81allout England XI v Australians in 1921 Victor Trumper's iconic 335 and a smashed boot factory window - Cricketcountry.com - Pradip Dhole Books by Mudar Patherya: The Penguin Book of Cricket Lists - Mudar Patherya and Barry O'Brien Wills Book of Excellence: Cricket - Mudar Patherya Ultimate World Cup Cricket Quiz - Mudar Patherya and Ravikant Srivastava Books discussed in the podcast: Another Bloody Day in Paradise - Frank Keating Beyond a Boundary - CLR James

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