EPISODE · May 22, 2019 · 1H 26M
'You little beauty' – the 1996 World Cup
from 81 All Out - A Cricket Podcast · host 81 All Out
In the latest 81allout podcast we rewind to the World Cup in 1996 – when Sri Lanka refused to be beaten. We remember Brian Lara's exquisite strokeplay, Aravinda de Silva's mastery, Tendulkar's magic with a sponsor-less bat, Jayasuriya reducing medium-pacers to offspinners, Paul Strang's wizardry and Ambrose getting stumps to fly. Also included: Richie Richardson's sweep shot crashing into umpire BC Cooray's head, Mike Marqusee's seminal book 'War Minus the Shooting', and Sultan Zarawani walking out to bat in a hat and preparing to face Allan Donald. Click here to support 81allout on Ko-Fi Participants: Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd) Karthik Krishnaswamy (@the_kk) Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) Aditya Shrikrishna (@gradwolf)
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In the latest 81allout podcast we rewind to the World Cup in 1996 – when Sri Lanka refused to be beaten. We remember Brian Lara's exquisite strokeplay, Aravinda de Silva's mastery, Tendulkar's magic with a sponsor-less bat, Jayasuriya reducing medium-pacers to offspinners, Paul Strang's wizardry and Ambrose getting stumps to fly. Also included: Richie Richardson's sweep shot crashing into umpire BC Cooray's head, Mike Marqusee's seminal book 'War Minus the Shooting', and Sultan Zarawani walking out to bat in a hat and preparing to face Allan Donald. Click here to support 81allout on Ko-Fi Participants: Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd) Karthik Krishnaswamy (@the_kk) Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) Aditya Shrikrishna (@gradwolf)
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