#59- The Evolution of World Cricket and the Art of Mastering Your "B" Game with Shaun Pollock
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The South African sporting icon, Shaun Pollock, needs no introduction. In this episode we cover:
- The state of world cricket.
- The Test Championship.
- The ICC Champions Trophy.
- The relevance of bowling.
- The rise of spinners.
- Why we don't see express fast bowling anymore.
- The mindset of doing a job with your "B" game.
- Shaun's faith.
- How T20 cricket has changed the game, for better or worse.
- The Proteas chances at ICC Champions Trophy.
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Chapters
1. Do sportsmen and women have a responsibility to be role models? (00:00:00)
2. The state of world cricket (00:07:00)
3. No home test matches for 18 months (00:08:00)
4. How do you support the smaller countries? (00:13:00)
5. What makes India so strong? (00:14:30)
6. Is there still a hunger to represent your country? (00:16:30)
7. The dwindling relevance of bowling. (00:21:30)
8. The bowling batting asymmetry (00:24:40)
9. The evolution of batting skills (00:27:30)
10. Prevalence of batting collapses in test cricket (00:28:25)
11. The mindset of the modern batsmen (00:29:30)
12. How good is your "B" game? (00:30:45)
13. Shaun's faith in God (00:38:00)
14. Luck or mindset? (00:40:00)
15. A golden era for spinners? (00:45:00)
16. The death of the express fast bowler (00:48:30)
17. Facing Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar (00:52:00)
18. ICC Champions Trophy predictions (00:54:00)
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