On the Road with Zaltzman

Impromptu cricket matches and an elephant

Impromptu cricket matches and an elephant

I arrived in Colombo yesterday to be greeted by (a) my wife and children; (b) more heat than a pasty-skinned Englishman is genetically designed to withstand; and (c) the confirmation that England had definitely lost to Ireland the day before

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The finest innings of all time by a man with pink hair

The finest innings of all time by a man with pink hair

Kevin O’Brien narrowly beats Wally Hammond to the title

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Boomtown Bangalore and the Bat Bash Bonanza

Boomtown Bangalore and the Bat Bash Bonanza

Andy Zaltzman's second World Cup podcast features reports from the crucial Bangalore Brave Hearts v Hyderabad Nawabs game, and a slightly less diverting international held in the same city, featuring one Peter Suchin Tendulkar

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

When MS met WG

When MS met WG

We have a picture too

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Why Tendulkar is bigger than Woods or Federer

Why Tendulkar is bigger than Woods or Federer

I am going to go out on a journalistic limb and say that yesterday’s game in Bangalore was, without question, a decent cricket match

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Why stand-up comedy is like the first day of a Test

Why stand-up comedy is like the first day of a Test

Had someone told me as a child that, at some point in my life, I would jump out of a chair in an office in Bangalore when watching a Bangladesh bowler take an Irish wicket on the television, I would probably not have believed them

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

No rogue snacks please, this is Delhi

No rogue snacks please, this is Delhi

A vastly impressive South African performance yesterday was overshadowed by an even more impressive effort by the various security forces in operation at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

England get poor performance out of the way early

England get poor performance out of the way early

Nagpur saw a much more entertaining game than most were expecting

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Why we need three games a day

Why we need three games a day

The first of Andy Zaltzman’s epic audio despatches from the World Cup

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Two breathtaking days in Dhaka

Two breathtaking days in Dhaka

Day two of my Asian cricket watching career

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

A first experience of cricket in Asia

A first experience of cricket in Asia

For a cocooned Englishman who has seen little of the world but has loved cricket since a chance boyhood encounter with it on his parents’ television, this was a deeply inspiring day.

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The sizzle of anticipation

The sizzle of anticipation

The roads in Dhaka are full of excited people and the honking of traffic

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

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