In this episode, we discuss cricket analytics, growing the game, quantifying pressure/clutch in sport with one of the pre-eminent analysts in our game, Tim Wigmore.

Tim Wigmore is a sports writer for The Daily Telegraph, and has also written forThe Economist, The New York Times, ESPNCricinfo and The New Statesmanamongst others. He has written many books and we will be discussing hisbooks and cricket writing in this episode.He has a unique lens on Cricket having covered the Associates extensively andthereon written about them and the global game. His books provide us aworldview into the past and the future with topics as diverse as the history ofAfghanistan Cricket to deep dives into the process England followed to becomedouble WC champions.We discussed T20 cricket, data v narrative, Afghanistan and the future of worldcricket with respect to the short sightedness of those who run the game beforerounding up with book recommendations from TimCrickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket:Amazon US - https://bit.ly/3WuDTW0Amazon UK – https://bit.ly/4fbFW8IAmazon India - https://bit.ly/4de3yrBCricket 2.0: Inside the T20 RevolutionAmazon US - https://bit.ly/46moTggAmazon UK - https://bit.ly/4feeLKwAmazon India – https://bit.ly/4faNRTI        The Best: How Elite Athletes are MadeAmazon US - https://bit.ly/3Y8hKhqAmazon UK – https://bit.ly/4fbFJ5qAmazon India - https://bit.ly/3zSdFE0White Hot: The Inside Story of England Cricket’s Double World ChampionsAmazon US - https://bit.ly/3Wz7pKlAmazon UK - https://bit.ly/3WcF8rwAmazon India – https://bit.ly/4cVIDdaSecond XI: Cricket In Its OutpostsAmazon US - https://bit.ly/3SgN5ebAmazon UK – https://bit.ly/4fcqVmWAmazon India - https://bit.ly/4bT8ErSPre-Order his next book on Amazon UK –Test Cricket: A History - https://bit.ly/3yic7TbRecommendations from Tim WigmorePundits from Pakistan by Rahul Bhattacharya - https://bit.ly/3LJwETGBeyond a Boundary by CLR James - https://bit.ly/3A0e9IkThe Unquiet Ones by Osman Samiuddin - https://bit.ly/4bTKM7GDifferent Class Duncan Stone - https://bit.ly/4fcYq8V