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Outside Edge Ep 3: In conversation with Paul Radley and Faisal Hasnain
In this episode of Outside Edge, host Chandresh Narayanan sits down with The National’s Paul Radley, and former Chief Financial Officer of the ICC, Faisal Hasnain, to talk about the ongoing Cricket World Cup in England, the future of associate nations in global events, among other things.
Chandresh, Paul and Faisal discuss how the scheduling of matches has put a dent in this World Cup. They also discuss Sunil Gavaskar’s comments on the composition of England’s team. Faisal said, “It’s great to see that England has been able to field a team with so many diverse cultures.”
They also talk about the future and importance of associate nations in global events such as the World Cup. Paul said, “Cricket is regressing if the ICC wants to play only 10 nations in their pinnacle tournament.” They went on to discuss the possibilities of Cricket entering the Olympics and how the Olympic entry can be an “icing on the cake” for Cricket to gain global attention.
For this and a lot more, so listen up!
Produced by Kartik Nijhawan and edited by Samarendra K Dash.
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