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Batta Fast
"What do they know of cricket, who only cricket know?"
Ahmer Naqvi and Osman Samiuddin look at cricket from beyond the runs and wickets to the larger sociocultural context of the sport.
Podcasting since 2023 • 82 episodes
Batta Fast
Latest Episodes
Are Test Matches Only for the Rich? Episode 89
On how watching the Ashes makes me feel like a second class citizen.
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Season 16
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Episode 7
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23:48
The Boy Who Never Got Out - Episode 88
Aik bacha tha jo out nahi hota tha.Link to Haroon Khalid's works: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/7247507.Haroon_Khalid
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Season 16
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Episode 6
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27:46
How Much Winning Is Too Much? Episode 87
An extremely #RichPeopleProblems issue leads to a deeper understanding of why we watch our favourite teams.My essay on fandom and forgetting: https://karachikhatmal.com/the-i-who-becomes-a-we-the-importance-of-forgetting-to-fandom...
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Season 16
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Episode 5
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37:04
Why Tapeball is Decolonized Cricket - Episode 86
An invention from Karachi in the 80s, Tapeball cricket took the colonial history of the sport and ripped it apart.Biryani article featuring Malang: https://fiftytwo.in/story/rice-fat-meat-streets/Abid Hussain's Tapeball Longf...
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Season 16
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Episode 4
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47:11
