Chaotic cricket chat that still finds the tactical bones under the jokes.
This episode is a brisk wrap of India-England cricket, centered on the second-Test aftermath, the Duke's ball grumbling, and a match that keeps finding its way back into view.
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A "respected" (former) sports journalist and a "club cricketer" take a lenient view to over-stepping the line while talking about cricket.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed cricket arguments, tactical scrutiny and irreverent chemistry make match results feel like the beginning of the conversation.
The No Balls Cricket Podcast turns cricket analysis into a running argument between Siddharth Pradhan and Aditya Devrath, with India at the center and the international game always close by.
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An Ashwin-Jadeja debate gets technical enough to make your own Test XI feel underprepared.
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- Siddharth Pradhan and Aditya Devrath to argue over what a spinner must do beyond taking wickets
- World Cup predictions that account for batting positions before you pick a favorite
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A rough edged but lively semi final wrap that rolls into the final preview.
The episode keeps its focus on the semi finals and then moves into the final preview without much detour. It comes back to the moment the game slipped away and the question of whether Rabada should have been trusted with the last over.
A loose cricket chat that stays anchored to the match even when it wanders.
Episode 52 keeps its focus on cricket, opening with India's heavy win over Australia, Virat Kohli's hundred, and the promised detour into the greatest cricket Twitter beef before settling into the second Test and the rest of the series.
Cricket detail leads, then the panel wanders into its usual chaos.
The episode works best when it settles into cricket analysis, especially around the reverse sweep and the stretch where the Indian bowlers were left without answers.
A wild ODI, a timed-out uproar, and a blunt reaction that never pretends to be neutral.
Australia's collapse against Afghanistan gives the episode its charge, and the hosts lean into the shock without flattening the stakes. They move from scorecard detail to the argument around timing and rules, then back to Maxwell's century, which keeps the discussion brisk and a…
A loud cricket rant about a chaotic Test, a terrible pitch, and a few sharp turning points.
This episode is all over the place in a way that mostly works. The hosts react fast to a nasty pitch, a messy Test, Ben Stokes' century, India’s bowlers losing their shape, Anshul Kamboj’s debut pace fading as the spell went on, and Joe Root moving into second on the Test…
Episode 50 brings Guddu back, digs into Crawley's India series, and keeps the cricket nerd energy high.
Episode 50 frames the half century as a reunion, bringing Guddu back into the mix and leaning into the old-crew video banter before settling into cricket talk with a sense of its own history.
A feral cricket chat that still knows the score.
This episode is cricket talk with its sleeves rolled up: Gavaskar praise, a moustache bet that goes nowhere sensible, and then a sharp shift into what South Africa, Australia, India, England, and New Zealand look like right now.
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No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Ep 40 – Pakistan this, England that, Bangladesh whatever
The hosts analyze the Cricket World Cup, focusing on England's disastrous performance, Pakistan's captaincy woes, and Bangladesh's batting struggles.
·1h 8m·5 clips - 2
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 41: Timed Out and the Big Show
The hosts recap the 2023 Cricket World Cup, focusing on Glenn Maxwell's miraculous double century for Australia against Afghanistan, India's dominant performance, and controversies like the timed-out incident and YouTube copyright strikes.
·57m·5 clips - 3
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 57: Lords Don't Slow Us Down (Please)
Hidden gemEpisode 57 catches up on two Tests of India-England cricket.
·55m·3 clips - 4
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 58: BazBall Turns Into BegBall
Hidden gemThe hosts start by mocking England, the state of the Test, and the general absurdity of it all.
·1h 1m·4 clips - 5
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 42: A Crispy Preview
Hidden gemNo Balls Cricket Podcast episode 42 covers the World Cup’s late group-stage results, from Afghanistan finishing on 8 points and South Africa beating them to Sri Lanka’s board being sacked, reinstated, and then suspended for political involvement.
·39m·2 clips - 6
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 54: Thank the Gods for Rain, Ashwin, and Bumrah
Hidden gemNo Balls Cricket Podcast episode 54 focuses on the drawn third Test between India and Australia, Ravi Ashwin's retirement, and a wide cricket roundup that includes Pakistan, South Africa, and the Champions Trophy mess.
·48m·3 clips - 7
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 44: Tails Between Our Legs
Hidden gemThe No Balls Cricket Podcast Episode 44, “Tails Between Our Legs,” spends most of its time on India’s World Cup final loss, with the hosts arguing that the pitch in Ahmedabad looked like a “dirt track” and that Rohit Sharma’s batting and captaincy choices mattered.
·41m·2 clips - 8
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 45: BazBollocks Comes To India
Hidden gemThe No Balls Cricket Podcast episode 45 is dominated by the India-England Test series preview, with sharp attention on England’s wicket complaints, Shoaib Bashir’s delayed visa, and India’s home record since losing a Test series to England in 2012.
·43m·2 clips - 9
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 53: Day-Night Debacle, Awards Galore, and...Sex Tapes?
Episode 53 starts in chaos.
·1h 17m·5 clips - 10
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 48: A Moral Loss for BazBollocks?
Hidden gemThe No Balls Cricket Podcast episode 48 centers on India’s Test against England, with Siddharth Vardhan and Aditya Dev arguing over whether Bazball still matters after England were beaten by 126 runs.
·1h 14m·4 clips - 11
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 39
The hosts analyze the 2023 Cricket World Cup, discussing surprising results like Afghanistan's wins over England and Pakistan, England's poor performance, and India's dominance.
·1h 23m·5 clips - 12
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 46: BazBollocks Has Arrived
Hidden gemThe show opens in full digressive mode.
·52m·3 clips - 13
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 47: BazBollocks 1, JaisWallops 1
Hidden gemThe show opens by saying nothing has happened to Bihar in the last week, then wanders through Bihar-born cricketers, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and a string of self-corrections that keep the banter alive.
·57m·3 clips - 14
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 55: Crashed Down Under
Hidden gemSiddharth Pradhan and Aditya Devrath come back after the Boxing Day Tests with a black-day riff, a sponsor joke, and a side swipe at drinking habits.
·1h 6m·4 clips - 15
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 43: Don't Choke
Hidden gemEpisode 43 opens in chaos, with the hosts arguing over how to start, the episode number, and the mascot.
·52m·3 clips - 16
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 50: A Half-Century of No Balls
Hidden gemEpisode 50 is a half-century celebration.
·1h 12m·4 clips - 17
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 51: The Return
Hidden gemThe hosts come back after a long gap and jump straight into cricket.
·1h 25m·5 clips - 18
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 52: The BCCIA and TOOTH-E
Hidden gemEpisode 52 lands in a slightly different setup, with Toothy in the room and an expensive bit of equipment almost in danger before the intro even gets going.
·44m·3 clips - 19
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 56: Bazboozled
Hidden gemThe No Balls Cricket Podcast episode “Bazboozled” jumps from South Africa’s World Test Championship win to Australia’s Caribbean tour and India’s first Test in England.
·37m·2 clips - 20
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 49: BazBollocks Capitulation and Ranji Madness
Hidden gemEpisode 49 opens with a joke-heavy question about whether Glenn Phillips has turned into cricket's strangest all-rounder upgrade.
·58m·3 clips - 21
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 38
Apr 28, 2022·50m - 22
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 37
Apr 7, 2022·59m - 23
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 36
Mar 8, 2022·37m - 24
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Women's World Cup Preview
Mar 4, 2022·36m - 25
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 35
Feb 24, 2022·45m - 26
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 34
Feb 12, 2022·39m - 27
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 33
Feb 5, 2022·35m - 28
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 32
Feb 1, 2022·41m - 29
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 31 – Part 2 of our Mohinder Amarnath interview!
Jan 27, 2022·52m - 30
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 30 - Part 1 of our interview with Mohinder Amarnath
Jan 20, 2022·43m - 31
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 29
Jan 17, 2022·25m - 32
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 28
Dec 23, 2021·38m - 33
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 27
Nov 18, 2021·48m - 34
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 26
Nov 13, 2021·38m - 35
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 25
Nov 8, 2021·56m - 36
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 24
Oct 31, 2021·37m - 37
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 23
Sep 10, 2021·37m - 38
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 22
Sep 2, 2021·43m - 39
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 21
Aug 21, 2021·45m - 40
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 20
Aug 13, 2021·36m - 41
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 19
Jun 18, 2021·36m - 42
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 18
Jun 7, 2021·37m - 43
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 17
May 29, 2021·36m - 44
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 16
May 15, 2021·32m - 45
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 15
May 4, 2021·33m - 46
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 14
Apr 22, 2021·32m - 47
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 13
Apr 8, 2021·59m - 48
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 12 featuring our first-ever guest, Rob Moody!
Apr 4, 2021·47m - 49
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 11
Apr 1, 2021·41m - 50
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 10
Mar 24, 2021·53m - 51
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 9
Mar 18, 2021·1h 5m - 52
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 8
Mar 12, 2021·1h 4m - 53
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 7
Mar 9, 2021·1h 14m - 54
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 6
Mar 2, 2021·40m - 55
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 5
Feb 25, 2021·55m - 56
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 4
Feb 19, 2021·1h 6m - 57
Episode 9: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Feb 18, 2021·53m - 58
Episode 10: The Fix Is In
Feb 18, 2021·48m - 59
Episode 11: The Cricket Monarchy
Feb 18, 2021·1h 43m - 60
Episode 12: 2018 in review, AKA how little can we talk about Kohli
Feb 18, 2021·54m - 61
Episode 6: No More Cooks To Spoil The Broth
Feb 18, 2021·47m - 62
Episode 14: Henry Olonga’s a thrower, not a shower
Feb 18, 2021·40m - 63
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 1
Feb 18, 2021·1h 24m - 64
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 2
Feb 18, 2021·1h 3m - 65
No Balls Cricket Unfiltered: Episode 3
Feb 18, 2021·34m - 66
Episode 13: No Third Man
Feb 18, 2021·1h 26m - 67
Episode 5: The Quick Single
Feb 18, 2021·21m - 68
Episode 4: Who Needs A Buttler?
Feb 18, 2021·54m - 69
Episode 3: Nobody Gives A Toss
Feb 18, 2021·54m - 70
Episode 2: Curran Affairs
Feb 18, 2021·1h 1m - 71
Episode 1: The Big Deal About Adil
Feb 18, 2021·45m - 72
Episode 7: We're In Splits
Feb 18, 2021·57m - 73
Episode 8: Crazy Rich Asians
Feb 18, 2021·51m