Our special guest this week is Mudar Patherya, a cricket writer for Sportsworld magazine through the 1980s - before he moved on to other interests.
Across five trips to Pakistan, visits to Sharjah, a tour to West Indies, and several assignments within India - Mudar made a name for himself as one of the finest writers on the game. The more we listened, the more we were convinced that he was the 'Forrest Gump of cricket' in the '80s.
Talking Points:

Covering India's tour to Pakistan in 1982-83
The fascination with Abdul Qadir
Getting to know Imran Khan
Javed Miandad's famous six in Sharjah
The shock and disbelief in Lahore on that evening in 1987
The World Cup final at Eden Gardens
The fiery passion for cricket in a small corner of Calcutta
Meeting (and shocking) a president of the MCC
The genius of Mushtaq Ali
The magnificent Mr Pataudi
The craze for football in the Calcuta of the '70s and '80s
When Sanjay Manjrekar was the Wall
Sachin Tendulkar's first day in Test cricket
Collecting cricket memorabilia
and much more…

Related:
Lessons from a middle-aged cricketer - - ESPNcricinfo - Mudar Patherya
Does Kolkata still love Test cricket - ESPNcricinfo - Mudar Patherya
Third Ground - The Cricket Monthly - Mudar Patherya
A man of opposites - ESPNcricinfo - Mudar Patherya on Tiger Pataudi
Charmingly villainous - The Cricket Monthly - Mudar Patherya on Imran Khan
An Old, Old Cricketer Speaks - Wisden Cricket Monthly - Mudar Patherya interview with DB Deodhar
'Every generation needs its writers to tell its stories' - Sharda Ugra podcast on 81allout
England XI v Australians in 1921
Victor Trumper's iconic 335 and a smashed boot factory window - Cricketcountry.com - Pradip Dhole
Books by Mudar Patherya:
The Penguin Book of Cricket Lists - Mudar Patherya and Barry O'Brien
Wills Book of Excellence: Cricket - Mudar Patherya
Ultimate World Cup Cricket Quiz - Mudar Patherya and Ravikant Srivastava
Books discussed in the podcast:
Another Bloody Day in Paradise - Frank Keating
Beyond a Boundary - CLR James