1 CD: 28 minutes 42 seconds

1 CD, Bishan Bedi, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 8 tracks. Track 1: [0:00-0:26] Introduction by Rayvern Allen, [0:27-0:54] Bedi talks about his bowling action, [0:55-1:47] Bedi talks about growing up in Amritsar and calls taking up cricket fate, [1:48-2:19] Bedi talks about always being a slow bowler and sometimes enjoyed batting, [2:20-2:34] Interview is briefly interrupted, [2:35-4:11]] Bedi talks about being one of the great quartet of Indian spin bowlers. Track 2: [0:00-1:21] Bedi talks about his bowling plans to a batsman, [1:22-2:10] Bedi talks big hitting in the present game and puts this down do modern bats, [2:11-2:54] Bedi talks the making larger boundaries to aid spin bowlers, [2:55-3:52] Bedi talks about modern captains being worried about batsmen scoring heavily off spin bowlers. Track 3: [0:00-0:36] Bedi talks about preferring to watch a world class spinner than a mediocre pace bowler, [0:37-1:19] Bedi talks about the captaincy of Tiger Pataudi and Ajit Wadekar, [1:20-2:12] Bedi talks about the fielding of Eknath Solkar and a Delhi fielder collapsing from being struck on the head fielding at short-leg, [2:13-2:57] Bedi talks about being against intimidatory fast bowling and the spirit of cricket, [2:58-4:07] Bedi talks about standing up for principles and playing honest, [4:08-4:41] Bedi talks about match fixing, [4:42-5:29] Bedi talks about his views on chucking. Track 4: [0:00-1:01] Bedi talks about Muttiah Muralitharan and chucking being prevalent in modern game, [1:02-2:08] Bedi talks about the ICC being based in Dubai, [2:09-3:36] Bedi talks about cricket being more than a religion to him, how it forges personality and his love for cricket writing, [3:37-4:32] Bedi talks about his hopes of international cricket returning to the Brabourne Stadium. Track 5: [0:00-0:54] Bedi talks about Lord's Cricket Ground, [0:55-1:15] Bedi talks about never changing his bowling wherever he played in the world, [1:16-1:48] Bedi talks about India winning three series in a row as the highlight of the his career, [1:49-2:07] Bedi talks about not following statistics. Tracxk 6: [0:00-0:36 Robin Marlar briefly interrupts the interview to say watching Bedi bowl to Barry Richards was the best hour of cricket he ever saw. Track 7: [0:00-1:30] Bedi talks about being cricket manager of India, how coaches are now copying what he initially tried and too much cricket being played, [1:31-2:18] Bedi talks about his view on what makes a good cricketer and what makes a good administrator, [2:19-3:37] Rayvern Allen explains the audio archive to Bedi. Track 8: [0:00-0:28] Rayvern Allen and Bedi talk about the audio archive, [0:29-2:58] Bedi talks about his time as captain of India and his complaints over excessive bouncers, [2:59-3:43] Bedi talks about his views on umpires, [3:44-4:19 Bedi says he would like to be remembered for his integrity like Don Bradman. A back-up copy of this CD is included.

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