81 All Out

In this special episode of the 81allout podcast, we chat with Michael Sexton on his latest book Border's Battlers, which provides a fascinating account of the iconic tied Test between India and Australia at Chepauk in September 1986. Michael has been a journalist, producer, and sportswriter for over three decades and been a part of ABC, BBC, and Channel Nine. He has written eight books and two of them on cricket - Chappell's Last Stand and Border's Battlers.  Talking points:  Contextualizing the state of Australian cricket and Border's captaincy coming into the Test series against India  Vaudeville reenactment of the last over of the tied Test by Greg Matthews  Dean Jones's magnificent double-century followed by an ambulance ride to the hospital  Getting the geographical specificity of Chennai and Chepauk right  Heroic efforts of Ray Bright and forever-on-the-field 13th man, Mike Veletta  Influence of Bob Simpson and the elephantine memory of Errol Alcott  Kapil Dev's b