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Nawab of Pataudi interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/188
Date:
2006-03
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 38 minutes 32 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Nawab of Pataudi, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 9 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:14] Introduction by Rayvern Allen, [0:11-0:58] Pataudi summarises his career in relation to his car accident, [0:59-1:48] Pataudi talks about his car accident whilst at Oxford University, [1:49-2:38] Pataudi talks about being in the Oxford University Cricket Team, [2:39-3:18] Pataudi talks about learning his cricket at school in Sussex, [3:19-3:55] Pataudi talks about initially playing for the Delhi state side and moving to Hydrabad.

Track 2: [0:00-1:14] Pataudi talks about touring the West Indies with Jim Swanton and Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie in 1960, [1:15-2:19] Pataudi talks about a match where Gary Sobers got a duck and Ray Lindwall took 5 wickets, [2:20-3:27] Pataudi talks about his Indian debut and finding Indian wickets easy to play on, [3:28-4:06] Pataudi talks about England having a poor pace attack during his early career and lack of fast bowlers worldwide.

Track 3: [0:00-3:44] Pataudi talks about getting the Indian captaincy.

Track 4: [0:00-1:25] Pataudi talks about the 1963-1964 MCC tour of India and 5 drawn Tests and Indian wickets, [1:26-2:46] Pataudi talks about his current involvement with Indian cricket.

Track 5: [0:00-1:49] Pataudi talks about players being hero-worshipped, [1:50-3:03] Pataudi talks about finding Australian wickets easiest to play on and nature of wickets worldwide, [3:04-4:25] Pataudi talks about Ramesh Nadkarni and M L Jaisimha, [4:26-5:39] Pataudi talks about Indian bowling.

Track 6: [0:00-3:08] Pataudi talks about his first stint as Indian captain and Vijay Manjrekar, [3:09-4:03] Pataudi talks about India getting all out for 40 after attending a reception the night before.

Track 7: [0:00-3:14] Pataudi talks about his second stints as Indian captain against MCC and West Indian tour teams.

Track 8: [0:00-1:27] Pataudi talks about the difficulty for new players and captains in India with fans expectations and more players coming from a small town background, [1:28-3:08] Pataudi talks about media hype in India, [3:09-5:07] Pataudi gives an overview of Indian cricket.

Track 9: [0:00-1:52] Pataudi talks about the need for Indian cricket to get more professional, the players and administrators, [1:53-3:15] Pataudi talks about India winning the 1982 Cricket World Cup, [3:16-4:16] Pataudi talks about match-fixing, [4:17-4:44] Pataudi talks about where he sees Indian cricket going, [4:45-5:27] Rayvern tells a story of Robert Fellowes playing against Pataudi at school cricket and Pataudi talks about meeting old friends in India, [5:28-5:59] Pataudi talks about cricketers wanting to come and beat India in India.





A back-up copy of this CD is included.
Associations
Junior Nawab of Pataudi
David Rayvern Allen
Oxford University Cricket Club
Alexander Colin David Ingleby-Mackenzie
Ernest William Swanton
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
Edward Ralph Dexter
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Rameshchandra Gangaram Nadkarni
Motganhalli Laxminarsu Jaisimha
Kapil Dev
Vijay Laxman Manjrekar
Robert Fellowes
Subject
Oxford University cricket, Indian cricket, Indian cricketers, wickets, captains, captaincy, MCC in India 1961-1962, MCC in India 1963-1964, MCC in India 1972-1973, West Indies in India 1974-1975, match fixing
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 38 minutes 32 seconds
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