So much cricket, so little time: how do journalists make sense of the game

We chat with ESPNcricinfo assistant editor Karthik Krishnaswamy and freelance writer Saurabh Somani on making sense of cricket in these times of excess. With leagues mushrooming around the world, and multiple formats to track, can journalists be expected to have a holistic view of the game?
Talking Points:

The evolution of cricket - and pressures on journalists - over the last decade
The near-impossible task of watching cricket across formats and geographies
The difficulty of 'connecting the dots' from age-group to international cricket
The need to change one's writing to suit the rhythm of the format
Making peace with not watching most of the cricket that is being televised
The lack of bandwidth to take in the big picture
The future of one-dayers and how its extinction could have far-reaching effects
A future where journalists will need to pick formats to cover
Balancing the demands of the market with the demands of journalism
The future of cricket coverage with advances in video and Artificial Intelligence


Support 81allout on Ko-Fi

Participants:
Karthik Krishnaswamy (@the_kk)
Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42)
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buy The Summer Game by Gideon Haigh (recently republished by 81allout)
India (hardback) | India (paperback) | India (e-copy)
Australia (paperback, e-copy)
USA (hardback, paperback, e-copy)
UK (hardback, paperback, e-copy)
Canada (hardback, paperback, e-copy)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Related:

Karthik Krishnaswamy's articles on ESPNcricinfo
'Hard for journalists today to probe serious issues in cricket' - Pradeep Magazine  - 81allout podcast
A Cop in Cricket - Neeraj Kumar - Amazon
Will IPL franchise owners swallow international cricket whole? - Osman Samiuddin - ESPNcricinfo
Is there too much cricket? - Cameron Pononsby - Wisden
Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution - Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde - Amazon
Hitting against the Spin - Nathan Leamon and Ben Jones - Amazon
IPL, basketball and the tamasha paradox - Siddhartha Vaidyanathan - sidveeblogs