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Podcast · Co-host · Powerplay: A Women's Cricket Podcast · 5 Oct 2024

T20 World Cup: Early impressions, live from Dubai

Firdose and Valkerie Baynes, together in Dubai, on the early standouts of the Women's T20 World Cup, with Nonkululeko Mlaba and Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

Podcast · Co-host · Powerplay: A Women's Cricket Podcast · Since Mar 2024

Powerplay: episodes to start with

Jhulan Goswami, the legend with so much more to give; cricket and motherhood with Lauren Down, Lea Tahuhu and Masabata Klaas; the Afghanistan Women's XI's first match in exile; and Dane van Niekerk, from retirement to redemption.

Podcast · Co-host · ESPNcricinfo Switch Hit · 2023

Ladies who Switch

Before Powerplay, Firdose and Valkerie Baynes ran the women's cricket strand of Switch Hit, with guests including Alice Capsey and Nadine de Klerk.

Podcast · Guest · Wisden's The Scoop · 24 Oct 2026

Sri Lanka's epic ODI chase, Bavuma leads South African comeback & Australia's batting struggles

Firdose joins Paul Dennett to break down South Africa's comeback under Temba Bavuma.

Podcast · Guest · Yoga Medicine Podcast · 15 Jan 2026

Yoga's Hidden History: Expert Insights with Firdose Moonda, MA

Her third conversation with Rachel Land: why yoga's history matters, the parts of it that get overlooked, and whether teachers should bring history into class.

Radio · Interviewee · Newstalk ZB, Weekend Sport with Jason Pine · 3 Feb 2024

On the inexperienced team the Proteas sent to face the Black Caps

Why South Africa sent a second-string Test squad to New Zealand during the SA20: “The SA20 will take precedence because Cricket South Africa really needs it.”

Podcast · Guest · 81 All Out · 25 Jan 2022

Sport, history, race: the complexity of cricket in South Africa

With Telford Vice and Siddhartha Vaidyanathan: South Africa's series win over India, the Social Justice and Nation-Building hearings, Mark Boucher and Graeme Smith.

Podcast · Guest · The Top Order Cricket Podcast · Jan 2021

A deep dive into South African cricket, on and off the field

Quinton de Kock's captaincy, the Fundudzi report, transformation, Black Lives Matter and the tour of Pakistan.

Podcast · Guest · Wisden Cricket Weekly · 2 Oct 2025

A quietly good week for England, and how South Africa punch above their weight

Yas Rana is joined by Firdose on South Africa's domestic set-up (from 13:36).

Podcast · Guest · Cricket with an Accent · 25 Apr 2020

Firdose Moonda on all things South African cricket

Covid's impact on the game, the domestic structure, the Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers appointments and the Kolpak exodus.

Podcast · Guest · Red Inker with Jarrod Kimber

The South African peanut butter disaster

Four years of South African cricket governance: failed leagues, sponsor fights, paid suspensions, banned journalists and a board at war.

Radio · Commentator · BBC

On the BBC

Firdose is a regular commentator on the BBC's Test Match Special and ICC events. Two of her appearances:

Podcast · Guest · Couch Talk · 12 Aug 2012

Couch Talk 55 with Firdose Moonda

South Africa's tour of England, the Kevin Pietersen saga, and blogging versus journalism, with Subash Jayaraman.

Video · ESPNcricinfo · 16 Apr 2015

Allegations unfair to Philander

Firdose on the allegations against Vernon Philander.

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