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🏏 Cricket Roundup: Watching Sanju grow, Curran’s evolution, & SL’s stadium experience.
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Shashi Tharoor writes about watching Sanju Samson growing into his potential. I debated promoting a politician writing a “I watch cricket like you guys!” piece, but it is well written and he does know Samson personally.
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Gokul Gopal on Sam Curran’s T20 evolution, Tim Wigmore on how ENG should use Rehan Ahmed, & Matthew Henry on ENG’s positives and negatives so far.
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Danyal Rasool on why PAK’s poor tournament was to be expected, Alex Malcolm on AUS’ future, & Sujiva Dewaraja on the terrible state of SL’s stadiums.
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Roshan Gede has the final numbers from Alyssa Healy’s white ball career, Andrew McGlashan on AUS-W’s next great pacer making her debut, & Tristan Lavalette on the WACA’s redevelopment ahead of the IND-W Test.
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Olly Tapp deciphers what “pressure” is from a coaching perspective.
📚 Best Features: The man who organises SL’s oldest game.
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“The man who takes March off”
✍️ Pratyush Sinha has a lovely interview with Ramesh Abeywickrama, a KPMG consultant who takes every March off to organise the longest running cricket rivalry in Sri Lankan cricket.
🗞️ Quick News: PCB fines PAK players, IND-AFG Test, & The Hundred auction list.
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The PCB will fine the PAK team PKR 5 million (~$18,000) for underachieving at the World Cup. What a joke of an organisation.
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India will play a series, including one Test, versus Afghanistan this year.
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The Hundred’s auction list has been finalised, including 14 Pakistani players.
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