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Paradise Found
🏏 Cricket Roundup: Remembering the 2001 Eden Test, were The Hundred auctions good, & a T20WC SF re-match.
The 2001 Eden Gardens Test
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On the 25th anniversary of IND’s comeback over AUS, we have multiple perspectives; batter VVS Laxman on being out in the middle, coach John Wright on the most extraordinary match he’s witnessed, media members V. V. Krishnan/Vijay Lokapally on reporting from the game, & fan Sarthak Dev on witnessing the miracle as a child.
The Hundred Auctions
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George Simms overviews the novel Hundred auctions, 📊 Rahul Iyer breaks down the numbers on the players’ salary (and salary divide) jumps, & Simon Hughes traces the roots of the 2008 IPL auction that birthed this new cricket idea.
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🔒 Will Macpherson talks to James Coles about picking up a record £390,000 salary, Matt Roller explains why London Spirit thought the 21-year old was worth that money, & Lauren Winfield-Hill writes about the awfulness of being on sale.
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Gareth Bailey asks if perennial loser Welsh Fire can make some waves this year.
The Cricket Roundup
BAN beat PAK by 11 runs, SA beat NZ by 7 wickets, & NZ-W beat SA by 80 runs.
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Mohammad Isam on Tanzid Hasan’s debut run-a-ball century for BAN, Firdose Moonda on the immediate reputation rebuild of SA’s T20 players, & Hypocaust has the numbers from the NZ-W win.
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🔒 Gideon Haigh on Team India’s $20M BCCI bonus which tops the total T20 World Cup prize pool, & Sharda Ugra details why Sanju Samson is so popular.
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Raf Nicholson on Kirstie Gordon’s happiness after switching from ENG to SCO, & Valkerie Baynes with ENG’s Sophia Dunkley about her WBBL stint.
How NZ keep competing
📚 Best Features: How are NZ so competitive, the best Test batters of all time.
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“The smallest giant”
✍️ Pratyush Sinha traces the impressive feats of New Zealand – especially since 2015 – as the tiny island nation consistently punches above it’s weight. -
“Who’s the best Test batter”
📊 Anantha Narayanan quantifies a ranking of batting giants in Test cricket.
🗞️ Quick News: BBL/RCB sale updates, an Ashes gag, & creator marking during the T20 WC.
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🔒 Daniel Brettig on the potential collapse of the BBL sale, & 🔒 Venkat Ananth on a new Swedish buyer for RCB.
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Chris Stocks reports that the ECB have banned their male players from talking about The Ashes as during the English cricket summer.
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Swaroop Swaminathan traces the problems the West Asian conflict is causing the IPL, while KKR sign Blessing Muzarabani to book end the South Asian conflict that was created when they released Mustafizur Rahman in January.
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So Much Sport Out There on cricket’s ignored sexual harassment claims.
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Shalinee Mishra details different attempts at creator marketing during the recently concluded T20 World Cup
To Eden
📺 A/V: Reliving the 2001 Test, & the best IPL performances of all time.
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“Reliving the Epic”
🎤 The Last Wicket hsot Karthik Krishnaswamy to relive the 2001 Eden Gardens Test, the relevance, and the impact. [Apple/Spotify] -
“Nostalgia Draft”
🎤 PCCI Podcast debate the greatest IPL performances of all time. [Apple/Spotify]
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