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🏏 Cricket Roundup: Connolly saves PBKS, Badani on IND coaches, & Bopara retires.
PBKS beat GT by 3 wickets.
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Hemant Brar on how Cooper Connolly stepped up for PBKS.
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Sooryanarayanan S talks to DC coach Hemang Badani about the rise of Indian coaches in the IPL, & Shashank Kishore profiles Auqib Nabi’s attitude towards the tournament after his stellar Ranji Trophy season.
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Venkata Krishna B on how Nandre Burger has become an IPL mainstay.
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Neil Manthorp on how Tyron Henderson turned a one-season IPL payout into a comfortable life in the English countryside.
The ECB has introduced comprehensive substitution rules for the County Championship.
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Tanya Aldred has a team-by-team preview of the County Championship, while Ali Martin reports on the Mike Gatting-led revolution at Middlesex.
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Vithushan Ehantharajah talks to Durham’s James Minto on the U19 WC and losing his mother, Matt Roller talks to Ravi Bopara about hanging up his boots, & The Cricket Men talk to Kent veteran Joe Denly about becoming a player-coach.
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Jack Paynter on the burgeoning South Australia dynasty.
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CS Chiwanza has a CSA One-Day Cup XI for 2026.
🗞️ Quick News: SA/AUS’ contracts, Konstas’ fall, & ENG won’t play the Euro Cup.
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South Africa and Australia have released their central contract lists. Dan Brettig on Sam Konstas’ quick fall from grace.
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The ECB isn’t interested in England joining an Asia Cup-style Euro Cup.
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🔒 Vanita Kohli Kandekhar on Tough overs begin as IPL rights likely to stagnate at $5.4 billion considering the media rights deals are expected to deflate.
📺 A/V: ABD x Ponting.