The prison gang controlling Cricket Canada

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✍️ Steven D’Souza, Roxanna Woloshyn, & Lisa Ellenwood investigate the corruption at Cricket Canada – which may have led to a match-fixing scandal during the NZ-CAN game at the World Cup. You can also what their investigative report on YouTube.

“So they straight up said this wording to him, that ‘You must take care of these guys. These guys should not get dropped from the team. If they do, you are in trouble.’ Obviously that was very scary for him,” said a man we’re calling Noah, whom the national player spoke to shortly after the incident.

Noah is not his real name. The fifth estate is not identifying him because, like the national team player, he’s received death threats: “We know where you live…. You won’t be able to run away from the Bishnoi Group.”

✍️ Giles Wilcock on English cricket’s history with Gentlemen (the rich amateurs) and Professionals (the poor who needed pay), and how the former fought to exclude the latter at the turn of the 20th century.

“The old world echoed in the terminology even until the 1963 abolition: amateurs were “gentlemen”, professionals were “players.” The concept went back to the eighteenth century. Even then, unlike most sports, cricket was played by all classes, often on the same field. Servants bowled to their masters, the gentry faced commoners, Lord Frederick Beauclerk played against a potter called David Harris. It took the next hundred years for cricket’s administrators to shake the idea that professionals were simply akin to “servants” or “hired hands.”

✍️ Paul Newman on Somerset’s historical knack for finding young talent.

“There is no question Somerset heavily benefit from the private-school system that English cricket continues to rely on. Millfield and King’s Taunton are prolific in their cricketing output and, of the current crop of first-team players, only Leach and Alfie Ogborne could be truly described as coming through state schools…

“There are advantages to going to schools like King’s and Millfield, no question. The access you get and the contact time, but our grounds are broader than that. It’s about tapping that talent in the state-school system as well.”

• “The boy who asked for more”
  ✍️ Santadeep Dey/Shayan Acharya on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s roots and how he stays grounded.

• “The Set-Batter Paradox”
  📊 Vishal Misra analyses a lot of numbers to say that set batters in T20s tend to get out quick.

• “The Lungi Ngidi Off-Cutter”
  📊 Praatibh Surana analyses why Lungi Ngidi’s slower off-cutters are so effective.

• “Tiered”
  ✍️ Rosa Simkin has launched a new magazine called Tiered to cover Women’s County cricket – and the first digital edition is free. It’s quite the set of work.

• “KL Rahul defies his own odds”
  📊 Aadityan Ganesh/Atharv Tambade analyse the rarity of a quick chase from KL Rahul during DC’s win against RCB.

• “RCB’s unstoppable bowling gets stopped”
  📊 Tarun Pratap on the rigidity of RCB’s powerplay bowling plans, & their Achilles’ heel; slow openers!

• “Why is GT’s middle order worse in 2026?”
  📊 Aarush Adil Khan on why GT’s middle order suddenly look like they’ve never played cricket before.

• “Kohli’s latest fourth-stump issue”
  📊 Priyanka Gulati investigates Virat Kohli’s latest off-stump issue; the medium-pacer on a good length that he’s lost his wicket to 4 times this season.

• “From Keeper to Bowler”
  📽️ Damien Fleming, Jason Gillespie & Glenn McGrath host former ENG bowler Craig White (who defected from the Aussies) to discuss hilarious locker room stories involving Darren Lehman, Shoaib Akhter, Shane Warne & more. [YouTube]

• “The state school divide”
  📽️ Yas Rana talks to Cameron Ponsonby about the repercussions of recent report that showed that 59% of ENG cricketers are from private schools. [YouTube]

• “Edwards’ era”
  🎤 Valkerie Baynes & Firdose Moonda talk to ENG-W coach Charlotte Edwards about the team’s prep before a home World Cup. [Apple/Spotify]

• “When is the right time to step away?”
  🎤 Zimbabwe Cricket Podcast talk to Graeme Creamer on his return to the national side after a seven-year absence. [Apple/Spotify]