Ben’s only sometimes necessary bravado

Ben’s only sometimes necessary bravado

🏏 Cricket Roundup: Stokes the mad warrior, Root’s captaincy, & 100 years of Larwood.

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 STOKES SAGA | Jarrod Kimber on Ben Stokes; “no cricketer more likely to run through a wall; no one else who would choose to do so when there is an open door.” | Mark Ramprakash on how the saga exposed Brendon McCullum. | 🔒 Geoffrey Boycott on Joe Root’s terrible captaincy. | ENG were docked 12 WTC points. |

• 🏏 THE ROUNDUP | 🔒 Gideon Haigh on Harold Larwood’s debut centenary. |

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Athapaththu’s lament

🗞️ Quick News: SL’s captain takes the blame, & the ICC’s new post-pregnancy suggestions.

• Chamari Athapaththu calls herself a bad captain after another World Cup where SL are flaming out early.

• The ICC announced post-pregnancy return-to-play guidelines.

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What do cricket’s authorities want (apart from money)?

📺 A/V: The broken cricket administration.

• “Cricket’s Gatekeeping”
  🎤 PCCI Pod talk to Ahmer Naqvi about Jay Shah, the football World Cup, and how cricket gate keeps it’s own sport. [Apple/Spotify]

LEGEND:

• 🚨 = Shameless plug (i.e. a BoC piece!)

• 🏆 = Tournament Cricket

• 🔒 = Behind a paywall

• 📊 = In-depth statistics

• 🤖 = AI-generated (take it with a pinch of salt)

• 🎤 = Podcast

• 📽️ = Video

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