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🏏 Cricket Roundup: #52 for Kohli, is Bazball dying, & Shai Hope is an all-time great.
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India v South Africa:
IND beat SA by 17 runs, but the BCCI is still setting up a meeting to clear up communication gaps between players and the coach.
👉 Alagappan Muthu on Kohli’s immaculate 52nd ODI century.
👉 Firdose Moonda on SA’s positives despite the loss. -
The Cricket Roundup:
Sportstar have an SMAT roundup.
👉 Barney Ronay on the brightness of Bazball as it starts to burn out.
👉 Bharat Sundaresan warns against extrapolating off two bad sessions at Perth.
👉 Machel Hewitt says Shai Hope is an all-time WI ODI great.
👉 Ashish Pant/Daya Sagar with RCB’s coach on their WPL auction selections.
👉 Nathan Johns on the positives & questions around IRE’s batting.
👉 Hypocaust has the numbers from the WBBL season so far.
🗞️ Quick News: Russell/Faf out of the IPL, a BBL sale update, & Dream11’s future without gambling.
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Faf du Plessis has pulled out of the IPL for the PSL, & Andre Russell has retired from the IPL to join KKR’s coaching staff. Shubham Aggarwal profiles Russell’s prolific career in the franchise league.
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Atif Azam rounds up the BPL auction news, which didn’t feature multiple players who were sidelined over suspicion of corruption. One of those players – Anamul Haque – has demanded the BCB provide proof for his disbarment.
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Daniel Brettig reports on the status of – and incentives behind – the BBL sale.
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Venkat Ananth reports on Dream11’s pivot since the gambling ban in India.
📺 A/V: Ash/Ganjoo/Kimber on IND’s losses, & how the BBL sale could affect AUS players.
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“Data, Tactics & Truth”
📽️ Ashwin hosts Jarrod Kimber & Himanish Ganjoo in an enlightening chat on the numbers behind IND’s terrible red ball form. [YouTube] -
“Paul Marsh, ACA chief executive”
🎤 Final Word talks to the head of the Australian Cricketers’ Association as the domestic set up is threatening to be shaken up by the BBL sale. [Apple/Spotify]
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