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🏏 Cricket Roundup: The rise and fall of Duncan Spencer, pink ball difficulties, & Rana’s rise.
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The Ashes:
👉 Stephan Shemilt remembers the intoxicating brilliance of Duncan Spencer.
👉 Matt Roller on why pink ball games are so different – and so hard.
👉 Andrew McGlashan on why Adelaide remains a bastion of the day/night Test. -
The Cricket Roundup:
👉 Alagappan Muthu on Harshit Rana cementing his ODI place for IND.
👉 Dhruva Prasad with Ayush Mhatre’s coach on the 18-year old prodigy’s rise.
📚 Best Features: Rodrigues on her century vs AUS, & a data-backed way to change the WTC.
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“There is no other option”
✍️ Purnima Malhotra talks to Jemimah Rodrigues about her tournament-defining century against Australia in the World Cup semifinal. You can read the first part of the interview – about her mental anguish after being dropped – here. -
“What if teams got more points for taking Tests longer?”
✍️ Kartikeya Date tries to use data to make the WTC make more sense, while also accounting for fan experience and other needs. Unsurprisingly, it’s a little convoluted, but it’s also a fun exercise.
🗞️ Quick News: The IPL auction list, how does a IND sponsor make money, & Slater is out of the Hall of Fame.
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The IPL auction list is out.
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Fairbreak want to make the ‘Wimbledon of (Women’s) Cricket’ in Saudi Arabia (which seems…contradictory), while the ECA wants to make a European Champions Trophy.
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Javed Farooqui digs into the math behind the Asian Paints sponsorship of India.
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Michael Slater has been removed from Australia’s Hall of Fame after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of domestic assault.
📺 A/V: Smith’s 2019 Ashes, & KP challenges KL to score 100 in 50.
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“Best Since Bradman”
🎤 Stories After Stumps have an oral history of Steve Smith’s iconic return in the 2019 Ashes. [Apple/Spotify] -
“KL Rahul vs Impossible 100”
📽️ Kevin Pietersen hosts KL Rahul for a fun challenge to score 100 runs off 50 balls – with every ball going up in pace from 51 to 100 mph. [YouTube]
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