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🏏 Cricket Roundup: ENG’s bowlers show up, Lyon passes McGrath, & CSK’s pivot to youth.
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The Ashes:
ENG trail by ~240 runs at the time of publication.
👉 Vithushan Ehantharajah on ENG’s bowlers finally stepping up.
👉 Alex Malcolm on Usman Khawaja & Alex Carey carrying AUS.
👉 BBC on Nathan Lyon going past Glenn McGrath’s tally today morning.
🔒 Malcolm Knox asks if Cam Green deserves his spot.
👉 Tanya Aldred on when Don Bradman’s AUS overturned a 0-2 deficit. -
The Cricket Roundup:
IND-SA was called off due to (*checks notes*) fog/smog.
📊 Sampath Bandarupalli analyses the IPL auction spends.
👉 Venkata Krishna B on CSK’s pivot to youth and uncapped players.
👉 Rasesh Mandani on how the IPL has incentivised a T20 pipeline.
👉 Vijay Tagore with PBKS owner Ness Wadia on expanding the IPL.
👉 Gokul Gopal with Dwaine Pretorious on rebuilding away from the spotlight.
📚 Best Features: Cricket needs to diversify its revenue.
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“Cricket’s Tentpole Economy”
✍️ Edward Fitzgibbon on cricket’s poor business model, our over-reliance on media rights deals, & the trickle-down effect on every association in the world.
🗞️ Quick News: KSCA’s super-powered new bosses.
📺 A/V: Dane van Niekirk on un-retiring.
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“Retirement to Redemption”
🎤 Firdose Moonda & Valkerie Baynes talk to South Africa’s Dane van Niekerk about retiring as captain and returning (successfully so far) as a role player. [Apple/Spotify]
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