🚨 If you’re an RCB fan, I’d love if you could fill out this 2-minute survey on how you feel about the franchise this year. I plan to create a graphic story of your answers soon! 🚨
🏏 Cricket Roundup: Cummins tricks PBKS, a Rajasthani IPL factory, & the allure of the cover drive.
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🏆 SRH BEAT PBKS | Karthik Krishnaswamy on Pat Cummins bluffing Priyansh Arya, & Pratyush Sinha on how Cummins weaponised his weakest balls. | Roshan Gede on PBKS’ poor catching all night. |
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🏆 IPL FEATURES | Shashank Kishore on the Rajasthani academy churning out IPL talent. | Venkata Krishna B on one of those talents, 19-year old Kartik Sharma, keeping MS Dhoni out of the CSK team. |
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🏏 THE CRICKET ROUNDUP | James Wallace on the allure and danger of the cover drive. | Deivarayan Muthu with Dean Foxcroft, the SA-born all-rounder who’s close to his NZ debut. | Ildikó Connell talks to NZ’s Georgia Plimmer about overcoming multiple injuries. | 🔒 Simon Briggs catches up with John Lever about his career. |
🗞️ Quick News: Cummins’ big new deal, IND-W host ZIM, & the IPL’s ‘new’ final venue.
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🔒 Daniel Brettig reports that Cricket Australia will offer Pat Cummins a AUD$4 million contract to stave off the franchise vultures.
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India Women will host Zimbabwe later this year.
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Ahmedabad has replaced Bangalore as the venue for the 2026 IPL final, without any clear reason.
📺 A/V: Bichel on the next pacers, & the odd anomaly on free hit SRs.
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“World Cup, Queensland and Coaching”
📽️ Damien Fleming, Michael Kasprowicz & Jason Gillespie talk to Andy Bichel to discuss his own career, and how he’s shaping the next gen of pacers. [YouTube] -
“The theoretical limit of scoring”
📽️ Jarrod Kimber looks at a weird statistical anomaly of free hits – despite the freedom of scoring, the improvement in batter techniques, the better bats and flatter pitches – the balls are being hit at the same SR as a decade ago. [YouTube]
LEGEND:
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🚨 = Shameless plug (i.e. a BoC piece!)
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🏆 = Tournament Cricket
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🔒 = Behind a paywall
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📊 = In-depth statistics
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🤖 = AI-generated (take it with a pinch of salt)
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🎤 = Podcast
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📽️ = Video