🚨 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! 🚨
Gujarat’s top-heavy strategy is working
🏏 Cricket Roundup: GT’s electric openers, Narine’s ageless brilliance, & Brar’s call-up.
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🏆 GT BEAT CSK | 📊 Deepu Narayanan on Shubman Gill’s front foot powerplay. | Deivarayan Muthu on Gill & Sai Sudharsan topping the Orange Cap charts. |
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🏆 IPL FEATURES | 📊 Rishikeshwaran CA on Sunil Narine’s ageless IPL excellence. | Gomesh S on IPL teams’ (mis)management of IND players. |
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🏏 THE CRICKET ROUNDUP | Aakash Biswas with Gurnoor Brar on his IND call-up. | Vithushan Ehantharajah with Jason Roy on recovering from his ENG dropping. | Mohammad Isam on BAN’s new reign under Najmul Shanto. | Atif Azam with BAN assistant coach Mohammad Salahuddin on leaving his post. | Ildiko Connell with Sussex’s Faye Mullins on rebuilding her career after cancer. | ESPN’s best Men’s internationals of the century; 16 to 14. |
Ticketing is not just an India problem apparently
🗞️ Quick News: Muddy ticket allocation, AFG-W tour ENG, & an assassination attempt.
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CSA has apologised for confusion around the sales of tickets for the ENG tour (though not committed to putting any more tickets up). Neil Manthorp on cricket’s history of mucking with ticket allocations.
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The exiled AFG-W will tour ENG during this summer’s World Cup.
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Vithushan Ehantharajah with Tymal Mills on becoming a creator.
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Shots were fired at the new Canada Cricket president’s house – presumably in relation to the change in presidency, though it’s unclear at this time.
The business of cricket
📺 A/V: Mills’ career, Edwards’ rebuild, & Barbados Royals’ rebranding.
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“From Earning £7k to £1.5m”
📽️ Charlie Stebbings talks to Tymal Mills about the business of being a cricket player. [YouTube] -
“The Final Word with Charlotte Edwards”
📽️ Adam Collins & Geoff Lemon talk to Charlotte Edwards on rebuilding the ENG-W side, and challenging cricket’s stereotypes. [YouTube] -
“Royals become Tridents”
📽️ Machel Hewitt talks to team COO John Mumby about Barbados Royals re-branding to Barbados Tridents. [YouTube] -
“Inside Howzat”
🎤 Stephen Wallis talks to Howzat co-founder Steve Leighton about producing the premier (and only?) cricket magazine for kids. [Apple/Spotify]
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