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How RCB scaled the mountain a second time

How RCB scaled the mountain a second time

A bloodbath at Lord’s

🏏 Cricket Roundup: ENG-NZ sees 16 wickets, AUS-W beat SA, & AFG’s rare Test.

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇳🇿 NZ TRAIL BY 79 | Matt Roller on Kyle Jamieson’s long road back to Tests. | Yas Rana on Ollie Robinson’s Test return. | 🔒 Paul Newman profiles ENG debutant Emilio Gay. | Jo Harman-McGowan on whether the paywall has helped or hindered ENG cricket. |

  • 🇦🇺🇿🇦 AUS-W BEAT SA | Valkerie Baynes on AUS’ low-pressure mentality ahead of the World Cup. |

  • 🇮🇳🇦🇫 IND-AFG | Hemant Brar on AFG’s search for more Tests. | Hemant Brar on Rishabh Pant returning to his favourite format. |


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How RCB scaled the mountain a second time

📚 Best Features: Reliving RCB’s title win, & cricket’s hidden class of radicals.

  • “RCB’s Sisyphean Task”
    🚨 Tarutr Malhotra relives RCB’s miraculous title defence, which owed as much to good players as it did to constant innovation & adaptation.

  • “Cricket for the Many”
    ✍️ Richard Heller & Peter Oborne on the surprising history of radicalism and Marxism embedded in the traditionally elitist sport of cricket.


🗞️ Quick News: Iyer is IND’s new captain, Sooryavanshi’s IND-A games to be televised, & the ICC investigates the BCB.

  • Shreyas Iyer will be IND’s new T20I captain, Virat Kohli will miss the AFG ODIs with an injury, & an IND-A tri-series tournament will be televised because of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s participation.

  • The BCCI wants to make it harder for retired Indians to play in other franchise leagues, & CA boss Todd Greenberg is worried about the effect of the Melbourne BBL team merger.

  • The ICC visited Bangladesh to ensure their new cricket administration is running smoothly without political interference.


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LEGEND:

  • 🚨 = Shameless plug (i.e. a BoC piece!)

  • 🏆 = Tournament Cricket

  • 🔒 = Behind a paywall

  • 📊 = In-depth statistics

  • 🤖 = AI-generated (take it with a pinch of salt)

  • 🎤 = Podcast

  • 📽️ = Video


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