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🏏 Cricket Roundup: Gambhir’s poor leadership, Conrad’s inspired leadership, & ENG fans’ midnight runs.
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India v South Africa:
SA beat IND by 408 runs.
👉 Prem Panicker on IND’s need to change more than just their coach.
👉 Rudransh Khurana on the good, the bad, & the ugly of Gambhir’s tenure.
👉 Lalith Kalidas on IND batters’ poor technique.
👉 Firdose Moonda on SA’s ability to win anywhere against anyone.
👉 Sandip G on Shukri Conrad’s vital leadership of the winners. -
The Ashes:
👉 Stephan Shemilt asks if batting in AUS has become harder.
👉 Peter Lalor makes the case for Usman Khawaja to keep his spot.
👉 Derek Pringle remember Ian Botham for ENG; the country’s first Bazballer.
👉 Daisy Cutter on the struggles of waking up at 2 AM to watch ENG lose. -
The Cricket Roundup:
Cricbuzz have a Ranji Trophy roundup.
👉 Atif Azam with BAN’s Mominul Haque on improving his batting.
👉 Gomesh S with WPL hopeful C. Prathyusha on switching states to succeed.
👉 Shashank Kishore on five lesser stars to watch out for in the WPL auction.
👉 Nathan Johns speculates on how to market IRE Tests to the Irish public.
📚 Best Features: When Mick Jagger met Cricinfo.
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“Mick Jagger…cricket streaming pioneer”
✍️ Nick Miller has a fascinating re-telling of the time Rolling Stones frontman (and massive cricket nerd) Mick Jagger tried to market the game using the Internet and early Cricinfo popularity in the 1990s.
🗞️ Quick News: Litton calls out BAN selectors, Asalanka to lose SL captaincy, & the BCB threatens BPL owners.
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Litton Das is unhappy with the BAN selectors for their secret decision making.
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SL may drop Charith Asalanka as T20 captain. It’s just a coincidence he left the PAK tour to go home with illness, days after the SLC threatened to drop any SL player that may understandably be scared of an attack in Pakistan.
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The BCB will try to crack down on late BPL player payments by threatening to take over franchises with overdue bills.
📺 A/V: Gilchrist on ENG’s chances, & KP/Yuvi test out some bats.
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“England’s Ashes Collapse”
📽️ Overlap Cricket host Adam Gilchrist to dissect ENG’s collapse, and ask if he thinks they can make a comeback this series. [YouTube] -
“100 Years Of Cricket Bats”
📽️ Kevin Pietersen hosts Yuvraj Singh to test out cricket bats built over a 100 years to understand what goes into bat innovation. [YouTube]
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