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🏏 Cricket Roundup: How SA dismantled Varun, ENG’s off-brand success, & a World Cup that feels truly global.
SA beat IND by 76 runs, & ENG beat SL by 51 runs.
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Alagappan Muthu talks to Johnson Charles about being one of the last players from the WI’s T20 dynasty, & Firdose Moonda traces the two very different paths to cricket for ZIM’s Brian Bennett & Blessing Muzarabani.
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📊 Ben Brettell/Tanish Taneja analyse AUS’ structural problems, Nathan Johns on how ZIM have overtaken IRE, Paul Radley on UAE’s home-grown development problem, & 🔒 Sukhman Singh on why no associate nation beat a full member.
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Sarthak Dev on the truly global fandom that has come to the fore in this year’s World Cup, while Sarah Waris talks to a few high profile fans to understand why this World Cup has intrigued a worldwide audience.
SA-W beat PAK by 37 runs, & SL-W beat WI by 14 runs.
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Hypocaust has the numbers from IND-W’s series-winning T20I over AUS, & Andrew McGlashan on AUS-W’s muddled reset.
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📊 Arnav Jain analyses the best balls to try a ramp against.
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Badri Raina on being part of J&K’s journey for 60+ years, and what this Ranji Trophy final means to the state team.
📚 Best Features: The Super 8 Almanac, & the funniest village cricket characters.
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“The Official Super 8 Almanac*”
🚨 Our writers (a bunch of them) got together to put out the single most comprehensive look at the Super 8 teams. One article that you can bookmark, and come back to again and again throughout this phase. -
“The Great Characters of Village Cricket”
✍️ Hugh Fort has a fun look at the many types of players that show up for your average village cricket game, including Big Mike, Uncle Jim, Comic Book Guy, & Mr “I’ve Got An Agreement”.
🗞️ Quick News: A pushback on PAK exclusion, & an update on IPL/BBL sales.
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The ECB have pushed back on Indian-owned Hundred teams allegedly refusing to sign Pakistani players. Mukul Kesavan details how the BCCI have become the big bad bullies of cricket, while 🔒 Michael Vaughan is concerned about creating an irreversible precedent.
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🔒 Venkat Ananth on the latest round of RCB and RR sale negotiations, the Chinnaswamy isn’t guaranteed any RCB games yet, & 🔒 Peter Lalor reports that Aussie cricketers want a bigger slice of the pie if the BBL sale goes through.
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The BCB has suspended former BAN international Manjural Islam after an investigation into allegations of harassment by him.
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The BCCI will provide structural support for IND’s blind cricket teams.
📺 A/V: The BoC story, & a J&K profile.
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“The Story Behind Best Of Cricket”
🚨 Neha Shetty interviews Tarutr Malhotra (i.e. me!) about the past, present and future of BoC. If you’ve ever wondered who this nut job is that wakes up in the morning and starts creating bullet point lists of cricket articles, this is the podcast for you! [Apple/Spotify] -
“Their First Ever Ranji Trophy Final”
📽️ Cricket by JB profile the Jammu & Kashmir team before their chance to make history in the Ranji Trophy. [YouTube]
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