ROUNDUP: Even a QdK century can’t save MI this season

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It’s not exactly going according to plan for the five-time champs.

Even a QdK century can’t save MI this season

🏏 Cricket Roundup: PBKS easily chase MI, IND-W’s record-breaking domestic star, & remembering the IND-SA “Friendship Series”.

PBKS beat MI by 7 wickets.

📊 Deepu Narayanan on Shreyas Iyer’s extraordinary chasing skills, 📊 Karthik Krishnaswamy on Prabhsimran Singh’s perfectly placed 80 (39), & Sruthi Ravindranath on Arshdeep Singh finding his line.
Aditya Padinjat talks to former India strength & conditioning coach Ramji Srinivasan on how the IPL’s older stars can elongate their careers.
Naman Agarwal decodes Krunal Pandya’s variations, Tanvi Bhaskar makes the case for Rajat Patidar’s IND inclusion, & Sandip G on Sunil Narine as the last quality player standing in KKR’s tanking team.

Roundup of the Women’s One-Day Cup action.

Hemant Brar with Sushma Verma – the 237-run scoring domestic champion of India – on her epic innings, Akshay Kumaraswamy on how Jhulan Goswami discovered pro cricket, & Firdose Moonda previews the SA-IND Women’s series.
Ahsan Nagi on the Lahore Qalanders batters’ spin problems.
Telford Vice profiles the Barmy Army’s rise & future.
Neil Manthorp remembers the IND-SA “Friendship Series” in 1992/93 as the global cricketing community embraced a post-Apartheid SA.

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📚 Best Features: How Wisden became the Bible.

“A collectible that charts societal change”
✍️ Will Jeanes on how the Wisden Almanac became the Bible of Cricket.

🗞️ Quick News: Bhinder to get a slap on the wrist, the BBL sale chaos, & a WC game gets match-fixing allegations.

CSK’s Khaleel Ahmed & SRH’s David Payne have been ruled out of the IPL, while RR’s manager Romi Bhinder will probably be given a lax punishment for using his phone in the dugout.
🔒 Daniel Brettig details the chaos that the notion of a BBL sale has created in Australian cricket.
The Canada-New Zealand World Cup game is under scrutiny after a documentary made claims about an over bowled by CAN captain Dilpreet Bajwa.
Devendra Pandey reports that Maharashtra will be the first Indian association to offer annual contracts to their players.

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📺 A/V: Vaughan x Modi, & ENG-W’s strange WC prep.

“Why The Hundred Will Fail”
📽️ Michael Vaughan talks to Lalit Modi about franchise tournaments around the globe, and the future of IND-PAK cricket. [YouTube]
“It’s impossible to justify”
🎤 Katya Witney, Lauren Winfield-Hill, & Phil Walker discuss ENG-W’s baffling decision to play a bunch of intra-squad games ahead of the WC. [Apple/Spotify]