ROUNDUP: Gambhir’s broken bowling gambit

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Of all the confusing choices Gambhir has made, it’s his six-bowler strategy that is the most perplexing.

🏏 Cricket Roundup: Stokes discards Bazball, Lyon’s growing irrelevance, & the BCCI’s lack of accountability.

The Ashes:
Australia lead by ~190 runs at the time of publication.
👉 Vithushan Ehantharajah on Ben Stokes discarding Bazball to survive.
👉 Louis Cameron on Pat Cummins’ flawless return with the ball.
🔒 Jarrod Kimber on Nathan Lyon’s growing irrelevance because of AUS pitches.
👉 Matt Roller on Ollie Pope’s career dying on this Ashes tour.
📊 Naman Agarwal asks if Cam Green has fulfilled his potential as an all-rounder.
The Cricket Roundup:
Jharkhand beat Haryana by 69 runs to win the SMAT.
👉 Raunak Kapoor with Ambati Rayudu/Aaron Finch on playing T20s.
👉 Rajan Raj on Amit Kumar’s rise from Ranchi nets bowler to IPL player.
👉 Paul Radley on the sudden windfall of a franchise contract for new players.
👉 R Kaushik calls out the BCCI’s lack of accountability for their bad scheduling.

📚 Best Features: Why IND don’t need six Test bowlers, & the specialist #7s in history.

“Why India Didn’t Need Six Bowlers”
📊 Atharv Tambade & Aadityan Ganesh analyse the numbers behind Gautam Gambhir’s six-bowler strategy in Tests and conclude that it’s…well, unnecessary.
“The Specialist #7 Batter”
✍️ Beyond Cow Corner takes a look at the 10 players in history who have been specialist #7 batters; not wicketkeepers, and having played the position for the majority of their Tests.

🗞️ Quick News: Jaipur won’t host IPL games, & Italy’s captain was sacked for being too good.

Jaipur will not host IPL matches until they sort out their state administration.
Italy’s former captain Joe Burns was apparently dropped from their World Cup squad because he asked for team improvements that were “above the standards” of Italian cricket. I’ve never heard of someone being sacked for being too good at their job.

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