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How hard is it to be a cricketer?
🏏 Cricket Roundup: A journalist trains with Lancashire, a scot plays with endometriosis, & a GT role player learns from their coaches.
The Cricket Roundup
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Sam Dalling joined an open call to train with Lancashire’s first team squad to determine just how fit you have to be to play cricket. Pretty fit, at the very least!
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Ildikó Connell talks to SCO’s Abbi Aitken-Drummond on living with endometriosis, from the physical pain of the symptoms to the psychological pain of having doctors dismiss your symptoms for years.
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Niharika Raina talks to GT’s Kumar Kushagra about how the experience of being around the squad and coaching staff last season benefitted him massively despite not playing games.
Wherefore art thou, balls?
🗞️ Quick News: A cricket ball shortage, Curran/Ellis out of the IPL, & the growth of influencer marketing.
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Lawrence Booth on the cricket ball shortage caused by the West Asia conflict, but the ECB has played down the potential problems.
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RR’s Sam Curran and CSK’s Nathan Ellis will miss the IPL due to injury. The World Cricketers Association has released a ranking of the best leagues from a players rights’ perspective and the IPL ranked third. Higher than I expected.
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Atif Azam reports that the BCB’s Aminul Islam is drawing government scrutiny via his unilateral, and occasionally confusing, decision-making.
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The LA Knight Riders have their own cricket field, which they will use this MLC season & will be used for the 2028 LA Olympics.
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A new study shows that influencer marketing in cricket will continue to grow, with nearly INR 700 Crore ($75M) to be deployed during the IPL.
How NdK levelled up
📺 A/V: NdK on SA and RCB, & field placements in T20s.
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“Ambition, pressure, and winning the WPL”
🎤 Katya Witney/Lauren-Winfield Hill talk to Nadine de Klerk about South Africa and RCB, and becoming an elite finisher. [Apple/Spotify] -
“How do T20 field placements differ”
📽️ Akshay Kumaraswamy on the differing field placements between Men’s and Women’s T20 games. [YouTube]
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