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The first uncompetitive day of the World Cup
🏏 Cricket Roundup: Kishan bludgeons NAM, the age of T20 acceleration, & how franchise leagues help smaller nations’ stars.
T20 WC Match Reactions:
IND beat NAM by 93 runs, ITA beat NEP by 10 runs, & SL beat OMA by 105 runs.
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🇮🇳🇳🇦 | Nagraj Gollapudi on how Ishan Kishan bludgeoned NAM’s bowling.
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🇮🇹🇳🇵 | Sruthi Ravindranath on ITA’s first WC win ever.
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🇱🇰🇴🇲 | Madushka Balasuriya on Pawan Rathnayake’s & Dasun Shanaka’s different ways of taking down the Oman bowling, & Vijay Tagore on SL’s pace revolution.
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🔒 Jarrod Kimber & Shayan Khan have statistical points from all three games & Jack Paynter on the historic number of 2s that AUS ran v IRE on Wednesday.
T20 WC:
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Gokul Gopal talks to JP Duminy & Shane Watson about the exponential growth in T20 scoring.
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Rasesh Mandani on how T20 leagues are letting stars from smaller nations play regular high-level cricket, & Samreen Razzaqui on NAM’s infrastructure growth.
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Deivarayan Muthu with CAN’s Saad Bin Zafar fulfilling his cricket dream at 39.
NZ’s Finn-isher at the top
📚 Best Features: Finn Allen’s evolution, & the unique financial value of Women’s cricket.
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“The Evolution of Finn Allen”
✍️ Dom Murray on how Finn Allen has become a consistently devastating presence at the top of the order for New Zealand. -
“The New Powerplay”
✍️ Eddie Fitzgibbon on how Women’s cricket is a new type of asset in cricket’s economy; high views AND high customer value.
🗞️ Quick News: Sussex’s demise, & BLR cleared to host games.
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Will Macpherson reports on how Sussex ended up in their financial & administrative hole.
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The Chinnaswamy has been cleared to host IPL games, but RCB are still shopping for a new home.
That’s it for today!
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