Good morning!
🏏 Cricket Roundup: Jamie matches James, Ravindra’s T20 game, & Shakib wants to go back to BAN.
KKR-PBKS washed out.
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🔒 Will Macpherson on Jamie Smith matching James Rew’s century in the County-keeper-for-England race, while Neil Manthorp writes about the allure of County cricket for SA players like Beyers Swanepoel.
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Shayan Acharya talks to Rachin Ravindra about his T20 philosophy, Firoz Mirza profiles SRH’s rookie leggie Shivang Kumar, & 🤖 Omkar Walunj dissects how Rohit Sharma rebuilt his play against SLAs and left arm pacers.
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Ekush Tapader talks to Shakib Al Hasan about playing for BAN again.
🗞️ Quick News: Vague County rules, & vague gambling bans.
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The ECB has implemented strict punishments for Counties who curate “below average” pitches – including stripping them of all points for the game. The issue is…it’s not very clear what a “below average” pitch is beyond a little too hard for the batters?
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The Aussie government put out a policy to fight gambling which includes just 3 ads an hour between 6 AM to 8:30 PM (and presumably unlimited amounts outside those hours). Mark Kempster – one of the advocates for more gambling protections – talks about the personal costs of going through a gambling addiction and the humiliation of baring his soul to the panel on the issue, just for them to implement a watered down policy.
📺 A/V: Jemi on her overnight stardom.
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“THAT Semifinal Knock”
📽️ Cricket by JB have their annual catch up with Jemi Rodrigues, and discuss the World Cup winner’s transformative 12 months. [YouTube]