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🏏 Cricket Roundup: Is this the greatest SA team, Gambhir’s nepotism, & ENG’s flawed focus.
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India v South Africa:
🔒 Jarrod Kimber asks if this is SA’s greatest team ever.
👉 Neil Manthorp on Simon Harmer burning bright for one series.
👉 Sharda Ugra on the hidden failures in Gautam Gambhir’s tenure.
👉 Deepu Narayanan analyses IND’s sudden home slump. -
The Ashes:
👉 Vithushan Ehantharajah on what has to be ENG’s focus; winning.
🔒 Nick Hoult on Bazball’s reckless batting running their pacers ragged.
🔒 Tom Decent on how changing conditions have left Nathan Lyon stranded.
🔒 Simon Hughes on why Aussie cricketers just seem so much harder.
👉 Daniel Schofield with Geoff Lawson on David Boon’s infamous ‘52 beers’. -
The Cricket Roundup:
IRE beat BAN by 39 runs, & SL beat PAK by 6 runs.
👉 Atif Azam with IRE coach Heinrich Malan on the need for red ball cricket.
👉 Will Taylor with Jemma Barsby on living and playing with multiple sclerosis.
🗞️ Quick News: The WPL Mega Auction, Healy gets snubbed, & the PCA is standing up to Hundred owners.
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Headlines from the WPL auction; (1) A look at each team’s squad, (2) A look at the biggest deals and unsold players, (3) Why no one picked Alyssa Healy, & (4) the dates and venues for the upcoming season.
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The Professional Cricketers’ Association has warned English players off signing multi-year deals with the new Hundred owners – turns out the exploitative contracts that IPL teams have with Indian players isn’t as acceptable in a country where players know their rights and have a union.
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The new NZ20 league is aiming for a January 2027 start.
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Saudi Arabia is setting up a new Women’s league, and wants players from the Big Three to take part.
📺 A/V: Ash and ABD on IND-SA, & TGC x Final Word.
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“Red Ball Reckoning”
📽️ Ashwin & AB de Villiers discuss the South African whitewash of India. [YouTube] -
“The Grade Cricketer x The Final Word”
🎤 Geoff Lemon & Adam Collins host Ian Higgins & Sam Perry for a discussion of powerhouse podcast duos on…well, everything really. [Apple/Spotify]
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