✍️ Sarthak Dev processes the magic of the World Cup final win as an Indian fan, and doles out credit where it’s due to all the magical participants..
“Deepti Sharma was at Lord’s, on crease, and watched a World Cup final slip away from India’s grasp. She was at Melbourne, watching Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney break another dream. She was at Birmingham, in a repeat telecast of the Lord’s script, except against Australia this time. And she had been at Cape Town, not out, as another semi-final slipped from under India’s nose. She’d seen it all.
Here she was, in Mumbai, with a critical 50 and a five-wicket-haul in the World Cup final, and the World Cup’s Player of The Tournament. She’s still just 28.”
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“BtH: Champions of the world”
✍️ Our team went analysed the key points of the final; Verma’s redemptive innings, Kapp’s poor start, de Klerk’s brilliantly forgotten spell, and more!
✍️ Sharda Ugra on how the BCCI used Women’s cricket for marketing and built a reputation as champions of the sport – while doing as little as possible.
“Never mind formalising state cricket contracts, the BCCI is loath to even institute a professional bonus structure for its national team for fear of surrendering the feudal power of releasing random amounts of cash. Yet it loses no time in cementing its own perks – those officials who dashed off to the ICC meeting in Dubai just after the Women’s World Cup final? They’re on an overseas allowance of US$1000 per day. The players are at US$250.”
✍️ Our team put together the 14 best graphs & stats of the Women’s WC.
“When Jemi’s in the middle, India have a dot-ball percentage of 37.83% for the entire year of 2025 because of her willingness to run. That’s just a ridiculously low number, and a fairly replicable tactic.”
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“The girl with a dupatta tied around her waist”
✍️ Nitin Sharma & Vinayakk Mohanarangan on Harmanpreet Kaur’s story arc. -
“For Mithali, for Goswami, for Chopra”
✍️ Vishal Dikshit on the debt repaid to IND’s female stars of yore. -
“An Ode to the Australian Bowling Hydra”
✍️ Atharv Tambade & Aadityan Ganesh prove that Australia’s bowling unit at this World Cup is the best of the century – across genders. -
“Decoding the RCB sale hypothesis”
✍️ Venkat Ananth digs into the rumours around the RCB sale to figure out why? And why now? It’s really a fantastic piece that would headline the edition on any day that didn’t also include a World Cup final.
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“India are World Champions”
🎤 PCCI Podcast talks to Sharda Ugra about the Women’s WC, and hears from multiple reports who followed India around the subcontinent about the highs and lows of the tournament. [Apple/Spotify] -
“The Net That Changed His Life”
📽️ Sam Perry & Ian Higgins talk to new Australia opener Jake Weatherald about breaking into the Ashes squad. [YouTube] -
“Bodyline 1932/3”
🎤 Simon Hughes has the third part of his look back at classic Ashes, and we’ve reached the infamous Bodyline series. [Apple/Spotify]