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🏏 Cricket Roundup: GG’s explosive PP, post-Ashes stats, & the ambitious PAK U19 opener.
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The WPL:
MI beat GG by 7 wickets.
📊 Our team went beyond the headlines to analyse GG’s explosive powerplay strategy, the decline of powerplay spin, GG’s “retired out” call, and more!
👉 S Sudarshanan on Lauren Bell’s stingy season so far. -
The Cricket Roundup:
👉 Alex Malcolm remembers Alyssa Healy’s biggest games.
👉 Matthew Henry with Charlotte Edwards on changing ENG-W.
📊 Paul Dennett has a great set of post-Ashes stats.
👉 Danyal Rasool on Sameer Minhas’ ambition; Player of the U19 WC.
👉 Abhimanyu Bose/Ekanth have U19 WC players to watch; Group C & D.
👉 Edward Fitzgibbon on cricket stadiums laying empty most of the year.
🗞️ Quick News: BAN won’t travel, PAK-origin players can’t travel, & RCB to play (some) games outside BLR.
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Bangladesh are standing firm on their desire not to travel to India for the World Cup, and now there are reports of Pakistan-origin USA players being denied a visa. What an absolute joke.
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England won’t agree to more day-night games in Australia because they keep losing.
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RCB will play a couple of games in Raipur, as a decision on the use of Chinnaswamy for the IPL will only be made next week.
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A US judge has vacated USA Cricket’s board, and is handing it over to a bankruptcy trustee. This should make it easier for the association to get ICC and other support.
📺 A/V: Boon’s 52-beer half century, & Kohli 3.0.
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“David Boon’s mythical half-century”
📽️ Jarrod Kimber on the legend of David Boon’s half century after drinking 52 beers. [YouTube] -
“Will This Help Virat Kohli?”
📽️ Cricket by JB look at the new and improved Virat Kohli who has come out all guns blazing in ODIs since his Test retirement. [YouTube]
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