2024 Bumrah is even better than you realise
Painting a masterpiece using Bumrah's numbers, the impressive Proteas, & Dravid’s irreplaceability
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South Africa nearly pulled off the impossible
SA-W nearly scrape a draw, AFG-W ask for ICC aid, & Jimmy and Dinesh will become team mentors.
India Women beat South Africa by 10 wickets, in a game that was much closer than it sounds. Cricbuzz’s Purnima Malhotra couldn’t help but be impressed by the Proteas resilience after they were forced to follow on, while ESPNcricinfo’s Sruthi Ravindranath writes that the game left her craving more Test cricket.
The Afghanistan Women have put out a public letter to the ICC asking for aid to set themselves up as a refugee team in exile.
Jimmy Anderson is set to play his last Test for England against West Indies next week, and will work as a mentor for the English bowlers for the rest of the series. Meanwhile, Ollie Robinson’s England career looks to be all but over.
Dinesh Karthik has been appointed batting coach and team mentor for RCB.
Cricbuzz’s Smit Patel previews two more MLC teams; the South African-heavy Seattle Orcas & the Texas Super Kings (who are basically CSK without their Indian players).
2024 Bumrah is even better than you realise
Painting a masterpiece using Bumrah's numbers, Dravid’s irreplaceability, & how Riyan Parag got good.
Stephen N has a wonderfully different analysis of Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliance. He digs deep into the numbers to provide proof of the pacer’s changes over the years, and how 2024 has been spectacular even by his own standards.
ESPNcricinfo’s Andrew Fidel Fernando also has his own emotional (and comedic) tribute to Bumrah’s ability to play red ball lines and lengths consistently during T20 matches.
ESPNcricinfo’s Karthik Krishnaswamy pays tribute to the man that made India’s victory possible, and the real retiree that’s going to be impossible to replace; Rahul Dravid.
ESPNcricinfo’s Shashank Kishore sits down with Riyan Parag to understand how the Rajasthan Royals’ batter finally achieved a sense of consistency he has been chasing for half a decade.
Is the IPL bad, or are those sour British grapes?
Has the IPL been good for cricket?
talkSPORT’s Jon Norman hosts a discussion between Jarrod Kimber & David “Bumble” Lloyd about whether the IPL has been a net good or bad for cricket, and what they think of the IPL commentary standards.
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