“Bumrah is Magic”
Bishop loves Bumrah, SKY's practiced that catch before, & an hour with Brian Lara
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Kohli & Shastri’s fitness demands are no more
The new fitness regime for IND players, IPL retention conversations have started, & Jimmy Anderson takes 7-35.
Times of India’s Arani Basu has an interesting report about the changing fitness standards for Team India; to get into the you have to pass the regular tests, but once you get a central contract the focus shifts to injury prevention.
Sai Sudarshan, Jitesh Sharma & Harshit Rana will get a chance to strut their stuff in the first three T20Is between India & Zimbabwe next week. They are replacements for the World Cup winning trio of Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube & Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Cricbuzz’s Vijay Tagore reports that the BCCI has started discussions with IPL team owners about the retention policies and other details around the upcoming mega auction.
Jimmy Anderson doesn’t look like a man about to retire. On his County Championship debut, he took the best figures of anyone all year; 7-35!
RCB’s WPL winner Kate Cross believes that she can use another franchise tournament to her advantage as she hopes a good Hundred performance can get her into the England team for the World Cup in October.
Former NCA director Sandeep Patil has been hired to create an NCA-like private academy in West Bengal to cater to the underdeveloped cricketers in East India.
“Bumrah is Magic”
Ian Bishop dissects Bumrah’s bowling style, SKY has practiced that catch before, and the journey of IND’s all-important fielding coach.
The New Indian Express’ Gomesh S and former Windies bowler Ian Bishop discuss the bowling techniques and mental fortitude that have made Jasprit Bumrah the best in the world.
Indian Express’ Devendra Pandey talks to Suryakumar Yadav about how he practises that catch in different venues and wind patterns regularly.
Sportstar’s Tarun Shastry has a great profile of India’s fielding coach, T Dilip, and how his life has taken him from a mathematics tutor to mentoring some of cricket’s biggest stars.
ESPNcricinfo’s Sidharth Monga has a fun day-by-day review of what it was like to cover the T20 World Cup, featuring legal ads, mangoes and stranded South Africans.
An hour with Lara
Lara talks about his new book, & Netravalkar talks the World Cup and the MLC.
Brian Lara has a new book to promote, which means we get an hour of talking cricket with him and the Wisden Cricket Weekly crew about everything from the World Cup to Louis Kimber’s heroics in the county championship! [Apple Podcasts]
Emerging Cricket’s Nate Hays catches up with World Cup hero Saurabh Netravalkar about his tournament, and the upcoming MLC season. [Apple Podcasts]
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