Pakistan's most important toe!
India's Test batting struggles, a new T20 Blast champ, & Babar Azam's toe
An unpronounceable new Blast champion!
A new T20 Blast champ, PAK’s potential waste of millions, & ENG’s declining Test support.
Gloucestershire won the Vitality T20 Blast for the first time. ESPNcricinfo’s Alan Gardner writes about why this victory resonated beyond the pitch, while Daisy Cutter has an important review; what would the Blast mascots be like to date?
Dawn’s Mohammad Yaqoob reports that the PCB approved budgets worth 12.5 billion rupees (~$45 million) in a matter of minutes, but Cricket Strategy’s Mohammad Khan thinks it’s all a waste of time and money. Meanwhile, the Women’s team’s daily stipend at training camp has been cut.
The Times’ Simon Wilde has a great report on the decline of summer Test audiences in England, apart from when Australia & India are in town. Bazball might have done some harm to the bottom line too.
Temba Bavuma has come out in support of the exiled (and ignored) Afghanistan Women’s team - and compared their treatment to that of black South African players during Apartheid.
Some quick admin updates: The BCCI delays making a decision on IPL retention rules, the Afro-Asia Cup might be revived, & the ICC’s retiring anti-corruption head warns of the corruptive threat of smaller T20 leagues.
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The numbers behind India’s batting issues
IND’s batting problems, PAK-W’s ODI progress, & retractable roofs in cricket?
ESPNcricinfo’s S Rajesh dissects India’s batting mishaps ahead of hosting Bangladesh, Cricbuzz’s Kaushik Rangarajan asks if Kuldeep Yadav can step up, & Cricket.com’s Hardik Worah says that the in-form Litton Das will have his hands full against the hosts.
Grassroots Cricket’s Bilal Saleem dissects the statistics behind the Pakistan Women’s 2022-2025 ODI cycle. Meanwhile, Exchange4Media’s Aditi Gupta talks to the Head of Ad Sales at Disney Hotstar, revealing that Women’s cricket has seen a 3x audience growth in India this year.
ESPNcricinfo’s Vishal Dikshit say Afghanistan’s development is hurt by their nomadic status, while their recently washed out Test prompted Broken Cricket Dreams’ Nitesh Mathur to analyse the feasibility of retractable roofs. ESPNcricinfo’s Daya Sagar reports on the Indian who has become Afghanistan’s de facto international & domestic commentator.
Cricbuzz’s Ciaran McCarthy writes about the ‘middle’ Curran who has declared for Zimbabwe, Cricket Australia’s Jack Paynter reports on the Aussies’ increased feel for T20 cricket, & Manners on Cricket’s Neil Manthorp analyses how Ben Stokes can accelerate the commercial development of the SA20.
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Pakistan's most important toe!
Azam’s bad toe, Lyon’s masterclass on pressure, & remembering Warne.
Jarrod Kimber and co. dissect Babar Azam’s batting struggles by looking at his big toe. There are hints that the information has gotten to Azam as his batting stance looked a little different over the weekend!
Sky Sports Cricket’s Nathan Lyon has his second masterclass on elite cricket, this time focussed on the positives of the pressure of success.
The PCCI Podcast host Gideon Haigh to remember Shane Warne on what would’ve been his 55th birthday last week. [Apple Podcasts]
talkSPORT’s Jon Norman hosts Jarrod Kimber & Deep Dasgupta discuss what England’s white ball side are going to look like with Brendon McCullum at the helm.