Quick and dirty
Brathwaite hates being reminded of 2016, a year of Alyssa Healy, & the academy developing female talent in Pakistan.
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Quick and dirty
SA have already beaten AFG, Brathwaite hates thinking about 2016, & Kuldeep has figured out T20s.
South Africa beat Afghanistan by 9 wickets to make their first World Cup final. The ruthless Proteas took bowled Afghanistan out for their lowest ever T20 total, and then chased it down efficiently.
The Guardian’s James Wallace has a great conversation with Carlos Brathwaite about those four 6s to win the 2016 T20 World Cup. Or, more accurately, they talk about how Brathwaite fell out of love with cricket as a result of that tournament; “Just looking at a bat or a ball would make me sad.”
ESPNcricinfo’s Karthik Krishnaswamy writes that Kuldeep Yadav seems to have cracked T20 bowling, as he personifies a mentally revamped India side.
Go watch a Test for free!
Free entry for the IND-SA Test, a year of captain Healy, & WI-W level their series against SL.
The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association has announced that up to 6 stands will be free to enter during this week’s India-South Africa Test. The New Indian Express’ Kalyani Mangale talks to Shubhangi Kulkarni, one of India first female Test cricketers about the last Women’s Test in Chennai 48 years ago!
India Women coach Amol Muzumdar has advocated for a Test Championship in the Women’s game to increase the number of red ball games.
Cricket Australia’s Adam Burnett assesses the state of the Australia Women’s team on the one year anniversary of Alyssa Healy’s ascension to the captaincy.
England Women beat New Zealand by 9 wickets in their first ODI, while West Indies Women levelled their own series against Sri Lanka with a 6-wicket win.
Yuvraj remembers that over
Yuvraj talks through the six 6s, Bhogle catches up with Ian Smith, & the academy developing female talent in Pakistan.
Yuvraj Singh talks through his legendary six 6s off Stuart Broad in 2007.
Powerplay’s Firdose Moonda & Valkerie Baynes talk to Laura Wolvaardt, Sophie Devine, Tammy Beaumont and more to understand just how difficult it is to get prepped for Tests when you only play red ball cricket once in a blue moon. [Apple Podcasts]
Hasrha Bhogle catches up with Ian Smith in his latest podcast about the experiences of being a world class cricket commentator.
Pro Sports profiles the Daughters Cricket Academy in Faisalabad, Pakistan that has been churning out international female players since 2008.
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