The IPL tug between parity and party
The new IPL rules, what makes AUS-W so dominant, & a disastrous Test at Kanpur.
The IPL tug between parity and party
The new IPL rules, AUS’ inevitability, & a disastrous Test at Kanpur.
The BCCI released the IPL’s new rules over the weekend; up to six retentions, the loophole for “uncapped” players like Dhoni, a two-year ban for players that skip a season, and match fees for the 12 players who play a given IPL game.
Indian Express’ Devendra Pandey talks to IPL chairman Arun Dhamal about the changes, while Hindustan Times’ Rasesh Mandani reports that the IPL will lose INR 4,720 crore loss for not expanding the season.
ESPNcricinfo preview the teams before the start of the Women’s World Cup, broken down into Group A & Group B. Meanwhile, the ECB have offered their Women’s players 30% hikes and multiyear national contracts.
Australia beat England by 49 runs to clinch the ODI series. ESPNcricinfo’s Andrew McGlashan writes about Australia’s inevitability, while the BBC’s Matthew Henry lists England’s five biggest problems.
The Kanpur Test has been a disaster with just 35 overs bowled over 3 days. ESPNcricinfo’s Alagappan Muthu writes about the lack of excuses, especially since there was no play despite a rainless day three. Meanwhile, India have named a youthful side, including Mayank Yadav & Nitish Kumar, for the T20 series against Bangladesh.
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In awe of the Australian Women
What makes AUS-W so dominant, Shreyanka Patil’s limitless potential, & what happened to off spin?
ESPNcricinfo’s S Sudarshanan tries to figure out what makes the Australia Women’s players such dominant winners by taking to seven international competitors (and franchise teammates) of the Aussies. [In case you haven’t followed Women’s cricket - Australia have won nine of the last eleven World Cups in all formats!]
ESPNcricinfo’s Daya Sagar talks to Radha Yadav about how she learnt to contextualise cricket within her life, while Cricket.com’s Gaurav Nandan Tripathi talks to Shreyanka Patil’s coach to understand her world beating potential.
Dawn’s Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi writes about the momentous changes in the Pakistan Women’s team, Cricket.com’s Aakash Sivasubramaniam talks to South Africa’s Sune Luus about why she started bowling off-spin, & ESPNcricinfo’s S Sudarshanan writes about England’s wunderkind, Alice Capsey.
ESPNcricinfo’s Osman Samiuddin asks what happened to Men’s off-spinners a decade on from Saeed Ajmal’s ban, while Varun Shetty honours Shakib Al Hasan’s biting implement during the India series by listing other odd techniques cricketers have used to improve their games.
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Are Sri Lanka a Test power again?
Have SL stepped up their Test game?
Good Areas’ Jarrod Kimber asks a simple question following Sri Lanka’s dominant dismantling of New Zealand; do they have a well-rounded Test team again?