A Dravid-inspired tape ball revolution in Saudi Arabia
Saudi labourers are playing tape ball cricket in the desert, how the Caribbean Cricket Pod changed WI cricket, & most IPL players return.
Not even the threat of war can derail the IPL
Most IPL players return, Hesson becomes PAK coach, & a roundup of the County action.
Most foreign players, including from eliminated teams, will return for the IPL. However, the English and South African players have to pull out by May 25 (before the rescheduled knockouts) for international duty.
The PSL will return on May 17, and will conclude on May 25.
Mike Hesson is Pakistan’s new white ball coach, while Bangladesh is waiting for government approval before reconfirming their tour of Pakistan.
The Guardian’s Gary Naylor has a roundup of the action from the latest County Championship matches.
Dream Sports - who own Dream11 - have invested in Cricbuzz (an Indian cricket outlet) and WillowTV (an American cricket streaming outlet). Why should anyone care that gambling companies can own minority stakes in news outlets?
A Dravid-inspired tape ball revolution in Saudi Arabia
Saudi labourers are playing tape ball cricket in the desert, the best T20 players ever, & a cricketer’s journey through anorexia.
The National’s Paul Radley writes about the growing, Rahul Dravid-inspired craze of tape ball amongst Saudi Arabia’s migrant construction labourers working on the massive city of the future project in the desert.
The Cricket Monthly has the latest update on their greatest T20 players of all time; Jasprit Bumrah (#7), & Chris Gayle (#6).
BBC’s Marc Higginson talks to former Somerset all-rounder Arul Suppia about his battle with anorexia, and how the cricketing world helped him get better.
How to build a cricket media outlet 101
How the Caribbean Cricket Pod changed WI cricket, & NSB on the ENG-W captaincy.
Caribbean Cricket Podcast’s Machel St Patrick Hewitt & Santokie Nagulendran talk about how they built their podcast, and how it has ended up influencing to actually impact West Indies cricket. It’s a bit meta, but lovely to see the transparency from a cricket media outlet. [YouTube]
Sky Sports talks to new England Women’s captain Nat Sciver-Brunt about the challenges of taking over from Heather Knight. [YouTube]
We complain in India of the mainstream news media. But nobody has even raised an issue about how 2 of the most popular cricket sites/apps are connected to bigger parties.
E.g: ESPN Cricinfo has Star Sports as its joint partner, where Cricinfo follow the line of the official broadcaster.
Cricbuzz has never been able to comment on fantasy sports, despite talking on varied issues which affect the sport, bcoz they get their sponsorships from these companies and when Dream11 invests in them, Cricbuzz could turn into an unofficial 'gambling' site. 'Gambling' in quotes bcoz Indian Acts don't define it well, though I believe Dream11 and others are gambling.
Maybe sites like Cricket.com and others might have to step up, though being in careful thread as well, bcoz they had done paid programming for the ILT20.