Babar the surprisingly great

ROUNDUP: Babar’s captaincy record, a lack of female coaches, & ENG’s all-rounder love.

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Babar the surprisingly great

🏏 Cricket Roundup: Marsh’s great 2026, Babar’s captaincy record, & BAN’s last tour of AUS.

• 🏆 THE HUNDRED | MI London Men and Women beat the London Spirit. | Matt Roller on why The Hundred stats count towards T20 stats. | Darpan Jain on Mitch Marsh’s improving T20 form in 2026. |

• 🏏 THE ROUNDUP | Danyal Rasool on Babar Azam’s surprisingly great record as Test captain. | Madushka Balasuriya on IND’s prep for the SL tour. | Atif Azam with 2003 BAN captain Khaled Mahmud on their last tour to AUS. | Nathan Johns on dilemma facing IRE ahead of their AFG series. | Matthew Pryor has an obituary for his father Henry Pryor, who invented the Merlyn bowling machine. |

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Where are cricket’s female coaches?

📺 A/V: A lack of female coaches, ENG’s all-rounder love, & ENG’s greatest cricketer.

• “So few female coaches”
  📽️ Katya Witney & Lauren Winfield-Hill discuss cricket’s lack of female coaches before talking to Jon Lewis about The Hundred. [YouTube]

• “Gun-slinging all-rounders”
  📽️ Jarrod Kimber on England’s love for a gung-ho pace all-rounder. [YouTube]

• “England’s Greatest Cricketer”
  📽️ Cricket by JB on Charlotte Edwards’ impact on English cricket. [YouTube]

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LEGEND:

• 🚨 = Shameless plug (i.e. a BoC piece!)

• 🏆 = Tournament Cricket

• 🔒 = Behind a paywall

• 📊 = In-depth statistics

• 🤖 = AI-generated (take it with a pinch of salt)

• 🎤 = Podcast

• 📽️ = Video

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