Cricket needs a calendar ASAP
How franchise leagues are breaking cricket, Mandhana is India’s leading ODI centurion, & the need for an Alpha Dog No. 3.
Mandhana beats New Zealand
Mandhana is India’s leading ODI centurion, GT will keep Gill and Rashid, & Kirsten quit over selection control.
India Women beat New Zealand by 6 wickets to clinch the ODI series 2-1. Indian Express’ Vinayakk Mohanarangan praises Smriti Mandhana for her century but questions Shafali Varma’s two-year barren run, while New Indian Express’ Kalyani Mangale asks if India are too dependent on Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur.
South Africa reach 307/2 on day one of their Test against Bangladesh. ESPNcricinfo’s Mohammad Isam writes about how Tony De Zorzi & Tristan Stubbs bore the heat to score maiden centuries.
Nicholas Pooran has signed on the dotted line with the Lucknow Super Giants to be their primary retention for INR 18 crores (~$2.1M), while the Gujarat Titans will retain Shubman Gill & Rashid Khan (and release Mohammad Shami).
Dawn’s Mohammad Yaqoob reports that Gary Kirsten quit Pakistan because of a lack of control over first team selections, while Cricbuzz’s Atif Azam writes about Afghanistan’s positive progress after winning the Emerging Asia Cup.
The new English government may not support the old £35m pledge to fund grassroots cricket, while English fans will no longer have free-to-air matches on TV after the ECB failed to agree to a deal with a broadcaster.
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Cricket needs a calendar ASAP
How franchise leagues are breaking cricket, Southee on beating IND, & the need for an Alpha Dog No. 3.
The Telegraph’s Tim Wigmore reports on the breakdown of global cricket due to the flourishing of franchise cricket; players cutting corners to sign as many deals as possible, revenue generated via gambling sponsorships rather than fan support, & a focus on short term greed is creating an unrecognisable (and increasingly unenjoyable) cricketing landscape.
NEW ZEALAND: Cricbuzz’s Ganesh Chandrasekaran talks to New Zealand’s Tim Southee about winning in India, ESPNcricinfo’s Ashish Pant talks to Ajaz Patel about returning to the scene of his 10-wicket haul, & Cricket.com’s Aakash Sivasubramaniam talks to Rachin Ravindra’s former coach about his potential.
ENGLAND: Arrangements of White on Green’s Jon Hotten writes about Ollie Pope and the Alpha Dog mentality needed to bat at No.3, ESPNcricinfo’s Cameron Ponsonby writes about England’s new call-up Jordan Cox, & The Telegraph’s Will Macpherson doesn’t like the strategy of calling up untested youngsters.
INDIA: Indian Express’ Sandip G writes about Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan, the three Mumbai cricketers returning home with different styles, while New Indian Express’ Gomesh S thinks that Mohammad Siraj has been overworked in the last couple of years.