India takes their grassroots cricket for granted
Why IND’s unloved state T20 leagues are important, why ENG-ZIM won’t change anything, & A MI quiz feat. Rohit, SKY and Santner.
LSG & England run rampant
GT’s jolt back to reality, ZIM’s jolt back to reality, & the PSL won’t have DRS for the playoffs.
LSG beat GT by 33 runs. Cricbuzz’s Deepu Narayanan analyses how LSG’s overseas batters took down GT’s bowlers, while ESPNcricinfo’s Karthik Krishnaswamy finds a silver lining; at least GT’s middle order got some practice!
RCB have signed Tim Seifert as a replacement for Jacob Bethell.
England are at 498/3 at stumps against Zimbabwe. ESPNcricinfo’s Vithushan Ehantharajah writes about the value of a mismatched opponent to help England find their chemistry, while BBC’s Matthew Henry advocates for injury replacements in Tests after Zimbabwe lost bowler Richard Ngarava.
The PSL will not have DRS for the playoffs after the technicians failed to report back after the break in the league. Meanwhile, Lahore Qalanders will get Bangladeshi spinner Rishad Hossain back in time for the eliminator game.
India takes their grassroots cricket for granted
Why IND’s unloved state T20 leagues are important, why ENG-ZIM won’t change anything, & a chat with IND’s U19 keeper.
ESPNcricinfo’s Abhinav Mukund has a fascinating report on the importance of state T20 leagues to the burgeoning T20 ecosystem in India, alongside the (completely unsurprising) news that the authorities don’t value these tournaments.
The Times’ Simon Wilde bursts the feel-good bubble around the England-Zimbabwe Test, explaining why the game was even set up, why there won’t be a repeat fixture any time soon, and why it’s all about money at the end of the day.
Times of India’s Pratyush Raj talks to India U-19 wicketkeeper Harvansh Singh about breaking into the side, and the cricketing promises he made to his absentee dad who was driving a truck in Canada to help make ends meet.
How well do Rohit, SKY and Santner know MI?
A MI quiz feat. Rohit, SKY and Santner, TGC on the English summer, & why WI were so good at T20s in the 2010s.
IWM’s Cyrus Broacha hilariously quizzes three MI players - Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav & Mitchell Santner - about MI history. [YouTube]
The Grade Cricketer’s Ian Higgins & Sam Perry have a fun chat with journalist Barney Ronay about Bazball, the English summer, & everything wrong with this English team. [YouTube]
Cricket by JB’s Praatibh Surana discusses why West Indies was a good T20 side in the early 2010s, and how much it has to do with a multi-billion dollar scam. [YouTube]
Interesting piece from Abhinav Mukund wrt State T20 leagues in India.
Relevant for TheHundred in England, perhaps, and ongoing support for the T20 Blast?