Pat Cummins’ tough line as Australia captain
Cummins on captaincy, Bavuma on dealing with the WTC pressure, & the newest HoF inductees.
Dhoni, Hayden head the latest crop of Hall of Famers
The newest HoF inductees, the winners and losers from INDA-ENGA, & Pooran retires.
MS Dhoni, Matthew Hayden, Daniel Vettori, Hashim Amla, Graeme Smith, Sarah Taylor and Sana Mir are the inductees into the Hall of Fame. Cricket Australia’s Adam Burnett traces Hayden’s rise from a fringe player to Hall of Famer.
India A and England A played out a draw, with Tanush Kotian impressing with bat and ball. Indian Express’ Sandip G criticises India’s other all-rounders - Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shardul Thakur - for their underperformance, while The Times’ Elizabeth Ammon writes about Eddie Jack’s promotion to England’s nets.
Nicholas Pooran ends his international career at just 29.
James Anderson is chuffed at the naming of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, while Hindustan Times’ R Kaushik presents the dissatisfaction with taking the title away from Pataudi.
The Guardian’s Gary Naylor has a roundup of the T20 Blast action.
The Andhra Cricket Association will restart their state women’s league.
Pat Cummins’ tough line as Australia captain
Cummins on captaincy, Bavuma on dealing with the WTC pressure, & IND’s new super quick 17-year old pacer.
The Guardian’s Donald McRae talks to Pat Cummins about his history against South Africa, his captaincy, & finding the right line of aggression, BBC’s Stephan Shemilt profiles Beau Webster’s sudden rise in the Australian ranks, & Cricbuzz’s Bharat Sundaresan on Cam Green’s recovery from back surgery.
ESPNcricinfo’s Firdose Moonda talks to Temba Bavuma about dealing with the pressure of the WTC final.
Cricket Australia’s Jack Paynter & Josh Schonafinger on the five key battles for the WTC final, & ESPNcricinfo’s Omkar Mankame recalls the 10 most memorable Australia-South Africa Test matches.
Indian Express’ Venkata Krishna B profiles 17-year old R D Pranav Ragavendra, who can already bowl at 147 kmph and is now looking to add consistency.
Cricbit’s Arnav Jain cracks the numbers to understand if batting positions are becoming redundant as everyone plays like a finisher in T20 cricket.
Greenberg’s goals
Todd Greenberg is an unorthodox administrator, & what it has been like following IND-W for a decade.
The Final Word’s Adam Collins talks to new Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg about his plans for the job, and they are…ambitious. [YouTube]
Never on the Backfoot’s Neha Shetty has an endearing podcast - her mother interviews her on a decade of late night, lonely India Women’s fandom as the ODI World Cup comes back to Indian shores this year. [Apple/Spotify]