Pictures, and a thousand words

Iconic pictures of the gentleman’s game, 1,574 potential IPL players for 204 spots, & the story of AUS ‘04 tour of IND.

Philip Brown has taken some amazing shots over the years. If there’s one thing you read today, make it the article on his photography.

There’s a lot of IPL hopefuls

1,574 potential IPL players for 204 spots, Kohli’s off-field legacy, & the Afro-Asia Cup could return.

• 1,574 players have registered for the IPL auction list, but Ben Stokes is not among them. Every team can pick up to 25 players, so there are theoretically up to 204 slots available after 46 players were retained last week.

• To celebrate his 36th birthday, an uncredited Exchange4Media piece looks at the marketing and branding legacy that Virat Kohli has built.

• David Warner will captain the Sydney Thunder, six years after he was barred from a leadership role in Australian cricket following Sandpapergate.

• The Afro-Asia Cup could be revived, and features the prospect of Indian and Pakistani cricketers playing alongside each other.

Pictures, and a thousand words

Iconic pictures of the gentleman’s game, the NZ team on winning in IND, & Curran v Curran at the international level.

• The Times’ Mike Atherton & co. talk to veteran photographer Philip Brown’s about his most iconic images from 37 years of covering cricket.

• ESPNcricinfo’s Alagappan Muthu talks to the New Zealand team about beating India, while Cricbuzz’s Ganesh Chandrasekaran catches up with Player of the Series, Will Young.

• The Telegraph’s Tim Wigmore talks to England’s Sam Curran about the possibility of playing against his brother Ben in a Zimbabwe shirt, while Cricket.com’s Gaurav Nandan Tripathi talks to Kiran Navgire about her plans to break back into the India squad.

• ESPNcricinfo’s Shashank Kishore talks to Shreyas Gopal about his return to the Karnataka Ranji team, while Indian Express’ Devendra Pandey chats with Himanshu Singh, the 6’4 off-spinner who has travelled thousands of kilometres to chase his cricketing dreams.

Holding their nerve

Continuing the story of AUS ‘04 tour of IND, & Brett Lee on the best pacers ever.

• Stories After Stumps’ Josh Schonafinger & co. continue the story of Australia’s nerve-wracking and history-making 2004 Tour of India, picking up the action after Australia won the first game of the four-Test series. [Apple Podcasts]

• Willow Talk’s Adam Peacock & Brad Haddin talk to Brett Lee about his favourite bowling spell, and the best pacers of all time. [Apple Podcasts]

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