RCB finally win at home
Hazlewood kills in the death overs, the science of swing bowling, & remembering Sachin’s career.
RCB finally win at home
Hazlewood kills in the death overs, IND’s bottomless well of young talent, & Overton’s first experience of IPL fandom.
RCB beat RR by 11 runs. ESPNcricinfo’s Ashish Pant credits Josh Hazlewood’s death over bowling, Cricbuzz’s Deepu Narayanan analyses Jofra Archer’s sensational powerplay bowling this year, & Kaushik Rangarajan on how RCB’s spinners finally figured out the Chinnaswamy track.
Cricbuzz’s Bharat Sundaresan writes about Indian cricket’s seemingly bottomless well of young talent, while Hindustan Times’ Rasesh Mandani asks what’s gone wrong for one of those talents, Nitish Kumar Reddy.
Indian Express’ Venkata Krishna B explains the CSK fanbase’s moment of self-questioning, ESPNcricinfo’s Alagappan Muthu writes about Ravindra Jadeja’s struggles with the bat, & Matt Roller talks to Jamie Overton about his first experience of the big leagues as he navigates Indian cricket fandom.
When politics bleed into sport
The PSL will no longer be shown in India, the Pahalgam attack’s impact on IND-PAK, & a new toolkit to determine best batter entry points.
Fancode, the official streamer of the PSL in India, will no longer show the tournament after the Pahalgam terror attack. Meanwhile, Fancode’s Indian employees in Pakistan are stranded after all cross-border visas were cancelled.
Cricbuzz’s Vijay Tagore reports on how the attack affects the two countries’ already fragile cricketing relationship.
ESPNcricinfo’s Greg Chappell writes a tribute to Keith Stackpole, who passed away this week.
Cricbit’s Arnav Jain has created a web app to display his new data algorithms on the best T20 batting entry points.
Ross Taylor kickstarts New Zealand
The start of NZ’s Test golden era, Max Holden on his County season, & remembering Norman Callaway.
Beyond Cow Corner has a piece about Ross Taylor, a 2012 Test in Sri Lanka, and the “the dawn before the darkness before the dawn” of the current, competent New Zealand Test team.
ESPNcricinfo’s Vithushan Ehantharajah talks to Middlesex’s Max Holden about his great County season and England ambitions.
Cricket Australia’s Andrew Ramsey remembers Norman Callaway, who made 207 on his first class debut but saw a promising career cut short because of an early death.
Busting myths on swing bowling
The science of swing bowling, & remembering Sachin’s career.
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