Retentions just got unaffordable

IPL rules are changing, Badani on winning with DC, & Bashir and Ahmed on their identities as ENG tour PAK.

The IPL teams are probably going to use far less retentions that we’re accustomed to - apart from the Mumbai Indians.

Retentions just got unaffordable

SA have a big lead, IPL retentions are going to be more expensive, & Warner offers to un-retire.

• Bangladesh trail by 101 runs after getting South Africa out for 308. Cricbuzz’s Telford Vice writes about the Kyle Verreynne century that has given South Africa a commanding lead.

• Sportstar’s Amol Karhadkar details the new IPL rule that makes retentions more expensive. In short, if a player is retained for a different amount than the retention number, the larger number of the two will count towards the purse.

• The PCB has released the schedule for a much changed (and delayed) Quaid-e-Azam trophy.

• David Warner offered to come out of retirement for the India-Australia series, but was quickly shot down by the selectors. Sydney Morning Herald’s Daniel Brettig reaffirms that view, saying that Australia need new players.

• The LA28 Olympics will host cricket - in New York, not LA. Meanwhile, the 2026 Commonwealth Games won’t even have cricket for some odd reason.

Faster and fairer, but better?

How the game’s changed since 1973, Badani on winning with DC, & Sarfaraz Khan’s ramp shot.

• The Telegraph’s Scyld Berry writes about his experiences covering 500 Tests over 51 years; the sport’s gotten safer, faster, fairer and more professional, but has it become worse?

• Cricket.com’s Shubh Aggarwal & Aakash Sivasubramaniam talk to new Delhi Capitals coach Hemang Badani about his Midas Touch, and whether he can bring that success to a side that’s never won the IPL.

• Cricbuzz’s Ganesh Chandrasekaran writes about Rachin Ravindra’s spin proficiency, ESPNcricinfo’s Deivarayan Muthu analyses the Sarfaraz Khan’s signature ramp shot, & Cricket.com’s Somesh Agarwal analyses Mohammad Siraj’s travails.

• Emerging Cricket’s Shounak Sarkar talks to Germany’s cricket chief about how the game is growing in the country, and their ambitions for professionalising it and bringing it into the mainstream.

A couple of Brits on their Pakistani roots

Bashir and Ahmed on their identities as ENG tour PAK, & previewing the WBBL.

• Test Match Special has a fascinating interview with Shoaib Bashir & Rehan Ahmed about identity, as the Brit spinners prepare to launch a twin spin attack against the country of their ancestors at Rawalpindi. [Apple Podcasts]

• She’s in the Game’s Maitlin Brown & Hannah Darlington previews the Women’s Big Bash League that starts this weekend. [Apple Podcasts]

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