ROUNDUP: Cricket’s responsibility to soothe society
Cricket and Bondi, IPL mock auctions, & the Insta star on IPL lists.
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Cricket’s responsibility to soothe society
🏏 Cricket Roundup: Cricket and Bondi, IPL mock auctions, & the Insta star on IPL lists.
The Ashes:
👉 Gideon Haigh on cricket’s burden to alleviate pain after the Bondi shooting.
🔒 Jarrod Kimber on Usman Khawaja’s unorthodox (and ending?) career.
👉 Vithushan Ehantharajah on Shoaib Bashir becoming ENG’s forgotten man.
👉 Barney Ronay asks Harry Brook to step up and fulfill his potential.
📊 Ben Hayes analyses the 43 Tests before & after Bazball was implemented.The Cricket Roundup:
👉 Venkata Krishna B on how mock IPL auctions became a thing.
👉 Shashank Kishore with Izaz Sawariya on using Insta to boost his IPL profile.
👉 Tristan Lavalette with Ben McDermott on his BBL & AUS ambitions.
The gambling ban isn’t causing too much trouble
🗞️ Quick News: Gambling money is being replaced, IPL dates, & Ranatunga wanted by SL authorities.
IPL teams are replacing Dream11’s sponsorship money at 10-20% markups.
Next year’s IPL will be played between March 26 and May 31.
Arjuna Ranatunga is wanted for corruption charges in Sri Lanka.
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