ROUNDUP: DC make their fourth final

Verma demolishes GG, IND’s inevitability, & the career of an umpire.

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DC make their fourth final - but can they actually win?

🏏 Cricket Roundup: Verma demolishes GG, IND’s inevitability, & Tariq’s unique journey.

• WPL:
  DC beat GG by 7 wickets to make the final.
  📊 BoC went beyond the headlines on DC’s brilliant PP tactics, their terrible DO tactics, the Mooney-Wareham resuscitation, & Verma’s rapid growth.
  👉 Shashank Kishore with RCB’s Gautami Naik on her WPL credentials.
  👉 Purnima Malhotra with GG coach Pravin Tambe on helping the leg spinners.
  👉 Samreen Razzaqui on the WPL’s six-hitting this season.

• T20 World Cup:
  ENG beat SL by 12 runs.
  👉 Madushka Balasuriya on SL’s batting fragility.
  👉 Karthik Krishnaswamy on the seeming inevitability of an IND win.
  👉 Manas Patil on Sanju Samson’s failing technique.
  👉 Angus Fontaine with Pat Cummins on AUS’ form & missing the WC.
  👉 Paul Radley on PAK’s Usman Tariq, his action, & his unlikely cricket career.
  👉 Raiyan on Babar Azam’s flaws for PAK.
  👉 Ayan Acharya/Sahil Mathur remember key moments from each T20 WC.

• The Cricket Roundup:
  👉 Sarah Waris with Beth Mooney on AUS-W’s waning dominance.
  👉 S Sudarshanan on the relentless work ethic of IND U19’s Abhigyan Kundu.

How much does cricket respect its own umpires?

📚 Best Features: The career of an umpire.

• “Well paid umpires. Not really”
  ✍️ Firoz Mirza has a great look at the life of a (badly paid) international umpire who bears the brunt of our often unjustified anger.

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🗞️ Quick News: The ICC tries to backchannel the PCB, & new MCC laws.

• Mohammad Yaqoob reports that the ICC and a couple of other boards have tried to set up back channel discussions with the PCB on their IND boycott. It has some fascinating details on PAK’s legal strategy to defend their actions. Meanwhile, ESPNcricinfo looks at what the ICC could do to punish PAK.

• The MCC has amended 73 laws of cricket including a couple of important ones; Test sessions can’t end on wickets anymore, and what happens if you punch an opponent after the game is over?

Yet another brilliant IND batter

📺 A/V: Dube’s rise for IND.

• “The Rise Of Shivam Dube”
  📽️ Cricket by JB look at how Shivam Dube became a potent threat in the middle of IND’s batting order. [YouTube]

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