Sarfaraz’s second chance

ROUNDUP: Sarfaraz’s return, Weatherald’s moment, & Atkinson’s drinking.

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Sarfaraz’s second chance

🏏 Cricket Roundup: Sarfaraz’s return, Weatherald’s moment, & Atkinson’s drinking.

• 🇱🇰🇮🇳 SL-IND | Shayan Acharya on Sarfaraz Khan’s recall. | 📊 Darpan Jain on KL Rahul’s issues with off-spin. | Rasesh Mandani reports that the SL tour will determine Gautam Gambhir’s & Ajit Agarkar’s futures. |

• 🇦🇺🇧🇩 AUS-BAN | Alex Malcolm with Jake Weatherald on needing to step up for AUS. | Mohammad Isam on Najmul Shanto as BAN’s ideal captain. |

• 🏏 THE ROUNDUP | 🔒 Will Macpherson with Gus Atkinson on ENG’s drinking culture. | Ali Martin watches Joe Root score for fun, and wonders if captaincy will burden him (again). | Paul Radley with Indian coach Lalchand Rajput in his adopted second home of Scotland. | SCO & NED complain about the new World Cup qualification rules, as AFG confirm their place. |

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The past, present and future of New Zealand

📺 A/V: The evolution of NZ.

• “The Evolution of New Zealand Cricket”
  🎤 The Last Wicket talks to statistician & historian Michael Wagener about the history of Kiwi cricket. [Apple/Spotify]

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LEGEND:

• 🚨 = Shameless plug (i.e. a BoC piece!)

• 🏆 = Tournament Cricket

• 🔒 = Behind a paywall

• 📊 = In-depth statistics

• 🤖 = AI-generated (take it with a pinch of salt)

• 🎤 = Podcast

• 📽️ = Video

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