SRH’s top order remains irresistible
Kishan slots into SRH’s devastating top order, ENG-W’s lack of evolution, & the Kohli-Shastri impact on IND
SRH’s top order remains irresistible
Kishan slots into SRH’s devastating top order, Noor Ahmed spins CSK to a win, & the evolution of the IPL captain.
SRH beat RR by 44 runs. ESPNcricinfo’s Karthik Krishnaswamy writes about SRH’s Ishan Kishan’s return to the spotlight, while Cricbuzz’s Roshan Gede looks at RR’s lack of yorkers (especially by the expensive Jofra Archer).
CSK beat MI by 4 wickets. ESPNcricinfo’s Alagappan Muthu praises CSK’s Noor Ahmed’s fast forward spin, while Indian Express’ Venkata Krishna B profiles MI’s latest unearthed prodigy, Vignesh Puthur.
Cricket.com’s Aakash Sivasubramaniam thinks Ruturaj Gaikwad needs to step out of the Dhoni’s shadow for CSK to claim an India place, while ESPNcricinfo’s Alagappan Muthu writes about the renewed Dhoni-Ashwin connection at CSK.
Cricbuzz’s Kaushik Rangarajan looks at how the role of the IPL captain has evolved, while Telford Vice asks if the IPL can revive Tristan Stubbs’ fortunes.
Hindustan Times’ Rasesh Mandani writes about the IPL’s ambitions for a 92-game season, LSG’s Mayank Yadav has another injury setback, & LSG have replaced Mohsin Khan with Shardul Thakur.
Wicked Cricket’s Rahul Singh looks at why KKR’s Varun Chakravarty was so expensive against RCB on Saturday, while ESPNcricinfo’s Karthik Krishnaswamy praises RCB’s Krunal Pandya for turning the innings with his spin.
England Women’s upheaval
Lewis & Knight sacked, ENG-W’s lack of evolution, & a £500m indoor Test venue.
English Women’s coach Jon Lewis and captain Heather Knight have left their posts after an abysmal T20 World Cup and Ashes in the last six months.
ESPNcricinfo’s Andrew Miller assesses Knight’s reign and England’s lack of evolution, while Vithushan Ehantharajah believes that Knight will continue to be needed as a leader in the English camp amidst this change.
The Times’ Simon Wilde reports that the ECB is planning to use their Hundred windfall to build a £500m indoor Test venue that could be used for international cricket year-round.
Why did Kuhnemann go through a public tar-and-feather?
Kuhnemann’s unnecessary public shaming, South Australia’s evolution, & Hasan Nawaz has PAK dreaming again.
Sydney Morning Herald’s Daniel Brettig writes that the Matt Kuhnemann saga should change the unnecessary public shaming of any suspect bowler and action.
ESPNcricinfo’s Alex Malcolm profiles South Australia’s revamp in fortunes from bottom-to-top ahead of the Sheffield Shield final, while Cricket Australia’s Adam Burnett talks to Greg Rowell and Gavin Fitness, who were on the sidelines when Queensland won it all in 1995.
ESPNcricinfo’s Osman Samiuddin holds hope for a Pakistani T20 evolution after Hasan Nawaz’s scored a blazing century against New Zealand last week.
Wisden’s Abhishek Mukherjee pens an ode to the South Africa side form the 1990s - an all-time great side that has been underrated with the passage of time.
How Kohli-Shastri changed India
The Kohli-Shastri impact on IND, an all-time IPL XI, & the history of cricket in Cambridge.
IWM’s Cyrus Broacha talks to former India fielding coach R Sridhar about how the Virat Kohli-Ravi Shastri axis changed the Men in Blue.
Good Areas’ Jarrod Kimber, Behram Qazi & Estelle Vasudevan put together an all-time IPL XI.
Test Match Special’s Daniel Norcross talks to ex-international Lydia Greenway and journalist Ffion Wynne about what happens next for England Women. [Apple Podcasts]
The Paddock and the Pavilion’s Stephen Wallis talks to Tony Watts about his new book covering the history of cricket at Cambridge. [Apple Podcasts]