The monumental MCG
The monumental MCG, why drop Verma & Reddy, & The BGT is promoting Test love.
Testing our love for Tests
The BGT is promoting Test love, Head and Konstas make the cut, & Cummins says there’s no pressure on the teenager.
Times of India’s Partha Bhaduri writes that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is giving the five-day game its time in the sun.
Travis Head & Sam Konstas make Australia’s XI for the MCG Test. Cricket.com’s Dhanush Lavanya has a statistical analysis of past games at the MCG.
Pat Cummins eased the pressure on Konstas, likening it to his own teenage debut where the pressure is on the selectors and the seniors because “they’re the idiots that picked an 18-year old.”
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Ending the year in style
IND-W thrash WI (again), James is fighting a lone battle, & the IND-W team for the U19 WC.
India Women beat West Indies by 115 runs to win their ODI series 2-0. ESPNcricinfo’s Deep Gadhia has the stats from another record-breaking game for India.
Sportstar’s Lavanya Lakshminarayanan sympathises with West Indies’ Zaida James, who’s been their one bright spot in these ODI thrashings.
India have announced their U-19 Women’s squad for the World Cup, and it is almost identical to the team that won the Asia Cup this month.
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The seismic impact of dropping Shafali Verma
Why drop Verma & Reddy, IND-W’s answer to their opener problem, & why PAK can’t win Tests in SA.
Cricket.com’s Aakash Sivasubramaniam & Gaurav Nandan Tripathi talk to Women’s coach Biju George to dissect India’s decision to drop Shafali Verma and Arundhati Reddy for the West Indies series. [Hint: he has no idea why it’s justifiable either]
Sportstar’s Shayan Acharya profiles Pratika Rawal’s rise to the India team, as the 24-year old has ably handled the opener conundrum alongside Smriti Mandhana.
ESPNcricinfo’s Firdose Moonda writes about Corbin Bosch, his father Tertius, and a full circle moment for the South Africa family.
ESPNcricinfo’s Danyal Rasool talks to Mickey Arthur & Mushtaq Ahmed to figure out why Pakistan just can’t seem to win Tests in South Africa.
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The monumental MCG
The monumental MCG, & Kimber and Conn talk concussions.
Good Areas’ Jarrod Kimber talks about the monumental and historic Melbourne Cricket Ground, as he looks back at how it shaped his love for cricket as a child.
🚨SHAMELESS PLUG🚨: Good Areas’ Jarrod Kimber talks to Malcolm Conn about cricket and concussions, based off a story Conn did for Best of Cricket.
Really good, that article in Times of India. Still not sold on the four day Test... unless maybe a reserve day is provided for rain, although I understand that would be difficult in regards to stadium bookings:)