Anya Shrubsole, fed up of trying to get anything out of a turgid Taunton track, instead asks the ball for a miracle. Image: Harrias, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
News of a used pitch for a women’s Test - again - was rightly met with anger in England. But their opponents India cannot even aspire to frustration. We speak to the experts to find out why the world’s biggest cricket board sidelines its women.
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R Ashwin the cricket nerd. R Ashwin the Youtuber. R Ashwin the all-rounder…all are in danger of obscuring R Ashwin the taker of Test wickets, and in particular the taker of Test five-fors.
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A grown-up and now successful actor Irrfan Khan (RIP) playing the sport he was unable to pursue beyond youth level due to lack of funds. How many hundreds of millions of others must have faced the same choice? [Photo credit: Irrfan Khan]
The sadly late actor Irrfan Khan was forced to end a promising cricketing career through lack of funds. While we reflect on his legacy, let’s also reflect on the millions who worked, scrapped and sacrificed to make it in cricket but for any number of reasons, including just the sheer numbers game, didn’t.
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We’ve got used to seeing one side of Chepauk empty - what happens when it’s every stand of every ground in the country? (Photo credit: Sportskeeda)
We now know that IPL 2020 will postponed, and if and when it starts it may be played behind closed doors. In anticipation of that, here are five VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT QUESTIONS that demand VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT ANSWERS.
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Shikhar Dhawan, Joe Root and Marcus Stoinis - just 3 fine cricketers who might star in a 2nd XI T20 World Cup. (Image credits (L-R): Press Association, The Telegraph, Omnisport)
The strength in depth of world T20 cricket has never been greater - so if freak circumstances aligned to force every team in this autumn’s men’s T20 World Cup to go without their first-choice XI, who would cope best?
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R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja combined to devastating effect in Visakhapatnam - but are they really only effective on turning tracks in Asia? (Image: Reuters)
India’s spin twins R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are both record-breakers. But they are frequently painted as ineffective away from the dustbowls of Asia - is this characterisation fair, or even accurate?
Read MoreRohit Sharma will find it even harder to make the transition to opening in Test cricket than Jason Roy did. Here’s why.
Read MoreComing to you live from a hotel room in Wellington! Oh, the glamour. PS - GuerillaCricket.com, 12:50am GMT. Do it!
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Booing Moeen Ali?! You should thank your lucky stars for him.
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