State Of Cricket
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Does India-Pakistan cricket really have to be ‘war without the shooting’?
The political leadership of the two countries is often keen to propagate political ideology through cricket.
Rajeev Soneja
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Interview with Snehal Pradhan: ‘Next 12 months for women’s cricket really excite me’
An international cricketer turned sports writer, YouTuber and a commentator, Snehal Pradhan is now navigating the world of sports administration at ICC.
Samreen Razzaqui
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‘Let’s make cricket great again’: Shane Warne offers to help clean up Australia mess
The leg-spin icon said retired cricketers needed to play a bigger part in steering the sport.
AFP
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Salman Rushdie’s new memoir un-wounds the ‘knife’ of language
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Former captain Mark Taylor resigns from director’s post at Cricket Australia
Taylor stated that this decision was to let Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association start on a fresh page.
AFP
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Full text: ‘Let’s make Test cricket a spectacle,’ says Kevin Pietersen during MAK Pataudi lecture
‘It will only be by pushing the marketing dial to a maximum that we will see if the Test game has true potential.’
Scroll Staff
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Cricket corruption 'goes right to the top' in Sri Lanka, says Arjuna Ranatunga
The former captain was responding to the Al Jazeera sting on match-fixing in cricket.
AFP
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and the dangers of cricketers’ ever-increasing workload
Off-season has been replaced with ‘rest’ periods, mostly to recover from injuries and occasionally pre-empting a burn-out.
Vinayakk Mohanarangan
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The 2030 edition: A dummies’ guide to the MCC’s new fielding rules
Given how the 2017 decision was hailed as a stroke of genius, the MCC has now decided to bring about wholesale changes to the fielding conditions.
Ashish Magotra
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‘I didn’t want to walk out on the job’: Hollioake on playing in Afghanistan despite security threat
The Englishman, who is coaching Boost Defenders decided to stay on despite a suicide bomber detonating himself 100 meters away from the Kabul stadium.
AFP
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Joy of an underdog win: Bangladesh and West Indies showed why Test cricket is worth saving
England and Australia lost within few hours of each other to inject a new lease of life into Test cricket.
Garfield Robinson
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Sri Lankan government calls for investigation into cricket team’s woeful run
The sports minister is inviting former administrators, players, sports experts and journalists to brainstorm ideas about how to revive the game.
AFP
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Money and futility: Everyone knows Test cricket is dying but few will step forward to save it
The ICC mooted the idea of a World Test Championship in 2008. Nine years later, we’re still discussing how to save the oldest format of the game.
Prem Panicker
The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go