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The T20 Calendar Is Running Out of Weeks
Franchise competitions now occupy most of the cricketing year, and the overlaps are forcing players into choices that boards had hoped to avoid.
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Day-Night Tests Return to the Schedule in Greater Numbers
Boards are allocating more pink-ball fixtures as attendance data supports the format, though player concerns about the ball itself persist.
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The Death Over Economy: How T20 Bowlers Survive the Final Six
The last six overs of a T20 innings are where matches are won, lost and quietly decided by preparation. We look at the mechanics behind bowling at the death and why the best specialists are made, not born.
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The Sport I Cannot Explain to Anyone
Trying to describe Test cricket to someone who has never watched it is an exercise in sounding ridiculous. A defence of the format that takes the longest to justify and the least time to love.
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Spin in the Powerplay: Cricket's Most Counterintuitive Bet
Bowling spin with the field up and the ball hard was once considered reckless. It is now a deliberate strategy at the highest level, and the reasoning behind it is better than the tradition it replaced.