State of Cricket Newsletter #9

By Cricket Huddle

December 25, 2022

This is the State of Cricket Newsletter, the daily email that gets you caught up with the best of Cricket that you can enjoy while sipping your favorite beverage. For us, it's always the good ol' chai☕

Oh & Merry Christmas you sleep-deprived fans 🎅🎄

Let's get right into it. Here's what we got for ya today.

  • Sip of News ♨️

  • Bite on the Best 🍪

  • What's Brewing Inside ☕

  • Today's Sipper of the Day 🥤

♨️Sip of News

Victory from the Jaws of Defeat 🎄

R Ashwin (42*) and Shreyas Iyer (29*) put on an unbeaten 71-run stand for the eighth wicket that helped India clinch victory against the odds after slipping to 74/7 in a chase of 145.

KL Rahul when asked about Kuldeep Yadav

If we had an Impact Player rule here like in the IPL, I would have loved to have Kuldeep in the second innings," he said. "It was a tough call [on the first morning], knowing and understanding that he had just won the Test for us. But seeing the pitch before the game and on the first day, we felt that there will be assistance for both fast bowlers and spinners. Keeping that in mind we wanted to play the best balanced team we can. And that's the call we made.

K L Rahul ( India Captain)

Shakib Al Hasan on Why Bangladesh lost

"We have to find out how better to concentrate for longer, and avoid making mistakes. Other teams don't give so many opportunities. We miss regulation chances. Our bowlers have to create 13-14 chances to take ten wickets. Other teams have to create nine chances to take ten wickets."

Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh Captain)
WTC Table after Ind vs Ban Series

There are 4 contenders for the WTC Final: Sri Lanka, South Africa, India, and Australia.

Sri Lanka needs to win the series in New Zealand.

South Africa needs at least 2 wins. Home: 2 Tests vs West Indies. Away: 2 Tests in Australia

India have 4 Tests against Australia - India need at least 1 Win and 2 Draws against Australia

Australia has 6 Tests remaining - Australia needs 1 Win and 2 Draws or 2 Wins from 6 Tests

The Unfolding of Pakistan Cricket - The New Committee starts chopping 🍿

The selection committee, headed by former skipper Shahid Afridi, stamped their authority on the very first day after being appointed by making the additions to the 16-man squad that was already announced three days ago. Mir Hamza, Sajid Khan, and Shahnawaz Dahani are the players added ahead of the series that commences on Monday.

🍪Bite on the Best

👀Podcast of the Day

A refreshing interview with Simon Katich by the guys whose Podcast we love | Link

📖 Reads of the Day

Why isn’t R Ashwin the vice-captain in Tests? | Link

🐦 Tweet of the Day

☕What's Brewing Inside our Huddle

Avinash Gaje, one of the Individual Directors of USA Cricket, has revealed that Houston, Lauderhill and San Francisco could be the likely cities to host T20 World Cup games in 2024. So if you are in one of the cities watch out for the space as there will be more to come.

🥤Sipper of the Day

6,2,0,0,4,4 by Ashwin and won it for India

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