State of Cricket Newsletter #44

By Cricket Huddle

February 03, 2023

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Washington and Sai Kishore are among 4 spinners included as India's net bowlers

The national selectors have added four net bowlers to the Indian squad for the first Test against Australia, and not so surprisingly, all four are spinners. Saurabh Kumar, a 29-year-old left-arm spinner from Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Chahar, a 23-year-old leg-spinner from Rajasthan, and R Sai Kishore (26), another left-arm spinner who plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in the IPL, has joined the squad.

Yasir Arafat to be Pakistan's new bowling coach

Mickey Arthur, who is in line to become the team director of the Pakistan men's national team, has reached out to Yasir Arafat, the former fast bowler, for the role of bowling coach. It is understood that the PCB wants three separate coaches - for batting, bowling, and fielding - to work with Arthur after he comes on board.

BCB extends Allan Donald's contract till the 2023 World Cup

Bangladesh pace bowling coach Allan Donald will now be available until the upcoming 2023 ODI World Cup in India in October-November, Bangladesh Cricket Board. Donald was earlier appointed as the pace bowling coach of Bangladesh in March of last year and the contract was until the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. Later, BCB extended his contract till the home series against India.

Around 1,000 Cricketers Signup for Upcoming Women’s Premier League Auction

Around 1,000 cricketers have signed up for the auction but only 100-120 will end up getting teams as there are only five teams participating in the inaugural edition. Back in 2022, 1,214 had signed up for the mega auction ahead of the 2022 edition of the IPL and it was pruned to 600. Out of the 600, 278 players were taken by the ten teams which participated in the two-day mega auction.

The 'Ashwin impersonator' gets Australia's prep off the mark

Steve Smith had played scant attention to what was transpiring in the net next to him till then. He'd stuck to his customarily single-minded approach of getting his head and hands around the challenge ahead of him, alongside the constant and incessant banter with his tag-team partner Marnus Labuschagne, who was literally tagging with him in the same net.

Butler - It is frustrating when players choose T20 franchises over England

England will field a weakened team against Bangladesh with a number of players choosing to play in the PSL instead. Buttler is without a raft of players for the tour which sees England play three ODIs and then three T20s and is vital preparation for the 50-over World Cup in India later in the year. The ODI leg, which begins on March 1, clashes with the Test tour of New Zealand, while the whole trip clashes with the Pakistan Super League.

How Kohli and Pujara’s issues against spin can be exploited by Australia

In the absence of Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer, the top order’s troubles against spinners raise concerns about India’s batting on home turners

Look Back at Classics of Border Gavaskar Trophy

Dramatic, unpredictable, controversial - for over two decades now, the Border-Gavaskar trophy has been one of cricket's great rivalries. Here are the Classics from Border Gavaskar Trophy.

MLC player draft on March 9 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston

With the inaugural season slated to begin this July, the USA's Major League Cricket franchise T20 tournament will have a player draft on March 9, which will take place at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Corey Anderson, Sami Aslam, Dane Piedt, Liam Plunkett and Unmukt Chand could feature in the tournament as local players

Australia Preparations in Full Swing
Ravi Ashwin definitely is the center of attraction today
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