State of Cricket Newsletter #29

By Cricket Huddle

January 15, 2023

GM Romantics and Nerds. This is the State of Cricket Newsletter🥤, the daily email that gets you caught up with Best of Cricket while you sip on your favorite beverage. Rain or shine. For us, it's always the good ol' chai☕
Let's get right into it. Here's what we got for ya today.

  • The Ultimate Brews - Best of Cricket 🍵

  • Hot of the Pot - News ♨️

  • Sipper of the Day 🥤

🍵 Brews - Best of Cricket

Feature 🖋️
Mohammed Siraj emerges from Bumrah-Shami shadow

A packed season awaits him—provided he is fit, he will feature in all four Tests against Australia, the full IPL, and the ODIs in the prelude to the World Cup. His workload should be carefully monitored and managed lest he fatigues or injures himself.

Quote 🗣️

Ash is Smartest Cricketer in Town. Period.

"My suggestion - or rather my opinion - for the World Cup is to look at what venues we are playing in, and at what times. Why shouldn't we start matches at 11.30am during the World Cup?" People will bring up television viewers and broadcasters, and say that people won't latch on and watch at that time, but would they not latch on to World Cup matches?" he asked. "The recent T20 World Cup was also held in winter, prioritising the summer [for Australia's home bilateral season]. It wasn't the ideal scenario - T20 is a fast-paced game, how can you play it in winter? People will say that's not the case in Australia, but still, we need to prioritise World Cups.

Ravi Ashwin believes starting games at 1130 would lead to fairer contests.
Interview 🎤
Murali Vijay wants to go abroad for his Cricket

'I'm done with BCCI... It's a taboo over 30. People treat us as 80-year-olds': Vijay aims for 'opportunities abroad'. | Read

Tweet | 🐦

SA20 making waves

Opinion 🖋️
Babar Azam must be protected from those who should be protecting him

Malicious journalists and inept boards risk destroying the country’s greatest-ever son. | Read

Feature 🖋️
Kohli is on Daddy 100 mode

The habit seems to be back as he bought up his 46th ODI century and 74th in International cricket as he scored 166 in 110 balls. A Crazy stat for you he loves Jan 15.

Jan 15, 2017 - 122(102) vs Eng (ODI)

Jan 15, 2018 - 153(217) vs SA (Test)

Jan 15, 2019 - 104(112) vs Aus (ODI)

Jan 15,2023 - 166(110)* vs SL (ODI)

♨️ Hot of the Pot | News

South Africa set to name Shukri Conrad, Rob Walter as head coaches

CSA introduces a split coaching team for red- and white-ball formats.I wonder how many more teams will follow split coaching. It’s just England and South Africa at the moment, but I can definitely see quite a few more going in that direction. | Read

Pant will be out for rest of 2023

He has torn three key ligaments in his knee, two of which were reconstructed recently while surgery on the third is expected after six weeks

Ravindra Jadeja to resume playing, set to feature in Ranji Trophy

Jadeja is winding up his rehab and was named by the selectors in the 17-man Test squad for the first half of four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Sipper of the Day 🥤

Mohammed Siraj wins it this time with his ad for the Toofani Thunder.

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