State of Cricket Newsletter #46

By Cricket Huddle

February 07, 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. For us, it's always the good ol' chai☕.
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Aaron Finch brings curtains down on Australia's career with T20I retirement

Aaron Finch has announced his retirement from T20Is, bringing the curtains down on his Australia career spanning 12 years. The Australia captain had earlier retired from ODI cricket in September last year. Mitch Marsh is in the frame to succeed Aaron Finch as T20 captain.

Why Ben Stokes is impossible to replace in ODI cricket

England has won just two of their seven completed ODIs since Ben Stokes’ sudden retirement from the format. He is a multi-dimensional player more than capable of adapting his approach depending on the situation and when he gets going, he is an elite hitter.

The Minesweeper to Australia’s chances

Facing Axar is just like trying your luck out at Minesweeper, it will take time to excel it but till then, take your shot and try your luck!

Kohli, Rohit, and Co. sweep in the nets as India look to dominate

Shubman Gill, while he played a clutch of sweeps and reverse sweeps, was keener on honing his defensive bearings. Cheteshwar Pujara, too, barely swept but intensely drove the spinners.

Trouble in USA Cricket Again

In its latest legal spat, USA Cricket has been served fresh lawsuits by former captain Sushil Nadkarni and Ajay Jhamb. The plaintiffs filed the litigation against the members of the Nomination and Governance Committee (NGC) of the Board - Vince Adams, Nisarg Patel, Sara Farooq and Jim Isch - after the committee decided to disqualify Nadkarni and Jhamb from standing for the player director and league director posts respectively.

TWEET - Mind games or pragmatism
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