State of Cricket Newsletter #34

By Cricket Huddle

January 20, 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 today.

🍵 Sips of the Day

Who Said What 💬

“People have been pointing fingers at T20 cricket, but every country is playing T20 cricket. It’s not just one or two that are playing. I mean England play more than anyone else and look at the Test cricket they’re playing at the moment. So it can obviously have a really good, positive effect on Test cricket as well.” Watching Australia’s dominating 2-0 Test series victory over South Africa was the first time he feared for the future of Test cricket

Ricky Ponting about Future of Test Cricket
Interview🎙️
Jaydev Unadkat - I want to contribute to India's success, not just be happy I've made a comeback
The long-serving Saurashtra seamer talks about playing his second Test a dozen years after his first. I am that much more eager to be a part of the setup now. Obviously [in 2010] that was a time when I was at the initial stage of my career. I was young, I was raw. The skills are always there, but the fact that I know a lot more about cricket in general now, that's why there was that much more eagerness to again be a part of the set-up. And to prove that it wasn't just a one-off. The journey has started again. | Read
New Rules 🚥
BCCI set to allow five overseas players in Women's IPL
The prize money for the league will be INR 10 crore for the players and then for the teams, it will be INR 6 crore for the winning side and INR 3 crore for the runners-up. The third-placed team will earn INR 1 crore. The BCCI said, "100 percent of player prize money is to be distributed amongst the players only. If that's the case this is a great start for WIPL | Read
Coach's Take 🧢
Chris Silverwood on Coaching philosophy, fast bowling, and Test cricket
The fact is, if you want to bowl fast, there’s always got to be the passion and the desire to bowl fast. Those guys will always find a way to do it. Yes, you have got to have attributes. It always helps if you are tall, and have long levers and fast-twitch fibers. You can teach the shape of a fast bowler, but they have got to want to do it as well. It’s got to be there inside. In this chat, Chris Silverwood reflects on his journey as a coach, on fast bowling, and plenty of things cricket. | Read
Video 🎦
Ashwin Says it Best - Build Up to the Home World Cup |
Tweet 🐦
Women's IPL already has bidders

One Last Thing 🏝️

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Sipper of the Day 🥤

Chris Silverwood definitely loves his tea with Cricket. He becomes our Sipper today
That's a wrap. Stay thirsty you romantics and nerds and see you tomorrow.

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