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Chamari Athapaththu was not the best batter in Sri Lanka, she was their batting.
Estelle Vasudevan
Baby Malinga takes flight
This post is brought to you by Cricket8. We’ll be writing there throughout the IPL. Plus, there are podcasts and live watchalongs. True stats by Varun Alvakonda via Cricsheet. This boy is watching his bat burning. His mother, in a fit of rage to get her son to take
India
The IPL as a business
The IPL, as Lalit Modi imagined, was to be a marriage between Bollywood glitz and cricket - India’s two favourite money-spinners.
Men's cricket
The genius and chaos of Ambati Rayudu
Ambati Rayudu was a genius against the spinning ball, a rebel, frequently retired, overlooked, and a winner. With his talent he could’ve been a better cricketer, but few players have ever packed in as much as him.
T20s
The 'Rebel' League
To convince the players in the first place, Kerry Packer used Ian Chappell and Tony Greig to recruit his players. Three decades later, Tony Greig would be involved in another rebel cricket league.
Story
The birth of the IPL
When Martin Crowe invented Cricket Max, people laughed. But by 2007, things had changed.
Associate
The ghost cricket leagues of France
The Dreux Cricket Ground, in 2023, drew the attention of ghost-hunters of a different kind.
Analysis
The WPL scouting report
A phase-wise analysis of the best players in the WPL