We preview the upcoming England v India Test series – that has had one of the most lukewarm build-ups in a time of Covid, The Olympics, and The Hundred.
It’s a time of bio-bubbles, quarantines, injuries, mental health and player rotation. And hopefully some memorable cricket too.
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Talking Points
- The new Covid normal in cricket’s landscape
- Separate teams for Tests and short-form cricket – the pros, the cons, and the economics
- The constant existential threat facing Test cricket
- How does one put a value to Test cricket?
- Monetizing stories, memory, and legacies
- Ben Stokes’ absence and implications for mental health in cricket
- India’s recent history in England – with their last win coming in 2007
- How 4-1 didn’t tell the story of the close series in 2018
- India’s fast bowling attack maturing over the last three years
- Bowling in England and New Zealand versus bowling elsewhere
- India’s selection quandary – in the light of the feeble lower order
- Mayank Agarwal v Prithvi Shaw
- The temptation to pick Shardul Thakur
- England’s thin top-order – and the wealth of seam bowling options
- Predictions
Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Ashoka (@ABVan)
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)
Related:
Ken Barrington’s demons – Gideon Haigh – The Cricket Monthly
‘I’ve found my love for the game in the last couple of years’ – Abhinav Mukund interview – 81allout podcast
‘It’s ok to take a break, it’s ok to speak up’ – Abhinav Mukund column – cricbuzz.com
‘It takes time to understand what makes you tick’ – Aakash Chopra interview – 81allout podcast
Test of time – Wright Thompson – ESPN
India have a tailender problem – Karthik Krishnaswamy – ESPNcricinfo
The art of Bedi – Suresh Menon about his biography of Bishan Bedi – 81allout podcast
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