The Guardian • cricket

• September 8, 2025
• THE GUARDIAN

Leg glance

The Indian Premier League (IPL) can be exasperating. The quiet diligence of test cricket, and even the relative soberness of the one-day games, are overcome...

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• September 8, 2025
• THE GUARDIAN

The Elegance of Smriti Mandhana

It was a surprise to me to learn that Smriti Mandhana, who opens the batting for India’s women’s cricket team and is the team captain,...

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• September 8, 2025
• THE GUARDIAN

Leg Glance – The Yorkers of Shamar Joseph

There are some balls that are unplayable. Ask Travis Head, one of Australia’s most reliable middle order batsmen. He had scored a duck in the...

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• September 8, 2025
• THE GUARDIAN

There is a reason why they call it a Test

Over forty-six days, the Indian cricket team toured England for a five test match series that resulted in a teeth-grinding 2-2 draw. By the end...

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• September 8, 2025
• THE GUARDIAN

Cricket is a South Asian sport

‘Cricket is an Indian sport,’ Ashish Nandy wrote in his The Tao of Cricket (1989), ‘that the English discovered by accident.’ In fact, Nandy could...

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