TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

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It's not the ICC Official Teams of the Year, but chances are the Cricinfo teams would be similar to those teams:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/team ... it-1516937

[am Bays]

So much for CLR James' famous quote. "Cricket speaks in languages beyond that of politics"

https://open.substack.com/pub/cricketet ... dium=email

*sigh*

[The Dark Knight]

So much for CLR James' famous quote. "Cricket speaks in languages beyond that of politics"

https://open.substack.com/pub/cricketet ... dium=email

*sigh*

I've been keeping track of and reading about this via Cricinfo and to a lesser extent Wisden and I'm sure it'll be a big topic of discussion for the cricket people and podcasts I listen to this week/once the Sydney Test is finished.

[Brodlach]

What’s happened to the South African Test matches at this time of the year?

[Jim05]

What’s happened to the South African Test matches at this time of the year?

They could only attract about 10 people to games so they play their T20 comp now with all their stars

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A first-class record which has stood since 1794 (not 1974, but 1794) has been broken in Pakistan:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/paki ... et-1519850

[DOC]

Marcus North set to become an England selector.

Too many cooks?

North will join head coach Brendon McCullum, director of cricket Rob Key and the Test and limited overs captains – Stokes and Harry Brook – in selecting England squads, with some input on the final XI for matches. Performance director Ed Barney and head of player identification David Court are also involved in selection.