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Women’s domestic cricket in India: If Rs 2 crore is peanuts, what’s Rs 30,000?
India’s female domestic cricketers play for the love of cricket, but the sport doesn’t love them back and money is a challenge.
Ismail and Kapp: Sharpshooters in a South African quiver
The thrill of a pressure situation, some RnB music to get her pumped up, and a ritual match-eve phone call with mum who’s reminded her how well she must bowl. Shabnim Ismail is set. You wouldn’t guess it looking at her slight frame, but when she sends down the new ball for South Africa with… Continue reading Ismail and Kapp: Sharpshooters in a South African quiver
Taylor and Aguilleira shape a vision for the future
West Indies Women stalwarts Stafanie Taylor & Merissa Aguilleira have two very different personalities, but share a vision for the future.
Devika Vaidya – her attitude is her strength
Tracing Devika Vaidya’s journey from the grounds of Pune to the top levels of Indian women’s cricket.
Deepti Sharma eyes long road ahead
A prodigious cricket talent who’s a match-winner in her teens, slightly built, soft-spoken, sporting a warm smile and a complete lack of pretence – this could describe half the Indian Women’s team. The latest in that group to mark herself out as one for the future is jersey No. 6, Deepti Sharma. A 19-year-old allrounder… Continue reading Deepti Sharma eyes long road ahead
Moseley, the rebel who wishes he had stopped playing earlier
Ezra Moseley, banned for playing on a rebel tour to apartheid-era South Africa, serves up a curveball when he talks about regrets.
The decisive moment: Snapshot of the Tied Test
The story behind the iconic photograph of the final wicket of the Tied Test in Chennai and its photographer, Mala Mukerjee.
An Irish blend that smells like team spirit
The Ireland women’s cricket team at the T20 World Cup 2016 has four teenagers and five people over the age of 30. How do they bridge the gap?
Interview: Clare Connor builds a new normal
Clare Connor on the Women’s Cricket Super League and changing the sport for the next generation of female players.