World Cricket
The Transfer Ledger: In the BPL, Squads Are Built by the NOC and the Visa Clock, Not the Fee
The Auction Price Is Set by the Workload Sheet, Not the World Cup Highlight: Reading Jeddah's Rs 27 Crore
From Rawalpindi to 2026: Bangladesh's Unfinished Innings
The Quiet Ledger of Dot Balls: How the Middle-Overs Trap Rewrites a Match
The Auction Paddle and the Open Parenthesis: What the Transfer Window Settles Off Camera
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2026-09-17Thailand Women91/4 (11 ov)Pakistan Women92/7 (10.4 ov)Pakistan won by 3 wickets
2026-09-17South Africa Women205/4 (20 ov)Zimbabwe Women125/5 (20 ov)South Africa won by 80 runs
2026-09-17Kenya216/5 (20 ov)Botswana152/3 (20 ov)Kenya won by 64 runs
2026-09-17Uganda188/2 (20 ov)Rwanda116/9 (20 ov)Uganda won by 72 runs
2026-09-17United Arab Emirates216/3 (20 ov)Malaysia157/5 (20 ov)United Arab Emirates won by 59 runs
2026-09-17Sri Lanka145/9 (20 ov)England146/4 (12.1 ov)England won by 6 wickets
The Transfer Ledger: In the BPL, Squads Are Built by the NOC and the Visa Clock, Not the FeeLet me begin with the scene, because for the reader the scene is the evidence...
The Auction Price Is Set by the Workload Sheet, Not the World Cup Highlight: Reading Jeddah's Rs 27 CroreI was watching the Jeddah auction stream from my Mumbai flat, the tea long...
The Chattogram Age-Group Ledger: Three Columns Nobody Writes Between Under-18 and First-ClassLast month, in the old scoreboard room at MA Aziz Stadium, I was leafing...
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The Silent Block at Mirpur: Ring-Field Geometry, the Spin Wall, and Morocco's Lesson for CricketThe Silent Block at Mirpur: Ring-Field Geometry, the Spin Wall, and Morocco's...
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The Auction Paddle and the Open Parenthesis: What the Transfer Window Settles Off CameraJeddah auction floor, 24 November 2026. The marquee set on day one. I was...
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The Half-Space Gap and the Death-Over Clock: Hunting Cricket's Hidden LeverageThe Half-Space Gap and the Death-Over Clock: Hunting Cricket's Hidden Leverag...
Time Written on a Ledger: Domestic Cricket’s Unrecorded Overs and the Promise of BlockchainSecond session, third day of the National Cricket League at Rajshahi’s Shahee...
The Congested World Cup: Where Stars Break and Depth WinsFebruary 4, 2026. Forty plastic chairs on a Khulna rooftop, seventy people...
Bangladesh Doesn't Lose in the Last Over — It Loses in the Silent Corridor of Overs 7 to 12I have not sat down to talk about the last ball. The last ball is the closing...
The Third-Half Ledger: The T20 World Cup Is Decided in the Rehab Room, Not the PowerplayNovember 2026, Delhi. After my left ACL tore, every morning began with an ice...
Blockchain Ball, Transparent Cricket: A New Technological Frontier Against Match FixingThe gallery at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium was noisy, but I was watching the...
Not the Powerplay, but Overs 8 to 15: Bangladesh's T20 Batting Is Being Diagnosed in the Wrong PlaceHook Arnos Vale, Kingstown, 24 June 2026. Afghanistan post 115/5 from 20 over...
The Archaeology of Age-Group Cricket: Where the Auctioneer's Gavel Rings Louder Than the ScorebookLate November, Jeddah. The gavel came down on a thirteen-year-old. A...
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The Beat Outside the Replay: Dubai's Final, New Zealand's First T20 World Cup and the Invisible Layer of Women's CricketHook The tunnel at Dubai International Stadium is long, slightly curved and...
The Price of an NOC: What Cricket's Transfer Window Actually BuysI opened the PDF at 4:12 pm Sydney time. Eleven pages, plus an appendix. Page...
Not the Auction Hammer: The Release List Is the Real Market24 November 2026. At the auction stage in Jeddah, the sound of the hammer...
30 off 30 in Bridgetown: The Shape India Drew Before the Ball Ever MovedOn the fourth ball of the 15th over, when Heinrich Klaasen pulled Axar Patel...
The London Ledger Opens the File: How Blockchain Is Rewriting Cricket's Transfer ReceiptsThe Evening Three Papers Landed on My Table On an evening in Camden, three...