There is a common Urdu saying in cricket, ‘pace IS pace, yaar.’ Which roughly translates to ‘pace is pace, buddy.’ But what has happened to this pace? Fast bowling is probably the most exciting aspect of the game, it glues viewers to the TV screens, it brings fans to the stadiums, it instils fear into …
Lee Booth is a cricket aficionado, a sports coach, development specialist and the head of delivery at Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB), a development organisation that uses cricket as a tool to assist communities. With access to countries where cricket isn’t well known, CWB has worked on ending FGM, developing gender equality and more. We chatted …
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Lautaro Musiani is a cricket player in Argentina. He currently represents his nation as a batting all-rounder. In this exclusive, we sat down with him to talk about his career, the struggle for players of associate nations and the organic growth amongst locals. Zushan Hashmi: How are you keeping yourself busy amid the lockdown? Lautaro …
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To paraphrase the eminent American poet, Robert Frost, great cricketers do not great commentators make. Not usually anyway. As easy on the eye as any batsman, David Gower rated himself a raconteur but had a commentating style that grated, to my ears at least. His erstwhile Sky UK comms partner Ian Botham was the ultimate …
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It’s National Reconciliation Week here in Australia. Over the course of this week, we celebrate Indigenous history and culture in Australia. At Sportageous, we wanted to share some stories of five Aboriginal cricketers on both the men’s and women’s side of the game. Not only were these players influential in the sport, but they have …
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Vusumuzi T Sithole is a 27-year-old cricket coach from Zimbabwe, with a passion and love for the game. We caught up with him to talk about his career and aspirations alongside the current state of Zimbabwe cricket. Zushan Hashmi: Could you give us a brief introduction of yourself? Vusumuzi T Sithole: My name is Vusumuzi …
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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has ravaged the world, halting mass gatherings, shutting down schools and quarantining millions of people in their homes. From a sporting perspective, this also means that there are no live sports until further notice, due to COVID-19 and people are understandably worried as to how they will get their sporting fixes. We …
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Madan Rajagopal is the founder of Ludimos, an online cricket coaching platform. With a background in Artificial Intelligence and more than 6 years working as a scientist, learning and applying advanced machine learning and AI to solve real-world practical problems, Madan shifted his focus to helping star-ups gain an advantage using cutting-edge technologies. In 2018, …
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Shehzar Mohammad may not be known in the same light as his cricketing family, but his work off the cricket pitch in getting Pakistan cricketers into top shape, such as Sarfaraz Ahmed, Asad Shafiq and Azam Khan, is making the rounds across social media. There are many sporting families around the world, one such being …
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Every cricketer dreams of playing for their country, and that dream has come true for Haris Rauf. He has earned himself a well-deserved call up to the Pakistani national squad for the T20 series against Bangladesh. He will be quite lucky to make his debut if given the opportunity to play in front of a …
