Nakul Pande

INTERNAL. TESTICULAR. BLEEDING.

#T20WorldCup

The India history keeps coming with Team USA. Harmeet Singh shone in the 2012 U19 World Cup (wickets in the quarters and semis, ran out Travis Head in the final), but he and Saurabh Netravalkar both played for India at the one before that in 2010.

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For all the West Indies had done in the #T20WorldCup, they’d never taken a hat-trick - now they have!

Romario Shepherd joins Brett Lee, Ekta Bisht, Anya Shrubsole, Curtis Campher, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kagiso Rabada, Karthik Meiyappan, Josh Little, Pat Cummins (twice) & Chris Jordan on the list.

Oliver Davidson’s last bowl in a ‘live’ game was in a club game for Carlton in Edinburgh. That was in August - now he’s bowled his first over for his country, in a #T20WorldCup, at Eden Gardens.

Despite its best efforts to get in its own way, cricket can be great.

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Bloody hell, the Scots have been busy!
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Pakistan to boycott T20 World Cup group match against India The Pakistan government made the announcement on X but did not specify a reason for the decision

www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakist...

Uhh…

I sure hope so. Above all I hope Moeen is happy there.

Given everything that’s happened with Yorkshire, and given everything Moeen is and represents…I’m not sure how to feel about this.

One thing there’s no doubt on is Bangladesh’s fans make every tournament a brighter & more engaging spectacle, and they’ll be missed. Wonder who they’ll adopt for this one?

Gotta be weird for Scotland too, getting Denmark 92-d in at the shortest possible notice.

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ICC replaces Bangladesh with Scotland at T20 World Cup due to BCB refusal to play in India Decision comes after Bangladesh refused to change its stance following ICC board meeting

www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-re...

So it’s done. It’s quite something that the Bangladesh government wouldn’t permit the BCB to back down even with a #T20WorldCup spot at stake.

The ICC talk about not wanting to set a precedent or undermine their neutrality, but…that ship’s sailed, no?

3 tons & 6 fifties in his last 20 ODI innings. Through the 2023 Asia Cup to the start of the World Cup, he scored 100 & two 90s in just over a month.

He's also scored 3 consecutive ducks and 3 ducks in 5, in 2 separate blocks, 5 years apart. The baffling career of Kusal Mendis.

Meanwhile, the ICC press release ignores all of this reality and says that the tournament ‘will proceed as scheduled with Bangladesh’s matches to be played in India.’

There’s no mention of the possible expulsion of Bangladesh or their replacement by Scotland.

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ICC to replace Bangladesh at T20 World Cup if they don't travel to India BCB has been given one more day to change its stance on the issue

www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-to...

Don’t ever tell me that sport isn’t political. That isn’t a comment on the rights and wrongs of Bangladesh’s situation, which is complex to say the least - it’s an acknowledgement of reality.

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Pakistan TV break 232-year-old record for lowest total defended in first-class cricket PTV defended a target of 40 against SNGPL in the President's Trophy

!!!

www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakist...

Live updates - Players boycott matches as crisis in Bangladesh cricket deepens Things are simmering in Bangladesh cricket. This is the place to get all the details as they happen

Not content with an entirely legitimate battle against the BCCI a few weeks out from the #T20WorldCup, Bangladesh cricket has opened up a new front - against itself. Popcorn at the ready, folks!

www.espncricinfo.com/live-blog/li...

England’s T20 World Cup plans hit by Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed visa delays England have had a setback in their preparations for the T20 World Cup next month with the Indian government yet to issue visas to the spinners Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

This now happens almost every time a player of Pakistani descent, whoever they’re playing for, comes to India. World Cup or bilateral series, it doesn’t seem to matter. It shouldn’t be like this.

Arsenal fans show their support for Kyra Cooney-Cross’ mum Jess ahead of their game against Manchester United ❤️

@boodlepim.bsky.social 📹

Expecting a warm reception at the Emirates for Renee Slegers given her new contract, and maybe an even bigger one for Smilla Holmberg if she gets on. There’s going to be a desire to show she really is welcome after the disgusting comments left on her signing video, a ‘not in our name’
spirit.

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Former Nadeshiko Japan midfielder Marumi Yamazaki, who retired in 2023 after a career spent mostly in the Nadeshiko League with Urawa, Niigata, Nagano and Chiba (along with a short WEL stint at Omiya) has come out as a trans man and announced his marriage.

h/t @rbyryo.bsky.social

Editing for video also means you can’t properly edit for audio without making the video horribly jumpy, or using a lot of irrelevant B-roll. So you end up with every um and erm and weird distracting mouth noise still in the finished product.

The longest Test innings where @acscricket.bsky.social know for certain balls faced is Len Hutton’s then-world record 364 at the Oval in the 1938 Ashes. He faced 847 balls.

The entire Boxing Day Test lasted 853 balls.

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#MensAshes

MCG pitch would unleash 'hell' elsewhere in the world - Ben Stokes England captain says his feedback to match referee "won't be the best" after tourists seal victory in two days

www.espncricinfo.com/story/ashes-...

It’s not even a question, we know exactly how pitches this lively are treated in other parts of the world. Stokes is right to call it out, and especially given he’s on the winning side so there’s no question of sour grapes.

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Why is Jacob Bethell wearing his budgy smugglers OVER his under armour, like Superman going to a yoga class?

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Did Steve Smith just…miss a straight ball?

Tongue, by the way, seems to like bowling at Smith. He’s got him out 3 times in 3 Test innings, at an average of 11.7 - no bowler who’s bowled as many balls at him has a better average.

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It is absolutely baffling that Brydon Carse is the second highest-wicket taker in the series. Other than the first innings at Perth, it’s hard to remember him bowling a single good spell.

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Ollie Pope’s position was untenable, but batting 3 and taking no form into the Boxing Day Test at 3-0 down is a tough gig for Jacob Bethell.

With Jofra Archer now injured, the pace attack now looks…it’s too quick to be popgun, but it doesn’t scream reliable or consistent.

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Questions of accuracy arise as Washington Post uses AI to create personalized podcasts The Post calls the podcast an "AI-powered tool" that turns its articles into an audio news digest.

I'm old enough to remember when the Post launched its first podcast, which was just a person — an actual human, not a bot — reading one of the stories in that day's paper. That person was me.

www.npr.org/2025/12/13/n...

News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Absolutely wild stat out of Mount Maunganui.

First class cricket has been played for 253 years. In that time, no opening pair had ever both scored hundreds in both innings.

Tom Latham and Devon Conway just did.

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Ben Stokes has produced some of the most astonishing cricket you’ll ever see.

But his overall, everyday batting is sorely lacking middle gears. If he had even a bit of Root or Smith’s ability to knock good balls into gaps and get singles…but instead, it’s grim stonewalling or furious destruction.