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The Cricket Daily

The longer reads

The stories and arguments behind the game, written to last.

The Pitch

A series · 9 parts

The most important object in cricket, explained from the soil up — what it is, how it's made, and how it decides Test matches.

  1. 01What a Pitch Actually Is
  2. 02The Science of Soil
  3. 03How a Pitch Is Made
  4. 04A Field Guide to Pitch Types
  5. 05Why Every Country Plays Differently
  6. 06The Five-Day Life of a Pitch
  7. 07Reading the Pitch, and the Toss
  8. 08How the Pitch Decides the Match
  9. 09Ratings, Doctoring and Famous Pitches

The Pathway

A series · 5 parts

How a cricketer is actually made in India — from a taped tennis ball to a Test cap.

  1. 01How India Picks Its Playing XIsoon
  2. 02The Age-Group Laddersoon
  3. 03The IPL Acceleratorsoon
  4. 04The Outliers Who Skipped the Queuesoon
  5. 05How to Fix the Pipelinesoon