Buildings, the public ones, are erected to serve specific purposes. Tests, ODIs and T20s will be better “connected” and thus “every game counts for something more than just itself” – tortuous stuff.The danger, in fact, is that games towards the end of a Super Series could become even more meaningless. Sure enough, by yesterday there was the possibility of some spells of dark but unbursting cloud.

For more stories/videos from ‘Tokyo 2020, The Olympic Fortnight’ series by NewsclickCricket, admittedly, has grown since Paris 1900 — from two nations, we have 20-odd playing, give or take a few (sarcasm intended). It was around the time the game’s economy began its journey towards the multi-billion dollar enterprise it is now, powered mostly by the Indian subcontinent. Read more sports stories from Newsclick. Tokyo 2020, The Olympic Fortnight (Series): Cricket at the Olympics is a distant dream, or, to be accurate, a dream only for fans of the sport itself. Subscribe to NewsClick's Telegram channel & get Real-Time updates on stories, as they get published on our website. Cricket, the 50-over format, was included in the programme for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) for the first time. Tom Chance's life is plagued by coincidences. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind. 51 crore to the PM Cares fund. The misadventures of club owner Brian Potter who is determined to make The Phoenix Club the best working men's club in Greater Manchester. Outside Edge (TV Series 1994–1996) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He showed us a picture of him with Tendulkar — his trophy from the Games — but not the silver medal he had won. A team from Great Britain wins gold, beating a side from France in a nail biting two-day match. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.As England and Sri Lanka commenced battle at Headingley Carnegie, at stake was much more than first blood on the first day of a hard-fought test match – on offer was the prospect of four precious points. Of course, India, led by Ajay Jadeja, with superstar Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and a young Harbhajan Singh in the roster, had some talent in the squad. Yet I can’t help but feel that boiling down matches to a matter of points on a tally sheet has the potential to undermine the thrill of cricket for cricket’s sake, rather than maximise it.Nottinghamshire lost not only Stuart Broad for this week’s championship match against Warwickshire but also Jake Ball, whose terrific start to the season had led to an England call-up. Starring Tim Spall, Robert Daws, Brenda Blethyn and Josie Lawrence. Many others presented the frivolous case that a sportsperson’s scope to stand up for what is right should be confined to his area of expertise — the playing field and related matters.

Or maybe, the real reason is we are a team of old grumps, happily ignoring solid evidence that the surreal and virtual have become the new reality. The larger cause of the global development of the game is not exactly a top agenda for the big boys either.

I've never been fond of cricket, so I was tempted to give 'Outside Edge' a miss. Needless to say, our cricket stars, and the Boards, had other ideas and priorities in mind. Two soldiers return home to Edinburgh to resume their romantic and family lives. Surreal, no doubt! Of course, the Board might feel entitled in the same way the privileged middle and upper class city dwellers felt after clanging their plates or lighting candles, 'contributing' to the cause against Covid-19. The director of English cricket has been talking up a new points system for the game Information. Stadiums see action round the year, though, their existence revolves around a sickening level of self-centredness. The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store. That shows the power the cricketers wielded in an Indian contingent that included sporting colossus such as Dhanraj Pillay and Pullela Gopichand among others. The BCCI has signed an agreement with WADA, and as if on cue, players have started getting caught in the anti-doping net (the most high profile case so far being that of Prithvi Shaw last year). It was as if the gaucheness of the football season, soon to be at its end, needed to find a new sporting outlet.Andrew Strauss, director of England cricket, says the idea of a ‘Super Series’, in which points are awarded across all formats of the game to determine an overall victor, will help to ensure that each game over the course of a summer has a broader context. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsPlease be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsAndrew Strauss is hopeful that points will win prizes...and a new audienceSamit Patel was in imperious form for Notts (Getty )Outside Edge: If Super Series brings in new fans I'll eat my hat Enter Luke Fletcher for his first start of the campaign and seven wickets promptly followed. The Board hopes it could use that window to host the IPL. Whenever we visited the complex, we were greeted with a stillness, an eerie silence louder than whatever crowd noise reverberated across the cavernous glass and concrete enclosures. This is the side of the bat that is usually closest to the batsman's pads when the batsman assumes a conventional stance facing the bowler. With an improbable win seeming suddenly possible, Patel was eventually last man out. But, a reluctance to partner with a global anti-doping agency also raises red flags. Outside Edge; ... She feels very out of place at the cricket club and the fact that Alex ignores her doesn't make things any better. The regular cast were perfect, in particular Robert Daws, whose 'Roger' must rival 'Gordon Brittas' as the sitcom character you'd most like to throttle. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that cricket was the master’s game in the colonies, to be awed at but not be touched. Calendar.

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