If Bumrah doesn't get you, then Shami must
Description
We review the India v England match in Lucknow - and chat about the other themes emerging in the World Cup.
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Talking points:
The brutal simplicity of Mohammad Shami
Jasprit Bumrah: the bowler with the joystick
Rohit Sharma: the ultimate problem-solver
England's awful batting slump
Joe Root lbw Bumrah 0
Ben Stokes - reckless or calculated?
Pakistan's problem with no big hitting and no quality spin
New Zealand losing with respectability
The furore over umpire's call
Bangladesh's forgettable World Cup campaign
Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)
Ashoka (@ABVan)
Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo
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Related:
World Cup weekly review - Kartikeya Date - Cricktingview Substack
This is Mohammad Shami's World Cup - Andrew Fidel Fernando - ESPNcricinfo
Sky Sports Cricket podcast - Nasser Hussain and Eoin Morgan dissect England's loss - Spotify
Wasay & Iffi - YouTube
Buy War Minus the Shooting by Mike Marqusee - Amazon
War Minus the Shooting - Revisiting the 1996 World Cup through a classic book - 81allout podcast
Buy Cricket Beyond the Bazaar by Mike Coward - Amazon
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