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Cross and Hartley get death threats and abuse for critising for schedule

Cross and Hartley get death threats and abuse for critising for schedule

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3 min readJul 2, 2026 05:25 PM IST Former England cricketer Kate Cross, who called the ICC’s arrangements for scheduling the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup “ridiculous,” said she has received death threats and abuse online. “We’ve been getting death threats and abuse online,” Alex Hartley said on the latest episode of No Balls: The Cricket Podcast, which she co-hosts with Cross. “I woke up this morning to post about the ICC scheduling for the semi-finals to 450 comments on that Instagram post. Normally, we will get 30 per post. There’s been a little bit of confusion because what we said doesn’t warrant death threats and abuse,” Cross said. The semifinals for the World Cup are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday this week. While the top team in Group A would face the second team in Group B in Thursday’s knockout clash, it was the other way around. However, the rule also stated that if India qualified for the semifinal, they would play that semifinal on Tuesday against the top team in Group A—a stipulation …

Rishabh Pant roasts Michael Vaughan with single line on his own podcast; gives advice for England’s Bazballers | Cricket News

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He has been away from the sport he loves for over a year now, but that has not dulled Rishabh Pant’s sense of humour. As he prepares to show off his full range of strokes on the cricket field when he makes a comeback in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Delhi Capitals, he displayed his full range of verbal comebacks on a podcast with Australian legend Adam Gilchrist and former England cricketer Michael Vaughan. Invited for the Club Prairie Fire podcast, co-hosted by Vaughan and Gilchrist, Pant, who is known for his entertaining comments from behind the stumps, was asked how we would try to get under the skin of the two cricketing greats. Rishabh Pant roasts Michael Vaughan “I would say (to Vaughan) you’re focussing too much on social media,” Pant said as Gilchrist and Vaughan broke out laughing. When asked what he would say to Gilly to upset his rhythm while batting, Pant said: “He’s in his own zone, you cannot disturb these kind of people. Nothing much I can say to …