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‘He’s only a spring chicken’

‘He’s only a spring chicken’

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5 min readUpdated: Jul 27, 2026 08:10 PM IST Since international cricket got underway again after the IPL in June, India has seen a series of injuries, including to Jasprit Bumrah, whose participation in the upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka hangs in the balance, while the likes of Prince Yadav, too, picked up injuries during the tour of Zimbabwe. Mayank Yadav, the promising pace prospect, has just made a comeback to the Indian team after a two-year injury hiatus. With India playing almost year-round, the team management and selectors have adopted a rotation policy to manage the workload. Last year, India ensured Bumrah didn’t play back-to-back Tests to keep him fresh and ensure his long-standing back issue doesn’t sideline him again. Specifically on the pacer, Australian fast bowling great Glenn McGrath said it will eventually come down to Bumrah to find a way to add longevity to his career. While India have not tried to keep the 32-year-old away from Tests with regard to white-ball cricket, they have chosen to prioritise formats based on …

Jason Gillespie hits back at Javed

Jason Gillespie hits back at Javed

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5 min readUpdated: Jul 20, 2026 05:56 PM IST Days after former Pakistan pacer and now Pakistan director of High Performance Aaqib Javed accused former Pakistan coach and Australian pacer Jason Gillespie of having no plan after Pakistan’s loss against England in the opening Test of the three-test series in 2024, Gillespie hit back. Pakistan had eventually won the series 2-1 after winning the second and third Test match at Multan and Rawalpindi respectively in the series with their spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan taking a total of 39 wickets in those two Test matches. While Gillespie quit the role of head coach of Pakistan two months post the series, Javed was the chief selector at that time. “Aaqib, Aaqib, Aaqib. I quote Aaqib verbatim. ‘I asked him, ‘What was your plan after the first Test? We lost the first Test against England’. No, you didn’t ask Aaqib. You waited in, and you said, ‘This is what we’re doing.’ We’re changing the team. We are playing on the same surface that we just played …

Stolen boots, a 0 invoice, and Matthew Hayden the bully — Craig White’s podcast is pure gold

Stolen boots, a $300 invoice, and Matthew Hayden the bully — Craig White’s podcast is pure gold

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Craig White, the former England fast bowler, delivered several gems on the Fast Bowling Cartel podcast this week, recalling some of the more colourful moments from a career that took him from Victorian youth cricket all the way to the Test arena. Perhaps the most memorable involved his brother-in-law, Darren Lehmann. Heading into a Test in Brisbane with minimal kit, White borrowed a pair of Nike cricket shoes from Lehmann’s garage — without asking him. “I went in there and there’s this wall full of Nike cricket shoes,” White recalled. “I’m in there going through — yep, I’ll have those and I’ll have those.” It didn’t stay secret for long. Lehmann spotted them from short leg and the sledging started immediately. “He looks at my shoes and goes, ‘You’ve nicked my trainers,’” White said. “Then he yells out to Warnie — ‘Warny, he’s nicked my trainers’ — and I just got absolutely slated by the whole slip cordon.” Before White could gather himself, Lehmann twisted the knife further. “He goes, ‘You low ass, I was …

‘I think by the end of his career, he would leapfrog Malinga’: Glenn McGrath names his top two IPL bowlers | Cricket News

‘I think by the end of his career, he would leapfrog Malinga’: Glenn McGrath names his top two IPL bowlers | Cricket News

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3 min readApr 3, 2026 07:14 PM IST Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah emerged as the undisputed top two bowlers to feature in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the Fast Bowling Cartel podcast hosted by former Australian quicks Glenn McGrath, Damien Fleming, and Jason Gillespie. While discussing the franchise-based league on their YouTube channel, the former Aussie greats discussed a range of fast bowlers to play in IPL, but ended with listing Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga as the top two bowlers, with Malinga as number one and Bumrah as number two. Sri Lankan legend Malinga played his whole career for the Mumbai Indians, featuring in 122 matches and taking 170 wickets with a strike rate of 16.63 and an economy of 7.14. During his playing days, Malinga mentored a young Bumrah, who would go on to take the mantle from him and become one of the best in the world. Bumrah has 183 wickets from 146 games for the Mumbai Indians with a strike rate of 18.37 and an economy of 7.26. “It …

Legendary Australian pacer praises Virat Kohli’s white-ball form amid IPL 2026

Legendary Australian pacer praises Virat Kohli’s white-ball form amid IPL 2026

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3 min readApr 3, 2026 05:04 PM IST Legendary Australian pacer Glenn McGrath has heaped praise on Virat Kohli, praising him for his recent white-ball form and how he has remained consistent in coloured clothing, when his career seemed like sliding away. The 37-year-old began his IPL 2026 campaign by scoring an unbeaten 69 not out to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru chase down Sunrisers Hyderabad’s target of 201 runs in the season opener. “Virat Kohli, you think he is starting to get a little bit long in the tooth, but his white-ball form of late has been absolutely incredible. 69 again not out, got Royal Challengers home, chasing 201,” McGrath said on “The Fast Bowling Cartel” podcast. The 56-year-old also noted how teams have been opting to chase after winning the toss in the IPL so far, and added how the par scores have risen exponentially since the time he played in the league. “It has been a funny start to the IPL. The one thing I have noticed is that every team that has …

‘Run at McGrath first ball’: Taruwar Kohli’s first IPL innings, and what Shane Warne revealed about that night | Cricket News

‘Run at McGrath first ball’: Taruwar Kohli’s first IPL innings, and what Shane Warne revealed about that night | Cricket News

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Every April, young cricketers from small towns across India enter the world of IPL — five-star hotels, foreign coaches, franchise millions, parties they would have never imagined. This series tells their stories, in their words, of what that crossing feels like. Last year, when Taruwar Kohli started a YouTube channel, he didn’t think twice about the name. Find A Way. “That’s what Warne would say in the dressing room or the team meetings whenever the team or any player faced a tough phase. Find a way.” Kohli was nineteen when he joined Rajasthan Royals in 2008. He’d just scored three consecutive half-centuries in the U-19 World Cup. Ten days after India won that tournament, he and Ravindra Jadeja were drafted into Royals. “As a kid, I would often imitate Shane Warne’s action in the nets and in front of my parents. So when I was picked up by Rajasthan Royals, I had a conversation with Jadeja about getting a chance to play along with a legend like Warne. We had always seen him as a …

Former Australian bowler heaps praise on Jasprit Bumrah after T20 World Cup win

Former Australian bowler heaps praise on Jasprit Bumrah after T20 World Cup win

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3 min readMar 11, 2026 04:31 PM IST Former Australia fast bowler Damien Fleming was full of praise for Jasprit Bumrah after the Indian spearhead’s match-winning performance in the final of the T20 World Cup. Bumrah delivered another standout performance, claiming 4/15 in four overs, as India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs in the final to lift the T20 World Cup title. Fleming particularly highlighted Bumrah’s slower delivery, comparing it to a curveball in baseball – a variation that deceives batters through subtle changes in pace and movement. Beyond the variations, however, Fleming was particularly impressed by Bumrah’s ability to keep improving despite already being regarded as one of the premier fast bowlers in the game. “That slower ball of his is like a curveball in Baseball. It’s absolutely brilliant. You think with these great fast bowlers, when do they plateau? Bumrah, with each big tournament or big series, is enhancing his reputation. When will it ever stop? He is an absolute freak, Jasprit Bumrah,” Fleming said on the Fast Bowling Cartel podcast. Another …

‘You’ve got to train the way you mean to play’ Glenn McGrath explains why Arshdeep Singh’s wide yorkers worked

‘You’ve got to train the way you mean to play’ Glenn McGrath explains why Arshdeep Singh’s wide yorkers worked

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You could see Arshdeep Singh’s plan from the distance. As India struggled to stop the onslaught of Jacob Bethell and Will Jacks — before Jasprit Bumrah delivered the game-changing over — Arshdeep tried another way to arrest the flow. Make the left-arm seamer bowl wide yorkers. It’s a ploy that yielded results. And showed why it isn’t an easy skill to execute, whether there’s dew or not. First, the success part. On a night where Bethell swung anything in the arc, Arshdeep was the first to make him reach for deliveries by bowling wide yorkers. After being hit for a boundary off the first ball of the 14th over, Arshdeep delivered eight balls — including three successive wides to Jacks — that all landed on yorker length or ended up as low full tosses. For the first time that night, neither Bethell nor Jacks had a Plan B. Both have the switch-hits, the scoops, the jab. But against the wide yorkers, they either tried to put bat on ball for a single or two, or …

‘The aura of Australia is no longer there…’: Glenn McGrath on 2026 T20 World Cup debacle | Cricket News

‘The aura of Australia is no longer there…’: Glenn McGrath on 2026 T20 World Cup debacle | Cricket News

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3 min readUpdated: Feb 18, 2026 04:40 PM IST The brickbats continue to come for Australia after they meekly bowed out of the 2026 T20 World Cup in the group stage. Australia finished behind the West Indies and Sri Lanka in their group and fast bowling great Glenn McGrath feels that they longer have the aura that they once had, particularly in T20s. “We said at the start of this World Cup that we were concerned about Australia. All of a sudden, the aura of that Australian team is no longer there when other teams play it… unfortunately, not surprising,” McGrath said on the podcast The Fast Bowling Cartel hosted by him and fellow former Australian pacers Jason Gillespie and Damien Fleming. Australia were stricken with injuries in this tournament. Pacers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazelwood were ruled while Mitchell Starc has retired from the format. Marsh was not 100 per cent fit which meant that Australia were being led by stand-in skipper Travis Head for much of the tournament. Tim David, Glenn Maxwell and …

Jason Gillespie flaps his arms to disturb VVS Laxman’s concentration during 2000/01 Kolkata Test and what happened next? ‘…He had this stupid grin on his face’

Jason Gillespie flaps his arms to disturb VVS Laxman’s concentration during 2000/01 Kolkata Test and what happened next? ‘…He had this stupid grin on his face’

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2 min readUpdated: Jan 30, 2026 06:35 PM IST Former Australian cricketer Jason Gillespie is well known for his fast bowling and his impeccable ability to deliver in-swingers, out-swingers and his ability to reverse the older ball. However, despite all the abilities he possessed in his arsenal, he tried a different method to pick the wicket of VVS Laxman during the famous Kolkata Eden Gardens Test in the 2000/01 series, when the right-hander played a marathon 284-run knock. But what did he do? Gillespie tried to flap his arms before delivering the ball to disturb the concentration of Laxman. “Running into bowl in 2000/01 in Kolkata when Dravid and Laxman were scoring a stupid amount of runs against us, so I thought I would run in and flap my arms like a condor running into a ball to put VVS Laxman off,” Gillespie recalled in the Fast Bowling Cartel podcast. “I have done it, and then he (Laxman) puntbunted (played) it to the offside and ran through. He had this stupid grin on his face, …