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Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

Postby spell_check » Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:04 pm

It's not the ICC Official Teams of the Year, but chances are the Cricinfo teams would be similar to those teams:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/team ... it-1516937
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Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

Postby am Bays » Mon Jan 05, 2026 9:19 am

So much for CLR James' famous quote. "Cricket speaks in languages beyond that of politics"

https://open.substack.com/pub/cricketetal/p/mustafissure?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

Postby The Dark Knight » Mon Jan 05, 2026 10:32 am

am Bays wrote:So much for CLR James' famous quote. "Cricket speaks in languages beyond that of politics"

https://open.substack.com/pub/cricketetal/p/mustafissure?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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I've been keeping track of and reading about this via Cricinfo and to a lesser extent Wisden and I'm sure it'll be a big topic of discussion for the cricket people and podcasts I listen to this week/once the Sydney Test is finished.
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Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

Postby Brodlach » Wed Jan 07, 2026 11:30 am

What’s happened to the South African Test matches at this time of the year?
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Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

Postby Jim05 » Wed Jan 07, 2026 12:53 pm

Brodlach wrote:What’s happened to the South African Test matches at this time of the year?
They could only attract about 10 people to games so they play their T20 comp now with all their stars
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Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

Postby spell_check » Sat Jan 17, 2026 11:42 pm

A first-class record which has stood since 1794 (not 1974, but 1794) has been broken in Pakistan:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/paki ... et-1519850
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