How grassroots schemes are helping England’s non-white cricketers
And how the professional game is failing them
ON THE FIELD, these are exciting times for English men’s cricket. In the winter the Test (five-day) team—playing in a high-risk, fast-scoring style nicknamed “Bazball” after their coach—trounced Pakistan, and the Twenty20 (short-form) side won the World Cup. Ireland have just been hammered in a one-off Test. An Ashes series, pitting Bazball against the old enemy, Australia, starts on June 16th.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Dropped catches”
Britain June 10th 2023
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- How grassroots schemes are helping England’s non-white cricketers
- The fading charms of Britain’s historic cinemas
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- British politics is littered with fake taboos
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