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Aug 12, 2024 | 
dailycartoonist.com | Alan Gardner
A documentary on the career and influence of South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, AKA Zapiro, debuted at the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa. The film focuses on Zapiro’s controversial cartoons during Jacob Zuma’s presidential term, challenging the boundaries of freedom of expression.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
espn.co.uk | Alan Gardner
Less than three weeks after the end of their ODI World Cup campaign - which brought to a close their four-year reign as 50-over champions - England are in the Caribbean for eight limited-overs matches against West Indies. While the ODI series will offer some new faces a chance to reboot the franchise, five T20Is in the region that will stage next year's T20 World Cup are an important staging post as Jos Buttler's team prepare for another title defence.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
espn.co.uk | Alan Gardner |Andrew Fidel Fernando
As regular readers will know, cricket and comedy are long-standing partners (ones that would undoubtedly collide mid-pitch when looking for a quick single). That may be because the secret to both is timing - or, as in the case of Angelo Mathews' dismissal against Bangladesh last week, timekeeping. Rarely has a punchline arrived so late, or been so deliciously weighted, as that delivered by Shakib Al Hasan in Delhi.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
espn.co.uk | Matt Roller |Alan Gardner
England have lost their spark and sense of enjoyment at the World Cup, and would rather go out of the tournament "with a bang" than with a whimper. That is the view of their vice-captain, Moeen Ali, who looks set to make his second appearance of the tournament against Sri Lanka in Bangalore on Thursday. Moeen played in England's nine-wicket defeat to New Zealand in Ahmedabad on the opening night of the tournament but has not featured since.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
espn.in | Shashank Kishore |Alan Gardner
The earliest memory Kusal Mendis has of watching cricket is the 2003 men's World Cup. As an eight-year-old, he had heard tales of the magic Aravinda de Silva weaved with the bat. Aravinda was well past his prime by then, but he had done enough to fuel Kusal's burning desire to emulate him. A few months short of his 18th birthday, Kusal won the Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
espn.com.au | Alan Gardner
Big picture: Stragglers in desperate search for pointsSo, how's that whole "attacking champions" thing working out? Jos Buttler may always regret saying England wouldn't be "trying to defend anything" out in India - a statement that appears to be coming true uncomfortably quickly - but they are not quite at the point of no return, despite only being kept off the bottom of the table by Bangladesh's thumping defeat to South Africa on Tuesday. Cornered lions, anyone?
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
espn.co.uk | Alan Gardner |Matt Roller
Big picture: Stragglers in desperate search for pointsSo, how's that whole "attacking champions" thing working out? Jos Buttler may always regret saying England wouldn't be "trying to defend anything" out in India - a statement that appears to be coming true uncomfortably quickly - but they are not quite at the point of no return, despite only being kept off the bottom of the table by Bangladesh's thumping defeat to South Africa on Tuesday. Cornered lions, anyone?
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
espn.co.uk | Nagraj Gollapudi |Alan Gardner |Sambit Bal |Shashank Kishore
The ICC will review the criticism by Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur that the India vs Pakistan World Cup match on October 14 in Ahmedabad felt more like a "bilateral series" game, though it remains confident that the tournament will be remembered as an "outstanding" one once it's over. Arthur admitted after his side's seven-wicket loss that with barely any Pakistan presence at the packed Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the team was affected by the partisan crowd.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
espn.co.uk | Alan Gardner
Roll up, roll up, it's the Greatest Show on Earth! No, we're not talking about the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 (That's Right, The 50-Over Version), to give the tournament its full, SEO-friendly name - rather the popcorn-munching spectacle of watching the BCCI try to sell tickets to the action.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
espn.in | Mohammad Isam |Matt Roller |Alan Gardner |Andrew Miller
Taskin Ahmed's face at the media ruck after Bangladesh's crushing defeat to England indicated how the day had gone for his team. It was Taskin, so the line of questioning was quite obvious: why did the fast bowlers bowl so poorly? Taskin, usually affable, was glum from the start. And then, faced with a bombardment of questions, looked shaken.
