Welcome to The Cricket Drop - everything you need to know about cricket in one place
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What is The Cricket Drop? 🏏
Cricket is a long game (as my wife is at pains to point out) and the internet is a big place. With The Cricket Drop, you all get all the best reads from around the world, including news, reports, analysis and the day's biggest points of discussion, delivered to your inbox weekly.
By subscribing you will get full access to the newsletter all-year-round. It’s five-day, four-day, one-day, Twenty20 and Hundred cricket, curated into just a few minutes. Start your day better informed about the game you love, whichever format of cricket you prefer.
About me ✍
The Cricket Drop is a project from Birmingham-based journalist James Rodger. An Edgbaston season ticket holder, James is a regular at Metro Bank One Day Cup, The Hundred and Vitality Blast fixtures, and a member at Warwickshire CCC.
So what’s in the scorecard? 📚
Each newsletter will feature regular sections such as the week’s biggest headlines, a round-up from the English domestic scene (be it County Championship, The Hundred, T20 Blast or Women's One-Day Cup), all the biggest headlines from around the world (India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean and beyond), and rotating sections such as…
The upcoming week’s fixtures ⏰
Ashes Watch 🔍 Which England stars are out of form? Which County Championship cricketers are putting themselves in conversation for a starting berth in Australia (or a plane ticket Down Under, at least)?
Throwback - a journey down memory lane, through video, pictures, news article and more…
The Cricket Drop Community Noticeboard📌. Got a story? An event to promote? A book coming out? Get in touch here.
Quote of the Day 🗣️ Has Ben Stokes called Harry Brook “dumb” again? Has Ben Duckett got out for 98 and told Sky Sports he “doesn’t care”? Is Sir Ian Botham angry that bananas are bendy?
Ticket Drop 🎫 Are tickets on sale for the Ashes? The Pataudi Trophy? T20 Finals Day? Are The Barmy Army selling packages to Barbados? We’ll have the latest for you.
Podcast and video watch 🎧 Prefer your cricket news in multimedia form? Then we’ll be bringing you all the essential listening - and watching - of the week.
Get in touch 📧
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