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The Six Nations Championship is classified as a ‘category B’ tournament by the UK government. Marco Iacobucci
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February 8, 2024
Six Nations future on terrestrial TV uncertain – what are the implications for rugby and its fans?

Richard Thomas, Swansea University and Iwan Williams, Swansea University

When Six Nations’ broadcasting deal with the BBC and ITV ends in 2025, there are fears the tournament could move to a
subscription service.

Visa problems: England spin bowler, Shoaib Bashir. TGSPHOTO / Alamy Stock Photo
January 30, 2024
India: visa problems for English cricketer reflect a longstanding security rift with neighbouring
Pakistan

Dheeraj Paramesha, University of Hull

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India changed its visa rules after the 2008 Mumbai massacre to make it more difficult for Pakistanis to visit.

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December 29, 2023
No climate for cricket: how global warming is putting the heat on NZ’s summer game

Chris McMillan, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

The climate crisis poses an existential threat to cricket. Governing bodies like New Zealand Cricket need to up their
sustainability game.

Dave Henison/Getty
December 26, 2023
Half-watched TV and part-heard radio: summer Test cricket is steeped in nostalgia, but these
‘traditions’ have short histories

David Rowe, Western Sydney University

Summer in Australia is often set to the soundtrack of a Test cricket match. That sentimentality can get in the way of seeing
cricket for what it is: a hyper-commercial cash machine.

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South African captain Temba Bavuma huddles with the team. Matthew Lewis/ICC/Getty Images
November 10, 2023
Cricket World Cup 2023: what it’ll take for South Africa to win

Mogammad Sharhidd Taliep, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

This is South Africa’s fifth semi-final at the tournament. Is 2023 the year they reach the finals and win?

Kim Ludbrook / EPA Images

November 1, 2023
The best techniques for being a cricket fast bowler, according to science

Paul Felton, Nottingham Trent University

Why the speed of fast bowling in cricket seems to have stalled.

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Ruy Viera / AP
August 1, 2023
Bazball by the numbers: what the stats say about English cricket’s ambitious but risky change
of pace

Tim Newans, Griffith University and Christopher Drovandi, Queensland University of Technology

Statistics show how a change of approach by England’s team marks a dramatic break with the history of Test cricket.

ABC
July 6, 2023
‘That’s cricket, kid’: what Bluey can teach us about the spirit of the game

Glen Thomas, Queensland University of Technology

Season 3 of Bluey features an episode called Cricket, in which Bandit explains to Bluey why cricket is much more than
just hitting a ball around the grass

Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/AAP
July 5, 2023
What is the difference between the laws of cricket and the ‘spirit’ of cricket?

Vaughan Cruickshank, University of Tasmania

The laws by which the game is played are laid out in black and white. The ‘spirit of cricket’, however, is a much more
nebulous concept.

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June 30, 2023
Cricket inequalities in England and Wales are untenable – our report shows how to rejuvenate
the game

Michael Collins, UCL

We found that class prejudice is extensive in cricket. Racism is still entrenched. Women are marginalised and routinely
experience sexism and misogyny.

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
June 29, 2023

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Cricket commentators love to talk about the ‘nervous nineties’ – but our new research suggests
there’s no such thing

Leo Roberts, The University of Melbourne; Daniel R. Little, The University of Melbourne; Matthew J. Spittal, The University of Melbourne, and
Mervyn Jackson, RMIT University

The ‘nervous nineties’ captures the idea that batters with 90 or more runs become anxious as get close to scoring a
century. But is it true?

England captain Ben Stokes (second right) speaks to Stuart Broad during day four of the first Ashes test match. PA Images /
Alamy Stock Photo
June 27, 2023
The Ashes: how England cricket’s head coach Brendon McCullum developed his ‘Bazball’ style

David Turner, Anglia Ruskin University and Matt Jewiss, Anglia Ruskin University

Bazball is aggressively attacking, highly entertaining and piles pressure on opponents by scoring runs quickly.

A battle against time itself: Australia warm up ahead of the 2009 Ashes test series. Lance Bellers/Shutterstock
June 22, 2023
What cricket can teach us about the mind’s experience of time – and how to deal with anxiety

Sahen Gupta, University of Portsmouth

It is time, combined with an uncertain outcome, that leads us to experience anxiety.

Rui Vieira/AP/AAP
June 19, 2023
Ashes rivalry is as alive as ever. But when it comes to the economics of cricket, India is in the
box seat

Tim Harcourt, University of Technology Sydney

While playing the old enemy for the Ashes is for many the pinnacle of Australian cricket, Australia-India is developing as a
modern rivalry.

Grantley Steele batting for London Transport’s Central Road Services (CRS) cricket team. Courtesy of the London Transport
Museum
June 14, 2023
How cricket helped Windrush arrivals build a sense of ‘home’ in Britain

Michael Collins, UCL

Cricket was a significant bridge between England and ‘home’ in the Caribbean, making the sport an important part of the
black Atlantic cultural exchange.

Mick Tsikas/AAP
March 7, 2023
Word from The Hill: Another rate rise; support for super tax hike; PM’s India trip; Rugg V Ryan

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

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Middle-order Australian batter Amy Hudson executes a perfect cut shot in 1934. National Museum of Australia
November 1, 2022
Revealed: how women cricketers mended Australia’s relationship with Britain after Bodyline

Marion Stell, The University of Queensland

The Bodyline summer of 1932-33 tilted the cricket world off its axis. Cricket’s reputation was well and truly tarnished. And
these teams of women were the good news story that fixed it.

Scotland player Majid Haq spoke out about racism in Scottish cricket after Azeem Rafiq did the same at Yorkshire Cricket
Club. PA/Alamy
July 29, 2022
Scottish cricket has long had a race problem – time to build a better culture in the sport

Marcus Nicolson, Glasgow Caledonian University

Disturbing findings of a new report reveal the extent of racism in Scottish cricket.

Sports may offer a strategy to re-integrate young people involved in violent activities back in to society. (Shutterstock)
July 4, 2022
Sports can help prevent violent extremism in youth

Umair Asif, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Simon Rosenbaum, UNSW Sydney, and Tegwen Gadais, Université du Québec à Montréal
(UQAM)

Sports can help prevent the involvement of youth in violent extremism.

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Jonny Bairstow in full flow. Nic Redhead via Wikimedia Commons

June 17, 2022
Cricket: what happens when an elite player like England’s Jonny Bairstow is ‘in the zone’

Andy M Morley, University of Central Lancashire and Paul John Taylor, University of Central Lancashire

Great sporting feats are often achieved when an elite athlete is ‘feeling the flow’.
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