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Whose data is it anyway? Behind the fight to control cricketers ... (The Guardian)

Cricket is heavy with statistics and the battle over fair usage and control of them is just beginning.

The focus for the early part of this year is to move that forward.” “Fundamentally, the debate comes back to, do the players own the data?” Hudson says. “It probably ran for the majority of 2020, just as a bubbling topic,” Hudson says. It formed part of their presentation to professional players before the start of the 2021 season and progress has continued slowly since. A megabucks lawsuit does remain a possibility: “We all get into asking what the potential value of this is for our members. It’s a topic that’s sat within our organisation for a number of years, but has felt it’s gathered pace in the last 12 months.” “We’re talking about any personal data – tracking and performance data is the classic, so in cricket it’s runs scored, how fast, where they score, all that stuff. “There’s lots of talk around litigation, but that’s not a strategy we’re really pursuing,” says Rich Hudson, the PCA’s head of cricket operations, who has led their work on the issue. It’s more than the value of lawsuits, it’s the ability to say: ‘That’s mine and I can say yes or no to people using it.’ That’s the fundamental principle.” Just as GDPR laws forced companies to seek customers’ permission before they could use their data – hence having to accept cookies when you land on a new website – the belief is that cricketers should be able to control who uses data about them. Last September, GSDT launched a lawsuit, which has now been joined by more than 1,400 professional footballers, over the use of their performance data by gaming and bookmaking companies, seeking an eyebrow-raising £500m in damages. Cricket lovers by their nature are probably more inclined than most to appreciate things that happen at a gentle pace, sporting encounters – and perhaps also stories – that unfold leisurely over an extended period rather than with great dramatic swoops and squalls.

The final group of 100% Cricket Superstars is revealed (ICC Cricket)

With the ICC Women's T20 World Cup just days away, we can now reveal the remaining 10 extraordinary players in our first edition of 100% Cricket Superstars.

Ghosh made her international debut in 2020 and has already gained a decent amount of experience at the international level. One of the most exciting pace bowling talents in world cricket, Brown has already shown glimpses that she could dominate world cricket for years to come. Making an excellent start to her international career, Brown has scalped two wickets from as many Test matches, 20 in 12 ODIs and 13 in 15 T20Is. Deepti has a fantastic record with both bat and ball in all the three formats. Capsey has scored 234 runs in 10 T20Is, averaging an impressive 33.42 and striking at 127.86. Tahlia McGrath has quickly established herself as a cornerstone and one of the most important players in a dominant Australian setup. Ghosh's six-hitting prowess is there for all to see and she is also a capable hand behind the stumps. In T20Is, she has played 21 matches, scoring 549 runs at 68.62 while striking at 140.76 while also picking up 13 wickets. Having made her international debut in 2021, Hunter has been impressive in both ODI and T20I cricket. Madavi has played 18 ODIs and 33 T20Is and has been a consistent aggregator of runs across both formats. But it is the T20 format where she has truly excelled, with her leg-breaks and clever variations bamboozling the batters. Making her international debut in 2019, Glenn has become a key part of England's setup, especially in the T20 format.

A Life in Cricket: Emily Iveson-Pritchard - Kia Oval (The Kia Oval)

Introducing… Emily Iveson-Pritchard, Head of Sustainability at Surrey County Cricket Club. As part of our 'A Life In Cricket' Campaign, we will be talking ...

Although we have made lots of progress in this area already, I can now feel the buzz of understanding in all the business stakeholders and the drive to create real change in so many people. Sustainability is something I am truly passionate about and to be able to focus on that area as a job is unbelievable – I am very lucky. Growing up, cricket was one of the only sports that existed in my house and at the age of about 7 my dad brought me to a cricket game at The Kia Oval. I remember being sat in the stands in front of the old click-a-clack scoreboard just being amazed at the game and the opportunity to spend time with my dad and his best friend. I started working at Surrey as a casual waitress during one summer as The Oval is about 10 minutes from where my parents used to live and I needed a job. Sustainability is so important, not just for the planet but the very survival of the human race and I find that exhilarating.

2023 sees Qualifier Events loom for U19 Men's Cricket World Cup ... (ICC Cricket)

As the sun sets on a thrilling first edition of the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup.

The next event will be the Africa Regional Qualifier, where six more teams will vie for a spot in Sri Lanka. 11 teams have automatically qualified for the event as the best-placed Full Member nations from the previous event in 2022. Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal and Singapore all join hosts UAE to do battle for a spot at the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024. Qualification for the final five places began in 2022 with Division Two Qualifiers taking place in the Asia, East-Asia Pacific and Europe regions. “As well as welcoming new competing nations during this pathway, qualification for the 2024 edition has already witnessed the competitive standard of cricket that is evident around the world. The 16-team event returns to Sri Lanka for the first time since 2006.

ICC Announces their Final Group of 100% Cricket Superstars (Female cricket)

ICC revealed a couple more sets of 5 each and now has revealed the last set of 10 players ahead of the forthcoming, T20 World Cup.

In 15 T20Is, she’s bagged 13 wickets at an average of 25.07, an economy of 6.39, a strike rate of 23.5, and has got the best figures of 2/9 in the format. In 12 ODIs, she’s bagged 20 wickets at an average of 20.00, an economy rate of 4.87, a strike rate of 24.6, and with a couple of four-fers to her name, has got the best figures of 4/33. In 62 T20Is, she’s struck 898 runs at an average of 25.65, and with the ball, in the format, in 84 innings, she’s struck 95 wickets with the best figures of 4/10. In 16 ODI innings, she’s got to 311 runs at an average of 22.21, a strike rate of 84.97, and with a couple of half-centuries to her name, she’s got the best score of 65 in the format. In only 9 T20I innings, she’s accumulated 234 runs at an average of 33.42, a strike rate of 127.86, and with her best score of 50, she’s got a sole fifty to her name alongside her only wicket off 6 innings. In 2 Test innings, she’s got to 152 runs at an average of 76.00, and with the ball, in as many innings, has bagged 5 wickets with the best figures of 3/65. She, in 25 T20I innings has accumulated 427 runs at an average of 22.47, a strike rate of 134.27, and has got the best score of 44*. In 18 ODI outings, she’s got to 419 runs at an average of 23.27, a strike rate of 61.52, and her sole fifty is her best score of 75. In 31 T20I outings, she’s registered 508 runs at an average of 18.81, a strike rate of 89.27, and with a couple of fifties to her name, has got the best score of 81. More the time, the better she deliver, fits Amy’s profile as she in as many (11) ODI outings has got to 294 runs at an average of 32.66, a strike rate of 89.90, and with a fifty and century each, she’s got the highest score of 121*. In 39 Twenty20 International (T20I) outings, she’s bagged 48 wickets at an average of 17.08, an economy rate of 6.04, a strike rate of 16.91, and with a four-fer, has registered the best figures of 4/23. She made her T20I debut in 2020 and since in 25 innings has gone on to accumulate 320 runs at an average of 16.84, a strike rate of 122.60, and has got the best score of 45*.

New Ireland stadium talks 'serious' says Deutrom (BBC Sport)

Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom believes the Irish government is ready to begin discussions on a new national cricket stadium.

"We sold out in about 24 or 48 hours. Those are numbers which other sports probably only dream about. "And what we are doing in a way is using our global visibility to try and drive the sense of being a major sport here." "The vision that we have needs to cleave very closely to Sport Ireland's and the government's own vision for infrastructure on the campus which is going to be 'world class'," he said. In November, Irish Minister of Sport Jack Chambers said the Sport Ireland Campus should be "the home of Irish sport" and Deutrom says Cricket Ireland's vision tallies with this. "The next cab off the rank for us was to ensure the degree of urgency that it was going to be developed as quickly as possible and the government's announcement around that over the weekend was obviously terrific because it means we can crack on seriously to look at the feasibility of this."

Extreme measures: Inside the Aussies' training camp (cricket.com.au)

Imitators and doctored pitches are the order of the day as Australia fine-tune a strategy they hope can help them knock over India on their home decks for ...

David Warner sat out the session, while [First Test, Nagpur](https://live.cricket.com.au/match/3135/56735/india-men-vs-australia-men-india-v-australia-tests---men/scorecard), 3pm AEDT Former captain Michael Clarke was among those to question the logic of not playing a tour game. Nine wickets fell to left-arm orthodox spin. Assistant coach Daniel Vettori's left-arm spinning throwdowns were particularly volatile by mid-afternoon. These days his phone is filled with photos of Ashwin and he hopes to one day meet him.