Heavy investment in franchises was the first step; the next is franchise owners demanding more playing windows at the expense of bilateral cricket
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ICC chief Jay Shah's talks with England and Australia on two-tier Test cricket expose the growing rift between cricket's economic powerhouses and other nations fighting for the game's future.
Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting both passed the tests, played by the rules and won. And yet they were crucified by the society that reduced to black and white a question far more complicated and nuanced than standard binaries.
At La Masia, the Spanish winger absorbed the wisdom of the greats before him and topped it with his own unique abilities. And like in a palimpsest, you can see in his game glimpses of the skills of those who have gone before him.