Stumped
BBC World Service
Categories: Sports & Recreation
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Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma debate who should be India's wicketkeeper for the Men's T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and America. India have potentially seven options who could take the gloves. Rishabh Pant is the frontrunner after having a stellar season so far in the Indian Premier League for the Delhi Capitals, but he has not played for India since being involved in a car accident in December 2022, where he injured his knee. Other names to consider are KL Rahul, Sanju Samson and Dinesh Karthik. Plus, we speak to Adelaide Oval Head Curator Damian Hough who has been tasked with creating the pitches that will be used in America at the World Cup including the highly anticipated match between India and Pakistan. He shares his experiences of starting the process in Adelaide and details the plans transporting the pitches 2,000 kilometres from Florida to New York.
And after Freddie Flintoff's sons are hitting the headlines in England for their cricketing skills, we look at cricketing families around the world and look at the pressure that brings.
Photo: Adelaide Oval Head Curator Damian Hough (Credit: Adelaide Oval Turf Solutions via Phil Martin)
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455 - From Australia to New York: The World Cup pitches travelling 17,000 kilometres Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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454 - What is the best way to prepare for a Cricket World Cup? Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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453 - Who is the toughest player in men's cricket? Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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452 - Kohli: Sinner or Sinned Against? Sat, 01 Apr 2017
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451 - India-Australia 'Cheating' Row Sat, 11 Mar 2017
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450 - Is Root Ready to Captain England? Sat, 11 Feb 2017
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449 - Warner Achieves Cricket's Holy Grail Sat, 07 Jan 2017
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448 - The Best of Stumped in 2016 Sat, 31 Dec 2016
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447 - Stumped End of Year Quiz Sat, 24 Dec 2016
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446 - Why Are Bowlers Always Injured? Sat, 17 Dec 2016
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445 - David Wiese: Franchise cricket is nearing saturation point Thu, 04 Apr 2024
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444 - Marais Erasmus: My life as an international umpire Thu, 28 Mar 2024
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443 - IPL: Scouting India's next star Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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442 - Jimmy Anderson: The David Bowie of cricket Thu, 14 Mar 2024
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441 - Does cricket need a two-tier World Test Championship? Thu, 07 Mar 2024
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440 - Japanese Cricket Icon: Shizuka Miyaji Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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439 - The WPL and the Bucket Hat Cult Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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438 - Australia's Mitchell Marsh on the power of talking Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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437 - Jaiswal: India's next 'legend'? Thu, 08 Feb 2024
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436 - Kevin Sinclair on backflips and West Indies historic win Thu, 01 Feb 2024
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435 - Saumy Pandey: India’s Junior Jadeja Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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434 - Super Shamar Joseph Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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433 - Ellyse Perry: Greatest female cricketer we've ever seen Thu, 11 Jan 2024
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432 - How to save Test cricket? Thu, 04 Jan 2024
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431 - The Best of Stumped in 2023 Thu, 28 Dec 2023
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430 - Jim Maxwell: Celebrating 50 years of Australia's 'Voice of Summer' Thu, 21 Dec 2023
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429 - David Warner: Answering his critics? Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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428 - WBBL winner: 'I taught myself how to bowl spin' Thu, 07 Dec 2023
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427 - The WBBL final: Will Adelaide Strikers dominate? Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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426 - Australia captain Pat Cummins is a 'special human being' Fri, 24 Nov 2023
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425 - Will Virat Kohli help India win the World Cup? Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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424 - ICC's Geoff Allardice discusses the latest on Afghanistan women's cricket Thu, 09 Nov 2023
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423 - Meet the first female coach in the Pakistan Super League Thu, 02 Nov 2023
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422 - Afghanistan's secret to success Mon, 30 Oct 2023
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420 - Sinalo Jafta on alcoholism, rehab and recovery Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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419 - India World Cup: ‘This is your Bollywood movie’ Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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418 - World Cup fever, proud Dutchman and Gandhi's cricket connections Thu, 05 Oct 2023
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417 - India’s first gold medal and Pakistan’s trailblazing captain Nida Dar Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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416 - De Kock on retirement, taking the knee and unfinished business Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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415 - Laura Wolvaardt: Touring Pakistan for the first time Thu, 14 Sep 2023
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414 - Rahul returns for India and the 16 year-old record breaker, who’s still at school Thu, 07 Sep 2023
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413 - The first red card in cricket Thu, 31 Aug 2023
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412 - Neil Wagner: Limo rides, post-match football and the beauty of Test cricket Thu, 24 Aug 2023
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411 - Spencer Johnson: From greenskeeper to Australia’s Baggy Green? Thu, 17 Aug 2023
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410 - Lydia Greenway on cricket's first female shoe Thu, 10 Aug 2023
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409 - Ollie Pope: The fairytale finish for Broad Thu, 03 Aug 2023
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408 - 'Harmanpreet Kaur should be banned for 12 months' Thu, 27 Jul 2023
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407 - Major League Cricket: Will it break America? Wed, 19 Jul 2023
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406 - The most entertaining Ashes ever? Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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405 - The fall of West Indies Thu, 06 Jul 2023