NEW: Ireland men last week declined central contracts offers made to them by Cricket Ireland

Ireland women are set to vote on their offers soon

Unclear this time around why the rejection, but players have previously sought pay rises

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Our 1000th episode! 🥳

Can’t stop, won’t stop.

Ep in feeds now.

CPL chief executive says T20 leagues overlapping is 'a nonsense' which can be avoided with greater collaboration - and wants league administrators to meet regularly to minimise clashes

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Announcing the 2024 shortlist for The Heartaches’ Cricket Book of the Year

🏏 Bazball, Nick Hoult and Lawrence Booth (@BloomsburyBooks)

🏏 Legacy, Nick Compton (@allenandunwin)

🏏 Son of Grace, Vaneisa Baksh (@FairfieldBooks_)

🏏 Sticky Dogs and Stardust, Scott Oliver…

Delighted that White Hot - my book with Tim Wigmore on England's double world champions - is on the shortlist for Cricket Book of the Year at the The Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards next month

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Big interview: Chris Jordan chats T20 World Cup selection, his first global tournament alongside Jofra Archer, Barbados 🇧🇧, and the work that goes into being the No1 fielder in the world (imo) #T20WorldCup theguardian.com/sport/article/…

A lovely moment, Josh Baker hitting the runs that sealed promotion for Worcestershire last season. RIP

Richard Gleeson makes his IPL debut tonight, aged 36, for Chennai Super Kings

Incredible career arc: a decade ago, he was a club cricketer who had never played a professional match

V good nerdy interview with Ollie Pope by Yas Rana on this week's Wisden pod youtu.be/pcJmmRD4N-0?si…

Today’s Switch Hit pod with @vitu_e and Alan Gardner on England’s T20 World Cup squad

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England's IPL players due back from India on the weekend of May 18/19 - so will miss the play-offs and possibly the final round of group games

Rob Key wants the World Cup squad together ahead of T20I series against Pakistan which starts May 22

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T20 batting records are being smashed at #IPL2024 , but seven of ten major leagues in the last year were won by the team with the best bowling strike rate 🔥

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England due to name their provisional 15-man T20 World Cup squad tomorrow morning

Expecting Chris Jordan and Ben Duckett to feature but Jamie Overton missing through injury

Story with Vithushan Ehantharajah:

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T20 is evolving on a daily basis in India with average scores and run rates through the roof. But around the world, the most reliable way to win a T20 league is still to take the most wickets

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T20 is evolving on a daily basis in India with average scores and run rates through the roof. But around the world, the most reliable way to win a T20 league is still to take the most wickets

espncricinfo.com/story/want-to-…

Bairstow roars back to form with a 45-ball 100 on recall - showing exactly why he will be so important to England in the Caribbean