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Did you just feel that? It was jeopardy

Did you just feel that? It was jeopardy
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Today's podcast is about how product innovation has changed cricket's audience and the problems that has created for a game wedded to a 20th century economic model.

'You watching this?'

There’s been an unusual feel to the current ICC T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, one you don't often get during the early rounds of a major global sports event: Uncertainty.

England felt it against Nepal in their first game. ‘You watching this?’ was the gist on WhatsApp last week. In Colombo, Pakistan were 119 for seven in the 18th over, being dragged to the edge

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The Glastonbury of...

The Glastonbury of...
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Outgoing Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley was quoted on the "festivalisation" of the core tennis product:

As well as the One Point Slam, this year's Australian Open featured an opening ceremony that doubled as an evening with the ever-popular Federer, plus superstars such as Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka playing warm-up sets on Rod Laver Arena. All of which came, of course, with a money-spinning entrance fee. Around the grounds, superstar music acts, hip restaurant link-ups and family fun events have turned the Australian Open into the Glastonbury of tennis - a cultural jamboree blending sport, entertainment and food
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