Will Mazda channel the spirit of the long-gone CX-7 in the new CX-70? More than a decade after its predecessor was discontinued, the CX-70 emerges as, essentially, a CX-90 with two fewer seats.

Here we are now. Just the four playoffs games to go this IPL. It will hardly matter who did what in the earlier rounds; now it'll only be about which side is better on the day. One thing is ...