It’s World Cup day!

Previewing the Women’s WC, The Hundred has nearly a 100 suitors, & how Gandhi inspired the Ranji Trophy.

How did they decide who got to ride the camels?

It’s World Cup day!

The most competitive WC, ENG’s surprising call-up for the PAK tour, & The Hundred has nearly a 100 suitors.

• Indian Express’ Vinayakk Mohanarangan writes about the hope that the Women’s T20 World Cup will be highly competitive, while New Indian Express’ Kalyani Mangale writes about the impact of the inaugural U19 World Cup on the senior tournament’s squad and tactics.

• The World Cup - which starts today with BAN v SCO and PAK v SL - will use the new Smart Replay system, which debuted at the IPL & The Hundred this year.

• 22-year old Jafar Chohan is a surprise inclusion into England’s squad for the Pakistan tour, and a vindication for the two-year old South Asian Cricket Academy that helped develop his talents.

• The Telegraph’s Tom Morgan reports that The Hundred has nearly a 100 suitors, while Middlesex might have to find a new county home after they failed to come to a long-term agreement with Lord’s - where they’ve played since 1864!

• The SA20 auction for 2025 has concluded, with Reeza Hendricks the highest purchase at 4.3 million Rand (~$247,000). Many high profile players, such as Ben Stokes, were purchased by their teams before the auction.

Hard to hate a woman who supports RCB!

Fatima Sana supports RCB, Gillespie talks PAK, & how Gandhi inspired the Ranji Trophy.

• Cricket.com’s Akshay Kumaraswamy talks to 22-year old Fatima Sana about leading older members of the Pakistan team (and her RCB fandom!), ESPNcricinfo’s Shashank Kishore talks to Leigh Kasparek, who coached Scotland but will be playing for New Zealand, & Hindustan Times’ Sanjjeev K Samyal talks to Jemimah Rodrigues’ former India coaches about her importance.

• Al Jazeera’s Kevin Hand & Hafsa Adil interview Jason Gillespie about the changes the Pakistan team need to make, while Cricket.com’s Shubh Aggarwal & Aakash Sivasubramaniam talk to Bangladesh selector Abdur Razzak about Shakib Al Hasan’s legacy and the rise of Mehidy Hasan.

• Revsportz’s Boria Majumdar writes about Mahatma Gandhi’s connection to cricket to celebrate his birthday. Unsurprisingly, the freedom fighter was involved in ridding India of a popular religion- and ethnicity-divided trophy called the Pentangular, which eventually led to the birth of the Ranji Trophy!

Who’s going to dethrone Australia?

Previewing the Women’s WC.

• Wisden Cricket Weekly’s Yas Rana, Katya Witney & Lauren Winfield-Hill preview the Women’s World Cup, and ask who can dethrone Australia. [Apple Podcasts]

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