The India tour is as important as The Ashes
The ECB’s view of the IND tour, ENG will target Gill, & how are ENG ever supposed to take 20 wickets?
Bangladesh salvage a day one lead
BAN win day one against SL, 4-day Tests in the WTC, & Harbhajan/Yuvraj have been caught endorsing betting apps.
Bangladesh are at 292/3 on day one against Sri Lanka, with two centurions unbeaten at the crease. ESPNcricinfo’s Andrew Fidel Fernando writes about the fascinating personnel renewals happening with both teams, even as their opportunities to play Test cricket continue to shrink.
The ICC is ready to approve 4-day Tests within the WTC rankings, while countries are free to play still play 5-day Tests if they want.
Suryakumar Yadav is in London for surgery, and will be out of action until at least August.
Trans cricketer Anaya Bangar - daughter of India international Sanjay Bangar - participated in an independent study that showed her hormonal levels to be in line with other women, and has asked the BCCI/ICC to reconsider her eligibility.
Harbhajan Singh & Yuvraj Singh have been caught up in a police investigation for endorsing illegal betting apps in India.
The India tour is as important as The Ashes
The ECB’s view of the IND tour, ENG will target Gill, & how are ENG ever supposed to take 20 wickets?
ESPNcricinfo’s Matt Roller talks to ECB chief Richard Gould about the commercial and cultural importance of the India tour.
The Times’ Mike Atherton warns Shubman Gill that England are going to target him as a batter and a captain, while Indian Express’ Sriram Veera wonders if KL Rahul is finally going to put together a complete series performance.
The Times’ Stuart Broad has a very basic concern; how are England ever going to take 20 wickets against India?
Bumrah knew he would never lead India
Bumrah on captaining IND, & Rob Key on a key six months for ENG.
Sky Sports’ Dinesh Karthik talks to Jasprit Bumrah ahead of the England series, and asks him why he isn’t leading the Indian team as it’s best player. [YouTube]
The Telegraph Cricket Podcast interviews ECB managing director Rob Key about a defining six months for Bazball, and his thoughts on Freddie Flintoff succeeding Brendon McCullum. [Apple/Spotify]
Interesting re Anaya Bangar.
But it’s not specifically her hormonal levels that are “in line with other women”.
Rather, it is measured …”power, strength, stamina, muscle mass, oxygen levels and lung capacity…” which now “…all fit within the cisgender female range” _when complying with the required the hormone therapy_.
The argument against trans women competing against against cis women has been the retention of physiological advantages of male puberty. The MMU study appears to challenge the existence of this advantage (and hence the validity of the ban on trans women).