What is the point of the ICC?

IND won’t travel to PAK for the CT, Test cricket is still ailing, & Anderson on returning to the IPL.

If we don’t get anymore India-Pakistan matches because of geo-political tensions, what is the point of the ICC?

What is the point of the ICC?

IND won’t travel to PAK for the CT, PAK score a historic win in AUS, & McSweeney gets the BGT opener spot.

• India announced that they won’t travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, and the PCB chief has indicated that they won’t participate in a hybrid model.

• Pakistan beat Australia by 8 wickets to seal their ODI series win. ESPNcricinfo’s Danyal Rasool writes about Pakistan’s decision to lean into their weaknesses, while Cricket.com’s Anirudh Suresh looks at the numbers behind Glenn Maxwell’s horrid year.

• Nathan McSweeney & Josh Inglis were named in Australia’s squad for the India tour. Cricbuzz’s Bharat Sundaresan writes about the well-deserved call-up for Australia’s “Buddha”, McSweeney, while Dainik Jagran’s Himanshu Badola reports that the BCCI may switch to two coaches if India don’t perform well during the series.

• Hobart Hurricanes’ Lizelle Lee scored a WBBL record 150* (75) against the Perth Scorchers. Cricket Australia looks at what each team needs to qualify for the playoffs, while Cricket.com’s Gaurav Nandan Tripathi rounds up the WBBL news from an Indian perspective.

Tests are still dying

Test cricket is still ailing, what did IND learn from IND-A, & IND’s newest record-breaking prodigy.

• ESPNcricinfo’s Andrew Fidel Fernando thinks we shouldn’t get carried away with recent results, and that Test cricket is still in a problematic place.

• Cricket.com’s Anirudh Suresh tries to draw conclusions from India A’s series loss to Australia A, including whether Dhruv Jurel has earned a promotion to the senior team.

• Indian Express’ Pratyush Raj catches up with 19-year old Yashvardhan Dalal who became the first ever player to score 400+ runs in the domestic Indian CK Nayudu Cup, and is aiming to emulate Kohli in red ball cricket.

Why play in the IPL now?

Anderson on returning to the IPL, how batting has changed, & an all time trophy-less XI.

• Tailenders’ Jimmy Anderson walks through his decision to return to the IPL, before the podcast hosts Will Young to talk about reading Indian bowlers in India during New Zealand’s 3-0 Test series victory. [Apple Podcasts]

• Good Areas’ Jarrod Kimber talks about how batting has changed over the years.

• Good Areas’ Jarrod Kimber, Behram Qazi & Estelle Vasudevan draft an all-time XI that have never won a trophy.

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