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Cricidiot
The board released seven players, hired five who have never played a Test, handed the Test side to the T20 coaches, then gave its own selectors 24 hours to explain in writing why it had picked the players it just sent home. Cricidiot takes it in the order the board did it.
Test cricket
Modern Tests use fewer balls and reach day five less often, but the data does not make a simple case for four-day Tests.
Women's Asia Cup
India opened the Women’s Asia Cup with a 94-run win over Thailand after making 159 for nine in Dubai.
Duleep Trophy
Tilak Varma’s unbeaten 106 and Shreyas Gopal’s 87 took South Zone to 285 for nine and a 90-run lead over North Zone.
England v Ireland
Charlie Dean leads England against Ireland in a three-match Women’s Championship series beginning at Leicester.
India v Sri Lanka
Sonal Dinusha’s unbeaten 133 and Sri Lanka’s lower order turned 218 for six into a draw against India in Colombo.
England v Pakistan
Mohammad Abbas reached the Lord’s honours board with five for 57 and nine wickets in the match. England still won by 194 runs.
Namibia tri-series
Brevis followed 75 off 50 against Namibia with 75 not out off 32 against Zimbabwe in South Africa’s Namibia tri-series.
Namibia tri-series
Namibia used a 57-run powerplay and a disciplined bowling effort to beat South Africa by 18 runs in Windhoek.
Australia v Bangladesh
Mitchell Starc took ten wickets in Mackay as Australia levelled the Bangladesh series and he reached No. 1 in the Test rankings.