England have named their 12-man squad for the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's which starts on Thursday. ๐
Shoaib Bashir has been backed as first-choice spinner after being overlooked for the entire Ashes series.
Thoughts?
Official Statement - Jacob Bethell
The England and Wales Cricket Board has agreed with Royal Challengers Bangalore that top-order batter Jacob Bethell will return to the UK after sustaining a left ring finger injury while playing in the Indian Premier League.
He will be fully assessed and monitored by the England Menโs medical team on his return to determine his availability for selection for the Rothesay first Test against New Zealand at Lordโs, starting on Thursday 4 June.
Kids today will never experience that feeling of returning home from schoolโฆ full of excitement and pumped upโฆ
just to watch cartoons!
It was a time when the theme tunes werenโt just theme tunesโฆ
they were absolute bangers.
๐จ At around 18:00 BST, Arsenal ground staff requested UEFA to measure the length of grass at Atletico Madrid, believing it was too long. It was determined the grass was 26 millimetres, below the limit. โ๐ฌ [@GuillemBalague]
Wisdenโs Five Cricketers of the Year for 2025 (canโt be chosen more than once, emphasis on English summer) are: Shubman Gill, Haseeb Hameed, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Siraj.
Local media reporting that England Men will be touring the Caribbean for a Test series in 2028 (last went over in 2022 for Tests) as part of new FTP
We know one Test will be at Kensington Oval
Campaign for one Test to be played at Providence begins now ๐ฌ๐พ