Devon Conway headlined the opening day of the Lord’s Test with a spectacular century on debut proving just why he belongs at the elite level. He was assured and composed from ball one and was just as well after facing 240 balls for his unbeaten 136 as he led New Zealand to 246 for 3 in London. He ended the day with the highest score for a Test debutant at Lord’s.

Ollie Robinson found himself in hot water on his Test debut as his Tweets from eight years ago, both racist and sexist in nature, resurfaced across social media. The 27-year-old issued a statement expressing deep regret for his past action and said that he’d matured as a person since but a disciplinary process will be initiated by the ECB for his gross indiscretion.

It is a mark of the current strength of New Zealand’s Test squad that they left out Tom Blundell for this match and replaced him with the uncapped Devon Conway. Blundell has done well at the top of the order but Conway is the coming man of New Zealand cricket. By the end of the day, he had shown why with a superb debut hundred that had given his side the upper hand. New Zealand changed an already excellent team and made it stronger. There are not too many Test match sides who have the strength in depth to do that.

“Our greatest glory is not in ever falling but in rising every time we fall!” – Batman.

Amol Muzumdar has been appointed coach of the Mumbai team for the 2021-22 domestic season. The Mumbai Cricket Association said that the selection was made on the recommendation of the Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC) consisting of Jatin Paranjpe (chairman), Nilesh Kulkarni and Vinod Kambli.

India’s travails in a controlled bio-secure environment won’t last their entire stay in the UK. Cricbuzz understands that the India team will be free from bio-bubble restrictions once the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, an ICC event, wraps up.

Ramesh Powar and Mithali Raj, India’s head coach and captain respectively, claim to have reconciled after their very public falling-out following India’s semifinal exit in the 2018 T20 WC. And as they return to work again after nearly three years for India’s tour to England, there has been an attempt to create a positive vibe around the entire team.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved 14 teams for the 50-over World Cup and 20 teams for the T20 WC in the next cycle of Future Tours Programme. In the eight-year cycle starting from 2023 to 2031, there will now be eight global tournaments that sees the return of the Champions Trophy. The decisions were taken by the all-powerful executive board meeting of the ICC, which was held virtually on Tuesday (June1).

The eve of the first Test of an English summer is normally an exciting time. This year, with New Zealand and India the visitors, there is even more excitement than normal given those two teams are ranked numbers one and two in the world. It is set to be a blockbuster summer of Test cricket. For some of England’s batsmen, it could be a make or break one.

After an online meeting with the franchise owners on Tuesday afternoon, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced an alteration in the tentative plans for the remainder of PSL 2021, which the board is striving to hold this month in the UAE. PCB said the tournament will now end on June 24, four days later than originally planned, thus affecting Pakistan’s scheduled departure for England as well.