Who knew Kiwis could fly?

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Who knew Kiwis could fly?

NZ’s greatest week ever, the new IND players for the BGT, & PAK’s confusing central contract choices.

• As New Zealand Men and Women won in India, ESPNcricinfo’s Alagappan Muthu writes about the country’s greatest cricketing week.
• India have announced their squad for the Australia tour. ESPNcricinfo’s Vishal Dikshit profiles the five new faces, while Daya Sagar talks to Harshit Rana about his attitude going into his debut series.
• Pakistan have announced their central contracts with only the recently dropped Azam & Rizwan in the ‘A’ category, while captain Shan Masood’s contract is dependent on retaining the captaincy. Fakhar Zaman misses out, with his support for Azam publicly stated as a problem.
• As the WBBL kicks off, Ellyse Perry & Shikha Pandey - both former prodigies - laud the debut performance of Australia’s newest wunderkind, 15-year old Caoimhe Bray.

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New look New Zealand are off the mark

NZ’s changing of the guard, 10 years of the WBBL, & the USA coach’s anti-Indian hatred.

• ESPNcricinfo’s Deivarayan Muthu writes about New Zealand’s successful changing of the guard, while Wisden’s Abhishek Mukherjee remembers when New Zealand nearly broke their India series duck in 1969-70, but were thwarted by underhanded tactics by the locals.
• Sydney Morning Herald’s Roy Ward writes about ten years of the WBBL, while ESPNcricinfo’s Andrew McGlashan comes up with an all-time WBBL XI.
• Cricbuzz’s Smit Patel details the player’s revolt that ousted USA coach Stuart Law, and why they felt like he was discriminating against Indian-origin athletes.
• Sydney Morning Herald’s Jon Pierek writes about the inevitable Australian stardom of Nathan McSweeney, ESPNcricinfo’s Andrew Fidel Fernando writes about Sri Lanka’s problem of plenty in their top order, & The Part-Timer’s Nathan Johns details Ireland’s need for more pacers.

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