AUS-W retain the Ashes, Kohli’s first Ranji game in 12 years, & does Ranji success matter to IND selectors?

• Australia Women beat England by 57 runs in the first T20 to retain the Ashes. ESPNcricinfo’s Andrew McGlashan praises the hosts’ depth, while BBC’s Ffion Wynne says that England need to accept that they are a far inferior team.

• Virat Kohli has made himself available for Delhi’s Ranji Trophy team, while Broken Cricket Dream’s Nitesh Mathur analyses if Ranji and other domestic success translates to games for Team India.

• ESPNcricinfo have a roundup of the action from the Women’s Under-19 World Cup, including Nigeria’s stunning upset of New Zealand.

• The PCB has apparently agreed to pay certain international stars $100,000 to play in the PSL, above their agreed salaries with the individual franchises. Meanwhile, America’s MLC is set to expand to eight teams by 2027.

ENG are incentivising players to quit, do bowlers over-correct too often, & Maxwell is a BBL legend.

• ESPNcricinfo’s Matt Roller talks to James Vince about the why the ECB’s new policy on no-objection certificates (NOCs) led to him quitting county cricket for a T20 payday, and why he won’t be the last to make the decision.

• Cricket and Stuff’s Harigovind S looks at the numbers to determine if even elite bowlers often overcorrect a bad ball, and whether batters take advantage of the mental slip.

• Sydney Morning Herald’s Daniel Brettig writes that Glenn Maxwell may never know what kind of Test career he could’ve had, but he has elevated the Big Bash League every Australian summer.

• ESPNcricinfo’s Firdose Moonda blames the overload of national and SA20 cricket for the sudden rash of injured quicks amongst the South African ranks.

When an Italian town banned cricket.