A saving grace is that most top players appear to still view Test cricket as the pinnacle, such as Jamaica’s Mr Brandon King, who has kept faith with the red-ball format, amid his white-ball commitments. Mr King has now been rewarded with a place in the West Indies Test squad to face Australia.

Major League Cricket opens its season this week at the Oakland Coliseum, with the San Francisco Unicorns playing in three of the nine matches. Here’s a primer if you are new to the sport.

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Ahead of Day Two of the 2025 ICC World Test Championship Final between Australia and South Africa, former Pakistan captain Sana Mir took part in one

Boundary catches involving 'bunny hops', or multiple airborne touches outside the rope, have been deemed illegal by the Marylebone Cricket Club, with the new ruling set to be integrated into ICC's playing conditions this month and the MCC's laws from October next year.

While the red ball can be shined by players during play, the white and pink balls cannot. The fact the red ball includes a layer less of lacquer means it often wears down more easily than the white and pink ball.

The MCC has announced a major update to cricket's boundary fielding law to ban multiple airborne touches. This change aims to make boundary catches fairer and reduce controversial plays from June 2025.

James Minto is only 17 but already he is the main breadwinner at home and has overcome the barriers caused by social deprivation that make cricket an unfeasible sport for so many in this country.