ICC Champions Trophy 2025

[1kiwi]

Ben Sears has been ruled out of the tournament due to a hamstring injury.
Sears will be replaced in the official squad by Jacob Duffy who is already assembled with the team having been part of the squad for the ODI Tri-Series against Pakistan and South Africa.

NEW ZEALAND
Squad: Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young.

Other squads of Note:

AUSTRALIA
Squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa. Travelling reserve: Cooper Connolly.

INDIA
Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja

SOUTH AFRICA
Squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen. Travelling reserve: Kwena Maphaka

ENGLAND
Squad: Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood

PAKISTAN
Squad: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Salman Ali Agha (vc), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi

[Chris B.]

Australia without Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins will be interesting!

No Bumrah for India.

[1kiwi]

@Chris-B said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:

Australia without Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins will be interesting!

No Bumrah for India.

Glimpse of the future for Australia really as neither of those three will be around much longer I suspect. Cummins might stick around for another couple of years or so. I wouldn't be surprised if Starc & Hazelwood retire after next summer's Ashes if Australia win the series.

[Chris B.]

@1kiwi This bodes well!

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-in-sri-lanka-2024-25-1459900/sri-lanka-vs-australia-2nd-odi-1469168/full-scorecard

[1kiwi]

[Chris B.]

Will Young finally gets his nose ahead of Devon in the line-up - Rachin gets hit in the face, Devon gets a reprieve - and has completely out-batted Will in the warm-up games.

I see he kept vs Afghanistan.

I think Devon is locked in to play now - alongside two of Rachin, Will and Tom Latham (I expect Tom to play).

The Fergburger bowled three overs - but, will they risk him over (probably) Duffy or O'Rourke?

I'd guess Conway, Young, Williamson, Mitchell, Latham, Phillips, Bracewell, Santner, Henry, Duffy, O'Rourke for the Pakistan game.

[Bovidae]

Coach Gary Stead confirmed on Tuesday night that fast bowler Lockie Ferguson was out of the tournament with a foot injury suffered during Sunday’s warm-up match against Afghanistan.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360586048/champions-trophy-black-caps-fast-bowler-lockie-ferguson-ruled-out-kyle-jamieson-summoned-pakistan

[canefan]

@Bovidae said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:

Coach Gary Stead confirmed on Tuesday night that fast bowler Lockie Ferguson was out of the tournament with a foot injury suffered during Sunday’s warm-up match against Afghanistan.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360586048/champions-trophy-black-caps-fast-bowler-lockie-ferguson-ruled-out-kyle-jamieson-summoned-pakistan

Another Kiwi quick bowler made of glass

[bayimports]

For Aussie viewers, live on prime at 7:30 AEST

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0O3I64554NOG76DYL96UGOIUEH/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

[Duluth]

Just started

Pakistan:
1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Babar Azam, 3 Saud Shakeel, 4 Mohammad Rizwan (capt & wk), 5 Salman Ali Agha, 6 Tayyab Tahir, 7 Khushdil Shah, 8 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 9 Naseem Shah, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Abrar Ahmed

NZ:
1 Will Young, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Mitchell Santner (capt), 9 Matt Henry, 10 Nathan Smith, 11 Will O'Rourke

Pakistan chose to bowl first

[Canes4life]

A big opening partnership is a must. Currently 11/0 off 2.3 overs.

[Canes4life]

BCs 30/0 off 5 overs.

[Canes4life]

Conway and Williamson gone now. BCs in trouble. 40/2 off 8.1 overs.

[Donsteppa]

Mitchell with a horror shot to match 10 (24).

[canefan]

Does Will Young have an IPL contract? He should, he loves batting on the subcontinent

[ACT Crusader]

Young certainly looks unfazed by the ball gripping on the deck. Going to have to get a move on because these conditions tend to favour the second batting side.

[No Quarter]

Young should have his ton already. Poor fielding and the boundary padding moved so pretty obvious 4, unsure why it wasn't called.

[No Quarter]

Wonderful hundred to Young

[ACT Crusader]

Well done Young. A great first up ton

[Chris]

Great 100 run partnership really good 100 by Young and 2nd 50 on the bounce for Latham on a difficult surface and under pressure from 3 down,these 2 have given us a shot at a decent score.