Venues confirmed for Springboks' two Tests against Wallabies Down Under
The venues for the Springboks' two away Rugby Championship Tests against the Wallabies were confirmed by Rugby Australia on Friday.
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David Warner Becomes First Australian To Make 100 Appearances In All Formats
Experienced opener David Warner on Friday became the first player from Australia to make 100 appearances in all formats of cricket following his inclusion in Australia's playing XI for the first T20I clash against West Indies on Friday. Warner making his 100th appearance in the T20I, joined the likes of former skipper Aaron Finch (103) and star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell (100) to become just the third Australian player to achieve the feat. Overall Warner joins the elite company of India's stalwart batter Virat Kohli and New Zealand's Ross Taylor to become the third man to represent his country a hundred times in all formats.
"No One Can Leave Own Blood": Mohammed Shami On Missing Daughter, Not Visiting Her
India pacer Mohammed Shami has opened up on the bond with his daughter, Aaira, who lives with the cricketer's estranged wife Hasin Jahan. During a recent interaction, Shami revealed that he misses Aaira a lot, and only speaks to her occasionally. The cricketer revealed that Hasin Jahan doesn't allow Aaira to speak to him very often, adding that he doesn't get the chance to meet Aaira in person since he and his estranged wife have not been in talking terms. For the unversed, Shami married Hasin Jahan in 2014, while Aaira was born in 2015.
Watch: Drama On Field As TV Umpire Says Not Out But Ground Umpire Signals Out
Cricket, the gentlemen's game, sometimes becomes so funny that you can't help but roll on the floor laughing. In one of the funniest incidents that ever happened on a cricket pitch, the TV umpire said not out to an LBW review but the ground umpire mistakenly signalled it out. And this didn't happen in a domestic competition but in an international game. It was the second ODI of the three-match series between South Africa and Australia Women at North Sydney Oval.
'Limitless' Jasprit Bumrah Shatters Ceiling, This Time With Yorker To Entire Cricket World
'Mentality Monster' Jasprit Bumrah reached new heights in world cricket as he scaled the No. 1 position in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers. Bumrah dethroned his own teammate Ravichandran Ashwin to make the top spot his own. In the process, the marquee pacer also became the first bowler in the history of the game to have claimed the No. 1 spot in all three formats of the game at some point in his career. While a total of three players have done so in rankings for batters, no bowler had ever managed to do so before Bumrah.
Novak Djokovic Set For Indian Wells Return After 5 Years, Rafael Nadal Features On Entry List
In an attempt to capture a record-tying sixth title in the Indian Wells, World No. 1 and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will return a return in BNP Paribas Open after a five-year hiatus. The five-time champion (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016) owns a tournament-record 20 consecutive match victories from his three-peat from 2014-2016. This week, the BNP Paribas Open revealed its player entry lists. The 2024 BNP Paribas Open, which will take place from March 3 to 17 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, features a star-studded field of former Indian Wells champions and up-and-coming talents.
"Gone Too Long...": Ex-Australia Star Suggests Big Rule Change For ODI Cricket
Former Australian cricket team batter Aaron Finch believes that ODI matches should be reduced to 40 overs a side in order to bring back interest to the format. In the recent times, a lot of questions have been asked about the relevance of the format with the growing popularity of T20s. In a recent discussion, Finch said that teams bowl 11 or 12 overs per hour in ODI matches and the slow over rate has resulted in spectators losing interest. He added that there is a chance that the cricket fans may end up calling ODI games a 'glorified T20' and as a result, a 40-over format may be beneficial for the future.
India's Davis Cup Heroes To Headline Bengaluru Open
Fresh from their Davis Cup win over Pakistan, four Indians including Ramkumar Ramanathan and N Sriram Balaji will be in action in the Bengaluru Open slated to be held from February 12-18. India's top singles player Sumit Nagal, who opted out of the Davis Cup, will also be seen in action, having earned a direct entry by virtue of his 137th rank. The cut-off for the Bengaluru Open was 257. At the Australian Open last month, Nagal had knocked out world number 27 Alexander Bublik in the first round of the main draw.