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(Reuters) - Ben Stokes livened up the County Championship a week after being appointed England's new test captain when he smashed 161 off 88 balls for Durham against Worcestershire on Friday in an innings that included a record 17 sixes.
Ben Stokes livened up the County Championship a week after being appointed England's new Test captain when he smashed 161 off 88 balls for Durham against Worcestershire on Friday in an innings that included a record 17 sixes. The record for most sixes in a County Championship innings was previously shared by Andrew Symonds and Graham Napier, who both hit 16 in 1995 and 2011, respectively.
Ben Stokes livened up the County Championship a week after being appointed England's new test captain when he smashed 161 off 88 balls for Durham against Worcestershire on Friday in an innings that included a record 17 sixes.
New England Test captain Ben Stokes smashed five sixes in a row as he completed a stunning 64-ball hundred on his first appearance of the LV= Insurance County Championship season for Durham.
The two former Australian cricketers were close friends when both started playing for their country but as Symonds' career came to an end, Clarke's profile exploded and he was eventually named captain.
When they flourished, Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke formed a formidable pair for the Australian cricket team. Together they won many series as Clarke went on to become the Australia captain. At the same time, Symonds was at the sunset of his career and somehow his equation with Clarke took the wrong turn. It reached a point when then interim captain Clarke sent Symonds back from a one-day series for skipping a team meeting and instead going to fishing.
County side Durham has said they will speak to head coach James Franklin "privately" over the physical harassment allegations made by Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal against the former New Zealand pacer. Earlier this year, in a podcast published by Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chahal had recalled an incident from 2011 when his then Mumbai Indians teammates Franklin and Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds had allegedly tied him up while celebrating their win in the Champions League final that year.
Another trend that has emerged over the years is that of the IPL turning some of the fiercest rivals and foes into teammates and friends. Players from different nations including India, who, while representing their respective countries, states, counties etc. have been involved in some of the biggest and ugliest controversial moments on and off the field, have over the years come together and become IPL teammates and friends. You can call it coincidence or team strategies, but over the years the IPL has successfully brought together some of the biggest names in world cricket, regardless of personal egos and different cultures. Burying the hatchet and playing for 'the team' and excelling is something most of the players in the IPL have embodied. TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at how the IPL threw some of the most bitter cricketing foes together and how they rose together for their teams. Harbhajan Singh and Andrew SymondsEveryone in the cricketing circuit is well aware of the infamous 'Monkeygate' incident that took place during the 2008 Sydney Test. It was something that took the cricket world by storm and will perhaps always be listed as one of the biggest on-field controversies to hit world cricket.