Players.bio is a large online platform sharing the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7. Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.
Stokes achieved the feat with a six off Tim Southee's delivery in his 151st Test innings. Former Kiwi skipper and current England Test format coach Brendon McCullum tops the list with 107 sixes.
Zaheer Abbas has been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital here. According to Geo News, Abbas, 74, was moved to the ICU three days after getting admission in Saint Mary's Hospital in Paddington, where he was put on oxygen support. One of the most elegant batters of his time, Abbas had contracted COVID-19 while travelling from Dubai to London.
Pakistani batting great Zaheer Abbas has been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital in London. According to Geo News, Abbas, 74, was moved to the ICU three days after getting admission in Saint Mary's Hospital in Paddington, where he was put on oxygen support. One of the most elegant batters of his time, Abbas had contracted COVID-19 while travelling from Dubai to London. He had complained of pain and was diagnosed with pneumonia after arriving in the British capital.
Joe Root became the latest entrant to the 10,000-run club in Test cricket, achieving the rare feat on Day 4 of the opening Test against New Zealand on Sunday. Root became only the second Englishman to reach the milestone after Alastair Cook and the 14th overall. He reached the 10,000-run mark in his 218th innings, becoming the fastest England batter to do so. Cook had reached the landmark in his 229th innings. Incidentally, Root is also the joint-youngest to reach the mark along with Cook, both of whom reached the milestone at the age of 31y 157d.
The Proteas women are taking their first steps of life without Mignon du Preez, the great former captain who retired from ODI and Test formats after the Women's World Cup in New Zealand this year.
No cricket fan can ever forget the 2006 Johannesburg ODI between Australia and South Africa where the latter chased down 435 runs to win the five-match ODI series 3-2. The match witnessed such high drama that the Proteas fans were left in tears when Mark Boucher smashed Brett Lee over mid-on for a four to win the contest for the home team. Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith revisited the classic and revealed Jacques Kallis' words at the mid-innings which "broke the ice" after their team conceded 434/4 in 50 overs.
JANUARY 2008 - BEAT WEST INDIES BY AN INNINGS AND 100 RUNS
England all-rounder Ben Stokes is considered as one of the best all-rounders going around in world cricket today, and the left-handed batter was at his very best in the first innings of the ongoing second Test against West Indies. Stokes blasted 120 runs off 128 balls with the help of 11 fours and 6 sixes to help England post 507 for nine declared. During the course of the knock, Stokes managed to join a list of elite players.