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Australia's Alana King claimed the first hat-trick in the history of women's competition at The Hundred on Saturday, a fortnight after the feat narrowly eluded her in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Former New Zealand batter Ross Tayor, who recently released his autobiography, titled 'Black & White', revealed some unknown facts about his cricketing journey. Taylor started his Indian Premier League career with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2008, and revealed that he would have played the tournament for a longer duration if the franchise had bought him in the 2011 edition. After not being picked by RCB, the batter was picked by Rajasthan Royals, where he played with late Australia spin maestro Shane Warne.
Ross Taylor made another sensational revelation that he was 'slapped' by one of the owners of the Rajasthan Royals franchise during the 2011 season of the Indian Premier League. Taylor disclosed the incident in his new autobiography, Ross Taylor: Black & White, and said it took place following a defeat against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. "The chase was 195, I was lbw for a duck and we didn't get close," Taylor wrote in his book, an excerpt of which was published on Stuff.co.nz.
On this day in 2005, late Australian spin maestro Shane Warne became the first bowler in the history of the game to take 600 wickets in Test cricket. The legendary bowler accomplished this feat during the third Test of the Ashes series against Australia at Old Trafford in Manchester in August 2005. The dismissal occurred in the 42nd over of England's first innings. English opener Marcus Trescothick was batting on 63 when the fifth ball of the over outsmarted him.
James Anderson turned 40 on Saturday, an age where many pacemen of previous eras would have long since retired. But the 'king of swing' shows no sign of stopping, with Anderson in line still to be leading England's attack during next month's three-Test series at home to South Africa. The sheer physical strain of fast bowling meant it was once considered all but unthinkable for a Test 'quick' to go much beyond their mid-30s.
England vs New Zealand: Dean Wilson reports on second day at Headingley
A day after Yasir Shah brought back memories of Shane Warne's 'Ball of the Century' with his sharp leg-break to dismiss Kusal Mendis, Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya produced an absolute ripper to dismiss Pakistan's talismanic captain Babar Azam. Babar, well set in Pakistan's chase on Day 4 of the first Test, was beaten all ends up by Jayasuriya's brilliant delivery. The left-arm spinner, coming from over the wicket, bowled it on the rough outside leg. The Pakistan skipper looked to pad it away, but the ball instead went around his legs and clattered onto the stumps.
A Yasir Shah delivery was drawing comparisons with Shane Warne's "ball of the century" on Tuesday, the day after the Pakistan leg-spinner ripped out Kusal Mendis.