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PERTH: Australia’s summer of cricket starts in earnest on Wednesday (Nov 28) as the top-ranked test side begin a two-match series against West Indies, albeit amid little fanfare after three months of continual white-ball matches across the country.
Steve Waugh. Jaishankar, who is on an official visit to Australia, took out time to visit the Sydney Cricket Ground. World Cup winning captain Waugh, who has a strong connect with India, took Jaishankar around the historic SCG and the two also spoke about the game. "Cricket is one of the many bonds that connect India & Australia. Took time out to visit @scg and meet a living legend, Steve Waugh," Jaishankar tweeted.
Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah smashed Afghanistan left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi for successive sixes in the last over on Wednesday to take his team to the final of the Asia Cup in a thrilling encounter. Here's a look at five memorable six-hitting moments in Pakistan's cricketing history: JAVED MIANDADMiandad's final-ball six off India's Chetan Sharma in the 1986 Austral-Asia Cup final at Sharjah still hurts India fans. Needing 246 for victory, Pakistan were in trouble at 61-3 before Miandad struck an unbeaten 116 off 114 balls.
The SA20 coaching recruitment train is moving with serious steam after the Pretoria Capitals got legendary Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis on board as an assistant coach.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag reckons that skipper Rohit Sharma could be relieved from captaincy duties in the T20 format which would allow him to manage his workload better. Rohit has not been able to feature in all of India's matches since taking over as captain due to injuries and workload management. "If the Indian team management has someone else in mind as captain in the T20 format, then I think, Rohit (Sharma) could be relieved and the following can be taken into consideration going forward," Sehwag told PTI in an interview.
Virender Sehwag reckons that skipper Rohit Sharma could be relieved from captaincy duties in the T20I format which would allow him to manage his workload better. Rohit has not been able to feature in all of India's matches since taking over as captain due to injuries and workload management.
England have called up Surrey seamer Jamie Overton to join his twin brother Craig in the squad for next week's third Test against New Zealand.
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.