Steve Smith: Australia batter ruled out of Sri Lanka T20 series with concussion
Batter Steve Smith has been ruled out of the rest of Australia's Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka with concussion.
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South Africa's Keegan Petersen, England Women Captain Heather Knight Win ICC Player Of The Month For January
South African batter Keegan Petersen pipped under-19 star and compatriot Dewald Brevis and Bangladesh pacer Ebadot Hossain to claim the ICC men's Player of the Month award for January following a phenomenal Test series against India. For the women's award, England skipper Heather Knight beat off competition from Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu and West Indies star Deandra Dottin to clinch the honour. Petersen played a pivotal role as South Africa came back from 0-1 down to win the three-match series 2-1 against India. In the second Test, he scored 62 in the first innings, helping the Proteas gain a slender lead. In their chase of 240, he played a crucial 28-run knock.
IPL auction 2022: 6 big highlights and talking points
IPL auction 2022 was an intense affair. 10 teams, 204 players, including 67 overseas cricketers bought, over Rs 550 Crore spent. At the end of it all, the eight older teams all have a new look and the two new ones have their first time squads in place. Players synonymous with certain franchises will now wear different colour jerseys. Young players, as always, have become millionaires, tried and tested T20 hands were hotly bid for. There were quite a few firsts as well, as far as an IPL auction is concerned, and they of course became big talking points.
Sri Lanka Fined For Slow Over-Rate In 2nd T20I vs Australia, Pathum Nissanka Warned
Sri Lanka have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Australia in the second T20I which also saw batter Pathum Nissanka being reprimanded for "using audible obscenity" during the match in Sydney. ICC match referee David Boon imposed the sanction after Sri Lanka were found to be one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
IPL Auction 2022: Franchises cautious while going for U-19 stars; uncapped players strike it big
Cricket is a lot about timing and the Under-19 cricket team got it just right by lifting the World Cup before IPL's mega-auction. But did that translate into big bucks for the stars of that triumph? At the end of two days of bidding wars, it seems the franchises chose to tread on the side of caution when it came to loosening the purse strings for the newest batch of young talent in Indian cricket.
Oman end UAE winning run in Quadrangular T20I Series
The UAE’s winning run in the Oman Quadrangular T20I Series came to an end at the final hurdle when the host team emerged winners by seven wickets at the Amerat Grounds on Monday.
Watch: Batter's "Perfect Reply" After Teammate Gets A Rude Send-Off In European Cricket League
Send-offs are not unusual on a cricket field, that includes a bowler taking off his shoes and symbolically using it like a phone. A batters' reply to the same bowler after getting the better of him in the next outing is also something that has happened in the past. But another batter replying to a send-off given to his teammate is not a common sight in the gentleman's game. Chris Williams did exactly that in a European Cricket League match. The Tunbridge Wells captain, after hitting a couple of sixes, decided to copy Dreux bowler Wahid Abdul's celebration which he had used after cleaning up William's teammate Marcus O'Riordan in the previous over. The bowler who was at the receiving end of Williams' sixes and also the celebration was however K Ahmadzai.
Proteas star Keegan Petersen voted ICC Player of the Month for January
Petersen was nominated alongside fellow countryman and under-19 World Cup star, Dewald Brevis, and Bangladesh's Ebadot Hossain.