Alyssa Healy, who became only the second Australian women’s cricketer to play a 100 T20Is recently, made it a week to remember in her 101st T20I with an unbeaten 148 off 61 balls against Sri Lanka and set a world record for the highest score in women’s T20 cricket. This was also her maiden century in T20I cricket.
Not to forget Baroda where Chirayu Amin's son Pranav is the new president and in Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot's son Keshav is taking over.
The player draft for ‘The Hundred’, the new 100-ball tournament floated by the ECB will see England captain Eoin Morgan, West Indies’ Chris Gayle and Australia’s Steve Smith available for the tournament’s player draft which will take place on October 20.
Kings XI Punjab had an ordinary season in IPL 2019, where they finished sixth in the points table. In a bid to change their fortunes in the tournament, KXIP, as reported by Mumbai Mirror, are in talks with former India captain Anil Kumble to appoint him as the head coach of the side.
After Shanta Rangaswamy, former India skipper Kapil Dev has quit BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee. Even though the reason for his decision is not yet clear, Kapil informed the CoA about the move through an e-mail.
Former South Africa international Gary Kirsten is in line to become England’s new coach, according to report in the The Telegraph. The 51-year-old is scheduled to meet the ECB officials on Wednesday.
England opener Alex Hales will play for Sydney Thunders in the Big Bash League, the franchise confirmed. Hales has signed one year deal and will be the second overseas player for the team alongside Chris Morris.