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“Standing at the other end, I’ve got the best seat in the house when he goes off”
Australia batsman Phillip Hughes has revealed that there is no better feeling than “going out to bat with” Aaron Finch, especially since he has “the best seat in the house”.
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“It’s great to have him doing well at the top and being one of our best performers”
Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has announced that “it’s been great to have Bails [George Bailey] as skipper for this series” since he is leading by example and setting the standard for all the other players in the team.
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Onions finished with 73 wickets in this year’s county season
England pace bowler Graham Onions has inked a deal with South Africa’s Dolphins franchise for their upcoming domestic season.
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Shehzad and Hafeez single-handedly crushed Zimbabwe
Pakistan completed a 2-0 series whitewash behind opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad’s career-best 98 runs, which is now the highest score made by a Pakistani batsman in Twenty20 Internationals, surpassing Misbah-ul-Haq’s 87 not out against Bangladesh in Karachi in 2008.
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Sri Lanka recorded a 4-1 series win over South Africa behind Dilshan’s 99
Sri Lanka ended their five-match ODI series against South Africa in the most dominant fashion possible, registering a 128-run win over the Proteas thanks to a firework show from Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara.
McCullum believes Cook is well on his way to becoming a legend of the game
England captain Alastair Cook has received high praise from New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, who noted that his English counterpart was on the path to immortalising himself as one of the greatest Test cricketers the world has ever seen.
McGrath and Turner dominated world cricket despite being born in different eras
Legendary Australia bowlers Glenn McGrath and Charlie Turner, who represented the country more than a century apart, have both been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of inductees to 37.