Joe Root continues to scale higher mountains in Test cricket with his batting in the format. He has notched up his 35th century in the ongoing first Test against Pakistan in Multan. Earlier, he went past Alastair Cook to become the highest run-scorer for England in the format.
India, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies will participate in the International Masters League. The likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Shane Watson, Eoin Morgan, Brian Lara and Jacques Kallis are captains of their respective teams.
Tim Southee may have scored just 10 runs in New Zealand's second innings, but achieved a massive batting feat in Test cricket. Sri Lanka wrapped up the second Test match with close to five sessions remaining registering a victory by an innings and 154 runs and consequently a 2-0 series win.
England stumbled in their first innings of the third Test match against West Indies after losing five wickets before reaching 100 in the first session at Edgbaston. Joe Root kept the scoreboard moving from one end as West Indies took control of the final match of the series.
Joe Root is the third-leading run-getter in the longest format of the game in 2024 thus far. The right-handed batter has aggregated 524 runs in seven games at an average of 43.66. He has already struck two centuries and the same number of half-centuries.
Brian Lara is full of praise for Carl Hooper in his book. The former West Indies skipper has mentioned that Hooper was a rare batting talent and grabbed the attention of seniors like Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge and Sir Vivian Richards among others every time he went out to bat.
"There were players in my time who challenged, or at least went past the 300 mark - Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sanath Jayasuriya and they were pretty much aggressive players," Brian Lara said.
The question of who else apart from Jasprit Bumrah has been lingering over the Mumbai Indians for the last few games since they started winning in the 2024 edition of the IPL following three losses. Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan tapered over that crack against RCB but not against CSK.
It was an emotional day for everyone involved in and around West Indies cricket as the visitors broke the Australian jinx of winning a Test match Down Under after 27 years. West Indies won a thriller by 8 runs as the likes of Brian Lara and Carl Hooper couldn't control their emotions.
India TV Sports Wrap on December 6: The Indian women's cricket team will be back in action after more than two months as they take on England in a three-match T20 series while Brian Lara made a huge prediction. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on December 6.
Having scored more than 22,000 runs in Tests and ODIs, Brian Lara is one of the legends of cricket. Apart from the runs he scored, Lara is known for playing long innings as his knocks of 400* and 501* in red-ball cricket. Now, Lara has picked a current batter who can break those records.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma last played a T20I game in the T20 World Cup 2022. They were rested from the format in 2023 as the ODI World Cup was in focus. However, there are speculations over their T20I future and many experts have also spoken on it.
India are scheduled to face Bangladesh in the 17th match of the ongoing World Cup. India's both superstar batters - Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma - are in good form in the mega event and are on the cusp of breaking major records as well. Can they do it in the game against Bangladesh?
"Just to see the talent here with this Indian team and so many different teams that they have at the moment, they can pick a second XI and even a third XI," Brian Lara added.
After Lucknow Super Giants, the Sunrisers Hyderabad are also looking for a new coach after finishing 10th in IPL 2023. While Andy Flower is in talks with two different teams in the head coach role.
West Indies will host Team India for two Tests, three ODIs and five T20Is in a multi-format series starting July 12 in Dominica.
Lara has scored more than 11,000 test runs in a 16-year career between 1990 and 2006. He has 34 Test centuries and 48 half-centuries in international cricket.
IPL 2023: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad announced that Brian Lara will be the head coach for their team from the 2023 edition
Earlier, BCCI had also posted a picture of Rahul Dravid and Lara saying, "Two Legends, One Frame!"
Lara has been named strategic advisor and batting coach while Steyn has been appointed the pace bowling coach of the Sunrisers.
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