Former India pacer Paras Mhambrey, one of the brains behind India's highly-successful A and U-19 team programmes, has applied for the position of the senior squad's bowling coach on Monday, BCCI sources have revealed. Mhambrey, who has been employed with the National Cricket Academy for nearly a decade, is considered a long-time trusted lieutenant of Rahul Dravid.
Pakistan's media hailed the national cricket team's historic T20 World Cup win over arch-rivals India, calling it a "beautiful day" for the sport in the country. The Babar Azam-led Pakistan team fired on all cylinders to notch an emphatic 10-wicket victory and end India's long-standing 12-match winning streak against them in the ICC World Cups.
Smarting from opening game losses, a good batting display will be high on the agenda for South Africa and defending champions West Indies when the two teams lock horns in T20 World Cup Super 12 match in Dubai on October 26. While South Africa were handed a five-wicket defeat by Australia, West Indies sank to six-wicket loss against England on Saturday (October 23).
Durham all-rounder Ben Stokes on Monday (October 25) was added to the England men's Test squad for the Ashes tour of Australia. Stokes, who has been given the all-clear by his consultant and the ECB medical team to resume training following his second operation on a fractured left index finger, will depart with the Test specialists and the Lions on November 4.