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  - There was a batsman named Hashim Amla . Do you remember? I'm sure you do. Then tell me w hat do you  know about him? - Of course! He's the gentle monk from South Africa who was temperamentally strong with extremely solid defense, played wristy filcks and exquisite drives which fill your heart with happiness and a very passionate, very determined individual. Am I right? - You're right, yes. Let me change my question. What do you know about Amla the ODI batsman? - Amla and ODIs? I know he has splendid stats in ODIs and has over 25 100s. Oh yes! Just remembered something. Whenever Virat in his illustrious career crossed a milestone in ODI runs, I would surprisingly find that Amla is the fastest one to achieve it. - Yep, bingo! Fakhar Zaman holds the record of being the fastest man to score 1k runs in ODIs in terms of innings(18). Amla meanwhile, holds the record for 2k, 3k, 4k, 5k, 6k, 7k runs and is second fastest to 8k runs after Kohli among men. - Wow! That&

"He epitomises everything we are about as a team, the team-first attitude, being a guy that scraps and fights for everything, he's led that all the way from the start. He'll be sorely missed in this team," said Kiwi pacer Neil Wagner on his fellow teammate Bradley John Watling. New Zealand players decided that BJ would be keeping the Mace in the two-week quarantine with him on reaching their homeland. He and New Zealand, very deservingly, won that Mace by beating the mighty Indian team in the Final. He finished his illustrious career on a high, reaching the pinnacle and ending the BlackCaps' long wait for an ICC Trophy. Although his batting career ended with Shami castling him with a beauty, but then came another moment which showed his dedication towards this team and the game. Inspite of dislocating his finger, he didn't leave the field during the first session of the 6th day of the Test to ensure that New Zealand get the opposition packed up ear

The 5-match T20I series between West Indies and South Africa ended with the Proteas clinching the decider by 25 runs. There were some commendable performances combined with some poor outings. Let's look at some stats- 255 - Quinton de Kock scored 255 runs in the series breaking the T20I record of most runs in a bilateral series surpassing Virat Kohli's 231 in India vs England series 2021. 4.00 - Tabraiz Shamsi's economy was 4 in the series which is lowest for a South African bowler in a bilateral series( min.10 overs bowled ) 10 - DJ Bravo finished with  10 wickets at an economy of 6.89 in the series, which is highest for a West Indian bowler in a T20 series. 2 - Chris Gayle became the second oldest man(41 years 279 days) among Test playing nations to take a T20I wicket after Brad Hogg (43 years 36 days). 10.94 - Lungi Ngidi's economy in the series was 10.94 which is second highest for a South African in a bilateral series. First is Ngidi himself

The Final of the World Test Championship ended with the Blackcaps taking an ICC trophy home for the second time. India lost another ICC knockout match which featured another classic collapse. Kyle Jamieson was adjudged the Man of the Final for his brilliant figures of 5/31 and 2/30. Here are some stats on the Final: 28 - India lost their last 5 wickets in the second innings for just 28 runs in 10.1 overs. 23 - Difference between extras conceded by India and New Zealand. While India gave away 39 runs ( b 4, lb 27, nb 8, wd 0 ), NZ only gave 16 runs ( b 1, lb 11, nb 3, wd 1 ). 2.50 - Average run rate of the match was 2.50 which was 0.63 less than the average run rate of all Tests held at the Rose Bowl. It was 2.34 for India and 2.67 for New Zealand.  1 - It was the first Test match for India on a neutral venue in its 89 years history. New Zealand played it's 7th Test on a neutral venue and has won 4 of them now and lost 2. 71 - Ravichandran Ashwin finished as the highest

You may know him as the son of India's first Test centurion and as a part of India's most prolific cricketing family. You may know him as one of the only 3 players who won the Man of the Match award in both the Semi-final and Final of a World Cup. You may know him as the bowler who trapped Holding LBW as the last wicket in the 83' Final. You may know him as the former chief selector. You may know him as the dependable no. 3 and one of the best in tackling fast bowling. Yes, he is Mohinder Amarnath! In this article, however, we are going to shed some light on his performance in a way Tests, which is very less talked about in the discussions of the best and is surprisingly better than his home performance!! Performances by batsmen away from home in Amarnath's career span are shown in the above graphic. Amarnath scored 3008 runs at an average of 51.6 away from home. He stands in the 7th position in runs scored and has the 4th highest average after Border, C

CricSigma Σ | 2 years, 58 matches, more than 20 series have been fought for the two spots in the WTC Final 2019-2021. India and New Zealand succeeded to secure the top two ranks on the points table. You would expect stars like Kohli, Bumrah, Pant, Pujara, Kane, Boult and Southee to step up for the team. With the final beginning on 18th June in the English city, Southampton, we look at two players who can surprise everyone with their performance in the Final- Ishant Sharma Veteran Indian pacer Ishant Sharma has been one of the pillars of the Indian Test team. Initially seen as a workhorse: a tireless deliverer of thankless overs to control the flow of runs and not looking to run through teams, he is now the leader of arguably the world's best pace battery. What has changed? He has controlled the number of bad balls and is now bowling more potent deliveries: wider of the crease, ensuring that batsmen attempt to play them. He also has worked on his fitness recently whi