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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