The Buzz

When Jalaj Saxena walked in to bat, the two commentators in the box were Salil Ankola and Chetan Sharma - both former India players, and more tellingly, both former national selectors.

Ankola mused on air that it was "very surprising" that Saxena had never played for India. Chetan, quick to respond, added with a laugh, "Salil, you used one word 'very surprising', but let me tell you, we were both former selectors." Ankola responded to Chetan, "And you were the chairman!" Chetan finished the conversation by saying, "Fingers must've been raised at us as well."

Invited by West Indies coach Daren Sammy to speak to his players in their dressing room at the end of the series, Gambhir applauded them for being "great role models".

"It's a great learning the way you guys carry yourself off the field, your humility, your humbleness is something which my team and a lot of teams across the globe has to learn from."

"I wanted to go home for a rest, but my father was like 'Oh you've got to get up at 7.00 and help me with the calves'. I was like, 'Oh my days'." she says rolling her eyes. But despite the hard work, and braving the -5-degree temps, Carson says it was a "lovely time of father-daughter bonding."

Morgan, the former News of the World and Daily Mirror editor, launched a social-media campaign in support of Pietersen after the ECB's controversial decision to move on from him following the 2013-14 Ashes, which England lost 5-0. He was particularly vitriolic towards Cook, dubbing him "Captain Weasel" for his role in the decision.

More than a decade on, they finally met when recording an episode of the Stick to Cricket podcast - which Cook co-hosts - and Morgan apologised for his criticism, telling Cook he had "great respect" for his achievements as an England opener and saying he was "very full on" despite never interacting in person.

Healy seems to have found this rotund pup while training in the nets and seems to have spent a fair bit of her day carrying it around. And this isn't her first brush with the paw - earlier in the year she made friends with Cheddar at the MCG during the Women's Ashes.

First up, Marsh makes a good hot coffee with latte art that he describes as a "love heart for the mayor". "All the way from Australia, mate," Marsh quips. "That will be $12.90," he adds cheekily.

Just after the match and the presentations, India captain Suryakumar Yadav had walked over to talk to the Oman players, congratulating them on putting up a fight and reminding them to never forget the taste of playing on the big stage. "Surya spoke about the game and praised us, which means a lot. Our boys had questions on how to play in different phases of the T20 game. It was really nice to have a chat with him," Jatinder told PTI.

And there's one issue in women's cricket that really doesn't get talked about enough - managing longer hair. The Australia squad, though, have discovered a secret weapon in Nicole Faltum, who's been the unofficial hairdresser of the side and has decreed that the dress-code for an undoubtedly warm and humid World Cup in India is... plaits. But that makes wearing helmets uncomfortable. Annabel Sutherland has taken to carrying a portable hair straightener in her kit bag to tame her hair pre-match in the dressing room, but Sophie Molineux has the real life-hack: keratin treatment for the hair that makes it wash-and-go ready. For more haircare tips, follow the Australia women's squad.

She is also a pretty good basketball player, a fact that not many of her team-mates seem to know. When Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur are asked who among the Indian players is a "former school-level gold medalist in basketball", they have to ponder a bit. Mandhana, Rawal's opening partner, gets it first. "I remember her speaking about how she used to like basketball," Mandhana says.