The Buzz

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.

During the 2009 Women's World Cup in Australia, Healy, then just short of 19, was working as a volunteer at the tournament.

After watching Deandra Dottin hit smash a huge six against Australia, Healy was interviewed about her experiences as a volunteer. "It was pretty intriguing in the end considering West Indies hit probably the biggest six I've ever seen in Drummoyne [Oval]," says the future international who went on to make the highest score in a Women's World Cup final. Australia went on to win the 2009 match against West Indies, although they didn't win the title.

First he called up Mitchell Starc, who was less than helpful. "I think Josh would know," he said, passing the buck onto his fast-bowling colleague Josh Hazlewood. He had even less help there: "No chance" he'd know, said Hazlewood. "Build the man statue," said Lyon, equal parts amused and exasperated. Scott Boland helpfully asked Lyon to check on the Cricket Australia app, doh! But surely the captain must know? Pat Cummins should have it written down on his calendar and circled thrice in red, right? A long pause later, the answer, from Cummins: "Uhhhh nah, is it on Google?"

Henry, 54, was a super-heavyweight weightlifter who competed at the 1992 (Barcelona) and 1996 (Atlanta) Olympics. He also competed in powerlifting and strongman events, winning several titles and medals through the 1990s. He joined the WWF (now WWE) in 1996 and left wrestling in 2000-02. Henry competed in strongman events, and has won the Arnold Strongman Classic, an annual competition named after Arnold Schwarzenegger featuring strength athletes from all over the world.

Henry visited the Royals camp in the CPL recently and spoke to the players, including captain Rovman Powell, about how he had watched a bit of cricket on TV, especially in the UK and in India. It looked like Powell and head coach Trevor Penney had shrunk when they handed Henry a pink Royals jersey which said 'WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN' with the number '01' on the back.

So when the two went head-to-head in a match between West Delhi Lions (Rana's team) and South Delhi Superstarz (Rathi's team), sparks flew. Rathi was the bowler. He went through his action but didn't release the ball, Rana mock-swept it, Rathi walked back, smile on his face. As one would expect, when Rathi went again, Rana backed out. At that point, though a few words were exchanged between the two, the commentators seemed to be enjoying the needle in the middle.