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Chaotic tennis-court cricket with Shadab, Naseem and other PSL players
ESPNcricinfo staff
15-Mar-2024
It looks like there's more negotiations and discussions going on than actual cricket, but it's fun to see international cricketers play the game like regular folk do.
And the umpire has no moment of rest during Islamabad's foot volleyball match.
Full postViswanathan Anand challenges R Ashwin
ESPNcricinfo staff
13-Mar-2024
Happy to watch these two legends face off on a cricket pitch or across a chess board.
Hey @ashwinravi99 ! Brushing up on my off-spin for the face-off. This summer, it's not black and white; it's whites vs whites!@chesscom_in @chesscom @BCCI pic.twitter.com/zVtVa6HqER
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) March 10, 2024
Bairstow vs Gill: How many hundreds have you scored?
Who said what to whom during the sledging contest in Dharamsala
ESPNcricinfo staff
10-Mar-2024
The weather might have been extremely cold for the fifth Test between India and England in Dharamsala but that did little to douse the heat in the middle.
"What did you say to Jimmy about retiring?" Jonny Bairstow asked Shubman Gill, when he came out to bat during England's second innings on the third day in Dharamsala.
On the previous day, Gill and James Anderson had exchanged words just before Gill brought up his hundred.
Full postJoe Root gives emotional speech on Jonny Bairstow's 100th Test cap presentation
ESPNcricinfo staff
08-Mar-2024
Some moving words from one Yorkshire team-mate to another, but also a very important piece of advice: stay in the crease!
Meanwhile some fans have marked the occasion by memorialising the hot-headed Bairstow in ice!
Full postWatch Ellyse Perry smash a car window with her six in the WPL
ESPNcricinfo staff
05-Mar-2024
Ellyse Perry's 37-ball 58 for Royal Challengers Bangalore against UP Warriorz was a particularly violent innings - one of her sixes smashed the window of a sponsor car on display by the boundary side. The fans in Bengaluru may have loved it but Perry was a little concerned about the damage she had caused. "I was a bit worried, not sure I have insurance to cover me, she said. "So, [I am] in a bit of strife there!"
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