The Buzz

During a drinks break on the fourth day of the final Test at The Oval, after smashing a 91-ball century against India, Brooks was topping up on his electrolytes when the commentators spotted something behind his ear.

He informed the umpires, who informed the security staff at the ground and a long discussion took place before the man in question was identified.

"There's been a lot of conversation about him and he still doesn't realise he's the problem," the commentator chuckled.

Supersport mic in hand, Rabada waylaid team-mates Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder when they looked like they were on their way to training and, as is often the case with team-mates, got them to play along as he tried his funny lines.

"He looks like a bit of a gangster with his bucket hat on," Rabada told Jansen, before turning his attention to the tall man's shorts. "Why're you wearing shorts when it's so cold?" Jansen said something about having thought those were longer but, as Rabada concluded, "These are the problems of being tall. Your long pants turn out to be pretty much knee height."

South Africa had made 102 and Australia were 8 for 1 in the second over at the time of Healy's dismissal.

"Meg Lanning [Australia's captain at the World Cup] dying on the physio table. She was seriously ill [with] food poisoning. [I] got out, walked in [to the dressing room]. Couldn't blow up in the change room cos Meg's in there. Got to be a bit quiet. She's very ill.

Goswami, one of India's greatest fast bowlers, finished her long and distinguished career at Lord's, in an ODI against England in September 2022, picking up two wickets in an India win. And India have won more often than they have not on the ongoing tour of England. They won the five-match T20I series 3-2, and have since gone one-up in the ODIs, with Rodrigues, among others, playing a key role in the first ODI, which India won by four wickets.

The second ODI of the series will be played at Lord's on Saturday.

At ESPNcricinfo we're all about investigative journalism so we sent our best minds to suss out what's on the menu in the media box. And frankly, it's a wonder any cricket gets played or any work gets done at all if the meals look like this.

Jacob Bethell's the coolest among this set from the Hundred, according to us. Almost leaning casually and using his elbow to keep the lift door open - class!

This was the reception Joe Root received in the Long Room as he walked out to bat in the second innings on day four - warm, but polite, applause, you could call it.