Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Somachandra de Silva on Wednesday revealed that the island nation's sports minister has written to his Indian counterpart, urging him to resolve the deadlock over Indian players' participation in its Twenty20 league.
Former Australia Prime Minister John Howard's dream of becoming ICC president in 2012 suffered a jolt on Thursday as Sri Lanka joined Zimbabwe and South Africa in resisting his nomination for the vice-president's post.
How rare is it for two players to score hundreds on captaincy debut in the same series? Virat Kohli got two when he led India in the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. Now, Steven Smith got one in his first Test as captain in the ongoing second Test at Brisbane.
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