'Sultan' lays bare some of the foibles that marked Akram's life while attempting to brush under the carpet the remaining ones.
Having invested so heavily and exclusively on SKY during the entire period of build-up to the World Cup, the selectors were left with no other option but to include SKY in the squad despite the diminishing returns from his blade.
The achievements of Chopra, Praggnanandhaa and Prannoy will spur a new generation of Indians to take to these events with vigour and passion.
Exposure to the conditions and the players in the tough circuit will help the players to not only sharpen their skills but make them stronger in their mind as well.
England's Keith Fletcher and Indian batting maestro Gundappa Viswanath enthralled the spectators with their strokeplay in two Tests at Chennai in the 1970s.
Records in cricket are just like the game itself; full of glorious uncertainties! They will continue to fascinate the statistically minded ones while confounding those who follow the game for its beauty and the excitement it provides.
Anderson and Broad belong to the genre of cricketers whose potency, efficiency and menace with the ball increased manifold while bowling in tandem.
This misfortune that befell Barstow at Manchester had struck to six cricketers in the past.
It was only the intense love for the game and the immense joy that playing the sport gave which spurred cricketers like Rhodes, Nayudu and Close to remain fit and take on the stress and strain of playing three-day matches with hardly a break.
A common thread that runs along the career of these cricketers is that they not only made light of the initial setback, but rose to the pole position of leading their respective countries in international cricket.
One can be certain that many more records will be broken and new milestones achieved before Smith bids bye to international cricket.
The elimination from the World Cup Qualifier is a resounding slap on the face of the former champions.