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India's veteran right-arm spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin completed his 400 wickets on Day 2 of the third Test against England at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. The 34-year-old became the second-fastest bowler to achieve the 400th wicket in Test cricket. Most Test wickets for India 619 – Anil Kumble 434 – Kapil Dev 417 – Harbhajan Singh 400 – Ravichandran Ashwin* Fastest to 400 Test wickets 72 matches – Muttiah Muralitharan 77 matches – Ravichandran Ashwin* 80 matches – Richard Hadlee 80 matches – Dale Steyn 84 matches – Rangana Herath Thank you!! I am truly humbled by all the wonderful wishes coming in! pic.twitter.com/3MZLMaY5OH — Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) February 25, 2021

Sri Lanka have announced a 20-member squad for the three one-day internationals and the three T20 matches against the West Indies. The 24-year-old seamer Lahiru Kumara, who tested positive on Monday was being replaced by Suranga Lakmal for six limited over matches. The Twenty20s series is slated to begin on March 3, 5 and 7. While the ODIs will be played on March 10, 12 and 14. Sri Lanka limited over squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (ODI captain), Dasun Shanaka (T20 captain), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Ashen Bandara, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandima, Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella, Thisara Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Nuwan Pradeep, Asitha Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananajaya, Lakshan Sandakan, Dilshan Madushanka and Suranga Lakmal. Sri Lanka ODI & T20I Squad for West Indies tour 2021 - https://t.co/uoJVQ1Tw9M #SLvWI #WIvSL pic.twitter.com/CEPHEWi13Y — Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) February 22, 2021

New Zealand have announced a 13-member squad for their upcoming T20I series against Australia, starting February 22.  The opening T20I will take place at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.  New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (c), Hamish Bennett, Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.

Once again, the Big Bash in Australia did not fail to deliver. There were fireworks throughout the T20 competition, and that was not just during the break between the two innings. With so many of the world’s leading T20 players involved in the tournament, it was no surprise that we saw some exceptional performances with the bat, ball and in the field. Here is a look at who the standout players were across the nine weeks. Alex Hales No player scored more runs in the 2020/21 Big Bash than Alex Hales. The Englishman finished the competition with 543 runs in what was his best campaign to date in the Australia league. Hales opened the batting for the Sydney Thunder alongside Usman Khawaja. It was the man from England who shone the most, with some explosive innings, the best of which was his 110 off 56 balls against the Sydney Sixers. On the back of his performances in Australia, Hales is going to be a player who is sought after in the T20 leagues around the world. He is set to enter the a

Australia’s upcoming Test tour of South Africa has been postponed due to the new strain of the coronavirus virus in the host country. Australia was supposed to depart for South Africa in late February for the three-match Test series against the Proteas, which was due to start on March 3, but Cricket Australia (CA) postpone the tour keeping public health in mind. CA's interim CEO, Nick Hockley said: "Due to the public health situation in South Africa, which includes a second wave and new variant of the virus, and following extensive due diligence with medical experts, it has become clear that travelling from Australia to South Africa at this current time poses an unacceptable level of health and safety risk to our players, support staff and the community. "We acknowledge the significant amount of work by CSA in planning for the tour, during which we made it clear that CA was prepared to take on additional cost and effort to make the series happen. "This decision has