The ‘Big Show’, who usually plays in the middle-order for the side, promoted himself as an opener in a must-win game against Hobart Hurricanes on Wednesday. Maxwell adopted an aggressive approach from ball one, raking up a half-century in merely 20 deliveries and continued on the big-hitting as the Stars chase a big victory in Melbourne. ....

Australian batter Travis Head has jumped seven spots to joint-fifth with India cricketer Rohit Sharma in the latest ICC Men's Test Rankings for batters released on Wednesday. ....

Stylish opener KL Rahul, Australian allrounder Marcus Stoinis and uncapped Indian leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi are all set to be picked by the Lucknow IPL franchise via draft ahead of the mega auction, scheduled for February 12 and 13 in Bangalore. ....

England Test captain Joe Root, pace bowler Jimmy Anderson and assistant coach Graham Thorpe were reportedly ordered by police to leave the Hobart hotel bar in the early hours of the morning following the team's loss in the fifth and final Ashes Test here. ....

India pace bowler Mohammed Siraj has called Virat Kohli his "superhero" after the latter stepped down as the Test skipper following the 1-2 series loss to the Dean Elgar-led South Africa. ....

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has been crowned 'The Best FIFA Men's Player of Year 2021', winning the award for the second year in succession. ....

Jasprit Bumrah, India's vice-captain in the ODI series against South Africa, on Monday revealed that Virat Kohli had informed the team in a meeting after the Cape Town Test about his decision of leaving the captaincy. ....

Hyderabad on Monday achieved the distinction of becoming first Indian candidate city to host Formula E world championship and is expected to host the first race of electric cars between November this year and March 2023. ....

Former England opener Geoffrey Boycott has slammed Joe Root and Cos show during the recently-concluded Ashes, saying the batters being exposed on Australian soil was 'embarrassing'. England's dismal Ashes campaign ended 4-0 in favour of Australia as the tourists crashed to 124 all out from 68/0 on day three of pink-ball Test at Hobart. ....

Two-time former Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, along with No.4 seed of the Czech Republic, Barbora Krejcikova, joined Japan's Naomi Osaka in the second round of the year's opening Grand Glam, scoring easy victories at the Melbourne Park on Monday. ....

Dinesh Chandimal (75), Pathum Nissanka (75) and Charith Asalanka (71) struck fine half-centuries as hosts Sri Lanka chased a stiff target to beat Zimbabwe by five wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series here on Sunday. ....