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Former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya is currently unable to walk without the help of crutches as he is suffering from a knee injury.  The 48-year-old, who helped Sri Lanka lift the 1996 World Cup, will be travelling to Melbourne for treatment having suffered the injury for quite some time now.  The recovery will reportedly take up to one month.

After taking five wickets in the first Test against India, 22-year-old South African pacer Kagiso Rabada has become the world's highest-ranked Test bowler.  Rabada dethroned England's James Anderson, who held the spot since September 2017.  R abada is the seventh South African bowler to top rankings after Aubrey Faulkner, Hugh Tayfield, Peter Pollock, Shaun Pollock, Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander.

While trying to execute a Dilscoop shot, 19-year-old Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan lost his balance and fell on his back near the pitch in a BBL match on Sunday. Adelaide Strikers' Khan was playing his first ball when he attempted the scoop shot off the bowling of Sydney Thunder's Gurinder Sandhu. Khan went on to score 16 off 6 balls.