August 8 Evening Brief: Today's Top news and headlines from cricket world

1. Reports: Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry to join Welsh Fire as Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf replacements

The Kiwi pace duo of Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry will fill in for Afridi and Haris in the later half of the tournament. (READ MORE)

2. ‘No grass on surface, nets too old’ – Ravichandran Ashwin highlights poor infrastructure in West Indies

India veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin opened up on the poor cricketing infrastructure maintained by the West Indies and highlighted the facilities not being up to mark in the recently concluded two-Test series. (READ MORE)

3. If you waste your chance Sanju Samson, you will remember it later: Aakash Chopra

Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra voiced his stance on wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson’s dismal performances in the first two T20Is and stated that the latter will need to grab the opportunity with both hands. (READ MORE)

4. Reports: Manoj Tiwary to come out of retirement to play for Bengal

Former India batter Manoj Tiwary is reportedly set to withdraw his retirement call and return to first-class cricket for Bengal with immediate effect. (READ MORE)

5. Fawad Alam calls time on Pakistan career for 'local' MLC stint

Pakistan middle-order batter Fawad Alam called time on his international career and is now set to ply his trade in the Minor League Cricket in the USA. (READ MORE)

6. Reports: Initial squad list for ODI World Cup to be submitted by September 5

International Cricket Council (ICC) has conveyed that the teams participating in the ODI World Cup will have to submit their initial squad by September 5. (READ MORE)

7. PCB restores Sarfaraz Nawaz's pension after six years

The PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) recently came forward to announce that they will be restoring the long pending pension of former Pakistan cricketer Sarfaraz Nawaz. (READ MORE)

8. World Cup 2023: Netherlands to participate in pre-World Cup training camp in Bengaluru

Before the World Cup campaign starts, the Netherlands are slated for a 12-day training camp in the vicinity of Bengaluru during the month of September. (READ MORE)

9. 'Hopefully we can turn things around' - Rohit Sharma opens up on India's World Cup preparations

Rohit Sharma shed light on India's preparations and is hopeful of his side emulating the 2011 triumph by MS Dhoni’s team. (READ MORE)

10. 'Lot of concerns in the middle order' - Yuvraj Singh highlights India's weakness ahead of ODI World Cup

Yuvraj Singh also highlighted India’s middle-order woes ahead of the cricketing extravaganza and said that the team will struggle again under pressure if that isn’t fixed. (READ MORE)