July 16, Evening Brief: Today's top news and headlines from cricketing world

1. 'I couldn't sit still' - Cooper Connolly recalls jazzed maiden Australia call-up

With just experience of 15 T20s in the domestic circuit, Connolly expressed he is keen on learning from the likes of Travis Head (Read More)

2. Sri Lanka Cricket set to host ICC Annual Conference from July 19 to 22

The three-day conclave (excluding Sunday) will signify the first instance of the event being hosted in the Asian subcontinent (Read More)

3. India played the perfect style of cricket in the T20 World Cup: Brett Lee

Under the able leadership of Rohit Sharma, India won the tournament undefeated, which impressed Lee (Read More)

4. BCCI wants Test specialists to be part of domestic cricket, exceptions for Rohit, Kohli and Bumrah

The BCCI wants all the other Test specialists to play at least one, if not two, of the Duleep Trophy matches in August as a precursor to the home Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand (Read More)

5. Gautam Gambhir’s aggression and winning attitude will help India: Brett Lee

Australian pace legend Brett Lee added that Gambhir can build a solid structure and knows the recipe for success (Read More)

6. Reports: Hardik Pandya 'completely fit' to lead India for Sri Lanka T20Is

Suryakumar Yadav was the other contender for the role, had the Baroda cricketer pulled out (Read More)

7. Tribunal accepts BCCI's plea for insolvency proceedings against Byju's

The dispute dates back to September 2023, when the BCCI applied with the Bengaluru bench of NCLT against Byju's parent Think & Learn Pvt Ltd (Read More)

8. ‘Bohot mushkil hai’ - Amit Mishra reflects on Sanju Samson’s chances in India squad for next World Cup

At 29 years old, Sanju Samson has played just 28 T20Is for India sporadically, where he has 444 runs to his name at an average of 21.14 runs (Read More)

9. Shubman Gill doesn't know how to captain the side, he was clueless in IPL 2024: Amit Mishra

Mishra added that he had no issues with Gill being in the squad, as the 24-year-old proved himself with the bat in the shortest format (Read More)

10. 'He did not show to anyone but he was not happy' - Amit Mishra on Rohit Sharma's captaincy removal in IPL 2024

Mishra cushioned his opinion on this very aspect and also criticised the MI owners for overlooking the achievement of Mumbaikar (Read More)