August 22, Morning Brief: Today’s top news and headlines from the cricketing world

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1. Reports: Mohammed Shami expected to make comeback against New Zealand at home As per recent reports, team India's management is in no rush to make ace pacer Mohammed Shami make a comeback in the side, as their top priority is to have the 33-year-old fit and fresh for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
2. Adelaide Strikers sign Ollie Pope for BBL 2024-25 BBL (Big Bash League) side Adelaide Strikers announced the signing of ace England batter Ollie Pope as their pre-draft signing for the upcoming season of the tournament. 3.
Harshitha Samarawickrama joins Trinbago Knight Riders for WCPL 2024
Samarawickrama has played 98 international matches for Sri Lanka and has scored more than 2000 runs for her country including a century in ODI cricket. 4. Sai Sudharsan returns to Surrey for two County matches India batter Sai Sudharsan is all set to make his return to Surrey for two of their County Championship matches against Lancashire and Nottinghamshire. 5. Virat Kohli, Steven Smith really are key to Australian summer: Matthew Hayden Ahead of the impending series, former Australia opener, Matthew Hayden, has weighed in on the stalwart duo to come among the runs and hit the jackpot.
He also added that the conduct of the star batters will transpire the whole series as runs will be no issue. 6. Indra Nooyi's tenure as ICC's first independent woman director ends The first ever independent woman director of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Indra Nooyi's term has ended with the apex council. 7. CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2024: Virat Kohli named ODI batter of the year, Rohit Sharma International cricketer of the year Mohammad Shami was named the ODI Bowler of the Year while Yashashvi Jaiswal and Ravichandran Ashwin were honoured as the Test Batter of the Year and Test Bowler of the Year. 8.
R Sridhar appointed as Afghanistan's assistant coach for New Zealand, South Africa series
One of the renowned faces from the Indian team's coaching setup, R Sridhar has joined the Afghanistan team as an Assistant Coach. 9. Doesn't matter wherever the Women's T20 World Cup is happening: Deepti Sharma Ahead of the impending tournament, India's star all-rounder, Deepti Sharma, has asserted that the change in venue would not deter the preparations of the team. 10.
'Break their legs, shatter their collarbones' - Yuzvendra Chahal's message amid Kolkata rape-murder case
Chahal took to social media to express his rage on the chilling case which has taken the entire nation by storm.
Chahal took to social media to express his rage on the chilling case which has taken the entire nation by storm.
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