Indian schoolboy breaches 1000-run mark in an innings

Indian schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade rewrote cricket record books on 5 January by hammering 1009 not out in an inter-school tournament, to register the highest individual score in an innings in any form of the game. Jan 5, 2016

Chris Gayle defends asking reporter out in live broadcast as joke

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle says he was joking when he asked an Australian reporter out during a live TV broadcast and said he was sorry if she was offended by the widely condemned remarks. Gayle had just led the Melbourne Renegades to victory in a nationally televised Twenty20 match in Hobart on 4 January when he was approached for an interview by Channel 10 reporter Melanie McLaughlin. Jan 5, 2016