--- 12 players bat in one innings of an int'l match for the first time ever ---
As many as 12 players batted for West Indies during their second innings in the Jamaica Test against India. It is the first time in international cricket that more than 11 batsmen were involved in one innings. Darren Bravo was replaced by Jermaine Blackwood under the concussion substitution rules. Bravo scored 23(41) before getting retired hurt, while Blackwood hit 38(72).
--- Selectors must be transparent, we deserve to know where we lack: Jackson ---
Saurashtra batsman Sheldon Jackson, who scored 854 runs in the last Ranji season, has called for transparency from national selectors after being ignored for India A and Duleep Trophy squads. "We as players surely deserve to know why and where we lack, or else our [careers] are just going to end wondering why. Selectors should be transparent," he tweeted.
--- Rashid Khan becomes youngest ever captain in Test cricket history ---
Leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who is captaining Afghanistan in the one-off Test against Bangladesh, has become the youngest ever captain in 142 years of Test cricket history. Rashid achieved the feat at the age of 20 years and 350 days, overtaking the previous record (20 years and 358 days) set by Zimbabwe's Tatenda Taibu against Sri Lanka in 2004.
--- Federer out of US Open after 3-hr 12-min 5-set defeat against Dimitrov ---
World number three Roger Federer crashed out of the US Open after losing to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-final. The 38-year-old lost the match with a scoreline of 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6 in three hours and 12 minutes. This is the first time that Dimitrov defeated Federer in eight matches between them.
--- Stop crying over these things: Harbhajan to Gilchrist on 'No DRS' remark ---
Harbhajan Singh has criticised ex-Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist over his 'No DRS' remark on his Test hat-trick video. Gilchrist hinted that if DRS was available in 2001, Harbhajan wouldn't have got the hat-trick as he was wrongly given LBW out. "You think you would have survived for long if not first ball? Stop crying over these things mate," Harbhajan wrote.
