Weekly Cricket Buzz: January 6 - 12

Highlights

1. Australia thrash New Zealand completes Whitewash

2. Ben Stokes powers England to level the series vS South Africa

3. India thrash Sri Lanka in the 1st T20I of 2020

4. Buttler fined 15 per cent of his match fees

5. Team India thrash Sri Lanka again, in the 3rd T20I

6. Team India announce the World T20 squad

Cricket Plays brings you the Weekly Cricket Buzz from January 6 to 12. Top cricket Buzz MAKERS this week: Ben Stokes | Jos Butler| Team India Women| BCCI Awards

Weekly Cricket Buzz, January 6

Australia thrash New Zealand completes Whitewash

Matt Henry will not bat due to his thumb injury, which means Australia have won by 279 runs!

What a performance from the hosts – they take the Test series 3-0 👏#AUSvNZ pic.twitter.com/Q3Hz01dMU8
— ICC (@ICC) January 6, 2020

Our Aussies have been magnificent against the @BLACKCAPS, scoring victory in the Domain Pink Test by 279 runs.

Congratulations to Ross Taylor, who became New Zealand’s leading run-scorer in Tests.

Special thanks, also, for your donations to our charity partner @McGrathFdn 🏏 pic.twitter.com/sTlr8sJ4Nx
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) January 6, 2020

Player of the Match and Player of the Series is Marnus Labuschagne

He 549 runs in the series. #AUSvNZ pic.twitter.com/wYEB9C105N
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 6, 2020

Test century #24 today for my incredible husband @davidwarner31. This is no fluke. Hours and hours of hard work pays off. The harder you work the harder it is to surrender. Congratulations we love you. 📸 @ryanpierse pic.twitter.com/hl1u1itr5J
— Candice Warner (@CandiceWarner31) January 6, 2020

the 24th ton of Warner

David Warner goes past coach Justin Langer with his 24th Test century for Australia. Warner is now equal with Greg Chappell in 8th spot on the list of most Test hundreds for Aus #AUSvNZ
— Sam Ferris (@samuelfez) January 6, 2020

FIVE wickets for Nathan Lyon.

He can't stop, can he? 🙌

Australia one dismissal away from a whitewash…#AUSvNZ pic.twitter.com/tUZR9yxYLE
— ICC (@ICC) January 6, 2020

JIMMY PATTINSON!

Is that the catch of the summer? #AUSvNZ pic.twitter.com/yNs71NXZWq
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 6, 2020

Nathan Lyon calling his screamer of a catch lucky 😅@AlisonMitchell | #AUSvNZ pic.twitter.com/AdCEdeSIIN
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 6, 2020

ROSS TAYLOR ➞ 7174*
Stephen Fleming ➞ 7172
Brendon McCullum ➞ 6453
Kane Williamson ➞ 6379
Martin Crowe ➞ 5444

Taylor is now New Zealand's highest run-scorer in Tests! 🙌#AUSvNZ | @BLACKCAPS pic.twitter.com/8qxmjFIXaQ
— ICC (@ICC) January 6, 2020

something good for Blackcaps

Weekly Cricket Buzz, January 7

Ben Stokes powers England to level the series vS South Africa

Some players are great fielders
Some players are great batsmen
Some players are great bowlers

Ben Stokes is world class in all three categories.#SAvENG pic.twitter.com/cqurFse7r5
— bet365 (@bet365) January 7, 2020

BEN STOKES DID IT IN WORLD CUP.

BEN STOKES DID IT IN THE ASHES.

And now, BEN STOKES DOES IT IN SOUTH AFRICA.

What a cricketer, what man!! Pure match winner, singlehandedly won so many games for England in past 12 months.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 7, 2020

Cometh the hour. 👑

Ben Stokes mops up South Africa's lower order in style. 💯

England win a Newlands test for the first time since 1957. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #SAvsENG pic.twitter.com/Sedfi3U7sF
— Sky Bet (@SkyBet) January 7, 2020

Ben Stokes in this Test:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1st Innings – 47 runs

🇿🇦 1st Innings – 5 catches

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2nd Inns – 72 runs

🇿🇦 2nd Inns – 3 wickets & 1 catch

Absolute King 🤴
— The Pinch Hitter (@LePinchHitter) January 7, 2020

A message from the man of the moment 👏#SAvENG pic.twitter.com/PCbkIWolTM
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 7, 2020

This is what Test cricket does to people.

Scenes. 🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pic.twitter.com/IBW1Ms0toM
— England's Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) January 7, 2020

Ben Stokes:

"When you have series and the first two games are results. It makes things very interesting.

It's why five-day cricket should always be around. It's the best form of the game." https://t.co/daNZrdDzoT
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) January 7, 2020

I hope after the Eng SA test match the 4 day idea is flushed down with immediate effect. What do they know of cricket who only cricket know! Test cricket has given the answer today.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) January 7, 2020

The Butler debate:

https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1214788530322444288

sums up….

India thrash Sri Lanka in the 1st T20I of 2020

Great win tonight to start the year! 😇 #onwardsandupwards #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/854sgkCvZM
— Washington Sundar (@Sundarwashi5) January 7, 2020

Off to Pune for the last T20I

Pune ✈️✈️ @imjadeja @imShard pic.twitter.com/ZfS9mqPBi6
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 8, 2020

Weekly Cricket Buzz, January 9

Buttler fined 15 per cent of his match fees

Jos Buttler has been fined 15 per cent of his match fees and has also received one demerit point for “use of an audible obscenity” – “a fuc*ing knobhead”.

Buttler reportedly admitted the offence and accepted the sanctions.

What a pity… https://t.co/JV9ni9Vyfy
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 8, 2020

Weekly Cricket Buzz, January 10

Team India thrash Sri Lanka again, in the 3rd T20I

Sri Lanka could only manage to win a toss in this tour… It was that kind of a story…

Way to go! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 #strongertogether pic.twitter.com/hUmMbcdQRm
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 10, 2020

eyes set on T20 World Cup 2020

Successful T20I sides (all time)
Win% (W-L ratio)
62.79 – INDIA (1.84)
61.07 – Pakistan (1.60)
60.00 – South Africa (1.53)
53.28 – Australia (1.20)
50.88 – England (1.12)
50.00 – New Zealand (1.05)
47.62 – Sri Lanka (0.94)
44.54 – West Indies (0.85)
32.61 – Bangladesh (0.50)
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 11, 2020

🇮🇳🦁 pic.twitter.com/BRvibD3HKk
— K L Rahul (@klrahul) January 10, 2020

watta player..

Shardul Thakur the hero, once again…

Victory for #TeamIndia in the 3rd Paytm #INDvSL T20I in Pune 👏🏻

Here's @priyanka_psingh, VP, @PaytmBank rewarding @imShard with the Man of the Match via #UPI Money Transfer on Paytm 📲@BCCI pic.twitter.com/xXtVG1bXuI
— Paytm (@Paytm) January 10, 2020

Congrats on the series win Team India. Shikhar & Rahul laid the foundation, Manish & Shardul finished the innings in style but I thoroughly enjoyed the way the bowling unit bowled tonight and in this series. Performance of Saini & Shardul real positives in this series. #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/bBnnlBJjNF
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 10, 2020

Weekly Cricket Buzz, January 12

Team India announce the World T20 squad

Team India announce the World T20 squad for its Womens team. The team will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur and has a surprise package in the form of an uncapped Bengal batter, Richa Ghosh, in a 15-member India squad for the Womens T20 World Cup 2020.

Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Veda Krishnamurthy, Richa Ghosh, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

📢Squad Announcement📢@ImHarmanpreet will lead India's charge at @T20WorldCup #T20WorldCup #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/QkpyypyJKc
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) January 12, 2020

Also congratulations #RichaGhosh on making it to the squad. A very proud moment for the Bengal team. https://t.co/sRJuFJ5vJC
— Jhulan Goswami (@JhulanG10) January 12, 2020

This Indian side has it in them to make the finals of the T20 World Cup. @ImHarmanpreet will need @mandhana_smriti and Shefali to fire on key days and then her spinners can do the job. @BCCIWomen this is a very good squad. What say @JhulanG10 @M_Raj03
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) January 12, 2020

BCCI names the list of awardees

Jasprit Bumrah will receive the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award for his achievements in international cricket in the 2018-19 season. Best International Cricketer (Female) being Poonam Yadav.

NEWS: @Jaspritbumrah93 set to receive Polly Umrigar Award at BCCI Awards (Naman) today. @poonam_yadav24 named best int'l cricketer (woman)

Former captains @KrisSrikkanth & @chopraanjum to be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards

Details – https://t.co/pDQNcVO8ga pic.twitter.com/cEQ6icR5lM
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 12, 2020

BCCI Awards 2018-19 Season🏆

Best International Cricketer (Male)- Jasprit Bumrah

Best International Cricketer (Female)- Poonam Yadav

Lifetime Achievement Award- Anjum Chopra

Lifetime Achievement Award- Krishnamachari Srikkanth#BCCI #BCCIAWARDS pic.twitter.com/cYQYHM7pbp
— Beyond 22 Yards (@b22yards) January 12, 2020

Congratulations @Jaspritbumrah93

💥Dilip Sardesai Award Test Bowler

💥Polly Umrigar Award Best Men's Cricketer

🏏 62 wickets from 12 Tests at an average of 19.24

💃🕺🕺#BCCIAwards

BOOM 👑 👑👑 pic.twitter.com/PAx4590sIz
— Sharique (@Jerseyno93) January 12, 2020

👏👏 Congratulations to the winners of the BCCI ANNUAL AWARDS for the season 2018-19.

The entire list of winners can be found on BCCI's official website.#bcci #bcciawards #bharatarmy #teamindia #COTI #indiancricket #indiancricketteam #lovecricket #cricket pic.twitter.com/7Fb2LD6m1o
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) January 12, 2020