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          The Buzz: Fawad Alam's new career

          Apr 9, 2021
          • ESPNcricinfo staff

          Apr 9

          Fawad Alam biding his time, taking a beating, fighting for his love... wait, this is not his cricket career we're talking about - he's just announced that he's the lead in a new Pakistani web series.

          Ishant Sharma, six machine

          Ishant Sharma is so confident in his six-hitting abilities, he's angling for a batsman's role this IPL.

          Shreyas Iyer completes surgery

          Shreyas Iyer has had surgery to successfully fix the shoulder dislocation he suffered during the England series, and he seems to have emerged from it with '90s-style frosted tips.

          Apr 8

          Dancing in the IPL

          'Smooth Criminal' Chris Gayle ends quarantine

          Chris Gayle is feeling smooooth after his mandatory isolation ends!

          Meanwhile, R Ashwin is warming up for some weight-lifting with a few shoulder shimmies.

          The milestone

          With the win over New Zealand in the third ODI in Mount Maunganui, Alyssa Healy completed 200 internationals for Australia and celebrated in a cheesy way.

          Lanning love

          Megan Schutt is a fan of the record-breaking Meg Lanning.

          The yellow jersey

          Che Pujara back in the IPL!

          Apr 7

          Durham train in freezing conditions

          We know where we'd be on a Snow Day like this!

          Apr 6

          Glenn Maxwell's new bromance

          Glenn Maxwell has arrived in the RCB camp and he's already making friends and influencing people and threatening loving violence against Yuzvendra Chahal. Is this budding bromance going to make old flame Jimmy Neesham jealous? So many layers to this IPL season.

          Jos Buttler's gym buddy

          Jos Buttler's got himself an adorable gym buddy to keep him fit in the bio-bubble. Baby Georgia's really nailing those push-ups as well.

          Babar Azam the swimmer

          Some of us just swim this way, okay!

          The weather

          Duh, Mitch, that's like saying water is wet.

          The babysitter

          Liam Livingstone has some important duties in the Rajasthan Royals squad.

          Apr 5

          Box cricket with Rishabh Pant

          Gotta get the practice in wherever possible!

          Jasprit goes boom

          This feels like the trailer of a summer blockbuster.

          Don't mess with keepers

          After Quinton de Kock's clever piece of fielding to run out Fakhar Zaman in the second ODI, in Johannesburg, over the weekend, here's a look back at one of the OG crafty keepers of our times.

          The idol

          Darcie Brown is living her dream, now playing her idol Shelley Nitschke, the former Australia allrounder now the national team's assistant coach.