Former Australian cricketer Damien Martin’s health deteriorated a few days ago, after which he was admitted to the hospital. It was revealed that 54 year old Martin was suffering from a serious disease like meningitis. Now there is a relief news regarding him, his treatment is progressing in the right direction.

Damien Martin is suffering from meningitis, a disease in which the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord become inflamed. In this, symptoms like severe headache, high fever, stiffness in the neck etc. are seen. This is usually caused by some bacteria or virus. Now his wife gave the latest update regarding his health.

Damien Martin’s wife gives health update

Damien Martin’s wife Amanda said that the last few days have been very difficult for their family. He expressed his gratitude to the medical team of Gold Coast University Hospital. He said, ‘Damien’s health is improving. We are deeply grateful to the medical team of Gold Coast University Hospital for the dedication and care with which they supported us. This time has been challenging for our family. We appeal to everyone to respect our privacy.

Adam Gilchrist also gave update

Gilchrist, who played with Damien Martin, had said during commentary in the Big Bash League that Martin is in the hospital and this is a challenging time for him. ‘The results of the medical tests in the last 24 hours are positive. It feels good to see the way prayers are being offered for him. Apart from being a great player, he is also a good person. Hope he gets well soon.

Martin has played 67 Tests, 208 ODIs and 4 T20 International matches for the Australia cricket team. He scored 4406 runs in 67 Tests and 5346 runs in 208 ODIs. He scored 5 centuries in ODIs and 13 centuries in Tests. He was in the Australian team that won the ODI World Cup in 1999 and 2003.

Pakistani player Babar Azam is currently playing in the Big Bash League for Sydney Sixers. In the match held on Thursday, he played an inning of 58 runs and led his team to victory. However, despite his half-century innings, Azam is being made fun of on social media, the reason being his strike rate. Even former Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist made a scathing attack on him during the commentary.

In this match against Melbourne Renegades, Sydney Sixers had a target of 165 runs to win. Babar Azam batted carefully and played 46 balls to score 58 runs, in this innings he hit 4 fours and 1 six. Adam Gilchrist, who was doing the commentary, did not look happy with Babar’s innings, saying that he is not known for his power-game.

Babar Azam’s slow innings

Former Australian wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist, while commenting on Fox Cricket, said that the kind of attitude Babar Azam adopts (taking one run on every ball), it puts undue pressure on his partner. “Babar is not known for his power-game. He does not play explosive innings, he needs to be more active. He cannot take one run at a time and put the responsibility of playing big shots on his partner.”

Adam Gilchrist also called out Babar Azam slow batting in T20s during today’s match.
• His limited power range restricts his boundary options.
• He must be proactive himself, not outsource the SR.
• His run-a-ball approach unfairly pressures his partner to take risks. pic.twitter.com/ahfYJNgSyO

—The PCT Army. (@thepctarmy) January 1, 2026

The video of the things said by Adam Gilchrist is also going viral on social media. In the viral video, veteran Babar Azam is saying that his approach in T20 is worrying for the team. However, this inning was necessary for Babar Azam, because recently he was not selected for the T20 series against Sri Lanka. This is Babar’s second half-century in this edition, but questions are being raised about his strike rate.

Who is Jerrsis Wadia: India-born Jervis Wadia has made a spectacular entry in Australia’s Big Bash League. Xerces, playing for Adelaide Strikers in BBL 2025-26, impressed everyone with his explosive batting in the match against Brisbane Heat. In this match, Jessirs played a short explosive innings and scored 34 runs in just 16 balls. The highlight of Wadia’s innings was the 15th over in which 24 runs were scored. This left-handed all-rounder hit three consecutive sixes and then a four off Jack Wildermuth’s balls, which completely changed the course of the match.

Who is Jervis Wadia?

Born in India on December 3, 2001, Jervis Wadia played age-group cricket for Baroda before moving to Australia. He grew up in Mumbai, where his parents still live. Left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox bowler Jervis Wadia was part of the Adelaide Strikers’ Under-19 program before the Covid-19 pandemic. After flight services were stopped due to Covid, Xerces Wadia had to stay in Adelaide. After which, he gradually expanded his career again through South Australian Premier Cricket and from the 2022-23 season, Wadia has played for clubs like Adelaide, East Torrens and Tea Tree Gully.

Unbelievable Jerrssis

What a way to announce yourself on the big stage. pic.twitter.com/60uNxh6VB6

— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL) December 28, 2025

Jervis Wadia joins Adelaide Strikers as replacement

Jervis Wadia has been included in their team by Adelaide Strikers as a local replacement for star wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey, who is currently playing the Ashes series. Xerxes made his BBL debut against Melbourne Stars on December 23, 2025, but in this match His performance was nothing special and he was able to score only 7 runs before being dismissed by Haris Rauf.

Impressed with all-round performance in South Australia Premier League

According to Cricket Australia, Jervis Wadia has scored 680 runs in the South Australian Premier League at an excellent average of 56.67, in which his top score was 123 runs. Apart from batting brilliantly in this tournament, he also performed brilliantly in his bowling and managed to take 19 wickets in his name.

Glenn Maxwell may not look very strong, but he has such strength in his arms that he is capable of sending the ball out of the field. He has shown something similar in the Big Bash League. On December 28, in the BBL 2025-26 match against Sydney Thunder, he hit a six of 104 meters (Glenn Maxwell Longest Six). Maxwell played an important role in helping Melbourne Stars win by 9 wickets by playing a quick inning of 39 runs.

Ball out of ground, 104 meters away

Batting first, Sydney Thunder was all out for 128 runs. Glenn Maxwell came to bat in the 10th over for Melbourne Stars. Daniel Sams came to bowl in the 11th over. The third ball of the over came exactly in the slot, while Maxwell swung the bat and hit a 104 meter long six towards deep-mid wicket. The six was so strong that the ball went out of the field. For this reason a new ball was taken to continue the match.

This is not the first time that Glenn Maxwell has hit a six longer than 100 meters in the Big Bash League. In the last season i.e. BBL 14, Maxwell had hit a 122 meter long six, which is one of the longest sixes in the history of T20 cricket.

A 104m BOMB from Glenn Maxwell goes OUT. O.F. THE. GROUND.

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Maxwell won with a six

Joe Clark and Sam Harper gave a good start to Melbourne while chasing the target of 129 runs given by Sydney Thunder. Clarke scored 60 runs in 37 balls, while Harper returned unbeaten after scoring 29 runs. Meanwhile, a storm named Glenn Maxwell came, who scored 39 runs in 20 balls while playing at a stormy strike rate of 195. In this innings he hit 5 fours and 2 sixes. Maxwell ensured the victory of Melbourne Stars team by 9 wickets on the last ball of the 14th over.

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Shaheen Afridi made his debut in the Big Bash League on 15 December, in which he was badly beaten. Shaheen Afridi is playing for Brisbane Heat in the BBL, which was defeated by Melbourne Renegades by 14 runs. In this match, Tim Seifert, who scored a century in 53 balls, also hit a lot of fours and sixes on Afridi’s balls.

In this match, with the help of Tim Seifert’s century, Melbourne Renegades had scored 212 runs while playing first. Seifert scored 102 runs in 56 balls in this match. In reply, Brisbane Heat team was able to score 198 runs in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 14 runs. Shaheen Afridi was badly beaten in bowling and then flopped in batting also.

Shaheen Afridi got insulted

Shaheen Afridi had given 9 runs in his first over, when he came to bowl the 13th over of the innings, Tim Seifert and Oliver Peak scored 19 runs in his over, which included one six and 2 fours. Afridi had given away 28 runs in 2 overs. Afridi’s headache was not over yet, because when he came to bowl the 18th over of the innings, he could not complete the over due to bowling two beamers.

Oliver Peak hit a six on the very first ball of the 18th over. This six made Afridi nervous, so he bowled 3 no-balls in the over. In which 2 beamers were included. However, the batsmen could not hit a six on even a single free hit. In the same over, Seifert completed his century in 53 balls. Later in the same over, Oliver Peak completed his fifty in 25 balls by hitting a four.

Afridi was removed from bowling after the second beamer in the over. According to the rules, if a bowler bowls two beamers in the same over, he is removed from bowling. Nathan McSweeney bowled the last 2 balls in place of Afridi. Afridi gave away 43 runs in 2.4 overs in the match.

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Babar Azam played his debut match in Big Bash League today, but it was a flop. Babar, who opened for Sydney Sixers, was out after scoring only 2 runs. He played 5 balls and had a narrow escape in the other 2 balls also. His team also lost this match.

Perth Scorchers won the toss and decided to bowl first. Daniel Hughes and Babar Azam started the innings for Sydney Sixers. Sydney did not have a good start, Hughes was out in the very first over off the bowling of Aaron Hardy. He could not even open the account, the last ball of the over went to Babar Azam, which he defended.

Babar Azam out after scoring 2 runs in debut match

Babar Azam defended the fifth ball of the second over. Joel Paris bowled the next ball on wicket length, on which Babar Azam hit. The ball went in the air and fell a short distance away from the fielder. This could have been a catch. On the fourth ball of the third over bowled by Couch, Babar Azam tried to hit a big shot using his steps, but the ball went in the air and fell between the two fielders. He survived once again. Babar ran on this ball and took 2 runs.

BABAR AZAM OUT FOR 2!#BBL15 pic.twitter.com/fqRiu8mewK

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 14, 2025

Babar Azam was out after hitting a lap shot

Looking at Babar Azam, it did not seem that he is such a big batsman, he was just playing lap shots on every ball. That means he was just swinging the bat. Babar bowled a similar shot on the fifth ball of the third over bowled by Brody Couch, on which he was caught out.

Batting first in this match of 11 overs due to rain, Sydney Sixers scored 113 runs for 5 wickets. Jack Edwards played a good inning of 46 runs in 21 balls. Earlier, Josh Philip had scored 28 runs in 18 balls.

Perth Scorchers achieved the target of 114 with 5 balls remaining. Cooper Connolly scored 59 runs in 31 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours.

In the year 2025, many new champions were formed in the world of cricket, who ended the drought of years and won the trophy. Recently the Indian women’s team has won the ODI World Cup for the first time. This year, before Team India became the champion, Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League (BBL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (IPL) in the IPL and South Africa (WTC) created history by winning the World Test Championship. This was a year where we got to see four new champions in the four major tournaments of the cricket world.

Hobart Hurricanes won the first BBL trophy

Earlier this year, Hobart Hurricanes became champions for the first time in the Big Bash League (BBL) and ended the years-long wait for the trophy. After losing in the finals of BBL 2013-14 and 2017-18 seasons, it finally tasted victory in 2025. Throughout the tournament, the pair of Tim David and Mitchell Owen did wonders in batting, while captain Nathan Ellis created history by performing brilliantly in bowling.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the first IPL title

Royal Challengers Bangalore became champions for the first time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and ended their years-long trophy drought. After losing in the finals of 2009, 2011 and 2016 seasons of IPL, it finally won the trophy in 2025. In the entire tournament, the excellent captaincy of Rajat Patidar, explosive batting of Virat Kohli and Phil Salt and the pair of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar did wonders in bowling and gave their team the first title.

South Africa won ICC title after 27 years

South Africa became champion for the first time in the ICC Test Championship. The Proteas won their first ICC trophy since the 1998 Champions Trophy. They ended the drought of 27 years by defeating Australia by 5 wickets in the final match held at Lord’s Cricket Ground. In this victory, due to the brilliant captaincy of Temba Bavuma, explosive batting of Aiden Markram and excellent bowling of Kagiso Rabada, the South African team became the world champion in Test cricket.

Indian women’s team becomes champion after 52 years

The Indian women’s team won its first ICC trophy after a long wait of 52 years in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, 2 November 2025. In the final, the Indian team defeated South Africa by 52 runs and registered a historic victory under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur. Throughout the tournament, Smriti Mandhana performed well in batting and Deepti Sharma performed well with both ball and bat. In the final match, Shefali Verma played a brilliant inning of 87 runs. Team India showed excellent performance in all departments and became the first world champion.

Babar Azam, Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi Salary in BBL: The 2025-26 season of Big Bash League is going to begin in Australia. Earlier, BBL franchises are making their teams through player drafts. Many players of Pakistan cricket team Mohammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan and Shaheen Afridi have registered in the player draft for the Big Bash League. At the same time, Babar Azam has been included in the team by Sydney Sixers in BBL through pre-sink draft.

Demand in Shaheen Afridi’s BBL

Shaheen Afridi, the left -handed fast bowler of the Pakistan cricket team, has been included in his team by two -time champion Brisbane Heat. Afridi has taken 19 wickets in the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2025) at an average of 16.42. Brisbane Heat got an opportunity to choose a player from the first player draft this time, Shaheen Afridi was first selected among the players of all countries on this occasion.

These Pakistani players will play in BBL

Mohammad Rizwan was elected at number four among all the players who attended the BBL player draft. Melbourne Renegads included Rizwan in his team. Apart from this, Shadab Khan has been included by Sydney Thunder, Haris Rauf as Melbourne Stars and Hasan Ali by Adelaide Strikers in their team.

Who will get how many salary?

There is a salary criterion in the Big Bash League. In this, the players are divided into four categories- Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. According to this, players playing Big Bash League get salary. Babar Azam has been taken by Sydney Sixers in his team under the top category. The rest of the Pakistani players have been taken under which category, this final has not been done yet.

• In the Big Bash League, a player with platinum category is given up to 3,60,000-420,000 Australian dollars, which is between Rs 2 – 2.36 crore in Indian currency.
• In BBL, a player with gold category is given three lakh Australian dollars i.e. Rs 1.68 crore.
• In BBL, two lakh Australian dollars are given to a player with silver category i.e. Rs 1.12 crore.
• In the Big Bash League, players with bronze category are given one lakh Australian dollars i.e. Rs 56.10 lakh.

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Bcci not allowed to play bbl: Many players from India and abroad are seen playing in the Indian Premier League. Those players also play in the IPL, who have not yet been debuted in international cricket. But if seen, Indian cricketers do not become a part of the league in another country. Many players from Australia came to participate in the IPL in India, but India’s players did not go to the Big Bash League (BBL) to be held in Australia.

BCCI does not allow permission

Indian players do not play leagues in other countries besides IPL, because this will reduce the importance of IPL, because the BCCI organizes the IPL for domestic and foreign players by putting rough money. Apart from this, the league of the rest of the countries gets less money than the IPL. In the IPL, where the top players get 15 to 25 crores, the Big Bash League (BBL), Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) get very little rupees to play the top players.

Players are not burdened

The BCCI also manages its players’ workload. The BCCI wants the players to be protected from over-exposure and injury. Along with this, it is not allowed to play in the foreign league of Indian players to maintain domestic cricket in the country.

Former Indian team player Rahul Dravid once said that if the players will be allowed to play in these leagues, then we will not have domestic cricket. Along with Gheelu cricket, the Ranji Trophy will also end, due to which Test cricket in India will be completely eliminated. This is a perfect decision for our players and for cricket.

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