John Buchanan, the former Aussie coach has come up with a wacky idea to revamp ‘boring’ ODI cricket, suggesting that one-dayers be played in quarters of 25 overs each to make them as exciting as Twenty20. “The current one-day format be broken into quarters with bonus points on offer to make it more meaningful.”

Viswanathan Anand, the World chess  champion, wants Garry Kasparov to come back from retirement so that he can play one more game against the Russian Grandmaster. “I’ve not played Kasparov for a long time. I want to play him one more time. If he changes his mind and comes back from retirement, I will be happy.”