* South African batsman Hashim Amla has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. 39-year-old Amla retired from international cricket in 2019. He has been playing in the Charrey team and has now announced that he will withdraw from all types of games. Amla, who has played 124 Tests, 181 ODIs, and 44 T20Is, has accumulated a total of 18,672 runs. Amla became the first South African player to score more than 300 runs.
* Punjab beat Madhya Pradesh by 10 wickets to win the U-16 Vijay Mochant National Cricket Tournament in Coimbatore on Thursday.
* India-Aussie to start on February 9 Former wicket-keeper Ian Healy has said that the absence of practice matches and tour matches before the Bard-Gavaskar Test series between the teams will affect the Australian team.
* Tamil Nadu were bowled out for 540 runs in the first innings of the ongoing Group B Ranji Trophy match in Chennai. Assam, who played their first innings consecutively, were all out for 266 runs in 100.2 overs. As the follow-on was given, Assam, who played the second innings, scored 66 runs in 34 overs at the end of the game on Thursday. Tamil Nadu player Ajith Ram took 4/68 wickets.