What is a name?

Don Bradman seemingly knew everything about Australian cricket during decades as a player, administrator, selector and national hero, but he had no idea about the value of his surname.

The issue has been discussed in the Supreme Court, with Bradman’s son John suing a law firm for using his father’s eight-letter moniker as "a brand name, like Mickey Mouse".

Bradman said that he really had no idea that his name would have the commercial value, which it apparently has, and agreed that a fair benefit should flow to the family, the Australian reported writing to the firm in 1998.

He also said that while he can contain the use of his name during his lifetime, after his death he would like the family to have a fair say in its use.

Twenty20 on Everest

How far would you go to play cricket? A group of 50 people set out from Lord’s on Friday to play a Twenty20 match on Mount Everest in the Himalayas, the Times reported. They’ll get to their venue, a frozen lake near an Everest base camp called Gorak Shep (“dead raven” in the Sherpas' language), after 11 days of flying, driving and trekking to reach a plateau more than three miles above sea level - the highest altitude recorded for a field sport.The teams – appropriately named Hillary and Tenzing – will use wooden stumps and bats, a pink leather ball, and an artificial pitch. The thin air is expected to make the player’s hearts beat 30% faster than usual and after their efforts they will take a proper British cricket tea and raise the Union Jack in the Queen’s honour. And oh, the game is being played for charity, with over £250,000 expected to be raised for the Himalayan Trust and the Lord's Taverners.

Indian Premier League T20

Besides the on-field entertainment, the off-field activities in the first edition of the IPL fascinated viewers too. After all the hiccups, the Indian Premier League will finally be back in action. The location of the spectacle may have shifted but if one believes the organisers, they have promised a bigger opener than the opening ceremonies of Beijing Olympics and the Rio carnival. But the tournament's first edition was equally glitzy. Not only for the happenings on the field but also for what happened before and after matches. Some where hidden and the others came out but the six which made the maximum noise were the ones in which everybody had their share of laugh.