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It's well known that the Yankees are looking to acquire a starting third baseman at the upcoming trade deadline.

One of the top options out there is Diamondbacks slugger Eugenio Suárez, who is batting .250/.320/.569 with 31 homers and 78 RBIs in 95 games. Entering the All-Star break, only Cal Raleigh, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani have hit more dingers than Suárez.

The Diamondbacks are expected to be sellers at the trade deadline, as they sit with a 47-50 record—11 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and 5.5 games out of a playoff spot. It appears Suárez can be acquired for the right price.

With all the league's best players meeting in Atlanta this week for the 2025 All-Star Game, Suárez was directly asked about the possibility of being traded to New York.

"Yankees [are the] Yankees. It's a team that wants to win," Suárez said. They're hungry still. If I got over there, I would do my best and try to help them win the World Series."

According to Fangraphs, Yankees have collected just 0.6 fWAR at third base so far this season, which ranks 29th in all of baseball—only edging out the Washington Nationals.

New York has seen five different players start at least one game at the hot corner for them in 2025: Oswaldo Cabrera (30 games), Oswald Peraza (30), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (28), Jorbit Vivas (6) and Pablo Reyes (2).

The 2025 MLB trade deadline is set for July 31 at 6 p.m. ET.

After posting MLB's best record during the regular season and getting off to a 2–0 lead against the Cubs in the National League Division Series, the Brewers are hopeful they can bring home their first World Series title to Milwaukee this year.

The Brewers have made the playoffs for the third consecutive season and seventh time in the last eight years, but the franchise historically doesn't have a ton of success come October.

As Milwaukee looks to change their playoff fortunes, here's a look at their postseason history.

Have the Brewers Ever Won a World Series?

The Brewers have never won a World Series title. They are one of five teams still seeking their first championship, along with the Padres, Rays, Rockies and Mariners. Seattle is the only other of those teams alive in the 2025 MLB playoff race.

What Is the Furthest the Brewers Have Gone in MLB Playoffs?

The furthest Milwaukee has advanced in the playoffs is the World Series, which they reached in 1982. They lost to the Cardinals in seven games in that series, and have not returned to the World Series since. The Brewers won three of the first five games of the series, but St. Louis rallied to win Games 6 and 7 to claim the title.

Milwaukee Brewers Full Playoff History

Here's a look at the Brewers' postseason history since the franchise first began play in 1969. The '25 season marks their 11th playoff berth.

Can the Brewers Win a World Series This Year?

Milwaukee is certainly a contender to win the World Series this year. The Brewers currently hold a 2–0 lead over the Cubs in the NLDS, and if they can win at least one more game, they will already be within one round of the franchise's second World Series berth.

Milwaukee finished the regular season with the best record in baseball, and proved throughout the year they could beat some of the top teams in the sport. They went 6–0 against the Dodgers, and 2– vs. both the Mariners and Blue Jays during the regular season. The Brewers will of course need to replicate that late in the postseason, but they definitely have the potential to win it all.

ONE MORE MONTH UNTIL PLAYOFF BASEBALL!

There is a ton at stake over the final four weeks of the regular season in MLB, and we’re here at SI Betting to analyze the latest playoff odds in both the American and National Leagues.

There are three division races — the AL East, AL West and NL West — where the first and second place teams are separated by three or fewer games, leaving a lot up in the air in the wild card picture to close the regular season.

In the American League, a seven-game winning streak helped propel the New York Yankees into first in the wild card and just three games back of Toronto in the AL East entering September.

Meanwhile, the National League wild card appears to be pretty settled, as the Cincinnati Reds (the first team out) have fallen four games back of the final wild card spot.

Is there any value in betting on a team to make the playoffs that isn’t currently in the postseason picture? 

Let’s take a look at the latest odds and a few teams that could have some value — whether it’s to make the playoffs or steal the division — as the final month of regular season baseball gets underway. 

American League Playoff Odds

Division Leaders

• Toronto Blue Jays: N/A
• Detroit Tigers: N/A
• Houston Astros: -700

It’s interesting to see a division leader with worse odds to make the playoffs than multiple wild card teams, but that’s the case with Houston.

The Astros are just two games up on the Seattle Mariners in the AL West, and they have worse records than the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox this season. If Houston slips in the coming weeks, it could be fighting for its playoff life down the stretch. 

Oddsmakers don’t feel the same about the Blue Jays, even though they’ve seen their lead dwindle in the AL East.  

Wild Card Race

• New York Yankees: -10000
• Boston Red Sox: -1400
• Seattle Mariners: -575
• Texas Rangers: +290
• Kansas City Royals: +500:
• Cleveland Guardians: +1100
• Tampa Bay Rays: +2000

Texas has moved past the Kansas City Royals for the fourth spot in the wild card race, as it has won five games in a row and eight of its last 10. Not only are the Rangers just 2.5 games out of the third wild card, but they are just 4.5 games back in the AL West.

So, there are multiple paths for Texas to take to get into the postseason. At +290, the Rangers could be worth a sprinkle if you’re not sold on Houston or Seattle running away with the division in the final few weeks. 

The one thing working against the Rangers is that they have the fifth-hardest remaining schedule – per Tankathon – in MLB. 

National League Playoff Odds

Division Leaders

• Philadelphia Phillies: N/A
• Los Angeles Dodgers: N/A
• Milwaukee Brewers: N/A

While the NL West is still up for grabs, oddsmakers believe the the Phillies, Dodgers, Brewers, Cubs and Padres will all make the postseason, as they’ve all seen their playoff odds come off the board.

The Reds – the closest chasing team in the wild card race – are seven games back of San Diego and nine games back of Chicago entering September. 

Wild Card Race

• San Diego Padres: N/A
• Chicago Cubs: N/A
• New York Mets: -600
• Cincinnati Reds: +700
• San Francisco Giants: +1200
• Arizona Diamondbacks: +2500
• St. Louis Cardinals: +3000

While the NL wild card may already be set, there has been a ton of odds movement for the Mets (the No. 3 wild card) and the chasing pack:

• Mets: -350 to -600
• Reds: +310 to +700
• Giants: +2000 to +1200
• Diamondbacks: +3000 to +2500

New York has a four-game cushion on the Reds and at least a five-game cushion on every other team in the chase. Barring an epic collapse from a team, the six NL playoff teams appear to be pretty secure entering the final month of the regular season.

After trading away a good chunk of their roster at the 2025 trade deadline, the Twins reportedly won’t continue tearing down their roster this offseason.

In light of trade rumors, Dan Hayes reported Friday that Minnesota does “not anticipate” trading outfielder Byron Buxton or starting pitchers Joe Ryan and Pablo López this offseason. The plan, according to Hayes, is for the Twins to build around those stars and compete next season.

Buxton, coming off a career year and his second All-Star appearance, will make $15.1 million per season over the final three years remaining on his contract. In 126 games last season, Buxton batted .264/.327/.551 with a career-high 35 homers and 83 RBIs.

Ryan has two seasons of team control left on his deal and is a candidate for an extension over the next year. Also an All-Star in 2025, Ryan logged a 13–10 record and 3.42 ERA in a career-high 171 innings last season. The 29-year-old would arguably be the Twins’ biggest trade chip if they did decide to continue rebuilding the roster.

López will make $21.8 million over the next two seasons as the Twins’ highest-paid player. He’s coming off an injury-ravaged season in 2025 where he was limited to 14 starts. It was the first time Lopez failed to throw over 100 innings in a full season since his rookie year with Miami in 2018.

The Twins were one of the biggest disappointments in baseball last season. Expected to contend for an AL Central title, Minnesota fell behind the Guardians and Tigers early in the season and never recovered.

At the trade deadline, Minnesota dealt away eight players, including shortstop Carlos Correa and right-handed pitcher Louis Varland, who went on to break MLB’s all-time record for most postseason appearances in the Blue Jays’ run to the World Series.

Also: What was the thinking behind the Sunrisers’ super slow start with the bat?

Matt Roller11-Oct-2020Tewatia’s lucky break: the bails stay in their grooveDuring the Royals’ chase, Rahul Tewatia defied convention by deciding to attack Rashid Khan’s last over, the 18th, when most batsmen this season have opted to see him off and protect their wicket. He started by reverse-heaving two boundaries before flaying another over the covers. But when he then aimed to cut, he bottom-edged into wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow’s pad.The ball then ricocheted into the stumps with Tewatia out of his crease, leaving him to rue what appeared to be an unfortunate stumping. But after the zing bails lit up, they landed back in their groove to give him a valuable reprise. It brought to mind the storm surrounding the bails in the 2019 World Cup, when they failed to be dislodged five times in the first two weeks of the tournament.The non-dismissal proved crucial, too, with Tewatia and Parag sealing the win with a ball to spare after adding 85 between them in 7.5 overs for the sixth wicket.Why did Ben Stokes open the batting?For the second time in the IPL and the sixth time in his T20 career, Ben Stokes opened the batting for the Royals – as had been mooted on ESPNcricinfo’s Stump Mic podcast and by Tom Moody in our T20 Time:Out pre-match show.The move didn’t work – he chopped on against Khaleel Ahmed for five – but there was plenty of logic behind it. Stokes has struggled in the middle order over the last two years, struggling to get started against spinners in the middle overs – since the start of the 2018 season, he has scored at a strike rate of 116.57 and averaged 18.16 against spin in the IPL. It also meant the Royals had a left-right opening combination, and in theory meant that Buttler should have been more free to play his shots, with Stokes the slower starter of the two and more likely to anchor the innings.Having already made more changes than any other side in the tournament, the Royals will be reluctant to switch things around too much despite Stokes’ failure. This was Stokes’ first professional game for two months, coming immediately after his quarantine period, and was only his fourth white-ball appearance since the World Cup final in July 2019 – the fact that the move didn’t work on this occasion should not mean that it is canned for good.Royals’ powerplay strugglesIn their first game of the season, the Royals made 54 for 1 in the first six overs, and followed that up with 69 for 1 in their second. But in their last five, they have managed 185 runs in 30 powerplay overs while losing 12 wickets, and have been the IPL’s worst team in the first six overs. Today, they managed 36 for 3 and again seemed to be batting frenetically: perhaps the looming spectre of Rashid in the second half of the innings meant they felt they had to make the most of the fielding restrictions.ESPNcricinfo LtdTheir struggles have partly been down to Buttler and Steven Smith’s poor form, but also due to an unsettled batting line-up: Stokes and Buttler was their fourth different opening combination of the season, and their longest opening stand lasted only 2.4 overs. As a result, it seems unlikely that they will want to switch things around again, and will instead bank on their three overseas batsmen to come good at the top of the order.What was behind Sunrisers’ slow start?Despite only losing one wicket, the Sunrisers started very slowly, finishing the powerplay on 26 for 1: it was the joint third-lowest six-over score this IPL season, and the first time a team had only managed two boundaries in the powerplay.Why? Knowing how reliant their openers are on Bairstow and David Warner’s opening partnership, the Royals decided to frontload, giving their two best bowlers – Jofra Archer and Shreyas Gopal – two overs each with the new ball. They hit their straps, meaning Warner and Bairstow decided to drop anchor and eke out only 13 runs from the first four.When Kartik Tyagi came into the attack to bowl the third over, Bairstow had little option but to free his arms and look to make use of the fielding restrictions. He cracked him for two twos and a six, but then mistimed a pull and was caught in the deep, rewarding Smith’s aggressive captaincy move.Is Warner Archer’s bunny?Six innings, 41 balls, five dismissals: that is Warner’s head-to-head record against Archer in 2020. He gave him a torrid time in Australia’s T20I and ODI series in England, bowling high pace, and did similarly with the new ball today, bowling only one slower ball across his first two overs. Today’s dismissal was a little different, and Warner was cleaned up while backing away and looking to flay over the off side, but extended his poor run against Archer. As below, it also earned him a new console.

Looks like @JofraArcher will be getting a new console @xboxuk #SRHvRR | #IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/tcVvDbnlk6

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 11, 2020

Kane Williamson: T20 finisher?Two games in a row, the Sunrisers’ top order has laid a platform for their middle order: against the Kings XI, they lost their first wicket in the 16th over; today, they lost their second in the 15th.On both occasions, the Sunrisers’ approach has led to questions about Kane Williamson’s role in their side. He has been listed to bat at No. 4, with Manish Pandey ahead of him performing an anchoring role, but their plan for the openers to bat far into the innings has left Williamson’s name looking somewhat out of place as a finisher with Mohammad Nabi and Fabian Allen both sitting on the bench.But he has shown glimpses of his power game at the death in both games, with 20* off 10 against the Kings XI and 22* off 12 in this afternoon’s match. While he has shown his ability to adapt to an unfamiliar role, the fact that Williamson has only faced 66 balls across five innings this season seems like something for the Sunrisers think-tank to address.Should Stokes have bowled more?Stokes only bowled one over, which went for seven runs, with Tewatia bowling his full allocation and conceding 13 from his final over, the 16th. That might have been due to Stokes’ poor record with the ball since joining the Royals – average 35.64, economy 9.10 – or with a view to easing him back towards full match fitness: in his two most recent Tests for England, he bowled a total of four overs due to concerns about his quad muscle.Either way, it seems likely that Stokes’ role with the ball this season will resemble Andre Russell’s for KKR: bowling short, sharp spells at crucial junctures rather than being one of their main options.

‘Best’ training session, cutting out external noise helps bring back the punch

Hemant Brar26-Oct-20201:16

‘Wish I started playing like this three games ago’ – Ben Stokes

Coming into Sunday’s clash against the Mumbai Indians, Ben Stokes had managed just 110 runs from 103 balls in IPL 2020. He hadn’t hit a single six in the tournament and was struggling for the timing. If Shane Warne, the Rajasthan Royals’ mentor, had his way, Stokes would have been batting at No. 4.The Royals though decided to stick with Stokes as opener. The move finally paid dividends as he made a 196-run chase, against possibly the best bowling attack in the tournament, look like a canter. Their best batsman, Jos Buttler, wasn’t even needed.During his unbeaten 107 off 60 balls, Stokes hit 14 fours and three sixes, and doubled his run-rally for the tournament in just one knock. But before the madness, there was some method to his innings.So far, bowlers had kept Stokes quiet by hitting the hard lengths at the stumps or just outside off, thereby not allowing him any room. Trent Boult too had a similar plan. Except, Stokes had a ready counter. He defended Boult’s first ball bowled, a length delivery on the stumps, but the moment he drifted, Stokes punished him. Boult kept attacking the stumps but the length was too full. Stokes, meanwhile, also started creating room for himself by moving towards the leg side.Later in that over, he backed away, even as Boult followed him and presented the full face of the bat. Whether it was the confidence in his shot, or a streak of arrogance that every maverick carries, or just a sign frustration about how his tournament had gone till then, Stokes didn’t bother looking at the result after hitting the ball. By the time the ball reached the boundary line, he was gearing up for the next ball. No fist-bump with his partner at the other end, no customary gardening on the pitch. Nothing.As he often does after making an impact, Ben Stokes pays tribute to his dad with the folded finger celebration•BCCIInitially, he looked more focused on the timing than power. That isn’t to say the timing didn’t elude him at all. He chipped one over Boult’s head that the chasing mid-off and mid-on fielders couldn’t get to even though Stokes hadn’t middled it. Off the last ball of that over, he again backed away and smashed one through covers. With 16 off six balls, with the help of four boundaries, Stokes was off.One reason to prompt the Royals to open with Stokes could have been his not-so-good record against spin. Since 2018, he had averaged 18.76 and struck at 114.55 against spin. But here two things worked in his favour. Firstly, he was already 20 off nine balls when spin was introduced. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, both Mumbai Indians spinners – Krunal Pandya, the left-arm orthodox, and Rahul Chahar, the legspinner – were bringing the ball in to Stokes, therefore, making it easier for him to line them up.The Mumbai Indians ensured both Pandya and Chahar bowled their overs with the longer boundary on Stokes’ leg side. But it hardly mattered as he slog-swept Chahar over deep midwicket for his first six off the tournament. He also peppered the shorter boundary by using reverse sweep to great effect against both against Krunal and Chahar.The way Stokes was going also allowed Sanju Samson to get his eye in. With the Royals needing 89 from 48 balls, the madness began. In the next four overs, Stokes and Samson plundered 65 runs, hitting a combined seven fours and three sixes to bring the equation down to a run-a-ball 24.

“I am a bit taken aback by why it has taken me so long to get into the tournament for the team. I would have preferred to get this form two-three games ago when we weren’t relying on other results to get us through to the qualifiers.”Stokes at the post-match presentation

The dew meant the ball was also coming on to the bat much better than it did in the first innings. Only when the bowlers really dug it into the pitch, it caused some difficulty. That, however, was offset by a couple of edgy fours Stokes got through the third man region.”It was sort of bittersweet, to be honest,” Stokes said at the post-match presentation. “I am a bit taken aback by why it has taken me so long to get into the tournament for the team. I would have preferred to get this form two-three games ago when we weren’t relying on other results to get us through to the qualifiers. But it’s always nice to get back into form. But yeah, we are relying on a few other results at the moment. So a bit of bittersweet.”But how did he turn it around?”The training yesterday [Saturday] was the best I have had for the time I have been here. So I came into this game with a bit more confidence than the other games. It was nice to spend some time out in the middle and finish the game off.”Later, when Samson asked him on how he dealt with the ups and downs he has faced as a cricketer in the last couple of years, Stokes said: “Outside noise can affect people in different ways. When I was younger, it affected me. It took me a while to understand that outside noise isn’t what matters. It’s all about what’s within the team and the people who have an influence on you at a certain time in your career. I found the backing from everybody in the [Royals] franchise in the last three years.”I know that I haven’t delivered on the expectations but having the backing from the people that matter in this franchise is really the thing that I sort of pride everything on. So it was good to return a little bit of faith tonight.”

Stats highlights from India’s memorable 2-1 series win in Australia

S Rajesh. With inputs from Shiva Jayaraman21-Jan-2021The experience gap
Going into the fourth Test, India’s playing XI had 13 Test wickets in all (two of which belonged to Rohit Sharma), compared to 1033 for Australia’s bowling attack. That stat encapsulated the gap in experience between the two teams in the series decider.ESPNcricinfo LtdOver the entire series, the average experience for an India player was 31.6 Tests, while that for an Australia player was 42. The difference of 10.4 is the second-highest in any series of three or more Tests in Australia which was won by the visiting team. The only instance of a more inexperienced team, relative to the Australian team, winning in that country was in the 1911-12 Ashes, when the difference in the average Test cap was 11.5.Debutants make their mark
The fact that India beat Australia despite losing so many of their first-choice players is largely because their replacements did so well. The five players who debuted in this series contributed 20.4% of India’s runs (off the bat) and 36.9% of their bowler wickets. Shubman Gill scored 259 out of the 371 runs scored by India’s debutants, while Mohammed Siraj picked up 13 of their 24 wickets. And these numbers exclude the vital contributions of Shardul Thakur, who, playing his second Test, scored 69 and took seven wickets.ESPNcricinfo LtdIn India’s Test history, there have only been five instances when players who debuted in an overseas series of three or more Tests collectively contributed 20% of the team’s runs and wickets. Two of those were in the 1940s, while the others were in England in 1996 (when six players debuted, including Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad), and in the West Indies in 2011, when Virat Kohli, Abhinav Mukund and Praveen Kumar made their debuts.Batting long
India’s second innings in Adelaide lasted just 21.2 overs, but in the remaining six innings (excluding the Melbourne knock when they needed 70 to win) they faced more than 90 overs every time.In the last 40 years, there has been only once instance of an overseas team batting 90-plus overs more than six times in a series in Australia – West Indies in 1988-89; that was also the last time Australia lost a Test at the Gabba before the defeat against India. West Indies won the 1988-89 series 3-1.ESPNcricinfo LtdNo fourth-innings blues for India
In each of the last two Tests, Australia went into the fourth innings of the game as favourites. Each time, they were thwarted by the skill, resilience and determination of India’s batsmen, who batted 131 overs in Sydney for a draw, and 97 in Brisbane to seal the win. Essentially, the difference between a 3-1 scoreline in favour of Australia and the result which eventually transpired were these fourth-innings performances.India’s fourth-innings average in the series was 52.35, which is the fourth-highest in the last innings by an away team in Australia (with a cut-off of 900 balls faced and at least two fourth-innings efforts). Among the 34 series that make the cut-off, the last time a team did better was in 2008-09, when South Africa averaged 57.93 in the fourth innings, thanks to the record run-chase of 414 for 4 in Perth, which was followed by another successful chase of 183 for 1 in Melbourne.ESPNcricinfo LtdIn the last 40 years, there have only been four instances of an overseas team playing 90-plus overs twice in the fourth innings in an Australian series, which includes the 2008-09 series mentioned above. In fact, all four instances have happened in the last 15 years, suggesting that fourth-innings batting in Australia is perhaps not as difficult as it used to be in the 1980s and 1990s.For India, this was the third instance of batting 540 balls or more (90 six-ball overs) twice in the fourth innings of an overseas series. The two previous occasions were also in Australia, in 1967-68, and then again 10 years later; both were during the era of eight-ball overs. Unlike in this series, though, all of those batting efforts came in losing causes.ESPNcricinfo LtdIn both their fourth innings, in Sydney and Brisbane, Cheteshwar Pujara did the job of stalling Australia’s early quest for wickets, facing 205 deliveries in Sydney and 211 in Brisbane. His total tally of 420 deliveries in the fourth innings has been bettered only three times in an away series in the last 40 years; one of those was by Murali Vijay on the 2014-15 tour to Australia.When the toss didn’t matter
As if the unavailability of so many players wasn’t bad enough, India also lost the toss in each of the last three Tests. That didn’t stop them from winning two of those matches, though, making it only the fifth time in the last 40 years that a visiting team has won multiple Tests in Australia after losing the toss.The only occasion during this period when Australia lost three Tests despite winning the toss was in 1988-89 – yes, that series again – when West Indies won in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne.ESPNcricinfo LtdFor India, this was the fourth instance of winning multiple Tests in an away series despite losing the toss. They had earlier achieved this against West Indies (2019), Bangladesh (2009-10), and New Zealand (1967-68).In fact, the three results in this series all went in favour of the team which lost the toss, which continues a recent trend: since the start of 2020, teams losing the toss have a 15-8 win-loss record in 27 matches.Slim pickings for Lyon, Starc
Nathan Lyon’s 100th Test didn’t go as he would have liked, and neither did the entire series. Needing 10 wickets to reach the 400 mark, he finished with nine at an average of 55.11. Only once has he averaged worse in a home series: 57.66, against South Africa in 2016-17. On that occasion South Africa’s spinners averaged 58.1, but here Lyon was comprehensively outbowled by India’s spinners, who took 23 wickets at 27. The difference of 28.1 between the two averages is the highest by far in any home series that Lyon has played.There are only two other instances when Lyon had a worse average than the opposition spinners in a home series: against Sri Lanka in 2012-13, and against India in 2018-19. On both occasions, the difference was fewer than five runs per wicket. (Click here and scroll down the page for a full list of Lyon versus opposition spinners in home series, updated till before his 100th Test.)ESPNcricinfo LtdAs if Lyon’s sub-par form wasn’t bad enough, Mitchell Starc was also off-colour through much of the series. His opening over to Mayank Agarwal in Melbourne contrasted sharply with his wayward bowling through most of the Gabba Test. Starc finished with a series average of 40.72, which made it two Australian bowlers bowling 100-plus overs at averages of more than 40. The last three such instances for Australia have all been against India. Starc and Lyon are in good company, though, for the two bowlers who met with the same fate in the 2001-02 home series against New Zealand were Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.ESPNcricinfo LtdThe head-to-head battles that mattered
Two batsmen scored 100-plus runs against a bowler in the series, and both instances were against Lyon, who conceded 496 runs, the most by a bowler in this series. Both Pujara and Rishabh Pant had success against him, and those were the battles which probably swung the series in India’s favour.ESPNcricinfo LtdPat Cummins, the top wicket-taker and the Player of the Series, was outstanding throughout the series, but the one anomaly was his performance against left-handers: he bowled 171 deliveries to them and conceded 91 runs without taking a wicket; Pant scored 56 off 84 balls against him. Cummins averaged 15.38 against the right-handers, taking 21 wickets in 808 balls.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The Australian allrounder and T20 specialist misses four-day cricket – for the food

Interview by Matt Roller12-May-2021What’s your favourite meal?
Steak and chips, with either a mushroom sauce or a red wine jus.What meal do you eat most often during the course of a week?
Eggs, in some capacity, for breakfast.Which cricket venue has the best food that you’ve played at?
Lord’s overseas, and then the MCG and the Adelaide Oval in Australia are both as good as each other. At Lord’s, it’s like you’re in a restaurant as opposed to just a cricket ground. At Adelaide Oval, the old plum chicken there used to be fantastic but they don’t do that anymore – I think the nutritionists decided that it wasn’t healthy enough. And then Jimmy down in the kitchen at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is brilliant: he does a steak, some lamb chops, prawns – all sorts.Related

• Yastika Bhatia: 'I'm willing to sacrifice biryani to get better results out of my cricket'

• Sikandar Raza: 'I drink coffee in Europe and tea in Asia'

• Harmanpreet Kaur: 'Nicole Bolton realised I couldn't cook, so she taught me to make eggs'

• Ishant Sharma: 'I'd never heard fat percentages being discussed in the team before Virat'

• Mignon du Preez: 'In India, I made sure to try out different curries, but it has to be mild'

What’s your favourite city to eat out in overseas and in Australia?
In Australia, it’s a toss-up between Sydney and Melbourne, just because of the variety that you can get, and the quality of restaurants. Overseas it’s London, for similar reasons.Which cricketer you know is the best cook?

Everyone talks about Matthew Hayden who has his own cookbooks and whatever, but I’m going to go with Cameron White, who is brilliant with his fish. He’s a mad fisherman so he knows exactly what he’s doing with his fish.Does he have a signature dish?
He bakes a snapper, or he can do these really good white-fish tacos. He’s got all sorts of options.

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