Eye drops the secret formula for record-breaking Ross Taylor in Perth

The secret to Ross Taylor's record-breaking innings came from a bottle of eye drops prescribed by a Brisbane optometrist.

Scoring one run, let alone the 290 he plundered off Australia's bowlers in the second cricket test in Perth, was his major worry after he struggled to see the red Kookaburra ball when batting during New Zealand's heavy defeat in Brisbane.

A pterygium on his left eye - a benign growth known as surfer's eye - was the problem that needed fixing, fast.

"I had to get my eyes tested in between. I couldn't really see the ball so the eye drops obviously worked," he said.

"The optometrist said 'when it's dark, you'll probably do this a lot'," Taylor said, demonstrating how he would open his eyes wide, "and I told the boys and they lost it, because that's how they take the mickey out of me."

Indeed, he saw it like a beach ball for most of the nine-and-a-half hours he batted for the highest test score in Australia by a visiting batsman. It moved him up to third on the New Zealand all-time list behind skipper Brendon McCullum (302) and his mentor Martin Crowe (299).

Yuvraj Singh confirms engagement to British-born actress Hazel Keech

Few days after the news of Yuvraj Singh getting engaged to Hazel Keech started making round, Yuvraj Singh himself in a post via twitter has confirmed to getting engaged to Hazel Keech in Bali at a private ceremony on Diwali. Hazel Keech is a British born actress of Indian origin, she has appaered in movies such as Bodyguard with Salman Khan and the tamil remake of the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan starer Don name Billa along side Ajith Kumar. Yuvraj tweeted a photo of himself and fiance Hazel Keech saying that he has found a ‘friend for life’ in Hazel, and also that his mother Shabnam saw reflection of herself in her soon to be daughter-in-law.

Shane Warne and ex-fiancee Elizabeth Hurley in Los Angeles

Let’s just be friends: Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley shared a warm embrace in front of the crowd at the Cricket All-Star tournament in Los Angeles on Saturday. Photo: Shane Warne/Instagram

The old adage of "let's just be friends" seems to be working out just fine for Shane Warne and his ex-fiancee 

Elizabeth Hurley.

The retired cricketer and the actress shared a warm embrace in front of the crowd at the Cricket All-Star tournament in Los Angeles on Saturday.

The 50-year-old The Royals star headed out onto the pitch at Dodger Stadium after Warne's Warriors were victorious.