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MELBOURNE : Australia opener Usman Khawaja has vented his frustration after the team lost 10 World Test Championship (WTC) points for slow over-rates during the drawn Ashes series in England.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh slammed the management for dropping off-spinner Todd Murphy from the playing eleven for the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford in Manchester. Murphy, who replaced the injured Nathan Lyon for the third Test in Leeds, struggled to take wickets as England reduced the deficit to 1-2 in the ongoing five-match series. With England eyeing a series-levelling win in Manchester, Australia went into the game with an all-out pace attack. However, Waugh feels Australia have made a mistake by not picking Murphy.
The dismissal of Jonny Bairstow during the second Ashes Test between England and Australia at Lord's resulted in a massive controversy. Bairstow ducked a delivery from Cameron Green and although he thought it was okay to walk out of his crease, wicket-keeper Alex Carey quickly completed a direct hit and the umpires declared the batter out. While the Australians maintained that they were well within the rules of the game to appeal, English supporters were not pleased. They booed the Australian cricketers on the field and at lunch, Usman Khawaja got into a verbal spat with a few Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members who were present at the legendary Long Room of Lord's.
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up his 33rd five-wicket haul on Wednesday as India took control of the proceedings against West Indies in the ongoing first Test. After West Indies opted to bowl, Ashwin delivered the goods with the ball, registering figures of 5/60 in 24.3 overs as India bowled out the West Indies for 150. Impressed with his performance on Day 1, former India batter Aakash Chopra has highlighted that Ashwin made the team management realise that they probably made a mistake by dropping him for the World Test Championship final.
Australian batter Steve Smith is all geared up to achieve a milestone in his career as he is playing his 100th test match in Headingley on Thursday. Ahead of the game, Smith shared a story on his Instagram handle "Special shirt for my 100th Test". Steve Smith has performed well so far in the series. In 99 matches, Smith has scored 9,113 runs with an average of 59.56. He has scored 32 centuries and 37 half-centuries. Only 15 cricketers are part of Australia's "hundred club," but Smith will join an even more restricted group as one of only three hitters in the history of the sport to have played 50 or more Tests and averaged at least 59.
England have lost batter Ollie Pope for the rest of The Ashes against Australia due to injury. The vice-captain suffered a dislocated shoulder during the second Test at Lord’s, which the tourists won to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Ad Pope dived for a ball in the field and hurt himself while landing, and subsequent scans showed that the 25-year-old will require surgery.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday aimed a verbal bouncer at Australia's cricketers after the Lord's Ashes match -- but ruled out turning it into a Bodyline-style diplomatic incident.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday aimed a verbal bouncer at Australia's cricketers after the Lord's Ashes match -- but ruled out turning it into a Bodyline-style diplomatic incident. Jonny Bairstow's controversial dismissal was not in keeping with the spirit of the game, Sunak's spokesman told reporters. "The prime minister agrees with (England captain) Ben Stokes who said he simply wouldn't want to win a game in the manner that Australia did," the spokesman said. But Sunak, a keen cricket fan who watched with Prince William from the Lord's pavilion on Saturday, also deplored the Long Room abuse directed at the Australians by Marylebone Cricket Club members.