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Watch: Pat Cummins' Toe-Crushing Yorker Sends Ollie Pope Packing In Ashes Opener

Australia pacer Pat Cummins bowled a top-quality yorker to get rid of England batter Ollie Pope during the side's second innings in the first Ashes Test. Coming over the wicket, Cummins bowled a 139 kmph delivery and rattled the stumps of Pope. The ball went past Pope as he failed to drag his bat down in time. The wicket duly put Australia on top as England were reduced to 77 for 3 with Joe Root being joined by new batter Harry Brook.

Watch: Pat Cummins' Toe-Crushing Yorker Sends Ollie Pope Packing In Ashes Opener

Australia pacer Pat Cummins bowled a top-quality yorker to get rid of England batter Ollie Pope during the side's second innings in the first Ashes Test. Coming over the wicket, Cummins bowled a 139 kmph delivery and rattled the stumps of Pope. The ball went past Pope as he failed to drag his bat down in time. The wicket duly put Australia on top as England were reduced to 77 for 3 with Joe Root being joined by new batter Harry Brook.

Watch: England's Unconventional Field Set-up To Dismiss Usman Khawaja In Ashes Opener

England saw the back of Usman Khawaja with an unconventional field set-up on Day 3 of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Khawaja's painstaking century had effectively turned the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston into a one-innings shoot-out on Sunday before Ollie Robinson cleaned him up with a yorker delivery to bring England back in the game. As many as six fielders were brought really close to the southpaw, hardly leaving any gap for him to score in front of the wicket.

"I'm Here To Provide Theatre Of The Game": Ollie Robinson On Aggressive Send-Off To Usman Khawaja

England pacer Ollie Robinson said that he does not care about how his aggressive send-off to Australian batter and centurion Usman Khawaja is perceived by the Australian dressing room, since it is part of the "passion of the Ashes" and he is here to provide the "theatre of the game" to everyone who wants it. England managed to survive Day-3 with a lot of help from the heavens, as persistent rain brought an early halt to play for the day. In Australia's first innings, after Ollie took the big wicket of Usman for 141, he gave a loud and aggressive send-off to the batter while celebrating, which might have involved some abusive words.

Watch: England's Unconventional Field Set-up To Dismiss Usman Khawaja In Ashes Opener

England saw the back of Usman Khawaja with an unconventional field set-up on Day 3 of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Khawaja's painstaking century had effectively turned the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston into a one-innings shoot-out on Sunday before Ollie Robinson cleaned him up with a yorker delivery to bring England back in the game. As many as six fielders were brought really close to the southpaw, hardly leaving any gap for him to score in front of the wicket.

Watch: Usman Khawaja Throws Bat Up In Air, Gets Emotional After Ashes Century

Usman Khawaja said the taunts of the Edgbaston crowd spurred him on to an "emotional" maiden Test hundred in England as he led Australia's fightback in the Ashes opener on Saturday. Australia were reeling at 67-3 after Stuart Broad struck twice in two balls to remove David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne, the world's top-ranked Test batsman, before England captain Ben Stokes captured the prize wicket of Steve Smith. Yet they recovered to 311-5 at stumps on the second day, 82 runs behind England's first-innings 393-8 declared, with left-handed opener Khawaja 126 not out.

"Genuinely Do Not Read...": Usman Khawaja Reacts After Scoring First Ton In England

Usman Khawaja's maiden test century in the first Test match of the Ashes was an emotional one as he remembered the time when the crowd used to troll him for not scoring in England. Khawaja displayed an excellent show in the first innings of Australia on the 2nd day of the 1st Test match of the Ashes series. He scored 126 (279)* as Australia trailed by 82 runs, scoring 311/5.

Ton-up Usman Khawaja Keeps England At Bay In Ashes Opener

Usman Khawaja ended his decade-long wait for a maiden Test hundred in England as he led an Australia recovery in the Ashes opener at Edgbaston on Saturday. Australia were struggling at 67-3 after Stuart Broad struck twice in two balls to remove David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne before England captain Ben Stokes captured the prize wicket of star batsman Steve Smith. But they had recovered to 311-5 at stumps on the second day of this five-match series, with opening batsman Khawaja 126 not out and wicketkeeper Alex Carey unbeaten on 52 in an unbroken stand of 91. That still left Australia 82 runs behind England's first-innings 393-8 declared built on Joe Root's 118 not out.

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Watch: Pat Cummins' Toe-Crushing Yorker Sends Ollie Pope Packing In Ashes Opener

Watch: Pat Cummins' Toe-Crushing Yorker Sends Ollie Pope Packing In Ashes Opener

Watch: England's Unconventional Field Set-up To Dismiss Usman Khawaja In Ashes Opener

"I'm Here To Provide Theatre Of The Game": Ollie Robinson On Aggressive Send-Off To Usman Khawaja

Watch: England's Unconventional Field Set-up To Dismiss Usman Khawaja In Ashes Opener

Watch: Usman Khawaja Throws Bat Up In Air, Gets Emotional After Ashes Century

"Genuinely Do Not Read...": Usman Khawaja Reacts After Scoring First Ton In England

Ton-up Usman Khawaja Keeps England At Bay In Ashes Opener