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"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.

"They Made Shikhar Dhawan Captain...": India Great Blasts BCCI, Selectors

The Indian cricket team's failure to win ICC titles has seen it court plenty of criticism. After the recent unsuccessful stint in the World Test Championship final, many former cricketers have come down heavily at the team and the management over certain decisions. Giving his opinion on the Board of Control for Cricket in India selection committee, India great Dilip Vengsarkar took a swipe, suggesting some of the selectors in the part neither had the vision, nor deep knowledge of what they were doing.

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.

"Still Have The Dream...": Yuzvendra Chahal On Not Playing Test Cricket For India

Yuzvendra Chahal has been quite successful for India in white-ball cricket over the years and he is also the highest wicket-taker in Indian Premier League (IPL) history. Since making his debut in 2016, Chahal played 72 ODI matches and taken 121 wickets while he took 91 wickets in 75 T20Is. However, the leg-spinner has not played a single Test match till now with India opting for Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav in the recent past.

"Not Justifiable": Pakistan Great On Appointment Of Mohammad Rizwan As Vice-Captain Over Sarfaraz Ahmed

Pakistan will be squaring off against Sri Lanka for a two-match Test series, starting from next month. Pakistan Cricket Board have announced a 16-member squad for the series, which will be lead by Babar Azam. The announcement of the squad has caused a stir as their ace pacer Shaheen Afridi will be making his return to Test squad after one year. However, the appointment of wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan as team's vice-captain has left former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif disappointed as according to him, veteran player Sarfaraz Ahmed deserved the position.

Memories of Karthik Meiyappan’s World Cup hat-trick lift UAE ahead of Sri Lanka meeting

Lowest seeded, last to qualify, and starting out against the tournament favourites, the UAE know they have their work cut out at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe.

For $8 you get pizza, a drink and a cricket match in what might be Hamilton's most affordable league

Ahmed Jamani, 35, founded the Hamilton Cricket Association (HCA) in in 2022 with one thing in mind — making the game he loves more affordable to play.

ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 3: Australia Captain Pat Cummins Rocks England

Australia captain Pat Cummins starred with both bat and ball as the Ashes-holders had the better of a rain-marred third day in the first Test against England in Birmingham on Sunday. The lower-order batsman made a useful 38 in a total of 386 that left Australia just seven runs behind on first innings. And the fast bowler then dismissed Ben Duckett before England also lost their other opener, Zak Crawley, in a dramatic 20-minutes' play between the showers. England were 28-2 in their second innings, a lead of just 35 runs, at stumps after a huge downpour at 1450 GMT had sent the players from the field.

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

"They Made Shikhar Dhawan Captain...": India Great Blasts BCCI, Selectors

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

"Still Have The Dream...": Yuzvendra Chahal On Not Playing Test Cricket For India

"Not Justifiable": Pakistan Great On Appointment Of Mohammad Rizwan As Vice-Captain Over Sarfaraz Ahmed

Memories of Karthik Meiyappan’s World Cup hat-trick lift UAE ahead of Sri Lanka meeting

For $8 you get pizza, a drink and a cricket match in what might be Hamilton's most affordable league

ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 3: Australia Captain Pat Cummins Rocks England