The next assignment for the England cricket team will be the Test matches against the West Indies set to commence on March 8.
England faced a humiliating 4-0 defeat in the Ashes Series Down Under following which Iceland believes they would beat the Three Lions if they had a chance.
Despite having a great start to the Ashes, David Warner concluded the series by registering a pair.
The footage of Pat Cummins stopping his teammates from opening the champagne bottle immediately went viral and was widely circulated around.
Scott Boland bowled a length delivery which kept way too low and shattered the stumps of the batter.
Australia have ticked all the right boxes in the ongoing series and with Usman Khawaja’s lightening comeback the team has become fiercer.
Both David Warner and Usman Khawaja are childhood friends and have played a lot of cricket together in their early days.
To add salts to their wounds, even centurion Jonny Bairstow has become doubtful for the final test match of the series.
In a mind-blowing incident, the umpire raised his finger deeming it a case of LBW when the ball had actually hit the stumps.
It all happened when Moeen Ali criticized Alastair Cook’s captaincy which seemingly did not go down well with former England skipper.
It has also been confirmed that the whole travelling party will leave by a charter flight on Friday, January 7.
The stage is set for a superb Ashes game and if a determined England team turns up, every result is still possible in the series.
Australians are in prime form and must be eyeing a clean sweep after comprehensively winning two successive matches.
After the defeat in 2nd Test, Joe Root’s side was forced to re-watch the fall of wickets during the post match meeting.
It should be noted that England were docked eight World Test Championship points and 100 % of their match fees for slow over-rate during the Ashes opener.
Joe Root sustained the injury in his groin area during warm ups.
In the absence of first choice bowlers, Jhye Richardson and debutant Michael Neser got an opportunity to be in the team.
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Australia, meanwhile, would want to recreate the kind of bowling performance they produced to bowl out India for just 36 runs exactly a year ago at the same venue.
The pink-ball game is set to get underway on December 16.
Veteran England bowlers Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad are likely to play in the 2nd Test, starting on Thursday.
Reports have also revealed that Hazlewood was spotted in casual clothes while he took a flight to Sydney from Brisbane without any of his teammates for company.
Head won the Player of the Match in the first Test at Brisbane but would not be too proud of this moment.
The ball directly hit the batter’s chin and jaw.
Reports state that the technology which is used to help third umpire for checking the no-ball is not available for the ongoing Ashes series.
The praise for Starc’s sensational delivery was not only limited to fans, even former cricket greats couldn’t keep themselves away from acknowledging the beauty of the delivery.
Earlier, Starc had been a victim of a lot of criticism heading into this series as he had not been in the best of form but for the big occasion, he had the perfect delivery.
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The much-awaited series is all set to commence on December 8 in Brisbane.
The oldest and biggest rivalry in the history of cricket will be telecasted in four languages for the first time in India.
The announcement came at the official launch of the Test series.
Australia are the current holders of the Ashes having last completed a series win in 2017.
“He’d be foolish to think he’ll ever win everyone back again,” Taylor said.
A major reason which had put doubts over the fate of the Ashes series was whether the family members of the cricketers touring Australia will be allowed or not.
While the Test is scheduled to be played in Perth, stringent quarantine rules being implemented in Western Australia could force a change in venue and Tasmania has emerged as the leading contender.
If something is not worked out within the involved parties, the Ashes may even have to be cancelled.
With the T20 World Cup scheduled in October and November and the new bio-bubble norms, the start of the 2021-22 Ashes has been pushed back.