The International Cricket Council (ICC) came down heavily on England and Australia for maintaining slow over-rates throughout the Ashes 2023 series and slapped them with heavy penalties.
England played some excellent cricket in the Ashes levelling the series after being 0-2 down post two Tests of five-match series. But many feel their real test will be in India next year in January against top spinners on rank turners.
Ricky Ponting and Nasser Hussain have their say on England and Australia losing WTC points due to maintaining slow over-rates during the Ashes 2023.
It is hard to disagree with Hussain after looking at England's cricket schedule from 2023-27. The English cricket team is scheduled to play a total of 42 Test matches, 44 ODI, and 52 T20Is apart from two ODI World Cups, two T20I World Cups, and two Champions Trophies.
The former England skipper added that he didn't want to blame the Indian cricketers for deciding not to play the fifth Test as life inside the bio-bubble is very tough.
The fifth Test between England and India scheduled to start from Friday was cancelled due to fears of further increase in number of COVID-19 cases in the Indian camp.
India pulled off the fourth-Test win against the hosts on Monday evening -- only their second-ever at The Oval and first at the venue after 1971 -- to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Hussain wrote that any other team would have bowled their main spinner more in similar conditions.
The 53-year-old believed that the bio-bubble life enforced by COVID-19 has brought out a tweak in Pope's game for the good.
Hussain added that Kohli made some minor adjustments to deal with his issues.
Bairstow has been assigned wicket-keeping duties for the fourth Test against India at The Oval.
Kohli has scored 124 runs in just five innings at an average of 24.80. His highest score of the ongoing Test series was 55 in the second innings of the Headingley Test, which India lost by an innings and 76 runs.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain lauds England for troubling India.
India pulled off a 151-run sensational win amid heated exchanges between Indian and English players at Lord's.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain has said that despite the win at Lord's, there are some vulnerabilities in this Indian team.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain and batsman Robert Key have blamed poor standard of County Championship cricket for the failure of England's batting.
Bhuvneshwar has made only a single trip to England for a Test series, back in 2014, where he picked 19 wickets in five matches at 26.63 with two five-wicket hauls
Hussain said that England will want a fit Archer for the T20 World Cup and the Ashes set to be played later in the year.
The IPL was called off on Tuesday after several players and members of staff in teams returned positive Covid-19 results in Ahmedabad and New Delhi.
Hussain said Dom Bess' inability to maintain length has been the biggest issue for England, who suffered a massive 317-run defeat in the second Test to leave the series levelled at 1-1.
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