The Ashes | England poised to chase 271 after bundling Australia on Day 3

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The Ashes | Game on at Hobart as Mark Wood rattles Australia to give England slightest of chances

Mark Wood and his short ball barrage worked wonders for England as they reduced the hosts 122/8 in 47 overs on Sunday, 16 January. The England pacers were at the top of their game rattling the Australians in the morning session of the play. Batting overnight from 37/3, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood and Ollie Robinson did not take long to show their class. Wood was the chief architect on the day as his barrage of short balls got rid of the first three batsmen, Scott Boland, Travis Head and Steve Smith inside 30 runs. If England bowlers were a little more lucky on the day, they could have easily wrapped Australia up within 100-110 runs. It was not to be as DRS came to the rescue of the batters and on one particular incident, Chris Woakes bowled a no-ball while rattling the stumps of Alex Carey. The bowlers collectively did very well and on any given day Ollie Robinson would have been in the wickets as well for the sheer number of times he beat the outside edge of the Australian batters. England have a slight glimmer of hope to win the Test match if they can wrap Australia up below 150 runs. They have enough time to chase the runs down in a wicket that seems to reward shot-making. At the time of writing, Australia were 141/8 in 50 overs before dinner was taken.

Captain Oh! Captain | Twitter reacts to Kohli’s resignation as India Test skipper

Virat Kohli, the Indian Test skipper announced his resignation from the post on the evening of January 15, 2022. The decision was not received well by any of the fans or formers cricketers as everybody went into a lull, followed by a shock and all that came out on Twitter in the form of emotional tweets addressed to the most successful Test captain of Indian cricket in it’s more than 75-year-old history as an independent nation. We compiled some of the best tweets here. Twitter was full of other tweets blaming the BCCI leadership of President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah vehicle some others also blamed Kohli for making a rash decision. But we have mentioned only those which celebrated the legacy of the captain which actually made sure that it was India that was considered favourites when it toured in difficult overseas conditions like South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia, also known as SENA countries. Virat, who led the Indian team in a record 68 Tests, more than any other Indian captain, also has the best winning percentage among Indian Test skippers and third-best among all Test skippers in the world who have captained their sides in more than 50 Tests. Australia's Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting are the only two other captains with a win percentage of more than Kohli's 58.82. Kohli, 33, became the captain of the Indian Test team in 2014 after MS Dhoni en-tour Australia decided to step down from his role as India's Test captain after the loss in the first Test. Since then, the Delhi born led India in 68 Tests, winning 40 and losing 17 while 11 Tests ended in a draw.

BPL to go on without fans in the stadium and DRS

The Bangladesh Premier League’s eighth edition will not have fans watching the matches in the stadium as the Governing Council of the BPL has decided to abide by the orders of the Bangladesh Government to curb the spread of Omicron. Hence all the matches will be played behind closed doors. "There will be no fans allowed inside the stadium during the upcoming BPL. These are the directives given by the government and we are following them," BPL governing council secretary Ismail Haider Mallick was quoted as saying Cricbuzz. Mallick also confirmed that it would be the first time since the introduction of DRS in the league, it would not be used. This is a decision that has been taken due to the ban on travel as imposed by many countries across the globe due to rising cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19. ''Hawk-Eye Company is the sole provider of DRS in the world. No one wants to come because of Omicron. We cannot use the DRS in BPL due to Covid situation. Now they (technicians) can't fly. Their two teams are now in two countries, they will not be able to come to Bangladesh in this situation from there,'' said Mallick. The impact of the DRS not being available, especially because TV and the digital audience will be the only sources of revenue and they would have wanted DRS for fairness in competition would be huge. Mallick agreed to it as well. “It's true that the tournament might lose some of its appeal without DRS, but there is nothing to do. We wanted full capacity of crowds in BPL. We also got permission from the government but everything changed because of Omicron,” he said. The BPL 2022 would begin from January 21 and will be played across three venues of Sher-E-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka, Zahur Ahmed Chowdhary Stadium in Chattogram and the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet. The Playoffs will be played in Dhaka with the final also being played at the same venue on February 18.