Fourth Investec Ashes Test: Dismal Australia hand England 3-0 lead

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Broad’s 11 wickets left Australia down for the count

After England retained the Ashes in less than impressive circumstances, with rain virtually wiping out the final day of the third Test to end it as a draw, more salt was rubbed in Australia’s wounds as they faltered in their chase of 299 to hand England an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.

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‘It’s sad when people just forget all that I’ve achieved’ in Test cricket, says Chris Gayle

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Gayle may have started a new fashion trend of batting with sunglasses

West Indies flamboyant opener Chris Gayle is renowned for arguably being the best Twenty20 entertainer on the planet, but the big-hitting Jamaican recently admitted that he feels “sad when people just forget all that I’ve achieved” in Test cricket.

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The DRS ‘hasn’t worked well at all’, says Andy Flower

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Dharmasena’s decision against Khawaja is definitely the worse one of the Ashes

England coach Andy Flower has openly admitted that the Decision Review System (DRS) “hasn’t worked well at all” throughout the entire Ashes series, but, at the same time, he added that all the technology being used is still an asset to the game.

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We are planning to give teams more reviews, says David Richardson

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Richardson still sees the DRS as an asset to the game

With the controversial Decision Review System (DRS) stealing all the limelight in the ongoing Ashes series, International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson has announced that he is contemplating giving teams more reviews in the near future.

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My behaviour directly resulted in Mickey Arthur getting fired, admits David Warner

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Warner will be watched over by senior members of the team

After weeks of silence and keeping out of the media limelight, Australia opening batsman David Warner has openly admitted that his poor behaviour directly resulted in Cricket Australia firing head coach Mickey Arthur.

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Don’t look at me, I had nothing to do with the David Warner controversy, insists Shane Watson

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Watson is smiling once again after having been handed his opening spot back

Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has dismissed rumours and speculation that he encouraged Cricket Australia and then coach Mickey Arthur to impose a harsher punishment on opening batsman David Warner after he punched England’s Joe Root at the Walkabout bar in Birmingham during the recently concluded Champions Trophy.

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