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Ollie Robinson and Mohammad Abbas achieve rare Test record as England whitewash Pakistan
Ollie Robinson and Mohammad Abbas ended the England-Pakistan Test series as two of the standout performers and the third Test at Edgbaston produced an unusual and rare piece of history involving the two fast bowlers.
Both pacers made an impact in the second innings of the match with Robinson putting England in a commanding position before Abbas gave Pakistan a late chance of pulling off a surprise result.
England had already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead after winning the first two Tests, but Joe Root’s side were determined to finish the series with a clean sweep. Robinson had been central to their success throughout the tour and continued his excellent run in Birmingham. playerbros.org
Pakistan were dismissed for just 133 in their first innings after England chose to bowl first. Josh Tongue took four wickets, while Robinson and Jofra Archer picked up three each. Mohammad Abbas was one of the few Pakistan players to offer resistance, scoring 21.
England then took complete control with the bat. Harry Brook made 75, Dan Lawrence scored 65, Jamie Smith added 69 and Emilio Gay contributed 60. Robinson also made a useful 50 as England reached 453, giving them a massive 320-run lead.
Ollie Robinson then made his biggest impact with the ball. He removed Saim Ayub with the first delivery of Pakistan’s second innings before dismissing Abdullah Shafique three balls later. Pakistan were suddenly 0-2 and in serious trouble.
Robinson finished the series with 21 wickets and was named England’s Player of the Series after consistently troubling Pakistan’s batters with movement and accuracy.
Pakistan, however, refused to go down without a fight. Shan Masood made 95 and Babar Azam scored 76, but it was debutant Razaullah who changed the mood at Edgbaston. The fast bowler smashed 81 off 63 balls, hitting nine sixes, while Abbas joined him in an extraordinary ninth-wicket stand.
Abbas made a career-best 42 and the pair added 121 for the ninth wicket. Their attack pushed Pakistan’s second-innings total to 449 and gave England a target of 130.
How England won the third Test
England’s chase got off to a terrible start when Abbas struck twice in the opening over, dismissing Ben Duckett and Emilio Gay. At 0-2, Pakistan briefly had a chance of causing a major upset. Joe Root then took control of the chase. He scored an unbeaten 62, while Jordan Cox remained not out on 59. The pair added an unbeaten stand that took England safely past the target. England finished on 130/2 to win by eight wickets and complete a 3-0 series sweep.
The victory capped a dominant series for England, who had won the first Test by an innings and 103 runs and the second by 194 runs. Robinson’s bowling was a major reason for their success, while Root’s unbeaten half-century ensured there was no late drama in the final chase.
Chaminda Vaas joins Delhi Capitals camp ahead of IPL 2027, set to replace Munaf Patel
Former Sri Lanka fast bowler Chaminda Vaas is set to join Delhi Capitals as their new fast-bowling coach ahead of the IPL 2027 season. According to Sportstar, the 51-year-old has already joined the team at its preparatory camp and trials in New Delhi, but the franchise is yet to make the official appointment.
Delhi Capitals finished sixth in the Indian Premier League 2026 with seven wins and seven losses under captain Axar Patel and head coach Hemang Badani. Notably, the JSW Group, one of the franchise’s co-owners, will take full administrative control and make significant changes to the team’s backroom setup.
Chaminda Vaas Joins Delhi Capitals in New Delhi
According to Sportstar, Chaminda Vaas has joined the Delhi Capitals camp in New Delhi. The former Sri Lanka pacer is involved in the team’s preparatory camp and pace trials as the franchise begins assessing its bowling options ahead of the IPL 2027 season.
Vaas is set to replace Munaf Patel as Delhi’s fast-bowling coach, although the franchise is yet to officially confirm the appointment. His experience in working with fast bowlers is expected to help Delhi build a more consistent pace attack after a disappointing bowling campaign in IPL 2026.
Chaminda Vaas Brings Vast International and Coaching Experience
Chaminda Vaas was one of Sri Lanka’s leading fast bowlers during a career that lasted more than a decade. He played 111 Tests and 322 ODIs for Sri Lanka, taking 355 and 400 wickets, respectively. He was also part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 1996 ODI World Cup.
The left-arm pacer was known for his accuracy, swing and ability to extract movement even from batting-friendly pitches. After retiring from international cricket, Vaas moved into coaching and has worked with the Sri Lankan national team as well as several franchise teams.
His experience in developing fast bowlers will be a key addition to Delhi’s coaching staff. Amit Mishra has also joined the camp as the franchise’s new spin-bowling coach. Mishra is one of the most successful bowlers in IPL history and will work with Delhi’s spin department ahead of the new season.
Delhi Capitals Complete Major Coaching Overhaul After IPL 2026 Struggles
Delhi Capitals have made major changes to their coaching setup after missing the playoffs in IPL 2026. They also struggled at home, losing five of their seven matches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, including a 75-run collapse against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Delhi finished the season with three consecutive wins against Punjab Kings (PBKS), Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) after being eliminated from playoff contention.
KL Rahul scored 593 runs at a strike rate of 174.41, including one century and five fifties. Lungi Ngidi led the bowling attack with 13 wickets, but Delhi managed only 64 wickets throughout the season, the joint-lowest tally in the league.
The franchise has replaced Hemang Badani with former India captain Sourav Ganguly as head coach, while Yuvraj Singh has joined as assistant coach. Amit Mishra and Chaminda Vaas will oversee the spin and pace departments, respectively.
India A slump to six-wicket loss as Flintoff stars for Australia A
Tess Flintoff stole the show as Australia A humbled India A by six wickets in the opening match of their unofficial tour, which will feature three T20s, three One-dayers and a multi-day game, at Mullanpur on Saturday.
After Indian skipper Anushka Sharma opted to bat, pacer Flintoff wreaked havoc by picking up 4/12. Sianna Ginger (2/17) and Milly Illingworth (2/18) picked up two wickets each as India A stumbled to 117 all out in 19 overs. Minnu Mani scored 23 while Tejal Hasabnis got 22 as the Indian batters struggled against the visiting team bowlers.
It turned out to be an easy chase for the Aussies as Charli Knott (35) and Anika Learoyd (33) ensured the visiting side chased down the target in 14 overs, replying with 121/4.
The second and third matches will be played at the same venue on September 15 and 17, respectively.
Brief scores: India A: 117 all out in 19 overs (Mani 23; Flintoff 4/13, Ginger 2/17, Illingworth 2/18); Australia A: 121/4 (Knott 35, Learoyd 33; Anushka 2/14).
Shane Warne’s last great wicket: what his Rajasthan Royals stake says about cricket’s future
Shane Warne would have turned 57 today. He is remembered for a ball that turned in Manchester, his 708 test wickets, a flamboyance and charisma that many aspired to have but few could emulate and a franchise he built from scratch in Jaipur. But his most enduring legacy might not be a delivery at all … it’s a contract clause.
When Rajasthan Royals signed Warne ahead of the inaugural IPL season in 2008, he didn’t just negotiate a salary. Alongside roughly $657,000 a year, he secured a 0.75% ownership stake in the franchise for every season he played – captain, coach, and talent-spotter rolled into one, betting on the league before anyone knew what it would become. By the time he retired in 2011, that stake had compounded to 3%. He had, in effect, taken equity in an idea!
Warne died suddenly in 2022, but the bet kept paying out. When Rajasthan Royals changed hands this year in a deal worth roughly $1.6-2.3 billion, his 3% stake was suddenly worth somewhere between ₹450 and ₹460 crore … north of $50 million and destined, by most reports, for his three children, Brooke, Jackson, and Summer. A cricketer’s foresight, dead four years, is still generating generational wealth. Not many sportsmen leave that kind of wicket standing.
It’s hard not to read this against the noise coming out of Chennai this month. Reports suggested MS Dhoni had sought a stake in CSK. Initially, 25%, reportedly talked down to 20%, against an offer of 5.5%, only for the franchise to flatly deny any such conversation took place. What’s undisputed is smaller and stranger: Dhoni already holds over a lakh CSK shares, worth a few crore, a rounding error next to what Warne quietly built for his kids two decades ago. Whatever actually happened in those talks, the instinct behind them isn’t unreasonable. Dhoni built CSK’s identity as much as Warne built Rajasthan’s. Wanting a slice of what you created isn’t greed; it’s arithmetic.
Corporate employees get ESOPs precisely because ownership changes behaviour – it turns hired hands into people who care whether the company still exists in ten years. Warne behaved exactly like an owner-operator: he identified Ravindra Jadeja before anyone else rated him, built a culture that outlasted his own playing days. Why wouldn’t sport want more of that?
Transplant the idea into the IPL and it gets complicated fast. The league’s entire competitive architecture rests on the auction and the salary purse. Equity sits awkwardly next to that. A star with a stake in his franchise has every incentive to take a salary cut to protect the purse for other signings, which sounds virtuous until you notice it also lets rich franchises quietly out-compete poorer ones by offering upside instead of cash …the exact workaround the purse system exists to prevent. On the upside, it would do for Indian cricket what it arguably did for Warne – turn players into long-term custodians of a franchise’s brand and youth pipeline rather than mercenaries chasing the next bidder, and give the BCCI a retention tool sharper than any auction rule.
The counterargument is competitive integrity, and it’s why leagues regulate this carefully rather than ignore it. Tom Brady and LeBron James own pieces of Birmingham City, Liverpool, and the Red Sox but only in leagues and clubs where they never touch the field. The unresolved question, everywhere, is what happens when a player does move: does the stake move with them, get bought out, or quietly become the thing no one wants to litigate. Warne solved it the easiest way possible … he never really left.
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