Cook will face stiff competition from England's historic Commonwealth Games gold medal in netball, senior men's team's penalty shootout win over Colombia at FIFA World Cup, Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour win in five years, and Tyson Fury's recovery from two knockdowns against Deontay Wilder in Los Angeles.
This week, we asked our users – Do you think Rohit Sharma should be part of the playing XI for the first Test at Adelaide? It’s fair to say that opinion is divided on this one. While some of you feel Sharma is too good a batsman to be left out of the starting XI, some think the team should turn their attention elsewhere.
"I feel the time is up. I am announcing my retirement and feel happy that I worked hard in my career."
The change was inevitable since JSW Sports acquired 50 per cent stake in the franchise from owners GMR last season.
Azhar Ali, BJ Watling and Bilal Asif all starred on yet another attritional day of Test cricket which saw just 184 runs scored across 87.1 overs as Pakistan and New Zealand shared the honours on Day 2 of the third and final Test in Abu Dhabi.
Follow all the live cricket action from Day 2 of the third Test between Pakistan and New Zealand in Abu Dhabi.