India, Dec. 4 -- Legendary Australia batter Mark Waugh pulled a page out of Ricky Ponting's book by predicting Ollie Pope's fate the moment before he was dismissed on Day 1 of the 2nd Ashes Test in Brisbane. The pink-ball Test, which made its way to the Gabba for the first time since Australia's 2024 defeat to West Indies, is an Aussie special, but has given England some respite after their one-sided defeat in the Ashes opener last month. They were 98/2 at the tea interval with Joe Root and Zak Crawley holding fort, a remarkable recovery given they were 5/0 at one stage, with Ben Duckett and Pope sent back for ducks by the one and only Mitchell Starc.

Pope's wicket, however, was quite something. Moments before Starc cleaned him up, Waugh...