Australia huffed and puffed their way to a two-wicket win against Pakistan in the first ODI in Melbourne while Virat Kohli is celebrating his birthday on November 5, 2024, as the Indian batting stalwart turned 36 on Tuesday. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on November 5.

England white-ball captain Jos Buttler is set to return to action for the first time since the T20 World Cup in the T20I series against the West Indies. Buttler has had multiple setbacks while trying to recover fully from the calf injury that ruled him out of The Hundred and Australia series.

Rajasthan Royals exhausted their retentions before the IPL 2025 mega auction. However, among those six names, England white-ball captain Jos Buttler wasn't the one. Buttler, who has had tremendous run for the Royals across seven seasons, penned an emotional post after not being retained.

Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes have signed two-year contracts with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Former captain Joe Root is also among the seven players who have signed a two-year central contract.

Jos Buttler has been out of action since the T20 World Cup 2024 semifinal loss to India. He missed the Hundred and pulled out from the T20I and ODI series against Australia. He has now been ruled out of the ODI series against West Indies.

Dinesh Karthik recently signed up for the Legends League Cricket and captained Southern Super Stars. He retired from all forms of competitive cricket at the end of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL 2024 campaign.

“I’d like everyone to applaud a guy who brought us back into games again and again in this tournament. What he did in those last five overs, bowling two out of the last five overs, was phenomenal. A huge round of applause for Jasprit Bumrah, please…” said Virat Kohli after the T20 World Cup triumph.

The star wicketkeeper batter Jos Buttler returns to take the captaincy role but there is no place for the red-ball team captain Ben Stokes in England's squad for the eight-match white-ball series against West Indies starting on October 31.

England's regular white-ball skipper Jos Buttler's time on the sidelines got extended as he is still recovering from the right calf injury. Buttler hasn't played any competitive cricket since the T20 World Cup and missed the Hundred as well as the T20 series against Australia.

"England Men’s white-ball captain Jos Buttler has been ruled out of the Metro Bank ODI Series against Australia as he continues to recover from a right calf injury. Yorkshire right-handed batter will captain the ODI team" the ECB statement said.

England announced a couple of changes to their squads for the upcoming white-ball series against Australia. Regular captain Jos Buttler, who missed the Hundred due to calf injury will remain on the sidelines and will miss the T20 series with his opening partner Phil Salt being named his stand-in.

Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have revolutionised England's red-ball team. They have introduced a fearless brand of cricket and all the English Test players have subscribed to the idea.

Sumit Antil broke the Paralympics record with a historic throw of 70.59m in the men's javelin F64 event while Pakistan are on the brink of an embarrassing series defeat against Bangladesh with the visitors needing 143 runs to win the second Test. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on Sept 3.

Matthew Mott's decision comes after England were knocked out of the T20 World Cup in the semifinal after losing to India. He was appointed at the helm in May 2022 and Marcus Trescothick will take over from him on an interim basis.

England couldn't repeat the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final heroics as they lost to India by 68 runs chasing 172 runs. It was more than a par score on the surface that was slow and low in Guyana and Buttler has admitted his tactical mistake after opting to bowl first.

IND vs ENG T20 World Cup 2024: The Indian cricket team will be looking for revenge for a 2022 World Cup semifinal loss against Jos Buttler's England when both in-form teams clash in the second semifinal of the 2024 edition in Guyana.

Jos Buttler took down USA's Harmeet Singh for five sixes in an over to take England into the semifinals of the T20 World Cup 2024 with a superb win over the USA. England chased down the 116-run target in just 9.4 overs and thrashed USA in the latter's final game of the tournament.

ENG vs USA T20 World Cup 2024: Chris Jordan picked four wickets in an over, including a hat-trick, to bowl out the USA to 115 and then Jos Buttler played an explosive inning to power England to a ten-wicket win in Bridgetown.

The loss at the hands of South Africa has dragged England down to the second spot on the Super Eight Group 2 points table. The Three Lions have two points in as many games and have a net run rate (NRR) of 0.412.

England up against South Africa could well be a decisive clash as far as Super 8s are concerned given both teams are coming off impressive wins in their respective first games and a win here might almost confirm a semi-final spot for either of them in the T20 World Cup 2024.