Ashes series

Khawaja fumes after Australia docked WTC points

"Don't even get the chance to bowl in the second innings at Manchester due to 2 days of rain and @ICC still issue fines and take 10 WTC points off us for slow over rates!" Khawaja posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter

Woakes grateful for Broad and Anderson input

Despite his outstanding Test record on home soil, double World Cup-winner Woakes has often found himself on the outside looking in when it comes to red-ball cricket given the enduring careers of Anderson and the now retired Broad, who bowed out after the Ashes finale at The Oval

Stokes hits back at Australia drinks snub claim

Stokes took to social media in the middle of the night to make it clear there was no snub intended because England players eventually met up with their Australian counterparts at a nightclub.

England cricketers swap jerseys in support of dementia patients

Veteran pacer James Anderson wore a jersey carrying the name of Stuart Broad, Jonny Bairstow wore one with the name of Ben Stokes on it and Moeen Ali donned the flannel with the name of Chris Woakes, and so on

Bairstow laments 'out of order' critics

Bairstow's 99 not out off just 81 balls helped England to a mammoth 592 all out in their first innings.

Wood strikes for England after Bairstow runs riot

Australia were 113-4 in their second innings at stumps on the third day, still 162 runs behind England's huge first-innings 592

Carey ready to repeat Bairstow dismissal

Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey has said he would not hesitate to repeat his controversial stumping of England's Jonny Bairstow should a similar opportunity arise in the final two Tests of the ongoing Ashes series.

Bairstow dismissal row draws in Australian and UK Prime Ministers

The dismissal triggered long and loud booing from the crowd at Lord's on Sunday and saw Australian players verbally abused by MCC members in the stadium's usually staid Long Room.

Ashes' short fuses shatter monastic calm of Lord's Long Room

The usually tranquil Long Room at Lord's became a seething cauldron of hate on Sunday as Marylebone Cricket Club members abused Australia players returning from the field during a lunch break on the last day of the second Ashes Test following the controversial dismissal of England's Jonny Bairstow

November 26, 2017
November 26, 2017

Warner, Bancroft usher Australia to cusp of Ashes Test victory

Openers David Warner and Cameron Bancroft breeze to an unbroken century stand and left Australia needing just 56 runs to go one up in the Ashes series after England imploded.

November 24, 2017
November 24, 2017

England hit back with Warner scalp after collapse

Australia lost the big wicket of David Warner as England applied pressure after collapsing to 302 all out on the second day of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba.

November 23, 2017
November 23, 2017

Lyon roars with run-out to slow England in Ashes

England's James Vince is left kicking himself after he was spectacularly run out close to an Ashes debut century, as Australia struck late to leave the first Test finely balanced after day one.

November 21, 2017
November 21, 2017

Untested but defiant, Aussies seek to strike 'fear' in Ashes

New-look Australia will bank on their pace attack terrifying England once again when two unfamiliar line-ups open hostilities for the Ashes, the oldest prize in Test cricket, in Brisbane.

November 20, 2017
November 20, 2017

Bolt improving Aussie 'explosiveness' for Ashes

Australia's cricketers call on retired sprint king Usain Bolt to boost their running between the wickets during the Ashes Test series against England.

November 17, 2017
November 17, 2017

Bancroft, Paine named in Australia's Ashes squad

Opening batsman Cameron Bancroft is set for his Test debut and wicket-keeper Tim Paine returns in a shock selection in Australia's squad named Friday for the first two Tests against England.

November 14, 2017
November 14, 2017

Root tells Australia to 'bring it on' for Ashes

England captain Joe Root tells Australia to "bring it on" and vows to fight fire with fire as his team expect a hostile reception at next week's first Ashes Test in Brisbane.

November 13, 2017
November 13, 2017

Hazlewood the key to battering England: Starc

Mitchell Starc says pace partner Josh Hazlewood's unerring line and length will allow his fellow bowlers to let rip at England's batsmen in the Ashes Test series.

November 6, 2017
November 6, 2017

Anderson open to England's vacant vice-captaincy

Veteran pace spearhead James Anderson says he is open to replacing suspended Ben Stokes as England vice-captain for the coming Ashes Test series.

October 30, 2017
October 30, 2017

Hazlewood targets England's batting greenhorns

Australia paceman Josh Hazlewood warns Joe Root's England tourists and their raft of Ashes debutants they risk being exposed if their big guns don't fire in the coming series.