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

October 26, 2017
October 26, 2017

England's Broad plays down Ashes 'war'

England paceman Stuart Broad refuses to rise to Australia opener David Warner's declaration of "war" as Joe Root's men prepare to fly out to defend the Ashes.

October 10, 2017
October 10, 2017

Starc urges Aussie fans to 'get stuck into' Stokes

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc urges Australian fans to "get stuck into" England bad boy Ben Stokes if he makes the trip for the upcoming Ashes, calling for them to be "very loud".

October 9, 2017
October 9, 2017

Brutal video signals end of Stokes’ Ashes?

Former England star Kevin Pietersen says that Ben Stokes cannot be part of the Ashes tour due to the ‘shocking and brutal video’ of him brawling in Bristol.

September 27, 2017
September 27, 2017

Stokes included in England's Ashes squad

England announce Ashes squad that contains three uncapped players in 23-year-old Somerset fast bowler Craig Overton, 20-year-old Hampshire leg-spinner Mason Crane, who will provide spin support to Moeen Ali, and Surrey wicket-keeper Ben Foakes, 24, included as cover for first-choice gloveman Jonny Bairstow.

July 23, 2017
July 23, 2017

Pay dispute puts Ashes under threat even if deal is reached

The Australian Cricket Association(ACA) says that even if a deal is reached with Cricket Australia (CA), the Ashes series could still be scrapped.

August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015

Chris Tremlett: Surrey and former England fast bowler retires

Former England fast bowler Chris Tremlett has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

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