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Ashes 2nd Test, Day 5: Stokes herculean effort in vain, Aussies lead 2-0

Australia beat England in the second Test by 43 runs despite, Ben Stokes' brilliant 155. The Aussies have taken a 2-0 lead in the Ashes after the Lord's Test win

Ashes 2nd Test, Day 4: Stokes, Duckett keep England alive; Aussies ahead

On the final day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's, hosts England need 257 runs to win with Ben Stokes and Ben Duckett in the middle and six wickets remaining

Ashes: Ponting offers advice to Labuschagne and Head ahead of 2nd Test

Former captain Ricky Ponting has offered technical advice to Australia batters Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head to counter England's bowling attack ahead of the second Ashes Test starting Wednesday at the Lord's. Australia won the opening Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham by two wickets in what was the first match of the new ICC World Test Championship cycle. There were a number of impressive individual performances, but Labuschagne and Head struggled in the Ashes opener. Ponting wants Labuschagne to go back to basics to find success, and has offered one-on-one time to the 28-year-old right-hander. "I'll wait for them to come and ask me. It's not my place, I'm not one of the coaches, I'm just a past player that's sitting back and analysing what a lot of these guys are doing," Ponting said in the ICC Review. "But I would like to catch up with him (Labuschagne) and have a chat about his batting, because I think what I've seen over the last couple of weeks, as far as I'm concerned, I t

Ashes: Not Bazball but execution cost England 1st Test vs Australia

Bazball approach, promoted by England coach Brandon McCullum and skipper Ben Stokes is being blamed for the team's tantalizing two-wicket loss in the first Ashes Test

Ashes: Australia, England docked WTC points by ICC for slow over-rate

Australia and England lost two points from their World Test Championship tally on Wednesday after both sides were found guilty of maintaining slow over rates during the first Ashes Test

Ashes 1st Test, Day 4: England fight hard, Australia need 174 more to win

After losing two sessions on Day 3, the arch-rivals more than made up for it by playing an exciting brand of cricket. At the end of Day 4, Australia were 107/3, needing 174 more to win on the last day

Ashes, 1st Test Day 3: Rain disrupts Bazball; England 28/2, lead by 35

Rain interrupted the proceedings, but not before Boland and Cummins nipped away with the wickets of Crawley and Duckett to leave England reeling at 28/2 in the third innings. English lead is only 35

Ashes: Root Bazballs on Day 1, Khawaja clobbers English bowlers on second

The Ashes is off to a terrific start with the two teams taking turns in dominating proceedings on Days one and two respectively. Here's what happened on the first two days of the first Test

Ashes 2023: Bazball faces its biggest 'Test' against World Champs Australia

Bazball form of Test cricket, promoted by its Test coach Brendon McCullum has won England 11 out of their last 13 games. Its biggest test would be against World Champions Australia

The Ashes: England players to watch out for during prestigious series

The cricketing world will be lit up once again when the oldest rivals of the sport, England and Australia lock horns with each other in the prestigious Ashes series from June 16 onwards

England can't go Bazball against this Aussie bowling attack: Steve Smith

Australia's superb bowling effort in the World Test Championship Final with India has raised questions about how England's Bazball tactics will fare against this bowling unit in upcoming Ashes

Steve Smith in IPL 2023? Here's all we know about his participation

Steve Smith did not participate in the mini-auction that was held in Kochi in December 2022

David Warner injured; unlikely to play third T20I against England: Report

Australia batting stalwart David Warner is an injury concern ahead of the third and final T20 International against England, with Steve Smith likely to replace him at the top of the order

Ashes, 4th Test: Stokes in middle as Australia need 6 wickets to win

Joe Root and Ben Stokes grinded it out in the middle to frustrate Australia in the second session on Day 5 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test

Not many positives for England, but Crawley can seriously play: Vaughan

Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Sunday said that opening batter Zak Crawley can seriously play and he needs to be given a consistent run in the Three Lions squad.Vaughan's remarks came as Crawley impressed one and all with his 77-run knock in the second innings of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground."Zak Crawley can seriously play ... Not many positives from this Tour but he is certainly one who needs to be given a long run in this Test team," tweeted Vaughan.To this tweet, former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody replied: "I'd agree with you, once you identify young talent they need the opportunity to grow into test cricket, Ollie Pope is the other."Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, and Cameron Green got among the wickets as Australia need seven more wickets to win the fourth Ashes Test. At the lunch break, England's score read 122/3, still needing 266 runs for the win. Joe Root (13*) and Ben Stokes (16*) are present at the crease for the Three ...

Ashes, 4th Test: Australia 7 wickets away from victory (Lunch, Day 5)

Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, and Cameron Green got among the wickets as Australia need seven more wickets to win the fourth Ashes Test against England here at the Sydney Cricket Ground

No shortcuts to playing England, had to graft and unsettle them: Khawaja

Australian batter Usman Khawaja said there were no shortcuts to playing quality England seamers such as Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Mark Wood

England recover to 135-4 at tea on 'Pink' day 3 of 4th Ashes test

Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow steadied England's innings after a terrible start and lifted the tourists to 135-4 at tea on the third day of the fourth Ashes test

Ashes, 4th Test: Smith, Khawaja grind it out as Australia march ahead

Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja ground it out in the middle as Australia did not lose a single wicket in the opening session on Day 2 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test

Ashes Test: Rain forces early lunch on Day 1; Warner, Harris firm at crease

Opening batters David Warner and Marcus Harris ensured that Australia does not lose any wicket in the morning session on Day 1 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test