The Ashes

Relief for Hayden family! Here's what Grace Hayden said after Root's ton

Matthew Hayden congratulated Root for his maiden Test ton in Australia after stumps on Day 1. Check what his daughter, Grace Hayden said in her Instagram story

Jinx shattered! Joe Root scores his first Test century on Australian soil

Root's first century on Australian soil is also his 40th overall Test century, which means he is now just one behind former Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting, who has the most Test tons (41)

Akram applauds Starc for taking most Test wickets by a left-arm pacer

Starc now has 417 Test wickets in 102 matches at an average of 26.53 with 18 five-wicket hauls and three 10-wicket hauls under his belt

Ashes 2025-26: Full schedule, squads, match timings (IST), live streaming

The live telecast of the Ashes 2025-26 will be available on Star Sports Network for Indian fans

Ashes 2025-26: Head hopes for nippy wickets, believes it suits his game

Reflecting on his previous success against England, Head said he finds greater joy in adapting to faster, bowler-friendly pitches

England confirm 16-man Ashes squad; Stokes expected to start series

England captain Ben Stokes is on track to be fit for the start of the Ashes series against Australia and he'll have a new vice-captain Down Under in Harry Brook. England's 16-man squad for the Ashes was announced on Tuesday and will be led by Stokes, who has been recovering from a shoulder injury that ruled him out of the final test of the home series against India this summer. The first test of the Ashes is in Perth from Nov. 21 and Stokes is expected to be available, England said. Brook, England's recently appointed captain in the white-ball formats, will take over as vice-captain of the test team from Ollie Pope, who kept his place in the squad. Among the pace options is Mark Wood, who returned to the squad following his recovery from a left knee injury and Matthew Potts, who last featured at test level in December against New Zealand. Shoaib Bashir has recovered from the finger injury sustained during the India series and is the only specialist spinner selected. Batting allrou

Tough Ashes series awaits England, warns Australian batter Steve Smith

England batters are making merry on "pretty flat" pitches at home but the Ashes series later this year will throw an altogether different challenge when Ben Stokes-led side visits Australia, warns batting stalwart Steve Smith. The ease of batting in the ongoing India-England has become a topic of debate and Smith believes the British batters shouldn't get too used to batting-friendly pitches. The two teams have managed to score more than 500 runs in an innings at least once and have consistently put on board runs in excess of 400. "Their (England) batters are going to be challenged a little bit differently to the wickets they have had over in England for a while, which have looked pretty flat and good for batting," Smith was quoted as saying by BBC Sport. "The wickets in Australia in the last three or four years have been very tricky for top order batters. It is going to be a good challenge for them. But it's going to be a wonderful series." As part of preparation for the Ashes, S

ENG vs IND: Highest successful run chases in Tests at Headingley, Leeds

England's 362-run chase vs Australia in 2019 is the biggest successful chase at this venue in the 21st century

Top five most interesting Test cricket matches at Headingley, Leeds

Ben Stokes' 135 against Australia in the 2019 Ashes will remain the most iconic Test innings in Leeds for years to come

T20 World Cup 2024: How US vs Canada cricket rivalry is older than Ashes?

A cricket club called the St George's Club of Manhattan, New York played against Toronto Club in a four-inning match dubbed as Canada vs USA in 1844, 33 years before the first Ashes game

Cricket Yearender 2023: Kohli's immortality to India's shattered dreams

It was a year which saw Virat Kohli hit 50 ODI centuries, India lose two world titles and Mitchell Starc get paid Rs 24.75 Cr in the IPL auction

Cricket Australia makes neckguards mandatory at domestic, int'l level

The Cricket Australia (CA) has advocated the use of neck protectors since the demise of Phillip Hughes in 2014

England women to get same match fee as men in international cricket

England's female international cricketers will be paid the same match fees as their male counterparts on the back of record attendances and viewing figures for the Women's Ashes played over June and July. The move toward abolishing the pay gap between male and female players in England had already been recommended in a report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket, which was published two months ago and highlighted deep-rooted discrimination in the English game. That report said the average salary for England Women players was 20.6% of what players in the men's team received for limited-overs games. A total of 1,10,00 people came to watch the drawn Women's Ashes series between England and Australia, with crowds of around 20,000 at several of the limited-overs matches. More than 23,000 tickets were sold for the five days of the test at Trent Bridge. Broadcast viewing figures of 5.3 million were double those in 2019. The pay increase will take effect immediately, starti

Steve Smith injury: Australian reveals how he hurt his wrist at Lord's

Premier Australian batter Steve Smith has revealed that he was nursing an injury for the better part of the Ashes series, having wounded his wrist during the Lord's Test. The 34-year-old had torn a tendon in his left wrist during the second Test at Lord's after making a match-winning 110 in the first innings. "I did it at Lord's. I don't actually know the moment, it was when we were in the field. It wasn't until that night I was like, 'Geez, what have I done here, it's a bit sore'," Smith told 'Fox Cricket'. "I played the next game and then I had a cortisone before Old Trafford. I got back (to Australia) and I was like, 'Still not quite right. I still can't do a lot of things properly'. "I had another scan. There was a small tear in the tendon as well as a couple of other things." After winning the opening two Tests, Australia looked on course to register their first Ashes series win in England since 2001. However, the hosts staged a remarkable comeback to draw the rubber. Despit

Slow over-rate in Ashes: Here's what Ponting and Hussain suggest to curb it

England and Australia were fined 19 and 10 points respectively for slow over rate during the recently concluded Ashes. Ricky Ponting and Nasser Hussain suggest ideas to curb such problems

WTC 2023-25 points table: England docked 19 points, Australia 10 in Ashes

For every over short, one point would be deducted from all points earned by the team. The decision would be conveyed to the teams after the end of the series

Fifth Test: Perfect finish for Broad, England level Ashes with Oval win

Stuart Broad took the last two wickets to help England roll over Australia for 334 to win the fifth match by 49 runs to finish his international career on a high

Ashes: Did Stokes drop the series? Watch England skipper put down Smith

Ben Stokes dropped Steve Smith off Moeen Ali in an unbelievable manner. Not many people, including even the English fielders, realised that it would count as a dropped catch

Ashes: Anderson reveals best photo with Broad, denies own retirement talks

James Anderson and Stuart Broad have played together for 138 Tests. Anderson wants to give a great sned-off to his mate in his last Test

Ashes 5th Test: Australia need 249 on Day 5 to spoil Broad's retirement

An emotional England could not break the opening stand of the Aussies which reached 135 in 40 overs on Day 4. They now need 249 in 98 overs on Day 5 to win the match with weather permitting