Page 4 - The Ashes

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

Ashes: Stokes' call changed Moeen Ali's mind to come out of Test retirement

The message flashing on Moeen Ali's mobile phone was simple and to the point. Ashes? It came from England captain Ben Stokes, who had just learnt that his premier spinner Jack Leach was likely to miss the entire test series against Australia because of a back injury and was on the look-out for a replacement. Ali's first response? LOL. The news of Leach's absence was quickly confirmed so Ali thought about it, and realized how much fun it would be to play for England again given the team's new-found attacking approach under Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum. This was also the Ashes, he said to himself, the biggest test series in cricket. So Ali decided to come out of test retirement and could be thrown straight into England's team for the first match at Edgbaston on Friday. There he was on Tuesday, back in his test match whites and facing the glare of the English media. Like he does on the field, he adopted a relaxed approach. I spoke to Stokesy about how he talks to the batter

Ashes: Border backs Boland to retain his place in Australia playing XI

Former captain Allan Border has backed pacer Scott Boland to retain his place in Australian team for the upcoming first Ashes Test against England after his performance in the WTC Final

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

England's batsmanship has been exposed as embarrassing: Geoffrey Boycott

England's dismal Ashes campaign ended 4-0 in favour of Australia as the tourists crashed to 124 all out from 68/0 on day three of pink-ball Test at Hobart

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

Ashes fourth Test: Khawaja twin centuries lifts Australia to big lead

It was just the third time that twin centuries have been made at the Sydney Cricket Ground with former Australia captain Ricky Ponting the last man to do so

The Ashes: Australia 149-4 at tea, day 4; leads by 271 runs in 4th test

Australia reached 149-4 at tea on the fourth day to lead by 271 runs but England's bowlers kept the hosts push for quick runs in check in a finely balanced session of the fourth Ashes cricket test

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: Starc, Boland strike to leave England reeling at 36/4

Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland got among the wickets to give Australia an upper hand in the morning session on Day 3 of the ongoing fourth Ashes Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.At the lunch break, England's score read 36/4-- still trailing by 380 runs. Ben Stokes (0) is currently at the crease.Resuming Day 3 at 13/0, overnight batters Haseeb Hameed and Zak Crawley added nine more runs before Hameed (6) was clean bowled by Mitchell Starc. This brought Dawid Malan to the middle.Crawley and Malan added 14 runs for the second wicket, but right on the cusp of lunch break, Boland dismissed Crawley (18), reducing England to 36/2 in the 17th over.Soon after, England skipper Joe Root (0) played far away from his body off the bowling of Boland and he ended up handing a simple catch to Steve Smith at second slip, and this reduced England to 36/3 in the 21st over. The lack of runs brought about Dawid Malan's (3) dismissal and this reduced England to 36/4.On Thursday, Australia ..

Ashes: Eng reach 13-0 at stumps, trail by 403 runs vs Australia on Day 2

England were 13/0 at stumps, trailing by 403 runs against Australia on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test, here on Thursday.

Women's Ashes: Series to start on Jan 20, no matches in Sydney

Cricket Australia on Thursday confirmed changes to the upcoming Women's Ashes schedule, with one of cricket's greatest rivalries to feature across Adelaide, Canberra and Melbourne

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

Covid cases in support staff have led to anxiety in England side: Root

The embattled skipper added that he was relieved that the crisis "got resolved quickly" and the tour could proceed

Ashes: Match referee David Boon tests Covid positive, to miss fourth Test

England head coach Chris Silverwood too will miss the fourth Test because a member of his family, who is a part of the tour party, has tested positive

Warner eyes 2023 Ashes, win in India before quitting Test cricket

An Ashes series win in England in 2023 and defeating India in their own backyard are the two important milestones Australia opener David Warner is eyeing before calling it quits from Test cricket

Ashes gone, can a 5-0 England team's series loss be far away?

England has been beaten 5-0 in an Ashes series only three times. On the evidence of Tuesday's innings defeat at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, captain Joe Root's side could soon become the fourth.