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Ashes
/ 1 month agoAustralia: The side set to defend the urn, with skipper Pat Cummins aiming for Brisbane return
The 15 players selected for the opening Test at Perth, plus the skipper Pat Cummins, who hopes to return for the...
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoAshes analysis: Phil Walker on Australia’s batting and answer to Bazball
Gone are the days when you’d reel off the names, one to seven, like listing the continents. With less known about...
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoAshes analysis: Jo Harman-McGowan on Australia’s three main quicks
Three world-class quicks, born within three years of each other, all hailing from the state of New South Wales. Together they...
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoWho’s gonna win it? Writers and broadcasters deliver their 2025-26 Ashes predictions
A selection of writers and broadcasters tell us who will win the series and how.
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoThe definitive story: James Anderson, Steven Finn and Jonathan Trott recall famous Ashes win
Jo Harman-McGowan speaks to three England players who were right in the thick of it in a comprehensive account of England’s...
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoPast Ashes Tours: 2017/18 – Matt Thacker found a few shafts of sunlight amid the gloom
I’d never been to Australia, the tour all England fans dream of. And here I was, mid-December, flights booked but not...
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Adam Collins
/ 1 month agoAdam Collins: Why do Aussies hate Bazball?
A confession: I am an Australian who doesn’t have a pathological hatred of the current England team. I’m not exactly enthralled...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoAussie coach Lewis expects a close series
By Guy Williams MICK LEWIS, Yorkshire’s Australian bowling coach, is not only well-informed about contemporary cricket issues back home, but knows...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoPace blueprint is key for England, claims Tremlett
By Richard Edwards Fast and the Furious: Chris Tremlett is backing England’s fast men PICTURE: Gareth Copley/Alamy CHRIS Tremlett was part...
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoBeefy in Brisbane: Phil Walker on Ian Botham’s last howl of protest
Ian Botham at Brisbane in 1986/87: 138 from 174 balls; 13 fours; four sixes By the winter of 1986, England have...
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Test Matches
/ 1 month agoLions ready to roar Down Under
EARLIER this week, 18 bright-eyed young cricketers flew out to Australia looking to burnish their reputations as the next generation of...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoWhen an English prospect came to Prospect
By Richard Edwards JOE ROOT may be the England batter that Australia fear above all others, but the former England captain...
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Cricket Paper
/ 1 month agoAshes Special Edition: On sale Sunday 16th November
Join us for our Ashes Special edition; on-sale from this Sunday 16th November.
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoEngland’s potential lack of Ashes intensity a ‘worry’ ahead of Perth opener for Ryan Sidebottom
England’s return to Australia for another crack at reclaiming the Ashes has reignited old debates about how to prepare for the...
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoMichael Vaughan: England’s cricketers need to copy Scottie Scheffler’s approach to improve
Michael Vaughan OBE believes modern cricketers should take inspiration from golf’s world No.1 Scottie Scheffler by playing and practising more regularly...
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoEngland given Ashes warm-up warning as they prepare for Andrew Flintoff’s Lions
Josh Hull is hoping to give England’s Ashes stars a thorough workout in this week’s warm-up match in Perth and insisted...
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoChris Woakes happy as Australia give up ‘Gabbatoir’ factor in Ashes opener
Chris Woakes believes Australia have gifted England a psychological boost by hosting this month’s Ashes opener in Perth rather than their...
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoSteven Finn says Australian media jibes risk firing up England skipper Ben Stokes ahead of Ashes
Steven Finn believes the Australian media’s decision to “provoke” England captain Ben Stokes could backfire at the Ashes.
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoMatthew Hoggard on the 2025–26 Ashes: ‘England’s run rate could be Australia’s biggest headache’
Former England fast bowler Matthew Hoggard MBE believes England’s fearless approach under Ben Stokes could be the key to unsettling Australia...
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England News
/ 1 month agoEngland hand two-year central contract to Jacob Bethell
Jacob Bethell has been given a two-year central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
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Ashes
/ 1 month agoEngland’s top order misfires again as New Zealand wrap up series clean sweep
England’s top-order batters misfired again in their final international before the Ashes as New Zealand claimed a tense two-wicket win to...
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Ashes
/ 2 months agoShoaib Bashir backed to thrive in Ashes as England spinner returns from injury
Shoaib Bashir is raring to go for the Ashes and make up for the anguish he felt at his summer ending...
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England Women
/ 2 months agoEngland’s Women’s Cricket World Cup hopes dashed by South Africa in semi-finals
England’s opening three batters were dismissed for ducks as dreams of Women’s Cricket World Cup glory were crushed by a 125-run...
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England News
/ 2 months agoEngland struggle with the bat again as New Zealand clinch ODI series in Hamilton
England were limp with the bat again and not even a fired-up Jofra Archer could stop New Zealand moving into an...
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Ashes
/ 2 months ago‘Wait and see’ – Australia’s Alex Carey shrugs off Stuart Broad’s Ashes jibe
Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey said England will have to “wait and see” after Stuart Broad claimed the tourists will face the...
County Championships
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