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Ben HorneChief Cricket Writer

Ben Horne is Chief Cricket Writer for News Corp and CODE Sports and for the past decade has been covering cricket’s biggest series and stories. As the national sport, cricket has a special relationship with Australians who feel a sense of ownership over the Test team. From selection shocks to scandals, upset losses to triumphant victories, Ben tells the stories that matter in Australian cricket.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 18: Steve Smith of Australia looks on from the balcony during a rain delay during day five of the Third Test match during the 2017/18 Ashes Series between Australia and England at WACA on December 18, 2017 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Victory in England Smith’s ultimate goal

STEVE Smith is mowing down records like a trained assassin, but what he really wants is a prize which has painfully eluded his two predecessors.

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England's Stuart Broad looking dejected on Day 3 of the Third Test match between Australia and England at the WACA in Perth, Saturday, December 16, 2017. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, IMAGES TO BE USED FOR NEWS REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL USE WHATSOEVER, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM AAP

Wheels falling off England tour

ENGLAND’S fast bowlers find themselves stranded without a shoulder to cry on as they limp to the final stages of the Ashes tour.

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Steve Smith’s dressing room tears

AUSTRALIAN captain Steve Smith has opened up about the moment that triggered his dressing room tears after the Third Test.

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Smith’s tears of joy as Aussies reclaim urn

AUSTRALIA has won back the Ashes in emphatic style after Josh Hazlewood farewelled the WACA with the trait the ground will forever be linked with – outstanding fast bowling.

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How Stokes ruined England’s Ashes

ENGLAND coach Trevor Bayliss has laid bare the game-changing impact Ben Stokes’ absence has made on their Ashes disaster.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 18: Steve Smith of Australia reacts after a appeal for a catch against Moeen Ali of England was disalowed during day five of the Third Test match during the 2017/18 Ashes Series between Australia and England at WACA on December 18, 2017 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Catch controversy irks Smith

FOR the first half of the day the WACA pitch was the most talked about turf in Perth, that was until the focus turned to whether there was a blade of grass in between Steve Smith’s fingertips.

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Starc hops into Sydney full of fight

MITCHELL Starc, who arrived back from Perth on crutches, looks set for scans on his bruised heel later this week as the fast bowler fights to prove his fitness for the Boxing Day Test.

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Watch: ‘Ball of the 21st century’

CHARGING in with the wind at his back, Mitchell Starc sent down a beast of a delivery that no batsman in the world would have been good enough to keep out.

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England bowler Stuart Broad reacts after being hit to the boundary by Australian batsman Steve Smith on Day 2 of the Third Ashes Test match between Australia and England at the WACA ground in Perth, Friday, December 15, 2017. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, IMAGES TO BE USED FOR NEWS REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL USE WHATSOEVER, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM AAP

Ruthless Aussies living up to pre-series boast

NATHAN Lyon was pilloried for saying this Ashes series may end careers, but he might prove to be Nostradamus with three England legends’ futures now hanging by a thread.

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Mitchell Starc (centre) of Australia reacts after bowling James Vince of England on Day 4 of the Third Test match between Australia and England at the WACA in Perth, Sunday, December 17, 2017. (AAP Image/Richard Wainwright) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, IMAGES TO BE USED FOR NEWS REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL USE WHATSOEVER, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM AAP

Aussies on cusp of Ashes glory

ONLY rain can stop Australia from reclaiming the urn at the WACA’s farewell party after the host’s bowling cartel ripped through Engand’s top order in Perth.

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