Poms meet Aussies ‘in nightclub’
England captain Ben Stokes claimed a lengthy presentation was to blame for failing to have a post-series beer with Australia.
Ashes
Openers prepare unexpected twist to Broad’s final chapter
The day began with the sun shining and Stuart Broad being feted by friend and foe. It ended amid gloom with England flat, Broad wicketless and Australia striding towards an unlikely victory.
The Australian captain even the Poms like
The intelligent, empathetic leader is far removed from the stereotype of his nation’s cricketers. And not even the Lord’s drama has soured him to England fans.
Nothing inevitable in such a supremely evitable series
Now it gets interesting. The Ashes of 2023 has already been of exceptionally high quality – and also strewn with mistakes.
England’s moral superiority fails the Test of history
Jonny Bairstow’s stumping should be seen in context, going all the way back to the Bodyline tour, when a mean-spirited English aristocrat executed the most unsportsmanlike strategy ever deployed.
Take test from Lord’s if MCC again disgraces cricket
The behaviour of members of the Marylebone Cricket Club, with its public school puerility and reek of entitlement, suggest that the buck needs to stop with Marylebone rather than start with it.
McGrath steps up as Australia take first points
A magical turn with bat and ball from Tahlia McGrath has seen Australia take first points in the Women’s Ashes, with a nine-wicket win in the opening T20 match.
Hobart Test ‘will proceed’ despite restrictions
Tasmania insists the fifth Ashes Test will be held in Hobart, with the government appearing open to a pragmatic application of Covid requirements.
All roads lead to coach in Ashes blame game
The misreading of pitch conditions and odd selections have presaged two awful performances in the opening Tests.
Paine’s injury battle revealed
The skipper and a key bowler finished the series with injuries that should have sidelined them.
Ashes victory party: ‘Pics are a little deceptive’
The Australian captain reveals what really happened at those Ashes victory celebrations.
Waugh, Ponting’s influence
The introduction of past masters to current juniors can be hit-and-miss. In this case, not so.
Tears and Ashes triumph
Tim Paine, almost an accidental captain, secured an Ashes series where four teams before him, full of champions, failed.
Aussies rise from the Ashes
Victory, when it came, was all the greater for the difficulty of the journey and the knowledge of what happened in the previous Test.
Cheat? It takes one to know one
Steve Harmison says Steve Smith will forever be a ‘cheat’. Given his own record, that’s a bit rich.
Ashes a winner with viewers
Free-to-air television dominated by reality, news and Ashes as Steve Smith’s team claims victory.
‘They’ve been through a lot’
Tim Paine’s men succeed where sides captained by Ponting, Clarke could not.
Team purified by win
After the setbacks of the last 18 months, Australian cricket has something to celebrate.
Thriller as Aussies retain Ashes
Australia battled England resistance until the final hour of a gripping Fourth Test to retain the Ashes | WATCH
Smith claims all the chocolates
Throwing the bat in the second innings might have been good for Steve Smith’s waistline and it is probably for the best.
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