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.
England seamers target Smith
England captain Joe Root said his team would put the Aussie star’s technique against a moving ball to the test.
Starc faces shock axing
Australia’s best bowler at the World Cup is set to be dumped as selectors pick a new-look side.
Rise of the cricket bat nerd
The bat nerd is tragic character. The most annoying person in a cricket team. And Australia have some of the worst.
Tim Paine reveals his Ashes game plan
In the past teams have come to England and played a brand of cricket that wins games in Australia and that hasn’t worked.
Fair result unlikely in Test championship
The unwieldy Test championship is unlikely to produce a final between the best two teams.
First Ashes Test team becomes clearer
Usman Khawaja is fit and James Pattinson will make his return to Test cricket.
Pacemen won’t go the distance
Josh Hazlewood does not expect to play every Test of the Ashes series and doesn’t expect the other fast bowlers to do the same.
Batting puzzle coming together
Australia’s attention turns to who opens with David Warner after Usman Khawaja declared himself a near-certainty for the first Test.
Soaring on eagles’ wings
Marnus Labuschagne was pushing the hotspot camera around for Channel 9 in 2010 when he saw his “coolest” Ashes moment.
Peter Lalor decodes our tactics
Australia plans to bowl smart and bat ugly, in the hope of winning their first Ashes series in England since 2001.
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