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.
Poms in awe of ‘new Don’
Seventeen months after the heartache, Steve Smith stopped the world. Again.
‘Insatiable Smith has no peer’
Justin Langer says it is impossible to get Steve Smith out in the nets and nobody will be ordering him out any time soon.
Race to play at Lord’s
Australia is trying to figure out a way to squeeze Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood into the playing XI for Lord’s.
Where to now for battling England?
It tells a sorry story when your No 9 looks your most accomplished batsman. So what must do England do next?
England’s fortress stormed
You have to go back to 2005 for the last time an away side did in the Ashes what Australia have done here.
Calls to scrap neutral Test umpires
The shambolic standard of umpiring in the Ashes opener has intensified calls for the ICC to scrap its use of neutral umpires.
Win for true believers
To paraphrase that same PM, Australia did England slowly. Our boys backed themselves out of a corner that looked like a cul-de-sac.
Lyon king roars in epic win
Australia pull off a Test victory for the ages, beating England by 251 runs in the first match of the series | WATCH
Australia win the first Test
Australia have completed an incredible comeback to rout England and win the first Test, at Edgbaston | WATCH
The Miracle of Birmingham
Nathan Lyon sent English heads spinning with a six-wicket haul as Australia claimed the first Test at Edgbaston.
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