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Cameron Green and Beau Webster.

‘More pressure on my spot’: Webster welcomes Ashes heat as Green returns to bowling

As Cameron Green resumes bowling duties, pressure will mount on Beau Webster to keep his spot as Australia’s all-rounder in the Ashes series. But the towering Tasmanian says he’s no stranger to being squeezed at the selection table.

  • Daniel Brettig

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Bob Simpson was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2006.

I played backyard cricket with Bob Simpson. He made one of the greatest comebacks in Australian sport

Simpson became the second Australian after Don Bradman to make a Test triple century in England.

  • Kersi Meher-Homji
Scott Boland is not bothered by England’s recent sledging.

Hat-trick hero’s ice-cold response to England’s bad boy Bazball tactics

Cricket Australia is billing this summer’s Ashes as “the biggest sporting event in the country this year”. It may also be the most spiteful battle for the urn since the ill-tempered series of 2017.

  • Andrew Wu
Nathan Lyon 100 days from the start of the Ashes series.

‘I did that on purpose’: Lyon comes clean on tactical sledging ahead of Bazball Ashes bout

Nathan Lyon on premeditated sledging in the Ashes, the evolution of Bazball and the future of spin bowling.

  • Daniel Brettig
Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green.

All-rounder’s return to be Green light for Labuschagne

Cameron Green’s return to bowling is set to grant Marnus Labuschagne a precious opportunity to resurrect his Test career during the Ashes

  • Daniel Brettig
Harry Brook at the Oval.

The hard truths that show England will struggle to win the Ashes

This was meant to be the series in which England evolved from entertainers to winners. It didn’t happen.

  • Daniel Brettig
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Ben Stokes bowled with a torn shoulder in Manchester.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find out what it means, Benny

Ben Stokes’ actions during the fourth Test against India certainly did not respect the spirit of the game.

  • Darren Kane
Josh Tongue sprayed his first over for England everywhere in the fifth Test against India.

He’s done a Harmy: Ashes omens and injuries mount for England bowlers

Australia has real issues at the top of the order. But England’s bowlers with their wides, injuries and selection queries have problems of their own.

  • Dan Walsh
Ben Stokes bowled with a torn shoulder in Manchester.

‘It’s great cricket’: Angry, abrasive England an Ashes goldmine for CA

Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg couldn’t be happier at England’s combative approach under Ben Stokes.

  • Dan Walsh
Ben Stokes bowled with a torn shoulder in Manchester.

Ben Stokes thinks he’s Superman, but his body is falling apart with the Ashes in sight

Ben Stokes is the world’s leading all-rounder and England’s inspirational captain, but he has bowled himself into the ground against India and now has a torn shoulder.

  • Daniel Brettig