The Ashes
‘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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- Obituary
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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
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
‘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
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
- Analysis
- Analysis
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
- Opinion
- England
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
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
‘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
- Analysis
- England
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