England

News A family member has become the seventh positive case in the England touring squad England head coach Chris Silverwood will miss the fourth Test in Sydney after being forced to isolate for 10 days due to a family member becoming the seventh Covid-19 case within the touring party. Covid cases started to emerge in

News “He’s got a great cricket brain and I think his record as England captain is actually pretty good.” Root will become England’s most experienced Test captain during the fourth Test in Sydney, going clear of Alastair Cook by leading them for the 60th time, but despite his own record-breaking year with the bat, his

News Play will resume on the third day after a clear set of results among the playing groups but questions remain Cricket Australia is breathing a huge sigh of relief after all players from Australia and England returned negative tests to COVID-19. The outcome of those tests left CA sweating on not only the remainder

Report England blown away in little more than an hour on third morning for third Test rout Australia 267 (Harris 76, Anderson 4-33) beat England 185 (Root 50, Cummins 3-36, Lyon 3-36) and 68 (Boland 6-7, Starc 3-29) by an innings and 14 runs Scott Boland’s six-wicket haul on Test debut powered Australia to an

Report Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland both strike twice in an over as Australia look to capitalise on 82-run lead England 185 and 4 for 31 (Boland 2-1, Starc 2-11) trail Australia 267 (Harris 76, Anderson 4-33) by 51 runs Some vintage James Anderson bowling kept England in the contest on an eventful second day of

News Play was delayed by 30 minutes after two members of England support staff and two family members returned positive Covid tests Two members of England’s support staff and two members of England’s family group have returned positive Covid-19 rapid antigen tests on day two of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne but the match

News Latest failure adds to scrutiny on tourists’ methods and approach Going into the third Test, captain Joe Root had called for a response from his team after “basic mistakes” in Brisbane and Adelaide had left them 2-0 down in the series. However, Root was again left flying a lone standard, top-scoring with 50 as

Report England dismissed for 185 after another flaky display with the bat in Melbourne Australia 1 for 61 (Warner 38, Harris 20*, Anderson 1-14) trail England 185 (Root 50, Cummins 3-36, Lyon 3-36) by 124 runs It was a case of the more things change the more they stay the same for England as Australia

News Yorkshire and England legend passes away after long battle with esophageal cancer Ray Illingworth, England’s Ashes-winning former captain, head coach and chair of selectors, has died at the age of 89, following a battle with esophageal cancer. As an offspinning allrounder, Illingworth’s professional career spanned a remarkable 32 years, from his debut for Yorkshire

News David Malan said it was important players did not go into the shell but some were learning on the run Dawid Malan admitted England’s players are “hurting” after the drubbings in the opening two Ashes Tests but added that it’s vital that they do not become too defensively minded and still aim to put

Preview The series is still alive, but only just, with England making four changes as they look to hit back Big Picture The Ashes is alive heading to Melbourne…thanks to the schedule. In the last two series Australia have had things tied up before Christmas, but with two Tests in the New Year this iconic

News Uncapped trio set to win opportunities in absence of players involved on Ashes tour England could hand T20I debuts to George Garton, David Payne and Phil Salt against West Indies in January but have stuck with the core of the squad that was knocked out in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. The

News Only a victory in Melbourne will keep the Ashes alive heading into the new year There is a chance that 2021 finishes as a record-breaking year for Joe Root, and record-equalling for England, but for significantly different reasons. Root currently sits fourth in the list for most runs scored by a batter in a

News Captain says he expects response from team in Melbourne with series on the line Joe Root, England’s Test captain, has admitted that “basic mistakes” from his team in Australia had left him feeling angry and frustrated. With the tourists 2-0 down and struggling to stay alive in the series, Root said he would “expect

News Analysis England would not ideally be turning to a batter who averages 11.14 in Tests this year – but their situation is far from ideal Zak Crawley was mapping out his route to Test cricket when he was still a teenager. At the time he told a local newspaper about spending the 2017-18 winter

News Analysis Last year’s Test surface was very good after life has been injected into the drop-in wickets England would give anything for one of their batters to replicate Alastair Cook‘s 244 not out at the MCG this week. But the chances of that happening on the new and improved surface appear as remote as

News Fast bowler keen to defy injury “stigma” ahead of likely MCG recall England were given “a kick up the bum” by Chris Silverwood, the head coach, in a post-match debrief after their 275-run defeat at Adelaide Oval, according to Mark Wood, who is set to return to the side for the Boxing Day Test

News Warwickshire allrounder Jacob Bethell named vice-captain in 15-man squad England Young Lions will be captained by Hampshire’s Tom Prest at upcoming Under-19s World Cup in the Caribbean next month. Prest made full debuts in all three formats during the summer, having scored a triple-hundred for Hampshire’s 2nd XI, and led the Young Lions in

News Fast bowler ruled out of remainder of winter itinerary after procedure in London Jofra Archer will play no part in England’s tours to the Caribbean in January and March after undergoing a second operation on his injured right elbow. Archer has not played international cricket since March due to a stress fracture in that

News Head coach defends selection in opening two Tests after heavy defeats at Brisbane, Adelaide Chris Silverwood has insisted that he is the right man for the job as England’s head coach and that he picked the right team for the first two Tests of the Ashes, despite England’s heavy defeats. England’s selection has come

News “It’s been an immense privilege to try and bring the sport I love into people’s homes up and down the country,” he said David Lloyd, the former England batter and coach, has announced his retirement from Sky Sports after 22 years working as a commentator. Lloyd, 74, said that “the commentary box feels a

News “Where’s the planning? We talk about planning but I can’t see where that planning has got to” Alastair Cook has questioned England’s planning and criticised the “simple, avoidable mistakes” they have made in the first two Ashes Tests after their 275-run defeat in Adelaide saw Australia take a 2-0 lead. Cook, England’s captain during

Report England are staring at an 11th defeat in 12 Tests Down Under England 236 and 4 for 82 (Stokes 3*) need a further 386 runs to beat Australia 9 for 473 dec and 9 for 230 (Head 51, Labuschagne 51) Australia maintained their vice-like grip on the second Test, ripping out four England wickets

News Aussies were one message away from probably needing to replace their entire bowling attack in Adelaide Australia were one snubbed text message away from probably needing to replace their entire bowling attack for the second Test in Adelaide. Captain Pat Cummins was ruled out on the morning of the game having been deemed a

News Fast bowler potentially one injury away from a call-up to England’s Ashes squad The BBL shapes as an ideal T20 World Cup audition for Sydney Thunder express paceman Saqib Mahmood, who is also one injury away from a recall to England’s Test squad. Mahmood was a contentious omission from the visitors’ Ashes plans. He

England17 for 2 (Root 5*, Malan 1*, Neser 1-4, Starc 1-11) trail Australia 473 for 9 dec. (Labuschagne 103, Warner 95, Smith 93, Carey 51) by 456 runs The message on Adelaide’s scoreboard was unequivocal: “Severe weather approaching. Follow direction from event staff and seek shelter”. And sure enough, England’s beleaguered cricketers were only too

News Stokes took three wickets after a spirited display marked by long periods of short-pitched bowling Ben Stokes says that if England don’t believe they can save the Adelaide Test and turn around their fortunes in the Ashes, then “we’re beaten already”, after another chastening day with bat and ball in the second Test. Stokes

News Attack comprised five right-arm seamers of a similar pace and Root’s part-time offbreaks Graham Thorpe, England’s assistant coach, has defended their selection and bowling plans after Australia racked up 221 for 2 on the first day of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. England made two changes to the side that was thrashed by

News England’s batting line-up, which managed 147 and 297 at the Gabba, will remain unchanged Having planned for years to always have a point-of-difference pace option in their Ashes teams, England have left out Mark Wood, their fastest bowler, from their 12-player squad for the day-night Test in Adelaide. England said that Wood, who topped

News Veteran seamer set to lead the line under Adelaide floodlights in second Test James Anderson has warned England’s bowlers not to get carried away with the prospect of extravagant movement with the pink ball, as the team looks to battle back into the Ashes in Thursday’s second Test under the Adelaide floodlights. Anderson, who